Tag: Healthcare Economics

August 7, 2018

Opponents of increased immigration argue that migrants strain the U.S. healthcare system by driving up utilization at emergency departments and contributing to uncompensated care. But a study published Tuesday in the International Journal of Health Services finds those assertions to […]

July 24, 2017

Investors will be watching beginning this week to see if hospitals maintained admission and outpatient volumes during the second quarter. The start of second-quarter earnings releases will see publicly traded hospitals trying to match fairly tough comparable numbers from last […]

March 30, 2017

A bipartisan group of lawmakers blasted President Donald Trump’s proposed HHS budget cuts on Wednesday, saying patient lives could be at risk if the plan turns into reality.Republicans and Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health and Human Services, […]

March 16, 2017

Investors in hospital stocks brushed aside a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike of one-quarter point Wednesday, pushing the stock prices higher almost across the board. Hospitals, both investor-owned and not-for-profit, are sensitive to interest-rate increases because they rely heavily on debt […]

September 13, 2016

The amount of money insurers and payers spent on hospitals, doctor office visits, outpatient centers, labs and other healthcare providers increased 6.7% in the second quarter of 2016 compared with the same period a year ago, according to data from […]

September 2, 2016

About 71% of healthcare spending in California this year will be covered by taxpayers, according to a new report (PDF). The study, published by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found that of the $367 billion to be spent […]