Revenue Cycle Management
In what Wall Street analysts are calling one of most contentious hostile takeover bids in recent memory, Tenet Healthcare filed a lawsuit in early April against Community Health Systems, charging CHS with admissions procedures that overbill Medicare.
Participatory medicine has become a trend with the potential to transform the healthcare industry, say its supporters.
A landmark New York hospital that closed more than a year ago is being saved from bankruptcy through an innovative development deal.
The results of a recent study indicate that a one-hour reduction in the average emergency department boarding time could result in millions of additional dollars per year in revenue for hospitals.
The proposed regulations for accountable care organizations released March 31 by the Department of Health and Human Services represent one of the first delivery-reform initiatives to be implemented under the Affordable Care Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new initiative that will reward hospitals for the quality of care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries. HHS officials said the program would also help reduce healthcare costs.
Thousands of patients each year who are eligible for financial assistance programs are not being identified at the front-end of the billing process. For those healthcare organizations interested in identifying these patients, determining a “tipping point” could be particularly helpful.
Lawson Software, which offers a wide range of business intelligence solutions that can be found in many of the nation's healthcare systems, has agreed to be acquired for roughly $2 billion by an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor.
The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 6.19 percent over the 12 months ending February 2011, according to the Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index. This is a drop from the 6.31 percent increase in annual growth rate posted in January 2011 for this index.
The results of a recent study indicate that a one-hour reduction in the average emergency department boarding time could result in millions of additional dollars per year in revenue for hospitals.