Revenue Cycle Management

After speaking with Ulrich Brechbühl, President and CEO of Chamberlin Edmonds, earlier this summer about how his firm helps connect underserved patients with the most appropriate government healthcare programs, I was eager to hear the hospital’s side of the story. Just how big of a benefit were these services bringing to patients’ lives?

Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased in July 2011, rising 0.4 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In October 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch value-based purchasing, which will impact discharge payment structures for all short-term acute care hospitals.

To help U.S. hospitals manage risk and take full advantage of the new healthcare payment models, Thomson Reuters has introduced a suite of payment reform tools.

Professionals at healthcare organizations across the country expect costs to rise with healthcare reform but those costs will be tempered by increased access to care and organizational efficiencies.

CT scans in the emergency room have gone up dramatically in recent years. A new study links the increase in CT scans to fewer hospital admissions.

Three northeast Ohio health systems have created a for-profit company to aid the success of joint ventures in a competitive healthcare market.

A recent study in Health Affairs examined for the first time the effects that differences in healthcare service volume and price, rather than simply spending and use, have on state and regional Medicaid spending.

A study by the Center for Studying Health System Change shows that despite the rough economy, the competition for patients continues.

The American Academy of Family Physicians is warning its members that there may be a delay in the receipt of Medicare payments if an agreement on raising the federal government's debt ceiling is not reached by the Aug. 2 deadline.