Reimbursement
The health system is keeping up with CMS mandates for price transparency, requirements that will only grow over time, senior Finance VP says.
At Maricopa Integrated Health System, price transparency became a top strategic imperative after it helped the system boost its margins.
Implementing rules on price transparency and interoperability would be helped by insurers sharing information publicly, asserts the American Hospital Association.
First "CMS: Beyond the Policy" podcast explains physician fee schedule for 2019, in a conversational format.
Nurse navigators in particular can be important tools for both patients seeking better care and providers seeking more consistent reimbursement.
Marcia Conrad-Miller of CGI said if payers, providers, pharma work together on oversight and create data store, progress could be made.
As consumers become more powerful in healthcare, online reviews have become a more prominent tool by which to gauge brand quality.
Singapore's bundle system has encouraged the shift to community-based care and prevention, with strong results.
A third of respondents also said growing healthcare costs impact their ability to seek care, study says.
Health plans doing business in Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA are being asked to share claims data, and all information should be transferable, Verma says.