Accounting & Financial Management
The further reimbursement cuts are expected push margins of an estimated 40 percent of all home health providers into loss territory.
Patient engagement can ensure the delivery of patient- and family-centered care while bolstering the ability of accountable care organizations to meet quality and savings goals.
Some health systems are trying to help patients avoid high-cost bills altogether, by working with insurers to craft value-based plans that offer low out-of-pocket costs.
Hospital chief financial officers have indispensable business intelligence towards managing costs surrounding supply chain purchases.
At issue is whether the company is doing anything different from its for-profit competitors to warrant its tax break.
Collect financial information upfront, fight insurance denials, and send a combined bill from hospital and physician among advice for hospital finance staff.
The agencies say they will establish a 180-day waiting period before medical debt is added to someone's credit report.
More than 90 percent of CFOs surveyed said they already have strategies in place to partner with other providers.
Bill reduces funding for critical access hospitals treating uninsured patients from $5 million to $1 million.
Under current conditions, operating loss for the five hospitals studied would be $190 million in 2019, according to Navigant Consulting.