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9.22.2008
Consumers Cut Health Spending As Economic Downturn Takes Toll
9.22.2008
Study Finds Medicare Benefits Less Generous Than Large-Employer Plans
9.22.2008
Shining a Light on Cardiac Surgery Results
9.22.2008
The 2008 Greeders' Cup
9.21.2008
Premiums to Pinch Wallets
9.19.2008
Hospitals Still Cautious in Helping Physicians Purchase EHRs
9.19.2008
HHS Official Outlines Infection-Control Initiative
9.16.2008
New Report On Michigan Hospitals' Community Benefits
9.16.2008
Alliance Comments on Stark's Draft Health IT Bill
9.16.2008
Economists Take Critical View of Health Plans
9.15.2008
Stark Introduces Health-e Information Technology Act
9.15.2008
Area Hospitals Take a Hit to Care for Patients
9.13.2008
State Orders Hospital ERs to Halt Diversions
9.12.2008
Feds Hit Illinois CON Law
9.12.2008
Bill on Hospital Discounts to Uninsured May be Scuttled by Governor Veto
9.12.2008
Nonprofit Blue Plan Merger: Collaboration Versus Competition
9.11.2008
Public Safety-Net Hospital Kicks Off Its First Capital Campaign
9.11.2008
IRS Issues Interim Report on Tax-Exempt Bonds Compliance Check
9.11.2008
Horizon Consultants' Reports: Plan Won't Stay Healthy Unless It Goes Public
9.10.2008
Grady CEO Takes Hands-On Approach to Follow Money
9.10.2008
Patient-Centered Medical Home Models Lag in Key Areas
9.9.2008
The Pitfalls of Physician Pay-For-Performance
9.9.2008
Provena to Take Taxation Case to Supreme Court
9.9.2008
Stark to Introduce Bill with Carrots and Sticks for Health IT Adoption by Providers
9.8.2008
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Conflicting Missions a Lesson for Health Care?
9.8.2008
Provider-Owned Health Plans on Decline?
9.7.2008
Grady Hospital Gets $5 Million Gift from Nonprofit Health Plan
9.6.2008
Free Clinics Can't Serve Them All
9.6.2008
Grady to Other Hospitals-Do Fair Share
9.5.2008
Senator Grassley Keeps Pressure on Nonprofit Hospitals
9.5.2008
RI Seeks Limits on Medicaid Spending
9.4.2008
Chronic Disease Battle Requires Better Tools
9.4.2008
California Legislature: Incremental Tinkering Rather Than Major Healthcare Reform
9.4.2008
Management Ethics In Health Care: Walking The Talk
9.3.2008
Gingrich Tells GOP Anti-Fraud Funds Should Pay for Health IT
9.3.2008
A Wave of For-Profit Conversions on the "Horizon" if Insurer's Request is Approved?
9.3.2008
Grassley Seeks Information About Nonprofit Hospital With Ties to the Obamas
9.3.2008
Price Strategy Puts WellPoint in Bind
8.29.2008
Hospital Board Roles
8.28.2008
HSC Study Questions Usefulness of Price and Quality Transparency
8.28.2008
Nonprofit Hospitals Flex Pricing Power
8.28.2008
Provena Site Loses Tax Status Decision
8.28.2008
Urban Medical Schools Feel Weight of Uninsured
8.27.2008
Alliance Letter to Managed Care Editors on August 2008 Health Plan Foundation Article
8.27.2008
Report-Hospital Costs Slow Under Pressure by Insurers
8.27.2008
Waterbury Hospitals Exploring Merger to Consolidate Services
8.26.2008
Many Health Care Stocks Performing Well--Not Insurance
8.26.2008
Alliance Letter to Wall Street Journal: August 25 Article on Nonprofit Blue Cross Plans
8.26.2008
Report Shows More Patient Safety Errors at Indiana Hospitals
8.26.2008
Health Plan Foundations: How Well Are They Spending the Money?
8.25.2008
Horizon's Stormy Skies
8.25.2008
Nonprofit Hospitals Face Mounting Pressures: Reports
8.25.2008
Blue Cross Plans Feeling Pressure to Consolidate
8.24.2008
Financial Cure Unsure at Grady
8.24.2008
NJ Doing More to Keep Hospitals Alive?
8.21.2008
Extra Pounds Means Insurance Fees for Ala. Workers
8.21.2008
Health Care No Longer Primary Ailment
8.21.2008
Six Lessons About Patient Safety from Aviation and Beyond
8.20.2008
New Plan Targets the Older Uninsured
8.20.2008
Alliance Comments on the IRS' Final Instructions for the Redesigned Form 990
8.20.2008
NE Pa Nonprofit Hospital System Plans Sale to For-Profit Chain
8.20.2008
439,000 More Get Health Coverage
8.19.2008
Calif. Assembly Passes Bill to Cap Health Plan Administrative Costs
8.18.2008
State's Low Cost Health Care Plan Draws 9 Insurers
8.18.2008
Chicago Needs Rich Hospitals to Share Wealth
8.18.2008
Nonprofits Coughing Up More Free Care
8.17.2008
Future Remains Uncertain for South LA Hospital
8.16.2008
Biggest NJ Insurer Applies to Convert To For-Profit
8.14.2008
CareFirst Among Plans Facing Renewed Scrutiny of Reserves
8.12.2008
Do Safety-Net Hospitals Put Money Over Mission?
8.10.2008
Can the Government Help People Lose Weight?
8.8.2008
HRSA Awards $22 Million in Grants for New Community Health Centers
8.6.2008
Gov. Rewriting Bill to Improve Health Care Access
8.6.2008
Safety-Net Hospitals--Like Dead Canaries?
8.5.2008
New Measures Endorsed in Voluntary NQF Reporting Program
8.4.2008
Economy Hurting Healthcare Giving
8.4.2008
S.F. Pushes Legislation to Promote Good Health
8.4.2008
Health Insurance Ambition Narrows
8.1.2008
Bill Introduced to Establish a Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute
7.31.2008
Time Is Short, But Senate Sponors of Health IT Bill Look for Opening
7.28.2008
House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Members Voice Concerns with Energy and Commerce Health IT Bill
7.28.2008
Surgical Errors Cost Almost $1.5 Billion a Year
7.28.2008
Nonprofit Hospital and System Executive Compensation Survey Results
7.28.2008
Nonprofit Hospital and System Executive Compensation Increases: No Slowdown In Sight
7.25.2008
Goldman Sachs Report on the Financial Performance of Nonprofit Blue and For-Profit Health Plans
7.25.2008
Regence: "Lean" Medical Home Model Improves Delivery of Complex Care
7.25.2008
Report on Nonprofit Shriners Raises Questions of Wrongdoing
7.24.2008
Alliance Press Release on House Health IT Bill, HR 6357
7.23.2008
Health Plan From Obama Spurs Debate
7.22.2008
Moodys Hopes Hospitals Learned Lessens of Allegheny Health Collapse
7.21.2008
Health IT Bill Still Faces Long Odds
7.21.2008
Medicare to Pay Bonuses for E-Prescribing
7.19.2008
Funding Plan to Help Lure Buyer for Hospital Network
7.17.2008
Nonprofit Providers Team Up on Care for Uninsured
7.16.2008
Nonprofit Insurer to Ask Justices to Restore Its Tax Exemption
7.15.2008
Charity Clinics Cropping Up to Serve Dallas-Area Uninsured
7.15.2008
Expert: Healthy Lifestyles Can Cut Medical Costs
7.15.2008
Business Balking at Health Changes
7.14.2008
Nonprofit Group Covers Uninsured Children
7.14.2008
Obama Would Invest $50 Billion in Health IT
7.14.2008
E-Medical Records--What Seems to Be the Problem?
