Providers press CMS for details amid lingering uncertainty about new primary care models
The possibility of conflicts between Medicare payment models joined the customary concern about benchmarking details in provider feedback on coming primary care models, an administration official said.
CMS identifies keys to success in bundled payment as BPCI-A deadline looms
Ahead of next week’s deadline for providers to join the largest voluntary bundled payment program, the agency in charge of the program identified lessons learned from successful participants.
Four key takeaways from Congress’s latest single-payer hearing
Although the first hearing by a healthcare committee on recent coverage expansion proposals was supposed to encompass a range of Democratic bills, national single-payer proposals garnered almost all the attention.
Providers push arbitration approaches used in some state surprise-bill laws
What should Congress learn from states’ experiences with laws attempting to curtail surprise healthcare bills?
Medicare Advantage plans accelerating their move into SDOH, advocate says
Medicare health plans have increasing authority to grapple with the social determinants of health, and more are pursuing such initiatives.
Timing, details unclear for executive order on price transparency
An expected executive order on healthcare price transparency continues to change, even as its release has been delayed, say policy watchers.
Inconsistent address data could delay Medicare payments
One health system found in its Medicare enrollment system that addresses were missing for new facilities. Another found addresses still listed for a demolished facility.
20th Anniversary Citi Not-for-Profit Healthcare Investor Conference
HFMA features various content from Citi's 20th Not-for-Profit Healthcare Investor Conference held May 21-23, 2019, in New York.
Small practices lack support personnel for frail elderly patients
Despite recommendations for practices to add support personnel to coordinate the care of their frail elderly patients, few small, independent practices employ such staff, new research found.
Mandates related to pricing, Medicare participation lead hospital concerns over healthcare IT proposed rules
Hospitals supported many of the transparency goals of two proposed healthcare IT rules, but two areas drew sharp concerns.