Operations
When health systems have their staff manage revenue cycles, up to 25% of the day can be spent on repetitive tasks related to the revenue process.
The fines are the latest effort on OCR's part to enforce HIPAA regulations around protected health information.
Non-COVID-19 utilization is back to 95% of baseline, and, when coupled with the cost of COVID-19 care, overall utilization is above baseline.
Democratic opponents say the "unlawful waiver" will expose consumers to greater financial risk by encouraging the use of junk plans.
CMS is seeking feedback on a potential COVID-19 vaccination measure in the Medicare Advantage and Part D star ratings.
Starting in 2023, the rule will require health plans to offer an online shopping tool to give out-of-pocket estimates for 500 of the most shoppable services.
With the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, they describe some of the techniques that may be used by foreign groups that could be targeting hundreds of health systems with ransomware.
Insurers are banned from charging administration costs and "balance billing is strictly prohibited," Seema Verma says.
Braven Health teams two of the largest provider systems in New Jersey with one of the largest insurers in the state.
Many of the political obstacles Obama faced prior to passage on Christmas Eve 2009 seem familiar today as the ACA faces final elimination.