7.11.2008
Nonprofit Hospitals Step Up in S.F. Universal Health Care Plan
7.10.2008
Two Clinics for the Poor To Consider Merging
7.10.2008
Kaiser Family Foundation Issues Brief On Federal Tax Subsidiies For Health Insurance
7.10.2008
Small Business Is Latest Focus in Health Fight
7.9.2008
Pa Nonprofit Health Plan Merger Hearings Focus on Competition
7.9.2008
New Jersey Passes Bill to Expand Health Coverage to Low-Income Adults and All Children
7.9.2008
Democrats Gear Up New Push for Universal Health Care
7.9.2008
Problems Found with Consumer-Directed Health Plans
7.7.2008
Without State Funds N.J. Hospitals Face Crisis
7.2.2008
Pa. Health Care Cost Containment Council Takes Political Hit
7.1.2008
Nonprofit Health System Buying For-Profit Hospital
7.1.2008
Connecticut Launches Health Plan for Uninsured
7.1.2008
E-Prescription Networks to Merge
7.1.2008
Maryland is Patching Together Expanded Coverage for the Low-Income Uninsured
6.27.2008
Annual Report Released on Calif. Health Plan Expenditures
6.27.2008
Increasing Nurse Education Capacity: Designing New Approaches
6.26.2008
Florida Hospitals to Collaborate to Reduce Readmission Rates
6.26.2008
UW Medical Center Using Surgical Checklist to Improve Safety
6.25.2008
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Seeks to Covert to For-Profit: Q & A
6.25.2008
Groups Agree on Framework for Privacy and Consumer Control over PHRs
6.25.2008
DC Sues CareFirst for More Community Donations
6.25.2008
Prescription for Protecting Online Health Records
6.24.2008
Health Care Found to be Better with Online Help
6.23.2008
Nonprofit Health Care: Making a Distinctive Contribution
6.23.2008
Study: Calif. For-Profit HMOs Raked in $4 Billion in Profits
6.19.2008
Most Doctors Aren't Using EHRs
6.18.2008
Court Hears Arguments in Appeal of Hospital's Tax Exemption
6.18.2008
2009 National Patient Safety Goals Focus on Infection Control
6.17.2008
Study: Health Costs to Rise Nearly 10 Percent
6.17.2008
Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demo Shows Dramatic Improvements
6.13.2008
Nonprofit Health Insurers' Rate Increases Pass New Scrutiny
6.13.2008
Health Insurance Buyers Lack Safeguards, Study Says
6.12.2008
Nonprofit Hospitals Oppose Unautomated CMS Quality Reporting Proposal
6.11.2008
Perspectives on State Health Reform
6.10.2008
Number of Underinsured High and Growing
6.10.2008
A Health Makeover for an Entire Town?
6.10.2008
HHS Announces 12 Demo Sites for Physician Payment Incentives for EHR Adoption
6.9.2008
Catalog of Chronic Disease Prevention & Management Best Practices
6.8.2008
Congress Pushes Curbs on Doctor-Owned Hospitals, But With Exceptions?
6.7.2008
Nonprofit Health Plan Giving Grants to Physicians for Health IT Adoption
6.6.2008
Nonprofit Health Care and Universal Health Care Coverage
6.5.2008
Alliance Testimony on Health IT Submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee
6.4.2008
Congress May Prod Doctors Toward Electronic Prescriptions
6.4.2008
Creating Payment Systems to Accelerate Value-Driven Health Care
6.4.2008
St. Vincent's Says It Will Close Doors Without Exception
6.4.2008
The Value of Nonprofit Health Care
6.3.2008
Hospitals Put Patients' Debt Up for Auction
6.3.2008
Savior--Or Putting Profits Ahead of Patients?
6.3.2008
RAND Expert Tells Senate Finance Committee that Health IT is the Starting Point for Improving Quality
5.31.2008
Alliance Analysis of the CBO Report on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
5.31.2008
Bill to Extend Help under Medicaid to Safety Net Hospitals in Michigan
5.30.2008
Most Top Member-Satisfying Health Plans are Again Nonprofit
5.29.2008
Consumers Union to Rate Hospitals
5.29.2008
Newly Insured in Massachusetts Outpace Available Doctors
5.28.2008
Nonprofit Health Systems Unite to Fight Cancer
5.28.2008
Accountability for Community Benefit
5.27.2008
Nonprofit Urban Hospitals in New Jersey to Take Huge Hit in Charity Aid
5.27.2008
State Scorecard on Child Health Care
5.26.2008
Critics Queasy over Nonprofit Hospital Mergers in Illinois
5.22.2008
Nonprofit Health Plan Foundation Launches $8 Million Study of Child Obesity
5.21.2008
Federal Government Ads to Show How Hospitals Rate in Patient Satisfaction
5.21.2008
Defining Key Health IT Terms
5.21.2008
Google Health Launched
5.20.2008
Governance Role in Community Benefit: Compliance or Leadership
5.19.2008
Alliance Comments on the IRS' Draft Instructions for Form 990
5.19.2008
EHR Adoption Continues to be Slow
5.17.2008
Nonprofit Health System CEO's Pay Near $4 Million
5.17.2008
Balanced Billing Issue Leaves Patients Feeling Ill
5.16.2008
CMS Announces Acute Care Episode Payment Demo
5.16.2008
Health System Rankings Released on Quality and Patient Satisfaction
5.16.2008
Nonprofit Health Systems Score Higher in Quality and Patient Satisfaction
5.14.2008
Healthcare Leadership Council Issues Health Reform Proposal
5.14.2008
Commonwealth Fund Releases Health Care Reform Proposal
5.13.2008
Insurers Pay Primary Care Givers for Chronic Care Management
5.13.2008
Quality Lags at Safety-Net Hospitals
5.12.2008
Nonprofit Hospital-Physician Partnership to Improve Care Processes
5.9.2008
Navigating the Nonprofit Health Care Boardroom
5.8.2008
For-Profit Acquires Distressed Nonprofit Hospital
5.7.2008
Perdue Signs High-Deductible Health Insurance Bill
5.6.2008
Senators Told to Tread Carefully on Health Care Reform
5.6.2008
NY Mayor Opposes HIP-GHI Proposed Conversion
5.5.2008
Nonprofit Kaiser Completes National Installation of EHRs at Cost of $4 Billion
5.5.2008
Health Reform: Fix the Broken Health Care System
5.3.2008
MN Legislature Passes Bill Prohibiting Hospital Use of Patient Medical Debt Info to Decide Care
5.2.2008
Nonprofit Medical Practice: Robin Hood Returns
5.1.2008
College Tax Exemptions Also Receiving Some Scrutiny
5.1.2008
Report Boosts Bipartisan Health Reform Plan
5.1.2008
Health IN the Economy
4.30.2008
Election Year Activities by Tax-Exempt Organizations: Q and A
4.30.2008
Nonprofit Hospital Offers More Aid to Poor in Relocation Plan
4.29.2008
Gingrich Admonishes Feds on Lack of Funding for Health IT
4.29.2008
A "Big Mac" Tax to Help NY Hospitals?
4.28.2008
Nonprofit Health Plans Less at Risk in Economic Downturns
4.28.2008
Cash Before Chemo- Hospitals Get Tough
4.25.2008
Individual Health Coverage Compromise Sought-High-Risk Pool at Issue
4.21.2008
Governor, Legislators Haggle Over Health System Changes
4.20.2008
Health Care Experts Worry of Cost Boom
4.18.2008
Health IT Financial Support Bill Passes Florida House, But Without the Funding
4.16.2008
Altmire, New Dems Offer Roadmap for Moving Health IT Forward
4.15.2008
Factories Fade, Hospitals Step In
4.15.2008
More Federal Funding Needed for Research on Providing Complex Medical Care Safely and Effectively
4.12.2008
Project Gives Health Care Safety Net That Can't Wait
4.8.2008
Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions
4.7.2008
Double Standard in Tax-Exempt Versus Corporate Bond Ratings Hurting Nonprofit Hospitals?
