Senate adjourns without repealing SGR

03/27/2015

In a follow-up to the article posted this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the U.S. House of Representatives passing a bill repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate, it appears the Senate adjourned at 3:30 a.m. Friday without taking action. They will not return for two weeks due to Easter Break. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love said the Senate should … Read More

Love comments on SGR agreement

03/27/2015

In an article in this morning’s D Healthcare Daily, DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love provided his opinion on the U.S. House of Representatives’ bipartisan agreement yesterday to approve legislation that will repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate. “While the bill may not be perfect, it does permanently put into place appropriate physician reimbursement which hospitals fully support,” Love said. The … Read More

Texas battle on Medicaid reform heats up

03/03/2015

With Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joining 20 Republican state senators in Austin on Monday to announce mandates the Obama administration must meet before lawmakers will consider doing anything with Medicaid, it appears expansion is not even a consideration. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love offers his views in this morning’s D Healthcare Daily story. You can read the full article … Read More

Love interview on the uninsured in D Healthcare Daily

02/18/2015

DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Parkland Health & Hospital System Chief Financial Officer John Moore were interviewed for a story that ran in this morning’s D Healthcare Daily. The topic was “Who Pays for the Uninsured?” The story, penned by Matt Goodman, can be found here.

DFWHC participates in D Academy Class

02/13/2015

Steve Love, president/CEO of the DFW Hospital Council, participated in a panel discussion during the D Academy Health Care Class yesterday at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Love was joined by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Parkland Health & Hospital System CFO John Moore and D Healthcare Daily Editor Matt Goodman. Love’s topic was “Who Pays for the Uninsured?” … Read More

Love analyzes GAO hospital report in D Healthcare story

01/30/2015

In a story posted this morning in D Healthcare Daily, W. Stephen Love, president CEO of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC), discussed numbers released this week in a survey by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. DFW hospitals, the GAO found, charged the second most in the country for hip replacement procedures, 23rd in coronary stents and 34th for appendectomies. In … Read More

What is the alternative to Medicaid expansion?

01/07/2015

In an informative article posted today by D Healthcare Daily, W. Stephen Love, president/CEO of the DFW Hospital Council, offered his insight on a “Texas solution” to Medicaid expansion. Dr. Forney Fleming of the University of Texas at Dallas, Bill Hammond of the Texas Association of Business and Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas also offered their opinions. The feature was penned … Read More

Love provides comments on Leapfrog scores

11/06/2014

In the October 31 D Healthcare Daily article “Leapfrog Releases Fall 2014 Hospital Safety Scores,” W. Stephen Love, president/CEO of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, offered a statement on the grades of area hospitals. Love’s statement: “Hospitals support transparency in quality and safety information and sharing improvements with the communities they serve. As with any report card, Leapfrog grades must … Read More

Love offers comments in D Healthcare story

10/28/2014

In the October 27-28 D Healthcare Daily story “Why Dallas Is Building So Many Hospitals,” Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love offered his comments on the increased hospital construction in the metroplex. Love was interviewed by D Healthcare Editor Matt Goodman. According to Goodman’s feature, in nearly every corner of the North Texas region new hospitals are cropping … Read More

Love quoted in D Healthcare Daily lead story

08/08/2014

In a story this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the new Gallup-Healthways poll detailing the U.S. uninsured rate, an editorial by Steve Love, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s president/CEO, was quoted due to its support of the Affordable Care Act. Love’s editorial posted Feb. 11, 2014 and titled “A Texas Solution,” proposed a bipartisan, cooperative approach to implement a … Read More