Beth Jones Sanborn
Merger would have impeded certain Cone Health projects, current and future; Randolph Health already has interest from other potential partners, systems said.
Establish clear strategic goals and target a financial return, get the revenue cycle right, and motivate employees accordingly.
Politics aside, it boils down to actively protecting patients and preventing death wherever possible and physicians who see the aftermath every day are in a position to help.
Patients prefer appointment reminders via text and practices are obliging, but take care in sending only the needed information and never text PHI, MGMA said.
New research found that 90 percent of providers would purchase medications from the joint venture with SSM and Trinity Health but one group is not so thrilled about the novel approach.
Investigator allegedly helped provide patient information, billing codes for use in billing submissions and helped conceal the scheme from other investigators, DOJ says.
Hospitals that kept costs the lowest used data to get a full picture of options, did benchmark pricing against peers, and got buy-in from surgical staff on the effort.
LifeBridge said they discovered the breach on March 18, which involved malware that infected the server that hosts their EMR, patient registration and billing systems.
As the 2019 transition approaches, finding expertise to support changing payment models will become more difficult, and likely expensive.
Lone physician at family clinic charged with 19 counts of distribution of controlled substances, including opioids, as well as defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.