Reimbursement
Supply chain represents 30 percent of hospital operations, ranking second only to labor in cost.
Bipartisan plan is being written after four hearings with insurers, providers and other stakeholders.
The group said Congress can help fortify the ACA markets and reduce premiums by making a commitment to pay for cost-sharing reductions.
Cancer care is being shifted away from the private, physician-owned community oncology clinics and into the much more expensive 340B hospital settings, the Community Oncology Alliance says.
Insurers plan sharp rate hikes next year unless Congress removes uncertainty by appropriating money to pay discounts, estimated at $10 billion in 2018.
Insurers facing a Sept. 20 deadline to file final premium rates on the exchanges must decide whether to assume CSRs will continue, increase premiums, or leave market.
From MGMA's online forum to SA Ignite's MACRA software, clinicians can set the groundwork, find success.
A last-ditch Republican repeal-and-replace bill would give states block grants to design individual coverage options.
Overall average price for inpatient hospital care in Indiana was 2.17 times the Medicare rate, RAND study says.
This year, getting reimbursed is all about making sure the codes reflect the actual care given.