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Thursday, June 02, 2005

baltimoresun.com - Panel looks at hospitals' costs

baltimoresun.com - Panel looks at hospitals' costs: "Panel looks at hospitals' costs
Draft aims to quantify community benefits Md. nonprofit facilities offer
By M. William Salganik
Sun Staff
Originally published June 2, 2005
In a first effort to quantify how much Maryland's nonprofit hospitals are providing in community benefits, the Health Services Cost Review Commission released yesterday a draft report that put the total at more than half a billion dollars.
Commission Chairman Irvin Kues described it as an initial effort that 'will be refined over time.' The report does not, for example, subtract the amount hospitals receive through the state's rate-setting system for caring for the uninsured or for training doctors. "

Thursday, June 02, 2005

baltimoresun.com - Panel looks at hospitals' costs

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