Healthcare organizations have implemented a wide range of initiatives to improve care quality and patient experience while reducing costs. But a new study published by the Joint Commission is pointing...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is asking key lawmakers to consider the potential effort their healthcare funding decisions for fiscal year (FY) 2022 will have on hospitals’ ability to...
While urgent care has deterred lower-acuity emergency department visits over the past decade, a new study published in Health Affairs suggests that the rise of urgent care centers has increased overall...
A year after the US declared COVID-19 a public health emergency, the healthcare supply chain is still struggling to meet increased demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies,...
Future Provider Relief Fund distributions should prioritize allocation to physician practices struggling with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, not just hospitals, physician groups...
Physician networks are key to the success of accountable care organizations. Leaders of these organizations, otherwise known as ACOs, lean on their networks of high-quality, cost-efficient providers to...
Massachusetts experienced higher-than-expected total healthcare spending growth in 2019, however rates of commercial insurance premiums and member cost-sharing decelerated from 2018, according to the...
More hospitals will operate in the red in 2021 even with a smooth vaccine rollout and reduced COVID-19 hospitalizations, the American Hospital Association (AHA) reports.
An analysis prepared by...
Many of the largest hospitals in the country are still not complying with a new price transparency rule that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2021, according to a new analysis.
Nearly two-thirds of the 100...
A Superior Court of California judge has granted preliminary approval for a $575 million antitrust settlement Sutter Health proposed to resolve a case alleging that it engaged in anticompetitive...
A proposed healthcare merger between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- based Einstein Healthcare Network and Jefferson Health in Pennsylvania and New Jersey has cleared the “final hurdle” now...
Healthcare spending would be about $352 billion lower in 2021 if private payers reimbursed providers at Medicare rates, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation.
The analysis of data...
Hospital financial performance started on a low note in 2021, with margins, volumes, and outpatient revenues all below prior year performance in January, according to the latest data from healthcare...
Hospital price transparency policies are slated to save between $8.7 billion to $26.6 billion a year, but that may not make a big enough dent in the $1.2 trillion—and growing—hospital...
Healthcare spending is unlikely to continue on its upward trajectory in light of emerging technologies, the ability to cure and prevent disease, and engaged healthcare consumers. But this will have a...
As medical groups come off one of the most tumultuous years in modern history, leaders are prioritizing items like staffing and revenue and cost management in order to succeed in 2021.
According to a...
CMS has delayed the filing deadline for cost reports by two months for most healthcare organizations because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The agency posted in a COVID-19 Frequently Asked...
CMS now requires US hospitals to post a list of their standard charges, including rates negotiated with private payers, on a publicly available website in both machine-readable and consumer-friendly...
As people sweep up the confetti and put long-stemmed glasses back in the cabinet after New Year’s Eve, many emergency department providers are coming home after a busy night.
The hours between...
A federal appeals court has recently rejected the hospital industry’s challenge of the upcoming hospital price transparency rule that will require hospitals to disclose payer-specific rates to...
