UW Med Flight Crash

From the Wisconsin State Journal:
UW Hospital’s Med Flight air ambulances are temporarily shut down after a helicopter crash last night that killed three near La Crosse.
Preliminary reports indicate that the UW Hospital helicopter may have flown into a hill and or struck some trees, Margaret Van Bree, chief operating officer of UW Hospital, said at [...]

Paying Upfront

In a front-page story, the Wall Street Journal (4/28, A1, Martinez) reports that many “[h]ospitals are adopting a policy to improve their finances: making medical care contingent on upfront payments.” According to the American Hospital Association, “[u]ncompensated care cost the hospital industry $31.2 billion in 2006, up 44 percent from $21.6 billion in 2000.” Meanwhile, [...]