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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1982

Page

44

Hospitals weigh costs as new tech drives bills higher

Iowa hospitals face a cost crunch as prices rise faster than inflation. Cedar Rapids bills for a Mono infection case show charges while national and state data reveal growing outpatient care, staffing, and high tech equipment costs. Hospital leaders stress smarter buying, outpatient care, and cautious tech investments.

Isa Cedar Rapids Lisa Iowa National Chamber of Commerce American Hospital Association A. James Tinker Mercy Hospital Mercy St. Luke's Hospital Blue Cross Edar Rapids St. Luke's Wallace Venarda Lowa Iowa Hospital Wilson Strong Jr Don Dunn The Iowa Hospital Association University Hospitals Iowa City Department of Radiology St. Luke's Ospitals Health Policy Corporation of Iowa Iowa Health Facilities Council Iowa Department of Health Dunn Linn County

Iowa hospitals cut costs under voluntary effort program

Iowa’s 135 licensed community hospitals share cost saving tactics via the Voluntary Effort program. Measures include switching film sizes, new time clocks to reduce overtime, lower grade paper, plastic liner changes, beverage reductions, and a computerized energy management system projected to save hundreds of thousands yearly across Mercy facilities and others.

Iowa City Mercy Hospital Mary Venarda Iowa Hospital Association Iowa Marian Health Center Sioux Cit Mercy Cedar Rapid Dubuque Cedar Rapids Cello and Vinton

Glossary of health care terms and definitions

A glossary defining health care concepts including Blue Cross Blue Shield outpatient and inpatient services Medicare Medicaid utilization CAT SCANNER and D&C. It explains non profit plans hospital and doctor payments for the needy and the meaning of a dilation and curettage procedure.

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