End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management Key to Success at Ascension
The healthcare revenue cycle contains many moving parts. Hospitals and health systems typically rely on a patchwork of technologies and best practices to ensure everything from patient access and registration to medical billing and...Patient Access to Care Falls As More Docs Look to Retire, Cut Hours
Patient access to care could decrease as a greater number of physicians plan to cut down their hours, retire, or find a non-clinical job in 2018 compared to two years ago, a recent survey from the Physicians Foundation and Merritt Hawkins...Value-Based Purchasing, Consumerism Top Healthcare Exec Challenges
Transitioning to value-based purchasing and responding to healthcare consumerism continue to be among the top challenges, issues, and opportunities healthcare C-suite leaders are facing in 2019, according to a new poll from the Healthcare...Sponsored by symplr
States Look to Streamline Payer Enrollment, Cut Provider Paperwork
Healthcare is a waiting game, with the most common example being the patient waiting room. But patients aren’t the only healthcare stakeholders left waiting. Healthcare organizations oftentimes wait months to receive payer enrollment...Less Than a Third of Docs Owned Independent Practices in 2018
Physicians are continuing to flock to hospital employment models rather than take on a private, independent practice, according to a new survey. Only about 31.4 percent of physicians identified as independent practice owners or partners...Patient Attribution Key Component to APMs, Value-Based Contracts
Patient attribution is a critical component of alternative payment models (APMs) that appropriately hold providers accountable for their care performance. “Attribution methodology is at the core of constructing actuarially sound,...Time Helps Accountable Care Organizations Realize Savings in MSSP
Experience is a key factor to realizing greater cost savings in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), a new Avalere analysis found. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the MSSP for four or more years generated nearly all of the...Physician Compensation Increased for Just 37% of Docs in 2017
Average annual physician compensation for most specialties remained relatively flat from 2016 to 2017, leading to mediocre income satisfaction rates among physicians, the second annual PracticeMatch survey uncovered. Only 37 percent of...CMS Floats Rule to Save Providers $1.1B, Cut Administrative Burden
Healthcare providers are slated to save an estimated $1.12 billion annually under a recently proposed rule from CMS that would reduce administrative burdens. The savings would stem from proposals to simplify and streamline...13% of People Live in an Area with a Primary Care Physician Shortage
Approximately 13 percent of US residents, or 44 million individuals, live in a county with a primary care physician shortage, according to new data from UnitedHealth Group. The primary care physician shortage impacts all types of...3 Patient Collections Best Practices to Boost the Bottom Line
Patient financial responsibility is steadily climbing, accounting for a greater portion of healthcare revenue. With patients shifting a provider’s revenue sources, hospitals and practices alike must implement internal patient...Sponsored by symplr
