Susan Morse
A February 2014 state audit critical of the county's tax allocations stated more money has gone to the county's non-trauma hospital than to all 12 non-county trauma hospitals combined.
Sutter Health's combined 2014 operating income from the day-to-day operations of its hospitals, care centers and other services was $419 million, compared to a loss of $22 million in 2013.
The bill to replace the SGR avoids the short-range physician payment cuts, but it raises long-range concerns that may need more legislative fixes.
The integration will give providers additional expertise as they navigate ICD-10, meaningful use, population health management, privacy and security, revenue and cost management and analytics.
For outpatients who receive care on both Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, the challenge will billing under both ICD-9 and ICD-10 diagnostic coding vocabularies.
Doctors overstated the amount of time the nurse anesthetists spent with patients, pocketing about 9 percent of the reimbursement.
Ventas, a Chicago-based healthcare real estate investment trust, is set to acquire Ardent Medical Services and its Ardent Health Services affiliates for $1.75 billion in cash.
The integration moves the health systems away from fee-for-service to care that’s value based, eliminating unnecessary costs.
At least 1,000 supply-delivery robots are estimated to be in use in hospitals nationwide, and their numbers are expected to grow as hospitals face cost and staffing pressures.
Importance chief financial officers are placing on investments represents a major shift in the past 10 years, experts say.