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Healthcare facility administrators and physicians report that the most serious obstacle they face in forming accountable care organizations (ACOs) is physician interest, according to a new survey.
Walgreens has announced that it plans to sever its relationship with Express Scripts pharmacy provider network, turning away from more than $5 billion in annual revenue.
Many predictions were made early in 2011 about the issues that would challenge healthcare finance leaders this year. Does your experience bear them out?
An owner of a Houston healthcare company pled guilty Monday in connection with a $654,227 Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
When the United States economy was dominated by farming and manufacturing work, the motivational emphasis was on getting paid for more output: The more widgets you produced, the more money you earned, but that employment model is on the downswing, says Tim Kilpatrick, a revenue cycle consultant with Dell Services.
Materials management executives continue to be concerned about the financial health of their facilities according to a survey released by healthcare supply contracting company, Novation. The current economic environment and increasing industry demands are the executives' biggest worries.
Earlier this month, an office manager at a family practice in North Carolina pled guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from her employer. A 20-year employee, she stole the money over an 11-year period.
Finding ways to create a payment model that rewards high-quality outcomes, reduces avoidable costs and protects payer and provider margins is the focus of the Monday morning education session, "Bridging the Payer and Provider Gap: Creating a Shared-Savings Payment Model for Increased Quality and Efficiency," at the HFMA's ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference in Orlando.
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has named 12 healthcare organizations as winners of the 2011 MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle. Winners will be recognized at the upcoming ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference.
How can healthcare finance executives drive value for their organizations? That question will be front and center at the upcoming ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference, sponsored by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.