AHA Asks for Another $50B in Coronavirus Relief for Hospitals
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is asking HHS to distribute another $50 billion in coronavirus relief funds as hospitals continue to feel the financial pressure of responding to COVID-19. For...CMS Issues COVID-19 Billing Updates for Hospitals, Alternate Sites
New and updated COVID-19 billing guidance from CMS aims to help hospitals and alternate care sites get paid for care rendered during the public health emergency. For more coronavirus updates, visit...Latest Coronavirus Relief Bill Seeks Another $100B for Providers
A new coronavirus relief bill is looking to give providers another $100 billion in grants for healthcare-related expenses and lost revenue directly attributable to the public health emergency resulting...Sponsored by XIFIN
Leveraging Payer, Client Behavior Data to Maximize Lab Revenue
Health systems have access to testing and billing data from several different types of patient encounters — inpatient, outpatient, outreach, as well as independent or reference lab for specialty...Sponsored by Experian Health
Mitigating the Risk of Uncompensated Care to the Revenue Cycle
Despite a tentative dip in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, the number of uninsured Americans seems to be creeping back up. The latest figures from the US Census Bureau report suggest an additional...Senate Dems Want $100B Distributed Based on COVID-19 Hotspots
Healthcare providers in COVID-19 hotspots should get the rest of the $100 billion in emergency funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Democratic Senators recently...Medicare Payment Doubles for High-Production Coronavirus Lab Tests
CMS is nearly doubling Medicare payment for high-production coronavirus lab tests in efforts to boost COVID-19 testing capacity and monitoring in nursing home communities and other coronavirus...Sponsored by Experian Health
3 Key Activities to Prevent Denied Claims in 2020
Despite relentless efforts to curb the growth in denied healthcare claims, physician practices see between five and ten percent of claims continue to be rejected by commercial and public payers each...Hospital Stimulus Funds to Pay for Uninsured COVID-19 Treatment
Some of the $100 billion in coronavirus stimulus money earmarked for hospitals will pay for COVID-19 treatment of the uninsured, HHS Secretary Alex Azar recently announced. For more coronavirus...How Much Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Cost Hospitals?
Every day the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises, creating new challenges for the US healthcare system. Healthcare providers are scrambling to test and treat a sudden influx of patients...CMS Offers Upfront Medicare Reimbursement During COVID-19 Pandemic
More healthcare providers will be able to access advanced Medicare reimbursement during the COVID-19 pandemic as CMS expands the Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program. For more coronavirus updates,...Sponsored by XIFIN
Clean Claim, Write-Off Metrics Key to Diagnostic Provider Success
Diagnostic provider leadership teams understand the importance of revenue cycle management (RCM) for maximizing reimbursement promptly. Submitting clean claims is one of the most important ways that a...Documentation to Ease Medical Billing Issues Due to COVID-19
Clinical documentation is critical to serving patients with COVID-19, but also avoiding medical billing and payment issues in the months and years following the pandemic, according to healthcare...CMS Releases Medicare Reimbursement Details for COVID-19 Tests
Following the development of new billing codes, CMS is now letting clinical laboratories know how much they will receive in Medicare reimbursement for testing patients for COVID-19. CMS emailed...Out-of-Network Payment Cap Would Cut Hospital Spending by $124B
Capping out-of-network payments to hospitals at 125 percent of Medicare rates could yield up to $124 billion in savings nationwide, making this a viable policy alternative to Medicare-for-All,...No Reimbursement Impedes Social Determinants of Health Progress
Hospitals are struggling to implement and sustain programs addressing social determinants of health without direct claims reimbursement, according to a recent survey of 200 healthcare experts. The...Third of Execs Don’t Think Value-Based Payment Will Usurp FFS
Value-based payment adoption has steadily increased, but a third of healthcare executives in a new survey do not believe the alternative payment mechanism will usurp fee-for-service. Fee-for-service...Sponsored by XIFIN
