Fewer healthcare organizations are increasing their revenue cycle IT budgets compared to last year, a new survey shows.
The annual Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and Navigant...
CMS may not be appropriately adjusting Medicare reimbursement to hospitals for local labor prices, a new HHS Office of the Inspector (OIG) report reveals.
The HHS watchdog found “significant...
Health system operating income is deteriorating as hospital expenses continue to grow, according to a recent Navigant analysis.
In the three-year analysis of the financial disclosures for 104...
Eighty-five percent of hospital and health system executives believe the industry is at significant risk for healthcare disruption, and their organizations are preparing their business operations for...
Atrium Health in North Carolina recently agreed to a settlement with the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the North Carolina Office of Attorney General that prohibits the health system from using...
Consumers are generally comfortable with seeking routine care in healthcare settings beyond the hospital or their doctor’s office if the healthcare costs are lower, data from PwC’s Health...
Hospitals are seeking customizable practice management systems that integrate with their revenue cycle management and EHR systems, according to a new survey from Black Book Research.
Thirty-six...
HHS must eliminate the Medicare appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level by the end of the 2022 fiscal year, according to a recent court order.
Judge James E. Boasberg of the US...
Healthcare costs in Colorado are significantly higher compared to other states in the country. A recent analysis by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NHRI) showed that total cost of care...
The healthcare industry experience more than 20 hospital bankruptcies since 2016, and about three-quarters of the distressed hospitals operated in rural areas, law firm Polsinelli recently...
Healthcare organizations are losing revenue because they are failing to properly mange referrals and patient leakage, a new survey shows.
Forty-three percent of over 100 executives recently surveyed...
“The overwhelming majority of hospitals and health systems are not the drivers in contract negotiations with commercial health insurers,” the American Hospital Association (AHA) recently...
Improving a patient’s financial experience is key to healthcare revenue cycle management success, according to the Senior Regional Director of Revenue Cycle at Ascension...
Physician practices are less willing to participate in alternative payment models with downside financial risk compared to four years ago, revealed a new study from the RAND Corporation and the...
The eighth annual revenue cycle management technology and outsourcing solutions survey from Black Book recently uncovered the top client-rated healthcare revenue cycle management vendors for health...
Approximately 34 percent of all healthcare payments made in 2017 were tied to an alternative payment model (APM) with shared savings, shared risk, bundled payments, or population-based payments,...
When a member of Gurpreet Singh’s family broke his wrist, they didn’t go to a hospital emergency room or an academic medical. Instead, the family headed to an urgent care center to triage...
Sixty-four rural hospitals closed between 2013 and 2017, more than double the number of rural hospitals closures in the prior five-year period, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently...
Prior authorizations, or prior approvals, are strategies that payers use to control costs and ensure their members only receive medically necessary care. The cost-control process requires providers to...
Fostering a patient-focused culture was a top business strategy top-performing medical groups and practices implemented in 2018, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) recently reported.
As...