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Strategic Partnerships Mergers and Acquisitions
Hospital transactions in Q4 2020 were flat compared with Q4 2019, while healthcare IT and post-acute care deals rose significantly.
By Nick Hut
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Clinical Decision Support
One company discusses its goal to help other health systems in keeping medical equipment throughout its full life expectancy, especially in a time of financial struggle.
Fact Sheet
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Patient Experience
This infographic explores how healthcare organizations are expanding patient payment methods due to COVID-19 and the reason these new payment strategies are significant.
Sponsored Content
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Patient Experience
This report from Change Healthcare explains price transparency can be an opportunity for providers to speed up collections and improve patient satisfaction.
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Patient Experience
Healthcare financial leaders can foster improved patient outcomes and well-being by advocating for an approach to healthcare that includes acknowledging the spiritual aspect of patients as human beings.
By Martin H. Bluth, MD, PhD
News
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Medicare Payment and Reimbursement
News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of articles from the past weeks, including, the Biden administration ordering a review of recently finalized regulations across government agencies, leaving the fate of several ...
By Deborah Filipek
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Medicare Payment and Reimbursement
News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of articles from the past weeks, including, the Biden administration ordering a review of recently finalized regulations across government agencies, leaving the fate of several ...
By Deborah Filipek
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Value-Based Payment
The Geographic Direct Contracting model will test full-risk arrangements for healthcare entities serving thousands of Medicare beneficiaries within defined geographic areas.
By Rich Daly, HFMA Senior Writer and Editor
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Medicare Payment and Reimbursement
The final rule for the CY21 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System will phase out the inpatient-only list but won’t implement steeper 340B cuts.
By Rich Daly, HFMA Senior Writer and Editor
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Value-Based Payment
Final rules modifying enforcement of the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute aim to remove barriers to participation in value-based payment models.
By Rich Daly, HFMA Senior Writer and Editor
News
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Value-Based Payment
September estimates that the Medicare hospital trust fund will be insolvent by 2024 could mean value-based payment will play a role in buttressing the fund.
By Rich Daly, HFMA Senior Writer and Editor
News
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Value-Based Payment
The hospital readmissions reduction program incorrectly penalizes hundreds of hospitals, according to new research.
By Rich Daly, HFMA Senior Writer and Editor
Blog
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Strategic Partnerships Mergers and Acquisitions
Hospital transactions in Q4 2020 were flat compared with Q4 2019, while healthcare IT and post-acute care deals rose significantly.
By Nick Hut
Blog
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Medicare Payment and Reimbursement
Given the role both Medicare and Medicaid spending play in current and projected federal deficits, spending on both will eventually need to be reduced.
By Chad Mulvany
Blog
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Consumerism
Healthcare organizations that have increased availability of price estimates and facilitate clear conversations about the account resolution process anecdotally report improvements in self-pay collections and patient satisfaction, says HFMA...
By Chad Mulvany, FHFMA
Blog
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Bundled Payment
Health systems will soon learn how successful their participation in the mandatory Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program has been.
By Jean Drouin, MD, and MBA
Blog
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Telemedicine
Mary Jane Konstantin discusses how the telephone provides a fast, cost-effective way for nurses to provide patient care.
By Mary Jane Konstantin and RN
Blog
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Operations Management
Advisory Board’s John Johnston discusses the importance of reevaluating surgical performance to ensure you are positioned to capture new business—and deliver cost-effective care.
By John Johnston, CPA, and MHA