4.7.2008
Environment Prompts Many Nonprofit Health Plans to Compensate Board Members
4.6.2008
Nonprofit Hospitals Advertise Services to Lure Paying Patients
4.4.2008
Alliance Letter to Editor on WSJ Article, "Nonprofit Hospitals, Once for the Poor, Strike It Rich"
4.2.2008
Integrating Community Benefit and the Organization's Clinical Strategies
3.25.2008
High Costs Force Third of Americans to Skip Needed Health Care
3.24.2008
Alliance Commentary in Modern Healthcare- Feds Should Pay for Health IT
3.24.2008
Study Finds Many Hospitals at Risk for Insolvency
3.21.2008
Mass. Health Reform Plan Underfunded
3.19.2008
LA Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Property-Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Hospital's Medical Office Building
3.19.2008
Blue Cross to Push Wellness in Plans
3.19.2008
Only 2% in High Deductible Health Plans with HSAs, 11% without HSAs
3.18.2008
Hospitals View Nonprofit Blues More Favorably than Largest For-Profit Health Insurers
3.18.2008
Mass. Safety Net Hospitals Strained by Reform
3.14.2008
Pennsylvania House Poised to Pass Health Plan
3.13.2008
Mass. Leaders Debate Health Care Cost Control Options
3.12.2008
Why Do People Give to Charity
3.11.2008
WellPoint Shares Plummet, Sending Shivers Through Other For-Profit Insurers' Shares
3.7.2008
Largest For-Profit Health Insurers Rank Last in Hospital Opinion Survey
3.3.2008
Hospitals Identifying and Taking Steps to Avoid Complications
3.2.2008
Oregon conducts health insurance lottery
3.2.2008
Insurance Commissioner to Call Shots on Health Policy Rate Increases
3.2.2008
Coming Soon-Part 2 of Presidential Health Reform Debate
2.27.2008
Grady Clears Last Major Hurdle to Convert to Private Nonprofit
2.26.2008
Nonprofit Health Coverage Benefits Entire Community
2.26.2008
New York City to Subsidize Some Doctors' Adoption of EHRs
2.25.2008
Healthcare Leaders Survey - Health IT Growth Slow Without Broad Government Subsidy
2.25.2008
New backlash at for-profit health insurers
2.19.2008
Nonprofit Nursing Homes Underrepresented in Most Areas, Study Finds
2.19.2008
Medicare Won't Pay for Hospital Errors
2.18.2008
Health Care Reform Must Include IT Issues, Group Says
2.15.2008
Nonprofit Hospitals Hit Hard by Bond Markets
2.15.2008
Mass. Study Report Released on Savings to Hospitals and Payers from CPOE Adoption
2.15.2008
Administration Introduces Bill to Give HHS Secretary Broad Authority under Medicare for Health IT Adoption and Other Reforms
2.14.2008
NY AG Investigating For-Profit Health Insurers' Out-Of-Network Billing
2.14.2008
California Bill Would Crack Down on Insurers' Cancellation of Coverage
2.14.2008
Results Released of Recent Survey on Nonprofit Health System Governance
2.13.2008
Governor's Panel Proposes Chronic Care Delivery Reform, Including EHRs
2.13.2008
RI Health Reform Proposal Focuses on Costs As Well As Coverage
2.12.2008
Nonprofit Hospital Safety Takes Page Out of Top Gun Manual
2.11.2008
Hospital Leadership Succession Planning, Development, and Diversity Lacking
2.10.2008
Distressed Hospitals- Which Should Survive
2.9.2008
ERs fail as the nations safety net
2.9.2008
Guide Available on Complying with Stark Physician Self-Referral Rules
2.7.2008
Health Care Service Corp's Incoming Chief Committed to Remain Non-Investor-Owned
2.4.2008
Is This Really Their Legacy?
2.3.2008
Mass. Health Reform Costs Underestimated
2.1.2008
Premier-CMS P4P project Showing Reduced Mortality and Lower Costs
1.31.2008
Opponents to Nonprofit Health Plan Merger Speak Out
1.31.2008
Leavitt Proposes Incentive Plan for Physician EHRs
1.31.2008
Top-Rated Hospitals Continue to Deliver Better Care
1.31.2008
Colorado Commission Issues Health Reform Recommendations
1.31.2008
Bush Seeks Surplus Via Medicare Cuts
1.31.2008
Health Care Reform to Shift Focus
1.31.2008
Nonprofit Health System Leading with its Heart Program
1.31.2008
Nonprofit Health Plans Look Askance at Me-Too Medications
1.30.2008
Ohio AG Wants Poor to Pay the Same as Health Insurers
1.29.2008
CHA VHA St Louis University Community Benefit Conference on July 15-16
1.29.2008
Panel Kills Schwarzenegger's Health Reform Plan
1.29.2008
2 Hospitals Got Millions, Spent Little on Charity Care
1.29.2008
Health Opinion Leaders Surveyed on Health Reform
1.28.2008
Ohio AG Plans Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefit Standards By End of 2008
1.27.2008
Ailing Hospitals Good to CEOs
1.24.2008
IOM Wants National Clinical-Effectiveness Program
1.24.2008
Framework Issued for Targeting Ailing NJ Facilities
1.23.2008
California Opens Web Site for Hospital Discounts
1.23.2008
Hospitals May Hit Rough Patch
1.22.2008
Nonprofit Health Plan Wants to Reform Provider Payment Arrangements
1.21.2008
Democratic Lawmakers Create Task Force to Push for Health IT, Disease Management
1.21.2008
Nonprofit Executives Join Board of For-Profit Hospital Acquisition Company
1.21.2008
Nonprofit Hospital Executive Joins For-Profit GPO Board
1.20.2008
Key Health Issues Divide Both Parties
1.17.2008
Dallas-Fort Worth Nonprofits Care for Thousands of Uninsured
1.17.2008
Ad Campaign Attacks Nonprofit Hospital Profits and Executive Compensation
1.16.2008
AG to Review State's Community Benefits Program
1.15.2008
Most Back Mandatory Coverage - Study
1.13.2008
Penn. Governor Vows to Press Ahead on Health Care Reform
1.4.2008
Court on ERISA Issue Gives SF Health Reform Plan a Boost
1.4.2008
Grady Deal Days Away
1.3.2008
New Nonprofit Health Plan Chief Sets Broad Agenda, Including Health IT
1.2.2008
Cal. Assembly Bill Backed by Governor Would Cover 70% of State's Uninsured
1.1.2008
Penalties Quadrupled for Mass. Residents Shunning Health Insurance
1.1.2008
Nonprofit Health System's Community Push Praised, Questioned
12.31.2007
Alliance Analysis of the IRS' Final Redesign of Form 990
12.27.2007
CEO Turned Away Millions by Keeping Health Plan Nonprofit
12.26.2007
States' Health Coverage Expansions Hitting Roadblocks
12.21.2007
Nonprofit Health Plan Chief Urges Individual Health Insurance Market Reforms
12.20.2007
Slowing the Rise in Health Costs
12.15.2007
First HSA Attempt Under Medicaid
12.15.2007
California Governor and Assembly Speaker Agree on Health Reform Plan to Take to Voters
12.13.2007
Maryland to Issue Report Cards on PPOs of the Largest For-Profit and Nonprofit Health Plans
12.13.2007
Small Businesses Oppose Mandates as Part of Health Reform
12.12.2007
Consumer Groups Opposing Nonprofit Health Plan's Proposed Rate Hikes
12.10.2007
Community Benefits of Minnesota Nonprofit Hospitals Increase by Over 20%
12.9.2007
Some Demanding a Minimum Community Benefit Standard for Nonprofit Hospitals in Ohio
12.7.2007
Senate Bill to Mandate Physician E-Prescribing with Some Funding Support
12.5.2007
Mass. Looking at Role of Government in Financing Health IT
12.5.2007
Nonprofit Health System Gives Huge Grant for College Tuitions for Public High School Students
12.5.2007
Nonprofit Health Care Execs Push for Benefit Coverage for Uninsured in Lieu of Public Hospital System
12.2.2007
Top Salaries Key to Approval of Nonprofit Blues Merger
11.28.2007
Public Poll: Benefits of EHRs Seen to Outweigh Privacy Risks
11.27.2007
Grady Wants Major Outside Funding Support in Conversion to Nonprofit
11.25.2007
New Heat on Hospital Billing Practices
11.20.2007
Alliance Requests Congressional Leaders' Help in Clarifying IRS Form 990 Redesign
11.19.2007
Minnesota Medical Association Ranks Health Insurer Pay-For-Performance Programs
11.19.2007
Two Nonprofit Hospitals Choose to Collaborate, Not Compete, in Expanding Services
11.18.2007
Sharp Divide Among Presidential Candidates on Health Care Reform
11.15.2007
Commonwealth Fund Commission Says Health IT Investment Key Element in Health Reform
11.14.2007
Illinois Legislative Panel Kills Governor's Health Reform Plan
11.12.2007
Health IT Scarce in Long-Term Care
11.12.2007
Hospital Boards Still Not Up to Speed
11.12.2007
Caution- Expect More Hospital Tax Exemption Scrutiny from the States
11.12.2007
