Accounting & Financial Management
The Obama Administration recovered a record $4.3 billion last year from fraudsters trying to dupe federal health programs, or those who sought payments to which they were not entitled.
Healthcare is one of the last bastions of consumer-unfriendly billing and pricing. As individuals start to take on more responsibility for premiums, deductibles and co-pays, they are increasingly demanding more transparency. And providers will be forced to respond.
Healthcare is one of the last bastions of consumer-unfriendly billing and pricing. As individuals start to take on more responsibility for premiums, deductibles and co-pays, they are increasingly demanding more transparency. And providers will be forced to respond.
The price of an initial inpatient stay explains almost all of the wide spending variation from hospital to hospital on episodes of care, such as for knee or hip replacements, the National Institute for Health Care Reform has found.
Tenet Healthcare Corp., the nation's third largest for-profit hospital operator, said Tuesday it expects 15 percent of its uninsured patients to get covered this year as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
Surprisingly, the due diligence process is easier for hospitals acquiring large medical practices than for those buying smaller physician groups. But close analysis of small practice finances is essential during acquisition, as the results determine the very structure of the transaction.
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Today's pharmacy departments have millions of dollars of drug products in inventory, plus several professional level staff members, including pharmacists, technicians, buyers and analysts.
Oversight of the health insurance exchanges and the shift to value-based payments are the leading management challenges facing the Department of Health and Human Services in the coming year and the most concerning to the HHS Office of Inspector General.
In an effort to raise awareness of hospital price variation, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and Anthem Blue Cross started a “reference pricing” initiative in 2011. It appears to be having an impact.