Hospitals Edge Inflation as Iowa Costs Stay Low
A Cedar Rapids hospital bill for mononucleosis ran to 1187.47 with charges for X rays drugs and room. The piece notes Iowa averages lower costs despite rising national hospital expenses and outlines strategies to cut inpatient use and boost outpatient care while facing high tech equipment costs and staffing pressures.
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National Chamber of Commerce
American Hospital Association
A. James Tinker
Mercy Hospital
Blue Cross
Wallace
Venarda
Wilson Strong Jr
Don Dunn
Iowa Hospital Association
C. Rapids St. Luke’s
Health Policy Corporation of Iowa
Iowa Health Facilities Council
Iowa Department of Health
Dunn
Linn County
Iowa City
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Care versus cost in Iowa hospitals slows inflation efforts
Iowa hospitals in the Voluntary Effort program share cost cutting tactics across facilities. Savings include $149000 yearly from energy management at Mercy Cedar Rapids, $356000 via group purchasing for St. Luke’s and affiliates, and smaller reductions from film sizes, overtime cuts, and paper recycling.
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Iowa Hospital Association
Marian Health Center
Sioux City
St. Luke's
Cedar Rapids
Mercy
Dubuque
Mercy Health Center
Keokuk Area
Community Memorial Hospital
Postville
Hamilton County Public Hospital
Webster City
St. Luke’s
Muscatine General
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Voluntary Hospitals of America
Anamosa
Monticello
Vinton
Glossary of Health Care Terms and Procedures
Defines key terms such as Blue Cross Blue Shield outpatient services inpatient utilization and CAT scanner. Explains Medicare and Medicaid as federal and state programs for hospital and doctor bill payments and notes D and C as uterine scraping.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Hospitals St Luke’s Mercy Ties Explored In Gazette
Tomorrow examines the relationship between St Luke’s and Mercy hospitals in Cedar Rapids and explains how readers can help pay other patients’ medical bills as featured in the Gazette.
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Mercy
Cedar Rapids
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