Reimbursement
Providers have gotten a nearly 9% permanent cut to home health payment since 2023, says LeadingAge.
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Revenue Cycle Management
Virginia-based health system has selected Ensemble, joining numerous other hospitals that are outsourcing some or all of rev cycle operations.
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Strategic Planning
Core concern of labor and supply inflation are growing at a faster rate than payment and workforce issues haven't gone away, CFO says.
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Capital Finance
Healthcare does not need a profit-driven approach to patient outcomes, but it does need private equity, says Vin Phan of Ankura.
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Supply Chain
Hospitals had 50% more product available to them this past week as compared to the week prior, HHS says.
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Budgeting
It's the second consecutive month in which operating margins tightened, Strata's data shows.
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Quality and Safety
The poor showing by the U.S. stands in stark contrast to how much it spends on healthcare, Commonwealth Fund finds.
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Billing and Collections
The group says its action aims to protect consumers from predatory practices that can lead to inflated healthcare costs.
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Claims Processing
Through the real-time platform, providers can submit and track electronic claims, claims status, remittance and claims payment information.
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Workforce
The layoffs come on the heels of an earnings call in which the company said it was exploring options after a star ratings hit.
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Operations
Rutgers will use the grant to create interventions ranging from diagnostics to medical procedures and behavioral health interventions.
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Medical Devices
Every language model demonstrates instances of racist tropes, or a repetition of unsubstantiated claims about race, study says.
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Compliance & Legal
Star ratings represent billions of dollars in quality bonus payments. CMS has cost Elevance $375M, the complaint says.
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Policy and Legislation
The focus will be on ensuring rural communities have access to primary care, emergency services and specialty care.
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Community Benefit
The American Hospital Association took issue with the report, saying the methodology is flawed.
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Accountable Care
The CMMI model includes downsize risk and accounts for holistic care, such as mental and behavioral health, and health equity.
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Acute Care
The report stresses the importance of continued innovation and collaboration across the healthcare system to further adoption.
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Analytics
Confusion around CMS' final rules has been a challenge, yet the industry continues to advance seamless data exchange.
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Business Intelligence
CEO David Joyner put much of the onus on the poor performance on elevated utilization coming out of the pandemic.
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ICD-10 & Coding
Doctors need to carefully and properly use the HCC codes, which indicate the expected costs for a patient.
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Meaningful Use
Final rule disincentives include hospitals not being able to earn three quarters of the annual market basket increase.
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Medicare & Medicaid
CEO Gail Boudreaux says cut points are a large factor driving the decline of plans rated four stars or higher.
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Patient Engagement
Twenty-three percent of marketplace enrollees were in a plan with a network that included a quarter or fewer of the doctors in their area.
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Pharmacy
The intent of prior authorization - to make efficient use of health resources - has not worked, says Peter Ax of UpScriptHealth.
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Population Health
Over the last decade, about 20% of women tried to access abortion services, but a third of them faced barriers, a new Wisp survey finds.
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Risk Management
Individuals can be assisted, "perhaps even literally while waiting for their clothes to dry," says UPMC for You president.
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Telehealth
The company says there's opportunity to enhance its value proposition in the realm of virtual care.
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