Jeff Lagasse
A successful shift from volume to value requires a close link between the federal government and the private sector.
A slight minority, 48 percent, anticipate a positive financial impact on their practice.
The findings were consistent with a September report by the Congressional Budget Office which indicated many hospitals would be underwater.
The study builds on existing research that confirms nutrition can be a simple, cost-effective tool.
And as many are now doing, the company is currently awaiting what will happen to the healthcare landscape under a new presidential administration.
HFMA identified a number of different policy proposals and ranked them in terms of probability and positive or negative financial impact.
The increase comes on the heels of a five-year period of historically low growth, from 2009 to 2013.
With a backlog of patients, home health services are limited by their ability to attract and recruit quality staff.
Center will task students, faculty with applying geographic information systems technology to medical geography research.
HOAP authors say states should have substantial control over the delivery of healthcare, and not just when it comes to insurance.