Revenue Cycle Management
The Premier healthcare alliance reports that its new failure-to-supply program has helped more than 1,400 members save more than $3.5 million in the past year.
In order to remain in compliance with Medicare rules, and avoid denials by recovery audit contractors (RACs) and others, hospitals must reduce outpatient procedures performed during inpatient stays.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted the 2011 Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule files on its website.
Siemens Healthcare clients looking to upgrade their legacy patient accounting systems will have help switching to the company's revenue cycle management platform, thanks to a new partnership with Cymetrix.
The integration of information technology and the healthcare revenue cycle took another step forward last week with NaviNet's acquisition of Prematics, giving the Cambridge, Mass.-based healthcare communications network a mobile care management platform.
Nearly 13 percent of family physicians say they face the prospect of closing their practices entirely if Medicare slashes their payment next year by the proposed 25 percent, according to a recent survey.
A new partnership between two healthcare information technology companies will allow patients registering for medical appointments on wireless touchscreen devices to pay for them as well.
Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started a recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.
The RACs officially rescinded some reviews in the past few weeks, even after having completed complex reviews including the issuance of denial letters to the providers for the claims reviewed.
Two Kentucky-based companies, Humana and Norton Healthcare, are launching the region's first commercial Accountable Care Organization.