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Cigna CEO David Cordani says the individual market created by the 2010 health law would be better off if insurers were given more flexibility in designing coverage, as well as a more compressed, focused open enrollment period.
The boundary between being a provider and a payer is blurring as hospitals face more risk, according to Joe Nichols of Health Data Consulting, prompting health systems to make changes to keep from losing too much money.
The boundary between being a provider and a payer is blurring as hospitals face more risk, according to Joe Nichols of Health Data Consulting, prompting health systems to make changes to keep from losing too much money.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill repealing the bulk of the Affordable Care Act in a vote of 52 to 47 that largely went along party lines.
CMS said by the end of next year, 85 percent of all traditional Medicare payments to quality or value and 30 percent of traditional Medicare payments should be tied to alternative payment models.
HIMSS and Healthcare Finance are accepting topic and speaker proposals for the Revenue Cycle Solutions Summit, February 29 in Las Vegas at HIMSS16 Annual Conference.
A host of healthcare providers, academics and technology vendors on Monday and Tuesday will discuss ways they are optimizing their revenue cycle processes to keep cash flow at a maximum while providing the best patient experience.
Intermountain Healthcare Chief Executive Officer Charles W. Sorenson will retire in October 2016, the Utah-based system announced on Monday, after spending 17 years as an executive for the celebrated healthcare provider.
That represents 13.4 percent of their total expense, and includes $1 billion in financial assistance to senior citizens, the needy and the uninsured.
Douglas Hough, associate scientist at the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins University, on Monday drew links between what he said are standard policy levers in behavioral economics and strategic points to fine tune the revenue cycle.