NBC “Medical Debt Epidemic” report continued yesterday with new comments from Love

03/07/2018

NBCDFW-TV reporter Wayne Carter’s series on the “Medical Debt Epidemic” continued yesterday with additional footage from his extensive interview last week with DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love. Carter, NBC’s Consumer Investigative Reporter, has been broadcasting a comprehensive report detailing the perceived inconsistency of healthcare cost, frustrations over billing and the perception the system doesn’t work in North Texas. … Read More

NBCDFW-TV interview with Love details medical billing

03/05/2018

NBCDFW-TV reporter Wayne Carter was at the DFW Hospital Council offices Wednesday afternoon to interview President/CEO W. Stephen Love on healthcare billing. Carter, NBC’s Consumer Investigative Reporter, was working on a comprehensive report detailing the perceived inconsistency of healthcare cost, frustrations over billing and the perception that the system doesn’t work in North Texas. The interview aired on Friday. You … Read More

Love to speak during March 6 “Spotlight Series”

03/01/2018

The Pearson Partners International quarterly “Spotlight Series Breakfast” will take place next Tuesday, March 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on the 17th floor of the Park City Club in Dallas. Titled “Healthcare Challenges: The Personal and Professional Impact,” the event will detail failed attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and how this could impact the … Read More

Love interviewed by NBCDFW on healthcare billing

02/28/2018

NBCDFW TV reporter Wayne Carter was at the DFW Hospital Council offices this afternoon to interview President/CEO W. Stephen Love on healthcare billing. Carter, NBC’s Consumer Investigative Reporter, was working on a comprehensive report detailing the perceived inconsistency of healthcare cost, frustrations over billing and the perception that the system doesn’t work in North Texas. His series is expected to … 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

Mercer to host “Pharmacy Trends” roundtable, Jan. 24-25

01/17/2018

Mercer, a DFW Hospital Council associate member, will host the roundtable discussion “Specialty Pharmacy and Current Pharmacy Trends” at multiple locations on January 24 and 25 in North Texas. The complimentary sessions will serve as an insightful discussion covering employer provided prescription drug benefit solutions. Topics include Rx cost management, specialty prescriptions and the growing opioid epidemic. Sessions are scheduled … Read More

A letter from ELEVATE340B to hospital members

09/20/2017

Below is a letter from Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council partner ELEVATE340B to Hospital Members. Dear DFWHC Member, ELEVATE340B partnered with the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council earlier this summer and as a result of that partnership, we’d like to formally introduce our firm and our service. ELEVATE340B was founded with pharmacists and 340B coordinators in mind. Over the course of hundreds … Read More

DFWHC and Abilene Christian University to co-host Oct. 11 webinar

09/13/2017

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Abilene Christian University will co-host the educational webinar “Clinicians Role in Advocating Smoking Cessation” on Wednesday, October 11 from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Abilene Christian University (ACU) came aboard as a DFWHC Associate Member in 2017, offering a 10 percent discount to DFWHC members to online healthcare graduate programs operating out of the local … Read More

UTD to host Oct. 4 seminar on rising costs of healthcare

09/07/2017

The University of Texas Dallas will host the seminar “How Employers are Responding to the Rising Costs of Healthcare” on Wednesday, October 4 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management Davidson Auditorium in Richardson. Guest panelists will include Mark Haerr, administrative vice president of operations and compliance at Dallas Area Rapid Transit … Read More

Speakers announced for DFWHC/Hall Render Aug. 31 event

08/22/2017

David French and Amy Garrigues, attorneys with Hall Render whose area of expertise is health law and risk management, were announced today as the speakers of the August 31 educational event “False Claims Act Litigation and Internal Investigation Matters” from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The complimentary session is the third of four … Read More