News Archive for August 2018

Docs Could Avoid 34% of Out-of-Network Patient Referrals with Data

More MSSP ACOs Saved Money, Earned Shared Savings in 2017

Shift Admin, QGenda Top Physician Scheduling Vendors, KLAS Reports

OIG Mulls Anti-Kickback Statute Changes to Boost Value-Based Care

CFOs Expect Higher Hospital Labor Costs As Staffing Shortages Loom

Providers Praise E/M Documentation Changes, Oppose Payment Plans

CMS to Offer More Flexibility to Risk-Bearing ACOs, Verma Says

Using Text Messages to Improve Healthcare Recruitment, Employment

Next Generation ACOs Save Medicare $62M, Maintain Care Quality

Providers Prefer Manual Nurse Scheduling Over Predictive Analytics

ACOs Relax Post-Acute Care Rules to Improve Care, Reduce Costs

CMS Initiative to Create Pediatric APMs to Address Opioid Crisis

Group Purchasing Saves Hospitals Up to 18% of Supply Chain Costs

Medical Practices to Focus on Staff, Patient Retention, MGMA Finds

When Claims Reimbursement Doesn’t Cover Healthcare Innovation

HHS to Clear Medicare Appeals Backlog by 2022, Court Docs Show

Hospital Mergers Produce Modest Healthcare Supply Chain Savings

Healthcare Costs, Affordability A Major Challenge for Patients

Value-Based Experience, Robust EHR Use Key Factors to ACO Success

KLAS: Business Intelligence Use Varies, Epic Systems Leads Adoption

Do Proposed Quality Payment Program Changes Support Specialists?

After a Slow 2017, ACOs Grow and Expand Their Contracts in 2018

Academic Medical Centers Receive More Value-Based Penalties

Medicaid Could Save $4.8B Through Electronic Claims Management

MI Hospital System Pays $84.5M to Resolve Healthcare Fraud Claims

Leading Accountable Care Organization Group Opposes MSSP Overhaul

Paperless Medical Billing Key to Boosting Patient Collections

Prescription Drug Rate Growth to Slow in 2019, Increasing 4.92%

CMS Plans to Transform MSSP to Encourage ACOs to Assume More Risk

Employers Play Bigger Role in Value-Based Reimbursement Transition

Revenue Cycle Management Integration Boosts the Bottom Line

Healthcare M&A Leads to 90% of Markets Being Highly Consolidated

How Can CMS Improve MACRA’s Quality Payment Program, MIPS?

Post-Acute Care Providers Worry About Patient-Driven Payment Model

AHA: Create Stark Law Exception for Value-Based Reimbursement

Physician Assistant Compensation Increased Almost 3% in 2018

How Hospitals Bring in Revenue Through the Healthcare Supply Chain

Care Integration Driving Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions

CMS Finalizes Hospital Price Transparency Rules, 3% Payment Boost

CAQH Stresses the Importance of Prior Authorization Automation

WA Makes Healthcare Price Transparency Consumer-Friendly

255 Healthcare Merger and Acquisition Deals Announced in Q2 2018

CMS Moves Medicare Payments for Skilled Nursing Facilities to Value