NCQA Quality Rankings Show Again That Most Top-Quality HMOS are Nonprofit
11.11.2007
State Panel to Hold Hearing on Ailing Connecticut Hospitals
11.9.2007
For-Profit Health Insurer Tied Bonuses to Dropping Sick Policyholders
11.7.2007
Some Pushing for E-Prescribing Mandate on Physicians Under Medicare
11.7.2007
A Model for Paying Primary Care Doctors for Quality
11.6.2007
California Democrats Propose New Healthcare Plan
11.6.2007
Nonprofit Hospital Property Taxes Would Give County $240 Million in Revenue
11.5.2007
The Future of Property-Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Health Care Organizations
11.5.2007
Missouri House Democrats Unveil health Reform Plan
11.1.2007
Administration's Hard Line Against Public Subsidies for Health IT Adoption is Ill-Conceived
11.1.2007
Unlikely Alliance Forming on Healthcare Reform
10.30.2007
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want Blue Plan Merger Savings Used for Small Employer Premium Reduction
10.30.2007
Help for Uninsured an Issue in Kentucky
10.29.2007
Looking at Dutch and Swiss Health Systems
10.29.2007
Some Health IT Advocates Push for Mandate on Providers
10.27.2007
Massachusetts Boosts Effort to Reach the Uninsured
10.26.2007
New Premier, Inc. Blues Quality Improvement Initiative
10.22.2007
Growth in Health Care Philanthropy Slows in 2006
10.20.2007
Federal Employees Health Benefit Program Debated as Health Reform Model
10.19.2007
Commonwealth Commission Issues Principles for Health Reform
10.19.2007
Independent Sector Issues Guides on Good Nonprofit Governance and Ethical Practice
10.16.2007
Unions Give Up on California Governor's Health Reform Plan
10.16.2007
Cook County Pressed to Give Up Control of Health System
10.15.2007
Tax Battle Between Cleveland Clinic and Schools Stalls
10.15.2007
Nonprofit Health Care Governance Evolving
10.15.2007
Partisan Divide Augers Bitter Health Reform Battles in 2009
10.15.2007
IRS Likely to Stay the Course on Community Benefit Definitions
10.14.2007
Market Makeover for Health Insurance
10.10.2007
Hospitals Can't Advertise as They Please
10.9.2007
Schwarzenegger Introduces Health Care Bill for Uninsured
10.9.2007
Medicaid Spending Jumps Sharply
10.5.2007
U.S. Outpaced on Health IT
10.4.2007
Microsoft Rolls Out Personal Health Records
10.3.2007
Insurer Lobbyists Prognosticate on Federal Health Care Reform
10.2.2007
Europe Healthier Than U.S.- Obesity a Big Factor
10.2.2007
Missouri Religious, Charitable Groups Push for Health Care Reform
10.1.2007
Pennsylvania Governor Seeks Public Support for His Health Reform Plan
9.19.2007
Missouri Governor Unveils Plan to Help Low-Income Uninsured Workers
9.18.2007
LA Chamber Back's Governor's Health Reform Plan
9.16.2007
Clinton to Propose Universal Health Care
9.15.2007
New Report Comparing P4P Programs Among Private Health Plans
9.13.2007
Health IT Critical to Universal Health Care Proposals
9.12.2007
Alliance Comments to the IRS on its Proposed Redesign of Form 990
9.11.2007
Prescription-Drug Adverse Events on Rise
9.10.2007
Time for a Hill-Burton Approach to Health IT
9.8.2007
Illinois to Appeal Property Tax Exemption Ruling
9.7.2007
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
9.6.2007
Netherlands' Health System a Model for U.S.
9.4.2007
City Wary of Fate if Longtime Nonprofit Hospital Vacates
9.1.2007
Alliance Proposal for Major Federal Funding Assistance for Health IT Adoption, and the Estimated Impact on the Federal Budget
8.29.2007
Analysis:HSAs Won't Cure Health Care 'Crisis'
8.28.2007
Record Number of Americans Lack Health Insurance
8.28.2007
Great Hospitals Do What's Right for the Community
8.27.2007
IRS Launches Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance Project
8.26.2007
Eyes on California Regarding Health Reform
8.23.2007
Groups Ponder Health Reform Options for Kansas
8.23.2007
Nonprofit Hospital Executives Receive Modest Pay Gains
8.23.2007
California Governor Opposes Democrats' Health Reform Plan
8.23.2007
Massachusetts Health Reform Rules to Curb Free Care Are Criticized
8.21.2007
Place for Uninsured to Find Out About Coverage Options in Their Regions
8.20.2007
Nonprofit Hospital Helps Community Clinic Through Budget Crisis
8.18.2007
Medicare Won't Pay for Hospital Mistakes
8.14.2007
Google and Microsoft Look to Change Health IT
8.13.2007
Nonprofit Hospitals Seek Clarity on IRS Reform
8.13.2007
Hospital Property Tax Debate Heats Up with Latest City Deal
8.10.2007
New Case Study of Illinois All Kids Health Care Coverage Program
8.9.2007
Some Patient Abuse of Hospital Charity Care
8.6.2007
For-Profit Health Care Executive Pay Keeps Rolling
8.6.2007
Community Benefit Scutiny Heightening
8.6.2007
New York State-Recommended Template for Hospitals to Notify Patients of Financial Assistance Policies
7.30.2007
Most Health Care Opinion Leaders Surveyed Call for Federal Funding Support for Health IT Adoption
7.30.2007
Push for Quality Starts with IT
7.25.2007
New Resource on Health Care Board Responsibilities for Quality and Patient Safety
7.23.2007
Half of Twenty Largest Health Insurers are Nonprofit
7.22.2007
Hospital Crises Could Buckle DC Area Network
7.21.2007
Illinois Governor's Health Reform Plan Revived
7.20.2007
Judge Rules for Provena Health in Property Tax Exemption Case
7.19.2007
IRS Releases Interim Report on its Hospital Community Benefit Compliance Project
7.19.2007
Senate Finance Staff Discussion Draft Calls for Major Changes in Hospital Tax Exemption Standards
7.17.2007
Rand Study Indicates Mandate on Individuals Key to Health Coverage Reform
7.12.2007
Strong Federal Leadership Needed for Health IT
7.11.2007
Scrutiny of For-Profit Health Plan's Performance Since WellPoint Acquisition
7.10.2007
Pennsylvania Finds No Easy Fixes on Health Care
7.9.2007
RHIOs Built for the Long Haul
7.2.2007
Alliance Brief: State Tax Exemption Standards with Quantitative Thresholds for Nonprofit Heath Care Organizations
7.2.2007
Community Benefit Vital Part of a Nonprofit Health Care Organization's Overall Strategy
6.29.2007
Nonprofit Health System Launches Public Ad Campaign for Health Reform
6.29.2007
Sicko Biased But Timely for Health Reform Debates
6.28.2007
Bush Sees SCHIP Expansion as Movement to a Single Payer System
6.28.2007
CCHIT Approves Criteria for Hospital Inpatient EHR Certification
6.28.2007
San Francisco Health Coverage for Uninsured Ready to Start
6.27.2007
Massachusetts Health Reform Gaining Public Support
6.26.2007
Uninsured in U.S. Up 2 Million
6.26.2007
Governance Reform Legislation for Hawaii Public Regional Hospitals
6.25.2007
Failing Grady Health System Urged to Convert to Private Nonprofit
6.24.2007
Nonprofit Health Plan Offers New Incentives for Good Health Status Indicators
6.22.2007
IRS Clarifies Health IT Support to Physicians by Hospitals
6.22.2007
HFMA Offers Principles for Rational Hospital Pricing
6.22.2007
California Democratic Leaders Push Health Reform with Employer Mandate
6.22.2007
For-Profit Firms Dominate List of Largest Health Care Fraud Settlements
6.20.2007
New Public Opinion Poll on Health Care and the 2008 Election
6.18.2007
Swiss Example on Health Reform
6.18.2007
Alliance Summary and Preliminary Analysis of the IRS Proposed Redesign of Form 990 for Tax-Exempt Health Care and Other Organizations
6.15.2007
Texas Governor signs Medicaid reform bill
6.14.2007
Massive Health Databases Under Construction
6.13.2007
Commonwealth Fund Report on the Health Performance of the States
6.11.2007
Alliance Comment Letter to Chairman Kennedy, Senate HELP Committee, on the Wired for Health Care Quality Act
6.8.2007
California Health Reform Moving Forward?
6.7.2007
Property Tax Exemption for Wisconsin Hospitals Under Scrutiny
6.5.2007
New Coalition--Health IT Now!
6.4.2007
IRS Ruling on Nonprofit Hospital Help to Physicians with Health IT-Good News-Bad News?
6.4.2007
IRS To Unveil New Form 990 This Month?
6.4.2007
Feds OK Nonprofit Blues Merger in PA-But State Review Remains
6.4.2007
What Does it Take to Build a Strong Nonprofit Health Care Board?
