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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)
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