Billing and Collections
University Hospitals of Cleveland is just now beginning to move toward a streamlined billing solution.
Money will be used to grow the company's payment network, which links up with hospitals' existing IT systems.
Los Angeles-based RadNet won for the easiest bill to understand, with a bill HHS said is "as concise as possible."
In fact, charges in the third quarter of 2015 were actually higher than charges in previous quarters.
At the same time, health plans spend more than $654 million per year in unnecessary claims resolution calls, HealthEdge found.
According to the new American Medical Association survey, primary care providers and physicians in large, complex practices log the most digital usage and are most enthusiastic about new technologies.
The trend with the most immediate impact will likely be the shift from volume to value.
A higher chargemaster price can increase the payment from private insurers, which often pay for outpatient and ancillary services based on discounted chargemaster prices.
The ballot proposal would have created a floor and ceiling for commercial payment rates.
The bill would require insurers to reimburse out-of-network doctors and health providers at the same rate as what they pay in-network providers.