5.29.2007
Senators Baucus and Grassley Urge Upgrades in Form 990 for Reporting by Nonprofit Hospitals, Universities and Others
5.28.2007
New Jersey Law Requires Training of New Hospital Board Members
5.16.2007
Senators Stabenow and Snowe Introduce Bill to Provide $5 Billion in Competitive Grants for Providers' Health IT
5.15.2007
Texas House Panel Approves Medicaid-Overhaul Bill
5.15.2007
Massachusetts Senate Sees Health IT as Key to Curbing Costs Under the State's Health Reform Programc
5.14.2007
IRS to Dig Further into Tax-Exempt Bond Records of Nonprofits
5.11.2007
IRS Announces that Hospitals Can Assist Their Medical Staff with Health IT
5.11.2007
Kansas Governor Signs Health Reform Measure
5.9.2007
Wisconsin Panel Discusses Health Reform Options
5.9.2007
Role for Banks in Health IT
5.7.2007
IRS Hospital Tax-Exemption Investigation Could Cause Big Problems
5.7.2007
GAO Finds State of Health IT Not Ready for Quality Reporting
5.7.2007
Minnesota Health Reform Bill Faces Veto
5.4.2007
Illinois Medical Society Opposes Governor's Health Reform Plan
5.4.2007
Hewlett-Packard to Help California Health Information Exchange
5.2.2007
Universal Child Health Care Coming to Hawaii
5.1.2007
North Carolina House Passes Bill for High-Health-Risk Insurance Pool
5.1.2007
Price Transparency by a Nonprofit Hospital System
4.30.2007
Some Business Groups Oppose Community Rating for Small Business Health Insurance Premiums in Colorado
4.26.2007
HHS Joins Other Countries to Promote SNOMED CT for EHRs
4.25.2007
State-Based Health Reform Bill Introduced in Congress
4.25.2007
Hospital and Community Health Centers Use Health IT to Reduce ER Traffic
4.24.2007
California Democrats Move Health Reform
4.24.2007
Pennsylvania Governor's Proposed Payroll Tax for Health Reform in Trouble
4.20.2007
Moody's Calls on Nonprofit Hospitals to Voluntarily Report to the Public on Their Community Benefits
4.18.2007
Kolodner Named Permanent National health IT Coordinator
4.18.2007
E-Prescribing Standards- Results of Testing
4.18.2007
The Importance of Nonprofit Health Care
4.12.2007
Massachusetts Health Reform Plan May Exempt 20% of Low-income Uninsured from Coverage Mandate
4.12.2007
New Guide on Understanding Health Coverage Issues and Alternative Solutions
4.11.2007
State Association Releases 2007 Hospital Community Benefits Report
4.11.2007
Missouri Health Reform Bill to Help High-Risk Patients and Small EmployerslBusinesses
4.11.2007
Massachusetts Health Reform - Strong Vital Signs After Year One
4.10.2007
Nonprofit Premera Blue Cross Creates Out-of-Pocket Cost Estimator for Members
4.10.2007
VA Leads in Paperless Care
4.9.2007
Bill to Create Florida Health Information Network
4.9.2007
Connecticut Nonprofit Hospitals' Compensation Questioned
4.6.2007
Big Business Agrees on Need for Health Reform, But Not How
4.5.2007
HSAs More Costly for Women
4.5.2007
Grassley Seeks GAO Study of Nonprofit Hospitals' Community Benefits
4.5.2007
FINAL_Diaglogue Report 3_12.14
4.5.2007
State Tax-Exempt Bonds for System Tied to Charitable Contributions
4.4.2007
Minnesota Nonprofit Hospitals and AG Extend Agreement on Discounts for Uninsured
4.2.2007
Docs Plead for Health IT Cash
4.2.2007
Hospital Mistakes Increase
3.29.2007
Alliance Testifies on Making Health Information Technology a Reality in the U.S. as a Key Part of Health Reform
3.29.2007
Bill Clinton Backs Electronic Medical Records
3.29.2007
Federal Regulators Looking into Proposed Nonprofit Hospital Merger
3.28.2007
Minnesota Legislators Unveil Proposal Moving Toward Universal Health
3.28.2007
Proposed Merger of PA Nonprofit Health Plans - Step Toward Conversion to For-Profit
3.27.2007
Health Coverage Options Dwindle for Self-Employed
3.26.2007
Time to Define Community Benefits
3.26.2007
The Hospital Gap
3.26.2007
Nonprofit Option for Nonprofit Hospitals in Financial Crisis Not Wanting to be Acquired
3.23.2007
State Association Proposal for Greater Public Disclosure of Nonprofit Hospital Finances
3.22.2007
LA Nonprofit Health Care Organizations and Others Push Voucher Plan for Poor
3.20.2007
Mass. Businesses and Insurers Want More Time and Flexibility on Basic Health Coverage Requirements
3.19.2007
Study Finds Bush Health Plan Not Most Effective
3.19.2007
Effective Advocacy a Must for Nonprofit Health Care Organizations
3.19.2007
Credit Gap Between Nonprofit Hospital Haves and Have-Nots Continues to Grow
3.16.2007
New Firm Offering Physicians Free EHRs
3.15.2007
Nonprofit Health Plans Score Higher in National Customer Satisfaction Survey
3.14.2007
Harvard Economist Proposes Healthcare Delivery Reform
3.14.2007
Alliance Position on Making Health IT a Reality in the U.S.: A Key Missing Ingredient in Health Reform Proposals
3.13.2007
Nonprofit Health Care and Insurance: Protecting the Public Interest
3.12.2007
Wash. State Senate Passes Health Reform Bill
3.12.2007
Federal Scrutiny of Nonprofit Health Care Not Over
3.12.2007
More States Pursue Health Coverage Reforms
3.11.2007
EHR Safety Institute Forms Panel
3.11.2007
Property Tax Status of Nonprofit Health Systems Under Scrutiny
3.9.2007
Premiums Set Under Mass. Health Reform
3.8.2007
Free Medical Clinic Supported by Nonprofit Health Insurer
3.6.2007
Premera Blue Cross Stops Effort to Convert to For-Profit
3.6.2007
Health Care Already a Key Issue in 2008 Race
3.5.2007
Maine Nonprofit Hospital Systems Collaborate on Public Health, IT and Supplies
3.4.2007
Illinois Governor Announces Health Plan for Uninsured Adults
3.2.2007
New York Budget Includes Child Health Coverage Expansion
3.1.2007
Employer-Based Coverage Fairly Steady Over Time
3.1.2007
Democrats Seek Funds to Pay Health Priorities
3.1.2007
IRS Finds Significant Reporting Problems by Nonprofits in Executive Compensation Compliance Investigation
2.28.2007
Connecticut Democrats Unveil Health Reform Plan
2.28.2007
Nonprofit Health Plan Still Competes Successfully on Quality and Local Relationships
2.26.2007
Illinois Dept. of Revenue Denies Carle Foundation Property Tax Exemption
2.26.2007
Senate Fights Over Small Business Health Coverage
2.26.2007
Health Coverage Reform Alone Won't Work
2.23.2007
New Study Finds Projected Medicaid Spending Growth Affordable
2.20.2007
Bill Would Require Healthy Lifestyles Under Michigan Medicaid
2.20.2007
Health Reform Hot Issue for '08 Race--Including Preventive Care
2.19.2007
Nonprofit Health Care Service Corp. Busy Making Big Moves
2.16.2007
Bipartisan Federal Proposal for Child Health Coverage
2.13.2007
Senate Finance Committee Chair Announces Health Refrom Principles
2.12.2007
States and Feds at Odds over Health Coverage for Uninsured
2.9.2007
Nonprofit Health Care and Insurance - Protecting the Public Interest
2.7.2007
Washington Governor and Lawmakers Commit to Universal Health Coverage in Five Years
2.7.2007
Wal-Mart and SEIU to Agree on Universal Health Coverage Principles
2.5.2007
IRS Issues Good Governance Guidelines for Tax-Exempt Organizations
2.1.2007
Health Care Biggest Contributor to Looming Federal Budget Crisis
1.31.2007
Options for Slowing the Growth of Health Care Spending
1.31.2007
Maryland Pushes Expansive Health Coverage
1.31.2007
CA Senate GOP Leaders Offer Modest Health Plan
1.29.2007
Alliance Comments on the Independent Sector Nonprofit Panel's Proposed Principles for Self-Regulation
1.26.2007
Presidential Candidates Embrace Universal Health Coverage
1.26.2007
PA Governor Expects Push-back on His Health Reform Plan
1.24.2007
Hospital Excellence in Community Service Award Announced
1.24.2007
Business Incentives Key to Ohio Health Plan
1.23.2007
Bill to Provide Tax Incentives for Physical Fitness
1.22.2007
Coalitions Not Coalescing on Federal Health Coverage Reform Plan
1.22.2007
New Report on State Health Coverage Initiatives
1.22.2007
Minnesota Hospitals' Community Benefits Exceed Tax Exemption Benefits
1.21.2007
Bush to Unveil New Tax Plan for Health Coverage
1.19.2007
National Coalition Offers Proposal to Cover the Uninsured
1.17.2007
Oregon Health Coverage Reform Bill Introduced by Former Governor
1.17.2007
Pennsylvania Governor Proposes to Cover All Small Business and the Uninsured
1.10.2007
Senator Kennedy Proposes Universal Coverage Via Medicare
1.10.2007
New 50-State Survey Shows One-Third Expanded Medicaid and or SCHIP Coverage Access in 2006
1.9.2007
California Governor Proposes Universal Health Care Coverage
1.9.2007
Health Spending Growth in 2005 Lowest in Six Years
1.8.2007
