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Nationwide Children's Hospital developed Career Gateway Homes, a combination low-income housing project and employment-training center.

Why Hospitals Are Getting Into The Real Estate Business

11:59am August 19, 2018

by Paul Chisholm

These days hospitals are looking for ways to improve health in their communities to prevent illness and control costs. One hospital in Ohio decided that health might start with affordable housing.

Changes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could affect how some hospitals operate.

Trump Administration To Overhaul A Program Designed To Save Medicare Money

8:47pm August 09, 2018

by Phil Galewitz

The federal government will overhaul accountable care organizations, an Obama-era innovation. The change could lead to a dramatic decrease in hospitals and doctors participating in the program.

With financial incentives from the ACA, the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston signed agreements with physicians and insurers to create an accountable care organization, in hopes of reducing health care's cost in the long run. But achieving those sa

Hospitals Worry Repeal Of Obamacare Would Jeopardize Innovations In Care

7:31am January 27, 2017

by Kristin Gourlay

One part of the federal health law gave hospitals financial incentives to improve patient care. Some invested big to make those changes and are worried about what losing that support would mean.

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Northeast Baptist Hospital, one of five hospitals within the Baptist Health System in San Antonio.

Health & Safety

Health System Took Control To Make Joint Replacement More Profitable

2:13pm May 01, 2015

by Jay Hancock

Baptist Health System in San Antonio made money doing what used to be industry heresy: reducing patients' use of medical care.

Health & Safety

Medicare Looks To Speed Up Pay For Quality Instead Of Volume

11:51am January 27, 2015

by Jordan Rau

The administration wants to tie more of Medicare's spending on health care to quality and to encourage doctors and hospitals to be more frugal in their spending.