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Nonprofit hospitals need to do more than ever to keep their tax-exempt status, as Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code adds new requirements to any organization operating a licensed hospital to maintain these benefits.
A new report by the Health Research Institute of PricewaterhouseCoopers says the transformation from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement will take longer than the ambitious timeline announced in January by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell.
President Barack Obama signed legislation last week that makes a significant change in the health law's small business rules, following a rare bipartisan effort to amend the health law.
There are nearly 4 million births a year in the U.S. and 98 percent still arrive in hospitals, but the increase in birth centers run by midwives has obstetricians, health insurers and hospitals taking notice.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's new ONMIA health alliance is under scrutiny from legislators in the state who want to delay the plan's rollout amid questions of how hospitals were chosen for the Tier 1 network.
For many hospitals, a sound financial assistance policy is the only way to bridge the gap between giving life-saving treatment to the patients who need it, while protecting their balance sheets from bad debt.
For hospitals, the question of whether it is cheaper in the long run to repair a device or replace it continues to be hard to answer, according to experts, though many facilities are trying to come up with standards.
Mobile payments solutions are gaining traction in the healthcare industry, according to experts, as the smartphone revolution takes root in American healthcare.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's new ONMIA health alliance is under scrutiny from legislators in the state who want to delay the plan's rollout amid questions of how hospitals were chosen for the Tier 1 network.
A significant number of people accessing ED care for overdoses are coming from underinsured populations where almost no subsidy is paid back to the healthcare provider.