Medical Societies Supplement Free Clinics with Volunteer Specialists
1.7.2007
Search for Ways to Cover Uninsured in Minnesota
1.5.2007
Private Health Insurance Survival Threatened in New Mexico
1.4.2007
Most California Voters Favor Employer-Provided Health Insurance
1.2.2007
FTC Negotiates Settlement with Physicians Over PHOs
1.2.2007
HHS Medicaid Commission Issues Final Report on Long-Term Reforms
1.1.2007
Specialty Hospitals Sell to Nonprofits
12.19.2006
First Annual Report on MN Hospitals' Community Benefits
12.19.2006
Oregon Health Plan Revisited
12.19.2006
Rhode Island Requirements for Wellness Coverage and Behaviors
12.18.2006
Leadership Succession Planning
12.15.2006
Tis the Season for Hospital Giving Solicitations
12.13.2006
MN Blue Cross Targets Invinciple Uninsured
12.13.2006
Wyden Unveils Universal Health Insurance Bill
12.12.2006
Health Insurance for All Considered in New Jersey
12.12.2006
Nonprofit Hospitals Outperform For-Profits on Selected Quality Indicators
12.12.2006
Thomas Introduces Hospital Charity Care Bill as Parting Shot
12.11.2006
GOP Lawmakers Add HSA Provision to Tax Package
12.8.2006
Results of Second Annual Survey on Consumer-Directed Health Plans
12.8.2006
Proposal Would Require Illinoisans to get Health Coverage
12.8.2006
New Public Poll Shows Broad Support on Some Health Issues
12.7.2006
Nonprofit Hospital and Health Center to Open Primary Care Clinic for Uninsured and Poor
12.7.2006
CBO Report on Arbitrage in Hospital Use of Tax Exempt Bonds, and Reactions to the Report
12.7.2006
CBO Report Says Nonprofit Hospitals Do Provide More Uncompensated Care
12.5.2006
HFMA Issues Revised Guidelines on Charity Care and Bad Debts
12.3.2006
How Much WNY Nonprofit Hospital Execs Earn
12.1.2006
Study_ U.S. Workers Prefer PPOs and HMOs
12.1.2006
Medicaid Pilot Program on Personal Responsibility
11.30.2006
State Judge Rules Medicaid HMOs Must Disclose Physician Fees
11.30.2006
Majority of Uninsured Adults Need Financial Help for Coverage
11.30.2006
Power of Branding for Nonprofits
11.29.2006
Survey Finds Mixed Results for Enrollees in Consumer-Driven Health Plans
11.27.2006
Value of a Property Tax Break
11.27.2006
Cambridge Nonprofit Helping Hospitals Cut Nursing Turnover
11.21.2006
NY Panel Urges Broad Health Care Changes
11.20.2006
For-Profit Health Insurance CEOs Feast on Executive Pay
11.20.2006
Medicaid Commission Adopts Long Term Reform Proposals
11.17.2006
Small Businesses Not Sold on AHIP Proposal
11.14.2006
New York City Sues to Block HIP GHI Merger
11.14.2006
Nonprofit Health Care Governance Reinvented
11.13.2006
Ramifications of the Provena Property Tax Ruling
11.13.2006
AHIP Announces Proposal for Health Insurance Expansion
11.10.2006
Nonprofit CareFirst Entering Fierce Competition
11.9.2006
Election Hurts Drug Maker and For-Profit Health Insurer Stocks
11.8.2006
Health Care as Economy Engine Running Out of Gas
11.3.2006
Nonprofit Health Clinics Vying for Uninsured
11.1.2006
Most Top-Quality Health Plans are Again Nonprofit, According to NCQA Rankings Published in U.S. News & World Report
10.30.2006
Report Examines Cost-Sharing Lessons
10.30.2006
Hospitals' Profitable Year
10.29.2006
Wisconsin Governor Proposing State Reinsurance for High-Cost Cases
10.28.2006
Oregon Senate Commission to Write Universal Access Bill
10.26.2006
AHIP to Announce Proposal to Cover All Uninsured
10.25.2006
Conversion Foundation Opposes Hospital Sale to Another For-Profit
10.25.2006
Nonprofit and Public Hospitals Providing Free Preventive Care
10.25.2006
Free Clinics Fill Important Role in ER Overcrowding
10.25.2006
Philanthropy for U.S. Health Care Up 16% in 2005
10.19.2006
California Law Passed on Hospital Billing and Collection Practices
10.12.2006
New Report Nonprofit Hospitals Must be Brother's Keeper
10.7.2006
California Law Regulating Hospital Billing and Collection Practices
10.2.2006
TN Hospitals Absorb Spike in Free Care
10.2.2006
Nonprofit Hospital's Request for Property Tax Exemption Denied
9.26.2006
Nonprofit Hospitals Put Aside Competition to Partner with Physicians Physicians
9.26.2006
Results of the 2006 National Employer Health Benefits Survey
9.21.2006
U.S. Health System Scores Low on Overall Performance
9.21.2006
Nonprofit MN Blues Plan Wants State to Require Coverage
9.18.2006
Nonprofit Florida Blues Plan Competing Successfully with For-Profit National Plans
9.14.2006
Consumer-Driven Health Plans Not for Everyone--GAO Study
9.13.2006
Nonprofit Hospital Charity Care Probed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman
9.13.2006
Nonprofit Michigan Blues Plan to Purchase U-M's M-Care
9.13.2006
Alliance Testimony on Hospital Tax Exemption Reform, September 13, 2006 Senate Finance Committee Hearing
9.11.2006
More States Extend Age of Dependents to Boost Coverage for 20-Somethings
9.7.2006
Study Puts Minnesota Nonprofit Health Plans Among Best
9.6.2006
Schwarzenegger to Veto Single Payer Bill
9.1.2006
PA Legislature Examines Universal Health Coverage Options
8.31.2006
Nonprofit Hospital CEO Compensation Increases--Competition, Performance Rewards, and Criticisms
8.30.2006
Nonprofit Community Health Clinics Struggle to Fill in Gaps
8.30.2006
Uninsured Now Almost 16% of U.S. Population
8.28.2006
Colleges Mandating Student Health Insurance Coverage
8.24.2006
San Francisco First City with Health Plan for the Uninsured
8.24.2006
For-Profit Insurers to Take On Nonprofit NC Blue Cross for Individual Market
8.17.2006
Alabama Blues Plan Rolls Out Policy for the Uninsured
8.11.2006
NC Sees Employers as Key to Serving the Uninsured
8.11.2006
Health Insurance Pool for Small Employers to Close
8.11.2006
Uninsured PA Children to Get State Coverage
8.10.2006
Getting Health Insurance to All Children in WA
8.10.2006
CA Democratic Lawmakers Push for Single Payer Plan
8.7.2006
Transparency Challenged
8.7.2006
Grassley Upset Over GAO Survey Reponses
8.7.2006
Nonprofit Hospitals Prosper, According to Moody's
8.1.2006
Alliance Special Briefing on GAO's Survey Results on Nonprofit Hospital Systems' Executive Compensation Policies and Practices
7.31.2006
Trend Data on Nonprofit Hospitals' and Systems' Executive Pay
7.31.2006
Kerry Lays Out Health Care Plan
7.29.2006
Ohio AG Revises Proposed Rules for Charitable Health Care and Other Organizations
7.26.2006
Stark offers Universal Health Insurance Plan
7.25.2006
Alliance Special Briefing on the Ohio AG's Proposed Extensive Regulation of Charitable Health Care and Other Organizations
7.24.2006
Proposal for Feds to Fund State Pilots on Universal Health Insurance
7.20.2006
Judge Strikes Down Maryland's Wal-Mart Law on ERISA Grounds
7.19.2006
Nonprofit HMO Last to Leave Colorado Medicaid After Years of Losses
7.18.2006
Nonprofit Hospital Boldly Rethinks Mission
7.14.2006
PA's Largest Nonprofit Health Plans in Merger Talks
7.12.2006
Consumer-Driven Health Plans Would Actually Reduce Cost-Sharing for Many
7.7.2006
RI Governor Signs Health Insurance Reform Initiatives
6.29.2006
Nonprofit Hospital Board Publicly Releases CEO Pay For the First Time
6.28.2006
Why HSAs Won't Cure U.S. Health Care
6.26.2006
Ohio Attorney General Proposes Tougher Rules for Charitable Health Care Organizations
6.20.2006
Four Views on Nonprofit Healthcare Performance, Public Accountability and Tax Exemption
6.19.2006
I.R.S. Checking Compliance by Tax-Exempt Hospitals
6.16.2006
CHW Agrees to Settle Billing Suit
6.12.2006
States' Changes Reshape Medicaid
6.2.2006
California For-Profit Health Insurers' Profits and Administrative Costs Under Attack
5.31.2006
Vermont Moves Toward Universal Health Insurance
5.30.2006
Study Contends Chicago Area Nonprofit Hospitals Get More Than They Give
5.19.2006
Missouri Hospitals Release Community Benefits Report
5.18.2006
Tennessee Health Insurance Reform Nears for Working Poor
5.12.2006
Governor to Boost State-Sponsored Health Insurance Risk Pool
5.10.2006
Enzi Bill Shows Health Care's Political Fractures
5.5.2006
Nonprofit and For-Profits Vie for Hospital
5.5.2006
Nonprofit Hospitals 'Donate' More Care
5.1.2006
Results of CHA/VHA Survey of Hospital Community Benefit Practices
4.30.2006
GAO Reports Concentration of Health Insurers for Small Businesses
4.26.2006
IL AG to Negotiate Terms of Charity Care Bill--to a Point
4.24.2006
Examples of Community Hospitals Tapping 242 Federal Mortgage Insurance
4.24.2006
Time to Increase, Not Cut, Healthcare Spending
4.20.2006
Universal Health Care: Can It Work Here?
