Amid the pandemic, cost control becomes hospitals’ top benefits-related focus, survey finds
Health systems have prioritized cost control in their personnel offices in response to the pandemic’s revenue impacts, a new survey found.
CMS drops MFAR, launches Medicaid value-based payment push
CMS drops MFAR, launches Medicaid value-based payment push.
As states tweak Medicaid programs, enrollment increases fall far short of job losses
Medicaid enrollment increases have lagged far behind unemployment increases but are still pressuring states facing a budget squeeze during the recession.
Big Medicare bundled payment changes could cut participation, advisers say
Most BPCI-A participants will see major changes in 2021 ahead of a mandatory model in 2024, CMS says.
Despite the pandemic, hospitals continue to shift toward value-based payment
Hospitals plan to continue moving to value-based payment despite obstacles to caring for patients under risk-based contracts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Biden’s potential HHS pick, priorities include public option, hospital M&A, cost control
A Biden administration would push a public option, negotiate hospital prices and target hospital M&A, an adviser says.
CMS finalizes requirement for hospitals to report MA plan rates
Commercial health plans’ value-pay response to pandemic mixed, say providers
Commercial health plans have offered providers in value-based payments some pandemic-related flexibilities but rejected some changes.
News briefs: Trends in hospital volumes and margins, and other forces shaping healthcare finance
Read about the key factors that shaped healthcare finance policy and practice June and July 2020.
News briefs September 2020: Trends in hospital volumes and margins, and other forces shaping healthcare finance
Read about the key factors that shaped healthcare finance policy and practice in August 2020.