Healthcare system and hospital mergers will likely increase as new value-based care models emerge, according to a recent Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) report. But the rise in...
More hospitals are implementing healthcare transparency strategies that borrow from the retail industry in order to retain and attract consumers, according to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers Health...
CMS should make healthcare spending data for skilled nursing facilities more accessible to public stakeholders and ensure the expenditure information is reliable, the Government Accountability Office...
Payments from pharmaceutical manufacturers may be more influential on physician prescribing habits than concerns over the rise in prescription drug spending, according to a recent study in the...
Just as consumers rate restaurants on Yelp.com on a scale of one to five stars, CMS has published star ratings for healthcare facilities on its Hospital Compare website to boost healthcare...
Two House Representatives, Jim Renacci (R-OH) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY), have recently introduced a healthcare transparency bill that would require CMS to delay the release of new hospital star ratings...
Healthcare vendors and manufacturers have spent $7.52 billion in payments and ownership and investment interests to providers and teaching hospitals in 2015, according to a press release from CMS.
The...
With more individuals covered by a health insurance plan and high-deductible arrangements on the rise, patients and beneficiaries are increasingly demanding more healthcare transparency when it comes to...
According to a recent blog post, CMS is offering healthcare providers a chance to review and dispute healthcare costs related to manufacturers and group purchasing organizations, which will be published...
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) numerous price transparency provisions are inefficient, says a policy brief from the Pioneer Institute. Hospital executives must make consumer-friendly pricing...
More focus on electronic data exchange can potentially save healthcare organizations, hospitals, and health systems $8 billion annually, according to a report from the American Hospital Association...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is striving once again to make the healthcare industry more transparent, affordable, and accountable with the dissemination...
It is an exciting time for healthcare, says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Notable transparency developments are underway, wrote Niall Brennan, CMS Chief Data...
The reliability regarding tens of billions of dollars in states’ supplemental payments is being called into question this month by the United States Government Accountability Office...
A new pilot initiative involving a “Doctor Lookup” feature is now available for some healthcare consumers’ online perusal. Such a beta feature lets healthcare consumers compare...
A report to Congress – The Secretary's First Annual Report on Transparency in the Review and Approval of Section 1115 Demonstration (Amendments to the Social Security Act (SSA) and...
Chief medical officers (CMOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs) must effectively collaborate – both individually and mutually – to combat the healthcare industry’s profound...
The new future of the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) is now more clearly defined with the recent release of a fact sheet from the Centers of Medicare &...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) and Lantana Consulting Group to...
Many obstacles impede healthcare consumers from acquiring high quality healthcare. Many healthcare consumers are unaware of the idea of price transparency. Still, many healthcare consumers yearn for...
