Reimbursement
A consistent framework is needed to ensure healthcare quality workforces are efficient, effective and delivering on ROI.
Any medical group requires a strong leader, and the most important qualities to look for are dependent on the needs of the organization.
Millennials are more likely to be uninsured compared with the older generation, saying it's too expensive.
Private hospitals are more likely to enact an ambulance diversion if a nearby public hospital is already turning away ambulances.
Study recommends employers pressure health plans and hospitals to shift to contracts based on a multiple of Medicare or other prospective case rates.
AHIP wants reimbursement based on market rates determined by contracted amounts paid by insurers to similar doctors in a geographic area.
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VisitPay VP Will Reilly says because patients are taking on more healthcare costs, revenue cycle teams must figure out how to engage them and work more closely with marketing.
Tapping into asynchronous, text-based communication could let providers cast a wider net and improve care quality.
Resources provided by Optum include an expectant mother app that has a 'kick counter' and is free to women enrolled in UnitedHealthcare's employer-sponsored plans.
Medicaid paid Acadia's facilities a much higher amount for blood and urine tests than its lab had charged for the analysis.
