Study reveals safety-net hospital challenges
Patient Financial Services Weekly Advisor, August 15, 2008
A study published in the August 12 online edition of Health Affairs shows that safety-net hospitals are facing greater difficulty in keeping a balance between serving the uninsured and staying financially viable, the Seattle Times reports.
Conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change, the study tracked 12 communities for more than a decade. The authors of the study say that one third of safety-net hospitals lost money in 2005.
Some hospitals are attempting to draw insured patients by providing specialty services, but the study warns that these types of moves could undermine the hospitals’ mission.
To read the full story in the Seattle Times, click here.
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