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Delaware Prosperity Partnership names Cardwell as CEO
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (190+ words) Cardwell's appointment follows a national search after the departure of Kurt Foreman, the first CEO of the eight-year-old private-public organization that receives both state and business funding. Cardwell has 20 years of experience in economic development, financial recovery and investment banking....
From Spotlight Delaware: Lawmakers propose change for hospital charity care rules
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1191+ words) Delaware lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would greatly increase the number of patients eligible to receive free treatment, often called charity care, from the state's nonprofit hospitals. "The new legislative push also follows a separate effort last summer in…...
From Spotight Delaware: Lawmakers to reform hospital charity care rules
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1191+ words) Delaware lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would greatly increase the number of patients eligible to receive free treatment, often called charity care, from the state's nonprofit hospitals. "The new legislative push also follows a separate effort last summer in…...
As Delaware debates primary care reform, a similar Oregon law offers insight
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1184+ words) As Delaware's hospital systems claim a primary care reform bill would spell armageddon for their revenues, a state on the West Coast that implemented similar measures in 2017 said it realized massive savings while hospitals only saw minor reductions in revenue....
My Take: Provision in healthcare cost bill makes its way to the national stage
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (352+ words) A version of a section of a controversial Delaware bill that would limit medical service reimbursements to 250% of the Medicare rate is part of a national proposal rolled out today. The Bulwark site reported that the Center for American Progress,…...
Delaware lawmakers propose health care pricing reform; draw swift pushback
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1417+ words) Weeks after Delaware ended a bruising fight with the state's biggest hospital systems, a new bill introduced Thursday threatens to bring back the battle over whether the state should regulate how hospitals set their prices." Senate Bill 1, filed ahead of…...