Impact of the Balance Budget Act on access to rural hospital health services for Medicaid patients [0.03%]
美国平衡预算法案对Medicaid患者使用农村医院卫生服务的影响
Mustafa Z Younis,William B Cissell
Mustafa Z Younis
Because of the reimbursement system and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, rural hospitals suffered financially and the volume of services to Medicaid patients was reduced. The importance of this study stems from the debate over the effect of...
Do governance, equity characteristics, and venture capital nvolvement affect long-term wealth creation in U.S. health care and biotechnology IPOs? [0.03%]
公司治理、股权特征和风险投资参与对美国卫生保健业及生物技术行业IPO企业的长期财富创造的影响？
David R Williams,W Jack Duncan,Peter M Ginter et al.
David R Williams et al.
Agency theory remains the dominant means of examining governance issues and ownership characteristics related to large organizations. Research in these areas within large organizations has increased our understanding, yet little is known ab...
An evaluation of charity care for tax-exempt hospitals engaging in joint ventures [0.03%]
免税医院开展合资合作的慈善医疗服务评估
Pamela C Smith
Pamela C Smith
The study examines whether the level of charity care and financial stability contribute to a nonprofit hospital's motivation for partnering with a for-profit hospital through a joint venture. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has heightene...
Jemima A Frimpong,Patrick A Rivers
Jemima A Frimpong
The health care industry has undergone dramatic changes over the past decade. Advances in technologies are being implemented, making the health care industry more complex. In response to increasing administrative costs, the inability to con...
The accountability factor [0.03%]
问责因素
Mark D Olson
Mark D Olson
Why the continuing parade of frauds? Fraud control begins and ends with the governing board. An effective governing board controls the executive staff (not vice-versa) and actively oversees money and where and how it is spent. If accountabi...
Demand matching: balancing cost and quality to maximize greatest postoperative outcomes [0.03%]
需求匹配：权衡成本和质量以实现最佳术后结果
Eileen O&#x;Donnell,Lee O Alvarez
Eileen O&#x;Donnell
Demand matching is an appropriate method of orthopedic implant management, focusing on ensuring the patient receives the most suitable implant and costs are aggressively monitored. In the demand matching process, the patient, surgeon, and f...
Issues in pay for performance: the case of diabetes self-management [0.03%]
基于绩效的支付的问题——以糖尿病自我管理为例分析
Daniel R Longo,Shari L Schubert
Daniel R Longo
Pay for performance is a concept recently on the agenda of many health care providers, administrators, insurers, and payors in their search for methods to provide the best care at the most efficient price. At the same time it promises to pr...
Prospective payment and the provision of post-acute care: how the provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 altered utilization patterns for Medicare providers [0.03%]
关于预付款与术后护理提供：1997年预算平衡法的相关条款如何改变了医疗保险项目的使用模式
Robert R Kulesher,Margaret G Wilder
Robert R Kulesher
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 mandated implementation of the prospective payment system for determining Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health agencies (HHAs). This study assessed the preliminary impact of ...
Paul J Flaer,Mustafa Z Younis,Ali Al Sayed Hussain et al.
Paul J Flaer et al.
Medicare Part D, implemented in January 2006, has failed in the promise of inexpensive medications for all recipients, including those US citizens aged 65 years or older and the disabled. Conceived as a privatization program for a prescript...
Patrick Michael Bernet,Michael D Rosko,Vivian G Valdmanis
Patrick Michael Bernet
U.S. Hospitals rely heavily on debt financing to fund major capital investments. Hospital efficiency is at least partly determined by the amount and quality of plant and equipment it uses. As such, a hospital's access to debt and credit rat...