Findings suggest that many hospitals' negotiating leverage significantly increased after years of decline. Today, many … hospitals are viewed as having the greatest leverage in local markets. Changes in three areas—the policy and purchasing … context, managed care plan market, and hospital market—appear to explain why hospitals' leverage increased, particularly …

€œmeaningful use.†Through an analysis of Medicare data, the study found a substantial increase in the percentage of hospitals …-access, smaller, and publicly owned or nonprofit hospitals appeared to be at risk of failing to meet the criteria. …

This article found that more than 15 percent of U.S. hospitals have adopted at least a basic electronic health record …, hospitals will have to accelerate adoption of EHRs above the current pace to participate in meaningful use. …

Hospitals have greater administrative control over the actions and resources of physicians they employ, enabling the …

controlling health care costs. Compared to other hospitals, high-price hospitals tend to be larger, be major teaching hospitals … sources. However, quality indicators for high-price hospitals were mixed. Although these hospitals fared better than other … hospitals on U.S. News & World Report rankings, which are largely based on reputation, they generally scored worse on objective …

hospitals receiving electronic health record incentive payments between 2011 (17.4 percent) and 2012 (36.8 percent). However …, critical-access, smaller, and publicly owned or nonprofit hospitals appeared to be at risk of failing to meet the criteria. …

Hospitals have greater administrative control over the actions and resources of physicians they employ, enabling the …

. However, 2014 marks an important transition: For many hospitals, penalties will be assessed in fiscal year 2015 for failing to …