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Where Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Is Lagging

January 24, 2022 - Hospital price transparency requirements aim to unveil healthcare pricing and support a consumer-oriented healthcare industry. However, hospital price transparency compliance is falling short, particularly around the disclosure of prices in a machine-readable format, new research from Manatt Health shows. The federal rule required hospitals to post...

CMS Seeks Health Equity, Telehealth in Physician Fee Schedule Rule

July 13, 2021 by Jacqueline LaPointe

CMS has proposed a new rule that would update the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and seek more health equity and telehealth utilization among physicians. The proposed rule would establish a new...

Nurse Understaffing Impacts Patient Safety, Practice Management

July 13, 2021 by Jill McKeon

During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when healthcare staff and resources were stretched thin, nurse understaffing may have led to unsafe practice management workarounds, cognitive failures, and...

Physician Practice Acquisitions Accelerated During COVID-19

June 29, 2021 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospitals and corporations now own nearly half of physician practices in the US, underscoring a long-standing trend of physician practice acquisitions by hospitals and other corporate entities, reveals...

Social Determinants Are Associated with Increased Medicare Spending

June 25, 2021 by Victoria Bailey

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with increased Medicare spending per beneficiary in certain geographic areas, according to a study from the Journal of the American Medical...

Large Hospitals Using Price Estimator Tools for Price Transparency Rule

June 21, 2021 by Jacqueline LaPointe

The majority of the top 100 hospitals by gross revenue are using a price estimator tool to comply with a landmark hospital price transparency rule from HHS, according to a recent study. The study...

Value-Based Contracting 101: Preparing, Negotiating, and Succeeding

June 01, 2021 by Jacqueline LaPointe

The Triple Aim. The Quadruple Aim. Right care at the right place at the right time. Whether one works in a hospital or small independent practice, healthcare providers are leaning on these concepts to deliver valuable care to their...