4.17.2006
GAO Also Investigating Nonprofit Hospital Executive Pay
4.17.2006
Several States Criticize Enzi Health Insurance Bill
4.14.2006
Can Nonprofit Community Hospitals and For-Profit Specialty Hospitals Co-Exist and Serve Patients?
4.13.2006
Health Insurance Reform Idea in Connecticut
4.13.2006
Mass. Health Insurance Reform Law Signed Without Employer Fee
4.12.2006
AARP Opposes Enzi Health Insurance Bill
4.11.2006
Wisconsin Lawmakers Want to Follow Mass. Health Insurance Reform
4.9.2006
Nonprofit Health Care Organizations Attacked as Worth a Lot, but Taxed a Little
4.7.2006
Nonprofit Free Clinics Merge to Share Strengths
4.4.2006
Mass. Legislature to Send Universal Health Insurance Bill to Governor
4.4.2006
Denial of Premera Blue Cross Request to Convert to For-profit Status Upheld on Appeal
4.3.2006
Nonprofit Hospitals Under Pressure to Certify Internal Controls for Financial Reporting
3.24.2006
Capitol Hill Debate on Bush's HSA Plan
3.23.2006
Portion of Doctors Giving Charity Care Declines
3.22.2006
Doctor Group Decries For-Profit Hospital's Care for Poor
3.20.2006
Alliance Commentary on Hospital Tax Exemption Reform
3.20.2006
Score One for Nonprofit Health Plan Quality
3.19.2006
Nonprofit Hospitals Face Scrutiny Over Practices
3.17.2006
Medicare to Publish Hospital Rates for Common Procedures
3.9.2006
CBS 60 Minutes Reports Hospitals Price-Gouging Uninsured
3.9.2006
GOP Edges Away from More Federal Spending Cuts
3.7.2006
State Health Reform Panel Includes Prominent Nonprofit Health Care Leaders
3.6.2006
Mass. Groups Back Ballot Initiative on Universal Healthcare
3.6.2006
Hospital Charity Care on the Rise
3.6.2006
County Hospital Drops For-Profit for Nonprofit
3.3.2006
State Considers Reinsurance for Catastrophic Health Costs
3.2.2006
Court Gives Closed Nonprofit Hospital's Assets to Local Foundation Over Creditors
3.1.2006
The Top 10 Reasons for Soaring Health Care Costs
3.1.2006
Bush Budget at Odds with His Community Health Clinic Plan
2.27.2006
No Simple Answers on Hospital Pricing
2.26.2006
Coverage for All Has a Chance in Illinois
2.20.2006
IRS Keeping the Heat on Tax-Exempt Hospitals
2.18.2006
Free Clinics Pop Up to Deal With Uninsured
2.16.2006
Federal Mortgage Insurance: Expanded Opportunities for Hospitals
2.14.2006
Alliance Proposal for Reform of the Federal Tax Exemption Requirements for Nonprofit Hospitals
2.13.2006
Colorado Lawmakers Consider Options for Health Care Transparency
2.8.2006
A Better Way to Spread the Health--and the Wealth
2.6.2006
HSAs Would Eat Up Savings from Medicare Provider Payment Cuts in Bush's Budget
2.6.2006
Hospital and Other Tax-Exempt Bonds Under CBO Scrutiny
1.31.2006
Physicians Warn Primary Care Collapse
1.30.2006
Providence First to Settle Scruggs Lawsuit
1.26.2006
Increased Federal Scrutiny of Nonprofit Hospitals
1.25.2006
A Failure of Philanthropy
1.24.2006
Illinois AG Proposes Hospital Patient Financial Assistance Requirements for Hospitals
1.24.2006
Nonprofit Helath Plan Launches Prevention Minnesota
1.23.2006
Bush Health Plan Reforms To Revive Debate
1.22.2006
Nonprofit CareFirst Proud of Public Benefits Lowering Its Profits
1.19.2006
Nonprofit Health Insurers' Rising Reserves Draw Scrutiny
1.17.2006
SEC Proposes Clearer, Fuller Executive and Board Compensation Disclosure
1.12.2006
Veto of Wal-Mart Health Insurance Bill Overturned
1.5.2006
Average Hospital Profit Margin Reported at 6-Year High
1.4.2006
Hospital Ethics Bill Planned In Rhode Island
12.29.2005
Interfaith Leaders Invoke Morality in Mass. Healthcare Debate
12.29.2005
RI Blues Plan Denied Compensation of Board Members
12.28.2005
Long-Term Care is Hub of Insurers' Next Pitch
12.20.2005
Federal Budget Accord Includes $26.5 Billion in Medicaid Spending Cuts
12.19.2005
Urban Institute Study On Health Insurance For High-Cost Patients
12.19.2005
NY Catholic Hospital System Puts Three Units Up For Sale
12.12.2005
Credit Cards Exclusively For Medical Bills
12.9.2005
Nonprofit Kaiser To Pay Premium For Its Poor Medicare Advantage Members
12.9.2005
Consumer-Driven Health Plans Faulted
12.8.2005
California Nonprofit Hospitals' Tax Status Scrutinized
12.5.2005
Hospitals Face Challenges To Tax Exempt Status
11.28.2005
Medicaid Cuts Divide Democrats
11.28.2005
Nonprofit Health Systems Put Community Over Competition in Helping the Uninsured
11.27.2005
Property Tax Ruling Against Cleveland Clinic Outpatient Facility
11.21.2005
Governors Write Own Prescriptions For Healthcare Crisis
11.16.2005
Nonprofit Hospitals Keeping Fewer Financial Secrets
11.15.2005
Nonprofit Kansas City Blues Plan Offers Health Insurance To Working Poor
11.15.2005
Illinois Governor Signs 'All Kids' Health Insurance Plan
11.14.2005
What is Charity?
11.12.2005
Nonprofit Health Insurer Hails Lower Profits
11.7.2005
Wisconsin AG To File Billing Complaints Against Hospitals
11.4.2005
Mass. House Passes Uninsured Bill
11.4.2005
Uninsured Growth Outpacing Federal Support for the Health Care Safety Net
11.3.2005
Kentucky Prepares to Remake Medicaid
11.1.2005
Oregon Hospital System Settles Class-Action Billing Lawsuit
10.30.2005
For-profits and Nonprofits Vying to Build Hospital in North Carolina
10.25.2005
Study Shows Physicians More Likely to Treat Less Acute, More Profitable Patients in Specialty Hospitals That They Own
10.24.2005
WalMart Announces Consumer-Driven Health Plan
10.20.2005
Florida Given Sweeping Right to Curb Medicaid
10.19.2005
GM, UAW Deal Changes Landscape Fixed Contribution Health Plan
10.19.2005
New Medicaid Study Results by the Kaiser Family Foundation Commission
10.18.2005
Survey: People Favor Employer-Based Health Insurance
10.13.2005
Study Finds Most Hospitals Have Changed Billing and Collection Practices for the Uninsured
10.10.2005
Tax-Exempt Status Critical For Nonprofit Hospital Mission
10.6.2005
Illinois To Unveil All-Kids Insurance Program
10.2.2005
Vermont Gets Permission for First-in-the-Nation Medicaid Program
9.30.2005
HIP/GHI Merger Plan Raises Questions About Expected Conversion Windfall for the State
9.28.2005
WellPoint Blue Period May Be Over
9.26.2005
Nonprofit Plans Extol Community Benefits
9.19.2005
IRS Proposed Rule: Excess Benefits Could Jeopardize Tax Exemption
9.18.2005
Will HSAs Help Control Runaway Health Costs?
