Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP – CMS revisits Hospital Co-location

09/19/2019

The DFW Hospital Council posts guest blogs by Associate Members. The following was provided by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. By Laura Keidan Martin, Kenya Woodruff and Rachel Adams of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP On May 3, CMS issues a draft letter to State Survey Agency Directors regarding “Guidance for Hospital Co-location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities” (Guidance) that is … Read More

DFWHC’s Love to speak at Oct. 7 event at UT Dallas

08/21/2019

The University of Texas (UT) at Dallas’ Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management will host the educational event “Medicare for All: What Does it Really Mean?” on Monday, October 7 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the Davidson Auditorium at the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management. The panel discussion will include DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen … Read More

Substance misuse research covers 16 North Texas counties

05/01/2019

Eleven North Texas counties have deaths attributed to drugs and alcohol higher than state averages, while seven counties have death totals higher than national averages, according to a Substance Abuse/Misuse Community Needs Assessment Report of North Texas released this week. The 214-page document by the North Texas Community Health Collaborative was a first-of-its-kind study rendering regional diagnoses transparent across 16 … Read More

CBS pays a visit to DFWHC offices

04/04/2019

CBS 11 News Reporter Brian New paid a visit to the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) offices this afternoon to interview our President/CEO W. Stephen Love on hospital pricing. With hospital pricing transparency rules taking effect January 1, CBS is producing a news segment detailing North Texas hospitals’ efforts to post their price lists online in an effort to increase price … Read More

Southwest Consulting Associates – FY 2019 IPPS Final Rule

02/20/2019

The DFW Hospital Council posts guest blogs by our Associate Members. The following was provided by Southwest Consulting Associates. By Kyle Pennington, Client Relations Manager at Southwest Consulting Associates In its FY 2019 IPPS final rulemaking published August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continued the transition of utilizing charity care and bad debt costs reported … Read More

EHN to host “Changes at CMS” on August 22

08/17/2018

The Executive Healthcare Network (EHN) of DFW will host the morning session “Transformational Changes at CMS” on Wednesday, August 22 from 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at the BravoTech Offices in Dallas. Dr. David Nilasena, chief medical officer of CMS Region 6, will serve as the keynote speaker. EHN is a free networking group for health industry executives and professionals … Read More

Love quoted in DMN story on latest ACA funding cuts

07/20/2018

Our own President/CEO W. Stephen Love was quoted in a Dallas Morning News story posted this morning by Jackie Wang detailing cuts to the Affordable Care Act. Love discussed the millions in funding cuts to insurance navigators in Texas. “Navigators” help residents find health insurance through outreach programs and one-on-one assistance. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reduced federal … Read More

A disturbing rise of uninsured rates in Texas

07/20/2018

DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love posted his latest blog in the July 19 edition of D CEO Healthcare. Many improvements in the healthcare uninsured rates of U.S. citizens are beginning to erode, according to a Commonwealth Fund ACA Tracking Survey released this summer. Recent actions by Congress, the administration, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) … Read More

DFWHC’s Love to participate in Feb. 1 State of Reform event

01/24/2018

Discussing “A Vision for a Post-ACA Texas Health System,” DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love will speak at the State of Reform’s Second Annual Texas Health Policy Conference on February 1 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas. Love will be speaking with Dr. Chris Larson, owner and physician at Euphora Health; and Dr. Deane Waldman, … Read More

Service line-specific clinical integration programs

08/16/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by the Coker Group. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. As hospitals prepare to operate successfully under value-based reimbursements such as bundled payments, they need to consider re-tooling some of their higher profile service lines. Orthopedics and cardiac care service lines are … Read More