Revenue Cycle Management
The charts said it all -- high levels of quality improvement coupled with significant savings as Hawai'i Pacific Health changed the way it provided care and started tracking gains on both the clinical side and the financial side.
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.
Despite the federal government's efforts to foster pricing transparency at hospitals, a new study finds that many hospitals can't provide a price for a common surgical procedure.
Although new HIPAA electronic transaction standards have been put on the backburner, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun the process of mapping out how those new standards will function.
During a session on how health reform is reverberating at the state level during the National Health Policy Conference held earlier this month, attendees learned how one health system in Ohio is using the accountable care organization model to improve care and costs and expand its horizons.
An analysis of some recent telemed initiatives and interviews with thought leaders in the field suggest that telemedicine can transform U.S. healthcare into a cost effective system.
Hospitals need to be lean and mean when dealing with supply chain. It's all about efficiency. John Biggers, senior vice president of group purchasing for Premier healthcare alliance, knows all about the trials and tribulations of successful supply chain management. He shared with Healthcare Finance News five avoidable supply chain snafus that can cost hospitals money.
Two percent cuts may not sound deep, but the sequester, scheduled to start March 1 unless Congress acts, will be painful, and has the healthcare industry worried.
The New Jersey Hospital Association is expanding an innovative "gainsharing" pilot program designed to improve healthcare efficiency and reduce costs by promoting better coordination and collaboration among New Jersey hospitals and physicians.
Medicare patients can anticipate paying considerably less for their diabetes and other products starting in July when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expands its competitive bidding for durable medical equipment (DME) and mail-order program but the DME industry continues to point out problems with the program.