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Hospitals must aspire to ease care access, says Cleveland Clinic physician and Qualtrics CMO.
Audits uncovered about $12 million in net overpayments for the care of 18,090 patients over a three-year period.
The deadline for HHS to give providers a 60-day notice was Friday.
Attacks on reproductive care, low government reimbursement and COVID-19 pandemic are exacerbating burnout, says AMA president Dr. Jack Resneck Jr.
Racial and ethnic minority groups often have lower levels of use, meaning hospitals in largely Black counties are at a disadvantage.
Hospitals' service line rationalization is that they are like department stores, all things to all people.
Costs more than offset revenue gains, with total direct expense per provider climbing 9% from the year prior, reaching more than $626,000.
Sophia Genetics' data display module leverages Microsoft Azure services to provide AI and machine learning capabilities.
Combined with a 4% Medicare cut from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, physicians say they are looking at a nearly 8.5% cut.
CMS is establishing a new Rural Emergency Hospital model to help prevent rural hospital closures.