9.13.2005
Study Compares Profitable Versus Unprofitable Service Offerings by Hospital Ownership Status
9.9.2005
Philadelphia Initiative: Decent Healthcare For All
9.8.2005
Nonprofit MN Blue Cross Freed to Spend Tobacco Money for Community Benefits
8.29.2005
SEIU-Commissioned Study Faulty Denver Nonprofit Hospital Systems on Growth and Profits
8.25.2005
Nonprofit to Help 3,000 Losing TennCare Benefits
8.23.2005
The Whole Story of Hospital Community Benefits
8.1.2005
Update Study on Safety-Net Hospitals
7.26.2005
Nonprofit Hospital May Owe Taxes
7.20.2005
The Benefits of Nonprofit/For-Profit Hospital Competition
6.27.2005
Long Term Care Is Focus to Pare Medicaid
6.23.2005
Hospitals Cut Costs for Uninsured
5.16.2005
Bush Administration Setting Up Own Panel on Medicaid Reform
5.9.2005
States Propose Sweeping Changes to Trim Medicaid by Billions
5.5.2005
Minn. Nonprofit Hospitals to Give Uninsured a Break
4.29.2005
Congress Passes Budget with $10 Billion Cut in Medicaid Spending
4.28.2005
State Defends Empire Blue Cross Conversion to For-Profit Status
4.28.2005
Tennessee Bill Would Limit Hospital Charges to the Uninsured
4.27.2005
The Prosperity of For-Profit Managed Care Plans May be Tapering Off
4.26.2005
Uninsured Number May be Overstated
4.26.2005
States as Labs for Expanding Insurance Coverage
4.7.2005
Nonprofit Hospital Introduces 'Caring for All' Program for Uninsured
4.6.2005
Maryland Mandates Pay-or-Play Health Spending by Wal-Mart
4.5.2005
Uninsured Rate Predicted to Surpass 25% by 2013
3.24.2005
Partners Chief Issues Call to Cover Uninsured
3.24.2005
D.C. Hearing to Explore CareFirst Giving More to Public Health
3.22.2005
Lessons to be Learned from the Failed Conversion of CareFirst
3.22.2005
Louisiana Governor and Hospitals Discuss Provider Tax
3.22.2005
National Health Insurance (Single Payer): The Wrong Rx
3.13.2005
Montana Bill Would Offer Consumer Protection in Insurance Conversions
3.4.2005
Report Slams Big Companies' Health Benefits
3.3.2005
New Group Health Plan for 'Free-Agent' Workers
2.22.2005
Nonprofit CareFirst Declines to Pass on Tax to Customers
2.21.2005
Doctors Unite to Treat Patients Without Insurance
2.17.2005
Attracting Today's Nonprofit Healthcare Trustees
2.10.2005
PA Governor OKs Nonprofit Blues Plans' Surpluses
2.8.2005
Nonprofit Excellus Opposes Governor's Bill on Conversions
2.8.2005
Four Nonprofit PA Blues Plans Agree to Help Uninsured
2.7.2005
Answering the Charge: Nonprofit hospitals have recently been under attack - unfairly - as this HealthLeaders interview with Alliance board member Bill Cox demonstrates.
2.2.2005
Health Secretary Calls for Medicaid Changes
2.2.2005
Many Workers Draw on State Free-Care Pool
2.2.2005
Study Ties Bankruptcy to Medical Bills
2.1.2005
Fairview Hasn't Done Enough for Neediest Patients, Hatch says
1.27.2005
Health Savings Accounts Hurt Poor, Care-Report
1.25.2005
State to Shore Up Safety Net for Ex-TennCare Enrollees
1.17.2005
TennCare Cuts to Leave Trio, Including Charity Hospitals, Holding Safety Net
1.17.2005
Nonprofit Exec Wires Needy Clinics
1.13.2005
MEDPAC Backs Extending Specialty Hospital Moratorium
1.12.2005
Nonprofit Independence Blue Cross Faces Transition, Rivals
1.11.2005
Nonprofit Blues Plan of Western New York Establishes Foundation for Healthy Living
1.3.2005
The Effects of HMO Ownership on Hospital Costs and Revenues
1.3.2005
The Failed Conversion of CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield to For-Profit Status: Part 1, The Whole Story
12.23.2004
Healthcare Analysts See Bleak Outlook for For-Profit Hospitals
12.15.2004
Nonprofit Launches Plan to Reduce Medical Errors
12.13.2004
Hard to Glean Future Benefits for Consumers at the New WellPoint
12.10.2004
Public Expectations of Nonprofit and For-Profit Ownership in American Medicine
12.6.2004
Chair of Senate Republican Conference Attacks Charity Care Lawsuits Against Nonprofit Hospitals
12.3.2004
Palm Beach County Program for Uninsured Seen as Model
12.1.2004
Marketing the Nonprofit Hospital Mission
11.23.2004
Mass Blues Plan and Others Cite Drawbacks on More Affordable Health Plans
11.16.2004
BCBSMA Foundation-Commissioned Study on State's Uninsured
11.15.2004
Changing Market Saps Health of Hospital Stocks
11.10.2004
CA Approval of Anthem-Wellpoint Deal a Band-Aid to Clinics
10.22.2004
Class Action Lawsuit on Hospital Billing to Uninsured Denied in First Such Ruling
10.20.2004
Charity Care: Suits Solve Little, Says CEO
10.18.2004
IRS Reliance in Latest Ruling on Community Benefit Standard and Control Criteria in Nonprofit Hospital/Physician Joint Ventures
10.8.2004
Summary of Research Findings on the Performance of Nonprofit Hospitals
10.8.2004
Summary of Research Findings on the Performance of Nonprofit Health Plans
9.21.2004
More Nonprofit Nursing Homes for Better Quality
9.8.2004
Nonprofits as Community Investment Organizations
8.26.2004
Uninsured Tops 45 Million, 15.6% of U.S. Population
8.24.2004
Scales Tipping Against Tax-Exempt Hospitals
8.24.2004
Nonprofit Clinic Coalition Gives Hope to Uninsured
8.21.2004
Federal Probe of Novation and Medical Supply Companies
8.19.2004
Moody Projects Poorer Financial Results for Nonprofit Hospitals
8.19.2004
Health Benefit Costs Affecting Employment Growth
8.10.2004
Possible Regulation of Highmark's $2.2 Billion Reserves
8.10.2004
Greater Community Benefits by Nonprofit Health Plans
8.6.2004
Nonprofit Harvard Pilgrim and For-Profit UnitedHealth Form Alliance
8.3.2004
Employment-Based Coverage Down
7.23.2004
Anthem-Wellpoint Merger Rejected
7.19.2004
Lawsuit assault on nonprofit hospitals
7.16.2004
Premera Blue Cross' proposed conversion denied
7.5.2004
Two major initiatives in works to gauge nonprofit hospital value
6.6.2004
U.S. for-profit hospitals cost more - Canadian study
5.17.2004
Rhode Island's got the Blues
5.5.2004
Blues pause in March to for-profit status
4.26.2004
Premera conversion costs swell
4.14.2004
Hospitals warn of fallout from new tax
4.12.2004
Revised - Community benefit reporting guidelines and standard definitions
4.3.2004
Alliance Board Leader Counters Recent Assaults on Nonprofit Hospitals and Systems
3.2.2004
Thomas plans board examination of 501(c) status
3.1.2004
Applying The Brakes: The march to conversion and consolidation by Blues Plans has slowed considerably
2.20.2004
Not-for-profit advocate calls for managerial rigor
2.16.2004
For-profit faceoff
1.28.2004
Costs, Commitment and Locality: A comparison of for-profit and not-for-profit health plans
1.28.2004
Study reveals different behaviors based on profit status of insurers
1.23.2004
SPECIAL REPORT - Proposed conversion of Premera Blue Cross
8.20.2003
WHITE PAPER Makes financial case to oppose conversions