Susan Morse
The Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program has as its goal to reduce avoidable hospital use by 25 percent over the next five years.
LAS VEGAS -- The HIMSS Revenue Cycle Improvement Task Force is asking for case studies of patient financial experiences to make recommendations for improvements that will help providers deal with the estimated 30 percent of bad debt that plagues health systems.
LAS VEGAS -- When Inova Health saw that Affordable Care Act initiatives for value-based care would cut 7 percent, or $220 million, out of the $3 billion health system's successful fee-for-service revenues, the northern Virginia provider knew it needed to change, said President and COO Mark Stauder.
LAS VEGAS - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, legislators and others discuss ways to change current regulations to give rural hospitals technology that rivals what the large health systems have, according to Patrick Yount, director of HIT at the Colorado Rural Health Center.
Republican governor supports expansion, has been in talks with Obama administration.
The rule finalizes provisions to help consumers with surprise out-of-network costs at in-network facilities.
LAS VEGAS - Providers may be pleasantly surprised by new payment models when they learn how much they would have been paid had they participated, according to Rene Cabral-Daniels, CEO of the Community Care Network of Virginia.
LAS VEGAS - Health information exchange is an essential tool to support the transition to value-based payment models, according to Alex Baker of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who gave an overview of federal initiatives and how states, hospitals and physicians can benefit from the innovations, during HIMSS16 in Las Vegas.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now requiring consumers who sign up for health insurance coverage during special enrollment periods to submit proof of eligibility, a move that the health insurance industry applauded.
Republican Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has announced expanded Medicaid coverage for eligible residents in his state through a program he is calling Medicaid modernization.