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Despite the federal government's efforts to foster pricing transparency at hospitals, a new study finds that many hospitals can't provide a price for a common surgical procedure.
A physicians commission co-chaired by former Senate majority leader Bill Frist, MD, a Republican and heart surgeon from Tennessee, is calling for the federal government to phase out the fee-for-service payment model within the next decade.
A physicians commission co-chaired by former Senate majority leader Bill Frist, MD, a Republican and heart surgeon from Tennessee, is calling for the federal government to phase out the fee-for-service payment model within the next decade.
A new series of data briefs prepared by Avalere Health and released by the SCAN Foundation show that seniors enrolled in traditional Medicare who suffer from severe mental illness (SMI) and substance abuse disorder (SUD) cost the program an average of five times more than those without SMI in 2010.
As the ICD-10 deadline looms closer, many healthcare organizations are still trying to come up with the most effective communications, collaboration and testing strategies to assure implementation of the diagnostic and procedural code set change.
In "The Exchange Strategy for Managing Conflict in Health Care: How to Defuse Emotions and Create Solutions When the Stakes Are High," authors Steven Dinkin, Barbara Filner and Lisa Maxwell share how healthcare professionals can foster a healthy workplace. Dinkin talked to Healthcare Finance News about the book.
David P. Blom is one of thousands of hospital executives across the country who are bracing for a reduction in Medicare payments as part of a series of federal spending cuts that began March 1. He talked with Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey about how his company is preparing to deal with sequestration.
State regulations defining the scope of medical practice for nurse practitioners (NPs) vary widely and more restrictive states also seem to influence restrictive reimbursement policies, a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change has found.
The mHealth Alliance and TechChange announced Friday that registration has opened for their flagship online course, "Mobile Phones for Public Health," which will run from June 3-28, 2013.
In order for the country's healthcare system to survive in the next few years with more insured patients under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and less funding and reimbursements, every healthcare provider is going to have no choice but to make innovative changes and involve patients in the care process. So said longtime health IT advocate C. Peter Waegemann, founder of the now-defunct Medical Records Institute, during a webinar Thursday.