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IRS examining salary packages at non-profit hospitals

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is investigating executive salaries at non-profit hospitals. The IRS is tightening requirements for tax exemption. The exemption's value to the industry is estimated at $8 billion a year. New IRS guidelines eliminated below-market loans, allowances for luxury cars and country club memberships, among other perks. The goal is to reduce healthcare costs and to ensure funds are not diverted from their intended purpose.

Finance, taxation, & monetary policy, Investigations, Compensation and benefits, Executives, Executive compensation, United States. Internal Revenue Service, Hospitals, Public, Public hospitals

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Report: more hospitals do poorly on quality measures

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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations surveyed 5,326 hospitals and found that one-third of them failed to comply with important quality standards. The survey report, 'Hospital Accreditation Standards, 1987-1989', was released in Feb 1992 and focuses on 12 areas in which compliance citations were issued. Hospitals performed most poorly in the areas of safety management, infection control, nursing process and life safety.

Surveys, Hospitalization, Hospital care

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Surge in outpatient surgery brings end to inpatient dominance

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More surgical procedures are now performed on an outpatient basis than inpatient, according to a report by the American Hospital Association. This change is attributed to new technology and the trend toward managed care. Outpatient surgeries accounted for 51% of all procedures in 1991. That compares to 16% in 1980. Hospitals need to restructure to accommodate this trend toward ambulatory surgery.

Statistics, Surgery, Ambulatory medical care, Ambulatory care

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