Quality and Safety
Infections treatments lead to millions in medical charges.
InstaMed shows healthcare providers must give consumers more online and mobile choices for paying their bills while protecting patient data.
Leaders like Banner Health, Montefiore explain what it took to succeed in the first ACO model, and look towards new programs that give them shared risk incentives for care quality.
New Hampshire ACO's goal is to have capitation make up 70 percent of reimbursements, dropping fee-for-service from its current 50 percent to 30 percent.
Seven cooperatives will split the funds.
The move, they hope, will contribute to lowering an estimated 1,300 patient deaths nationwide each year attributed mistakes associated with surgeries conducted too infrequently at medical facilities.
The Advisory Board revenue cycle head Ed Hock says punting on ICD-10 until the new code set is ready robs healthcare providers of the benefits of the Oct. 1 changeover.
“Not all readmissions can or should be prevented; indeed, some are planned as part of sound clinical care,” AHA says.
Department of Justice says chain allowed patients to undergo radiation cancer treatment that was not supervised by radiation oncologists.
The consumer demand for price transparency is growing as patients pay more out-of-pocket expenses as deductibles rise.