Healthcare Finance Staff
They already are. For example, Social Security's replacement rate (the benefit as a percent of pre-retirement income) falls as income rises. Also, above very modest income thresholds, 50 percent and then 85 percent of Social Security benefits are subject to ordinary income taxes. But the term "Social Security benefits tax" is misleading.
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Press Ganey Associates have launched a new survey tool designed to help accountable care organizations (ACOs) improve efficiency, quality and the patient's experience.
It's going to take more healthcare reform for productivity gains to show up from HIT adoption, according to a new report.
Accountable care organizations today mainly exist as a concept – a high-minded concept to be sure, but a concept just the same. The elements required to make the concept a reality remain largely elusive to many provider groups as they search for cohesion, cooperation and machination.
Regina Doxtader - CFO, Botsford Health Care, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Enron, one of the most infamous companies of this millennium because of its corporate ethical scandals, serves a very useful purpose for all businesses. The lessons learned from its mistakes have helped identify new boundaries and standards for what should be expected of all companies. It also brought the value of ethics and integrity into proper focus.
When I attended the Building Owners and Management Association (BOMA) International’s Medical Office Buildings & Healthcare Facilities conference in Atlanta in early May, one word I heard repeatedly was “decentralization.” One healthcare executive after another spoke to the audience of mostly healthcare real estate professionals about their evolving real estate strategies, which focused heavily on offering patient services in locations other than the main hospital campus and at times other than the traditional 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. office hours.
With the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expected by the end of this month, more and more policymakers, healthcare experts and stakeholders are becoming vocal about their predictions of the outcome.
The California HealthCare Foundation and a group of innovators have released a technical prototype and road map for states and the federal government to create a health insurance exchange.
While many private payers across the country have rushed to launch payment initiatives wrapped around healthcare delivery models like ACOs and patient-centered medical homes, Washington-based Premera Blue Cross has found success via its unique payment model it calls Global Outcomes Contracting.