Susan Morse
The largest 10 nursing home chains own more than 10% of facilities, a share that raises market concentration concern.
AI is not yet 100% accurate, with a tradeoff between risk and productivity for financial savings.
CMO Kevin Ban and Chief of Staff to the CEO Luke Sauter are reportedly leaving the company.
The bottom line is hospitals' operating cash flows and margins will improve and revenue growth will slightly top expenses.
Studies show the acute care at home model lowers mortality rates, reduces hospital readmissions and decreases lengths of stay.
For price transparency, CMS is requiring hospitals to display their standard charge information by conforming to a CMS template layout.
Physician pay in final rule is untenable, providers say, as they laud the delay of MIPS policy and extension of telehealth flexibilities.
A final rule on nursing home minimum staffing levels is due out after the comment period closes on November 6.
OCR says the use of such tools violates HIPAA when the information collected includes protected health information.
CMS had originally proposed a 2.2% decrease to account for the permanent behavior assumption adjustment.