Reimbursement
While Connecticut's 2014-2015 budget has yet to be finalized, hospitals and healthcare systems in the state are claiming that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed cuts of more than $500 million in hospital funding over the next two years would be devastating.
Two years after receiving federal planning grants and 9 months after inking an IT contract, the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange's enabling legislation is being finalized by state lawmakers, amid competing visions for regulatory scope.
In an education session Monday at HIMSS13 titled "How Hospitals Improve Their Bottom Line and Improve Relationships with Uninsureds," two people on the front lines showcased an innovative, IT-enabled approach to "transition from seeing these patients as a burden," and toward a way to better engage them in financing their care.
A physicians commission co-chaired by former Senate majority leader Bill Frist, MD, a Republican and heart surgeon from Tennessee, is calling for the federal government to phase out the fee-for-service payment model within the next decade.
A physicians commission co-chaired by former Senate majority leader Bill Frist, MD, a Republican and heart surgeon from Tennessee, is calling for the federal government to phase out the fee-for-service payment model within the next decade.
As the ICD-10 deadline looms closer, many healthcare organizations are still trying to come up with the most effective communications, collaboration and testing strategies to assure implementation of the diagnostic and procedural code set change.
Concerns are emerging that the adoption of electronic health records is leading to inappropriate increases in billings to payers, including Medicare, and that these higher billings could undermine or even overwhelm any cost savings generated by the digitization of providers. The concerns are legitimate but overall I'm not worried about this phenomenon, at least in the long term.
David P. Blom is one of thousands of hospital executives across the country who are bracing for a reduction in Medicare payments as part of a series of federal spending cuts that began March 1. He talked with Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey about how his company is preparing to deal with sequestration.
State regulations defining the scope of medical practice for nurse practitioners (NPs) vary widely and more restrictive states also seem to influence restrictive reimbursement policies, a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change has found.
The mHealth Alliance and TechChange announced Friday that registration has opened for their flagship online course, "Mobile Phones for Public Health," which will run from June 3-28, 2013.