California hospitals must cough up millions to meet charity care obligations

COVID patients typically need upwards of ten times the amount of oxygen that other patients require. Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit's Dignity Health California Hospi.....»»

Xinhua/Ren Chao/Getty Images The US is experiencing a shortage of N95 masks that protect against airborne illness. In California, hospitals have turned to seamstresses, while in New York doctors have resorted to reusing masks to meet the shortage. .....»»

"If we don’t have enough capacity to take care of the population, we’re not doing our community any service.”.....»»

These three cities have good hospitals and lots of other perks......»»

These three cities have good hospitals and lots of other perks......»»

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide pay insurance premium regularly to ensure that the financial burden is taken care of by insurers if they fall sick, meet with an accident, or suffer a natural disaster. Insurance companies offer a.....»»

While lawmakers in Washington, D.C., spent the last two years doing all they could to pull apart the threads of the Affordable Care Act, California led the way in expanding access to health care. Yet millions here remain uninsured, including many ent.....»»

Two paint manufacturers, Sherwin Williams and Conagra, that want to wipe out potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in legal obligations could send the issue to voters. They could have enough signatures today to put their initiativ.....»»

The state’s health care watchdog has strongly criticized a proposed mega-merger between Lahey Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and three community hospitals, saying the deal would raise health care spending by $168 million to $251 mil.....»»

The Mercury NewsOwner of four struggling Bay Area hospitals seeks bankruptcy protectionThe Mercury NewsVerity Health System of California, Inc. the nonprofit that took over four former Daughters of Charity hospitals.....»»

More than half of California’s nursing homes are asking.....»»

Nonprofit healthcare system Verity Health has reached a potential breakthrough in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings with an agreement to sell four of its six hospitals for $610 million to a group based in Southern California. Two of the four hos.....»»

A fight over which hospitals bear the brunt of federal cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments could linger throughout the year if Congress doesn't restore billions in funding that... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

A fight over which hospitals bear the brunt of federal cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments could linger throughout the year if Congress doesn't restore billions in funding that... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

In today’s challenging health care environment, health insurers and providers — including the doctors, clinicians, hospitals and others that provide care — have an unprecedented opportunity to work together toward achieving quality health o.....»»

A second area co-founder pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a scheme that defrauded members of a purported Christian health care sharing ministry out of millions of dollars......»»

Californians have left millions of dollars in unclaimed tax refunds from 2020 with the Internal Revenue Service. And if they don't.....»»

Lobbyists for nursing homes, hospitals and physicians told The News Service of Florida they didn’t request the exemption and that the Legislature acted on its own......»»

SOC Telemed Inc. , a provider of acute care telemedicine services and technology to U.S. hospitals and healthcare sys.....»»

SOC Telemed Inc. , a provider of acute care telemedicine services and technology to U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems, filed for an initial public offering on Tuesday with plans t.....»»