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PHC4 in the News

2012

November

(11/16/12) Large for-profit companies dominate long-term care in Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
(11/16/12) PHC4: Margins up at Pa. rehab hospitals, down at psychiatric sites (Philadelphia Business Journal)
(11/15/12) Acute care facilities financially sound (Observer-Reporter)

October

(10/23/12) Patient stresses importance of self-exams in breast cancer detection (The York Dispatch)
(10/10/12) Big rise found in preventive mastectomies (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(10/09/12) Preventive surgery for cancer on rise (Scranton Times-Tribune)
(10/08/12) Hershey Medical Center’s low rate for readmitted patients not the norm (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
(10/02/12) Better financials for York surgical centers (The York Dispatch)

September

(09/27/12) State, regional surgical centers see higher profits (Scranton Times-Tribune)
(09/26/12) Business Briefs: Pa.’s ambulatory surgical centers are healthy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(09/25/12) Lehigh Valley ambulatory surgery centers report better financial margin than Pennsylvania average (Easton Express-Times)
(09/25/12) Pennsylvania ASC Profit Margins Far Outstrip Hospitals; State Hospital Association Criticizes ASC Model (Becker’s ASC Review)
(09/25/12) PHC4: Surgery center margins rise (Pittsburgh Business Times)
(09/25/12) Margins increase 25% at Pa.’s ambulatory surgery centers (Lehigh Valley Business)
(09/25/12) Ambulatory surgery centers’ profit getting even healthier in Pa., says PHC4 (Philadelphia Business Journal)
(09/24/12) Outpatient surgery centers see big jump in profits (Allentown Morning Call)

July

(07/30/12) Burned-out nurses linked to more infections in patients (NBC News)
(07/30/12) Penn study examines link between nurse burnout, care (Philadelphia Inquirer)
(07/30/12) Nurse staffing, burnout linked to hospital infections (Science Blog)

June

(06/08/12) Report: 1 in 8 inpatient hospital stays could have been avoided (Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice)
(06/07/12) Grant aimed at reducing heart ailment readmission (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(06/07/12) 1 in 8 hospital stays in Pa. might be avoided, study finds (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
(06/07/12) Many adult hospitalizations in PA may have been preventable (Scranton Times-Tribune)
(06/07/12) Erie County able to avoid preventable hospitalizations (Erie Times-News)
(06/07/12) Many hospital stays preventable, PHC4 study says (Philadelphia Business Journal)
(06/07/12) Report: Preventable hospitalization rates decline in Pa. (Central Penn Business Journal)
(06/07/12) 1 Out of 8 Pennsylvania Hospitalizations Were Potentially Preventable in 2010 (Becker’s Hospital Review)

May

(05/29/12) Focus on lowering hospital readmissions to bring down costs (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
(05/28/12) Hospitals have mixed financial reports (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal)
(05/22/12) Study: York County hospitals fiscally sound (The York Dispatch)
(05/21/12) Study: In-Hospital ICU Patient Mortality Reporting Disadvantages Large Hospitals (Becker’s Hospital Review)
(05/21/12) Pennsylvania hospitals report uncertain financial future (Healthcare Finance News)
(05/19/12) Hospital finances healthier (The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat)
(05/18/12) Phila.-area hospitals report higher profit margins (Philadelphia Inquirer)
(05/18/12) Good Sam Grows Financially in 2011 (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
(05/17/12) Pa. hospital finances improving but ‘volatile’ (Philadelphia Business Journal)
(05/17/12) Hospital finances improve in 2011, but challenges remain (Bucks County Courier Times)
(05/17/12) Hospital performance improves in 2011 (Pittsburgh Business Times)
(05/17/12) Hospital profits jump (Scranton Times-Tribune)
(05/17/12) Hazleton General Hospital again sees big profit (Hazleton Standard Speaker)
(05/17/12) Financial gap widens between UPMC Hamot, Saint Vincent (Erie Times-News)
(05/17/12) Report: West Penn system hospitals turn profit (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
(05/17/12) Pennsylvania hospitals improve financial health despite rise in uncompensated care, report says (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
(05/17/12) Pennsylvania hospitals saw greater profitability in the past fiscal year (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(05/17/12) Hospitals’ finances improving (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader)
(05/17/12) Report shows statewide acute-care hospital revenue up (Central Penn Business Journal)
(05/04/12) A window into health care: Orthopedic surgeries reflect today’s realities (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

April

(04/27/12) Report: In York, fewer readmitted to hospitals (The York Dispatch)
(04/26/12) Health Care Improvement Group Applauds Work of Health Care Cost Containment Council (Essential Public Radio)
(04/26/12) Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council sheds new light on readmissions (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
(04/26/12) Hospital readmission rates released (Central Penn Business Journal)
(04/26/12) PHC4 reports on Pa. hospital readmission rates (Philadelphia Business Journal)
(04/26/12) PHC4: Readmissions cost $498 million (Pittsburgh Business Times)
(04/26/12) Pa. hospital readmissions cost Medicare $498 million (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(04/26/12) Heart patients lead way in Pennsylvania readmissions (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
(04/05/12) Demand for Total Joint replacement on the rise in Pennsylvania (Your Story)
(04/04/12) Pennsylvania Joint Replacements, Spinal Fusions Increasing With National Average (Becker’s Spine Review)
(04/04/12) PHC4 releases Pa. joint replacement study (Philadelphia Business Journal)
(04/04/12) Pittsburgh leads in back surgery rates (Pittsburgh Business Times)

March

(03/22/12) How to keep your medical costs down (Philadelphia Inquirer)
(03/19/12) Infectious cut: To do the job, health agencies need independence (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(03/14/12) Patient safety, cost agencies to move under Health Department (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(03/13/12) Safety authority opposes Corbett’s budget plan (Allentown Morning Call)

February

(02/27/12) Surgical Site Infections Most Common Among Pennsylvania Patients (Outpatient Surgery Magazine)
(02/27/12) Infections lower at hospitals but still a concern (Allentown Morning Call)
(02/25/12) To helping hands in hospitals: Wash ‘em! (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
(02/24/12) Study finds infections on decline at hospitals in Pa. (WFMZ-TV 69 News)
(02/24/12) Infection rates down at hospitals (The Sentinel)
(02/24/12) PHC4: surgical site infections most common (Pittsburgh Business Times)
(02/24/12) Hospital infection rates inch lower as issue is targeted (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
(02/24/12) Hospital infections fewer, but still costly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
(02/24/12) Report: Fewer dying from hospital infections around the state (Scranton Times-Tribune)
(02/24/12) Health-care-associated infection rate falls at Pa. hospitals (Philadelphia Business Journal)
(02/24/12) Report Looks At Hospital Infections Throughout State (Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice)
(02/24/12) The Rate of Hospital Readmissions for Those with Infections Dropping in Pennsylvania (Essential Public Radio)
(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)