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Ask the Experts: Definition of Bad Debt
What is the standard industry definition for bad debt percentage?
Executive Summary: CMS 2017 PFS Final Rule
This document provides the key financial and operational impacts from the 2017 PFS final rule, published in the November 15, 2016, Federal Register.
Ask the Experts: Physician Malpractice Insurance
Our hospital just acquired a physician group. What is our obligation to provide and/or pay for medical malpractice insurance?
Executive Summary: CMS 2017 OPPS Final Rule
This document summarizes key financial and operational impacts from the FY17 OPPS final rule.
Ask the Experts: Capital Spend Benchmarks
Is there a certain benchmark that hospitals and health systems abide by as a best practice for annual spend on big and small capital projects?
The Patient-Centric Revenue Cycle Roadmap
This tool is a graphic depiction of the contemporary revenue cycle road map, providing a description of and context for the typical revenue cycle work flows with a focus on the consumer, the patient, and the customer.
Strategic Financial Planning: Winter 2017
Subscribers can access the Winter 2017 issue of Strategic Financial Planning.
Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
This document summarizes the details of the MIPS final rule.
Hospitals Lag in Value-Based Payment but Plan for the Future
Although only one quarter of hospitals will meet CMS’s 2018 goal for value-based care, the majority are on track to increase value-based models within the next three years.
CHECK Targets Chronic Care Costs For Children
A care coordination program targeted toward children with chronic conditions who are also on Medicaid aims to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient engagement and outcomes.