PHC4 in the News

2012

February

• (02/08/12) Haphazard spending is bad for your health (The Chronicle Herald)
• (02/07/12) Corbett Holds Line On Taxes; Proposes Higher Education Cuts (WGAL 8 News)

January

• (01/24/12) Gov. Corbett’s call for spending freeze gains little traction (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
• (01/09/12) Health care reform measures could affect hospital finances (Scranton Times-Tribune)
• (01/08/12) The price of healing (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
• (01/08/12) Complex negotiations set health care costs (Harrisburg Patriot-News)

2011

November

• (11/23/11) A concerning report about increasing diabetes hospitalizations (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• (11/23/11) Report: Diabetes related hospitalization rose 10 percent in Pennsylvania (Bucks County Courier Times)
• (11/22/11) Diabetes Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania Increased 10.5% From 2000-2009 (Becker’s Hospital Review)
• (11/22/11) Diabetes on the Rise in Pennsylvania (Essential Public Radio)
• (11/22/11) Students contribute to report on Pa. diabetes hospitalizations (Bucknell University)
• (11/15/11) Profits up for most (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader)
• (11/15/11) Pa. specialty hospital finances improving, PHC4 report says (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• (11/15/11) Hospitals’ finances get better (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• (11/15/11) Report: Rehab hospitals financial health improves (Scranton Times-Tribune)

October

• (10/13/11) Surgery centers see spike (Hazleton Standard Speaker)
• (10/03/11) PA Hospitals Call on Super Committee to Examine ASCs (HealthLeaders Media)

September

• (09/28/11) Surgery centers financially healthy, report shows (Scranton Times-Tribune)
• (09/27/11) Outpatient surgery centers in Pa. thriving at expense of hospitals: Report (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• (09/27/11) PHC4 report: Outpatient surgery centers flourish (Pittsburgh Business Times)
• (09/27/11) Growth in outpatient centers leveling off (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• (09/27/11) Business News Briefs: Operating margins at surgical centers levels off (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• (09/27/11) PA Hospital Association Attacks Surgery Center Business Model (Becker’s ASC Review)
• (09/27/11) Phila.’s most profitable outpatient surgery centers (Philadelphia Business Journal)

August

• (08/28/11) Medicare, Medicaid proposed cuts could make it impossible for hospitals to be profitable, force docs to stop seeing patients (Scranton Times-Tribune)
• (08/27/11) Medical officials: Speed of seeing doctor depends on urgency (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
• (08/02/11) High readmissions for some patients to cost federal money (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

July

• (07/19/11) Geisinger, CMC make plans to merge (Scranton Times-Tribune)

June

• (06/28/11) Altoona Regional gets high marks for heart care (Altoona Mirror)
• (06/10/11) Corbett, legislature must fight health care costs (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
• (06/07/11) Use of surgery centers increases in Berks (Reading Eagle)

May

• (05/26/11) Hospitals pass the test (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal)
• (05/19/11) Health council says major heart surgery safer in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
• (05/19/11) Valley heart surgeons fare well in report (Allentown Morning Call)
• (05/19/11) Mortality rates dropping for coronary artery bypass surgery performed locally, throughout the state (Scranton Times-Tribune)
• (05/19/11) Study: Percentage of patients who die in hospital after heart surgery is declining (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• (05/19/11) Coronary artery bypass surgery death rate falls (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• (05/19/11) Pa. bypass graft mortality rates falling (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• (05/19/11) Local hospitals don't match heart surgery trends (Doylestown Intelligencer)
• (05/19/11) Bypass mortality rates in Pa. dropped in 2009 (WHYY)
• (05/19/11) PHC4: Death Rates for Heart Surgery Down (WDUQ)
• (05/09/11) Hospitals’ operating margins positive (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader)
• (05/07/11) PMC in good financial shape, according to state report (The Pocono News)
• (05/06/11) Profit margin grows for hospitals in Pa. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• (05/06/11) Profits up, along with unpaid care, at hospitals (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• (05/06/11) Report: Rising stock market boosts returns at Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania hospitals (Easton Express-Times)
• (05/06/11) Hospitals’ conditions stabilize (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• (05/06/11) State report shows improving hospital finances (Allentown Morning Call)
• (05/06/11) Profits down at most area hospitals (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal)
• (05/06/11) Patients’ inability to pay bills puts pressure on area facilities (Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice)
• (05/06/11) Most area hospitals seeing a reversal of fortunes (Doylestown Intelligencer)
• (05/06/11) Pa. hospitals faring well financially despite challenges, report says (Pittsburgh Business Times)
• (05/06/11) 27 Phila.-area hospitals notch 2010 profits (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• (05/06/11) Report: Area hospitals struggled to break even in 2010 (Erie Times-News)
• (05/06/11) Hospitals’ finances improve (The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat)
• (05/06/11) Hospital Bottom Lines Rebound (WDUQ News)
• (05/01/11) Westmoreland Hospital fourth in stent volume (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

April

• (04/25/11) Determining quality of health care from York-area hospitals' performance (The York Dispatch)
• (04/25/11) Hospital performance difficult to gauge as a whole (The York Dispatch)

March

• (03/31/11) Pennsylvania database provides Medicare reimbursement rate for surgery centers, hospitals (Becker’s ASC Review)
• (03/30/11) PHC4 develops medical cost comparison tool (Pittsburgh Business Times)
• (03/30/11) Database gives examples of payments for Medicare services (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• (03/06/11) Probe: Hospital readmissions take toll in Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• (03/06/11) Educating patients a fix, but it lacks cash carrot (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

February

• (02/27/11) Savings might be infectious (Scranton Times-Tribune)