Budgeting
CMS projects $750 million in savings from ending the four models early, but stopped short of saying where the savings would occur.
Providers have partially offset a lower patient collection rate by improving POS collections and collection on bad debt.
Sequestration and bad debt reimbursement continue to place added pressure on revenues.
The company's new CFO says Humana needs to become better at predicting upcoming industry headwinds.
CVS Health logs $1.6 billion in Q4 profit, down from $2 billion last year.
Rural healthcare leaders are using AI tools to enhance operational efficiency and to offset a shrinking labor pool.
Centene CEO Sarah London cites headwinds in the quarter, but says Centene shows "significant operational improvements."
Cigna pulled in $1.4 billion in profit in Q4, a decrease that company officials say is due to elevated medical costs.
Three rating agencies collectively downgraded 95 facilities and upgraded 37 in 2024, compared to 116 and 33, respectively, in 2023.
The improvements are the result of performing advanced analytics on 200 data elements from each patient.