Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: 3 Must-Do Steps for Physicians
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2019 includes a variety of new policies—and revenue opportunities for providers if they take a few key steps in relation to areas such as payment rates, documentation requirements, and new services.
CAHs and Cost Reports
A critical access hospital’s cost of delivering care to Medicare patients is estimated using the cost accounting data that these Medicare-certified institutions submit annually to CMS via Medicare cost reports.
Extent of Corporate Venture Funds in Health Care
Investment by hospital-sponsored or corporate venture capital funds in digital transformation initiatives is projected to increase substantially in coming years.
Investment Areas for a Digital Future
Healthcare organizations are preparing for their industry’s digital future by investing in 13 key areas.
Case Study: Dignity Health
One health system self -funds all of its digital initiatives, and it has created a standalone office to interface with key partners on such initiatives.
Streamlining Efficiency to Improve Care Quality
UT Physicians achieved improvements in care quality through steps such as creating standardized workflows, streamlining provider documentation, creating dashboards, establishing clinical protocols, achieving PCMH status, and focusing on the patient experience.
Henry Ford Health System Joins Direct-Contracting Trend
Henry Ford Health System expects to succeed in its direct-contracting initiative with General Motors, thanks in large part to its capabilities in areas such as analytics, case management, and patient engagement.
Three Strategies for Improving Patient Access in Physician Practices
Stanford Health Care enhanced patient access at newly acquired physician practices by identifying key metrics, improving the efficiency of workflows, and leveraging technology.
2019 hfm Magazine Archives
HFMA members have access to the 2019 archived issues of hfm. Issues include all articles plus web extras and other online-only content.
The Use of ABC for Indirect Expenses
There is a potential connection between the use of the idea of activities with respect to patient-level costing to activity-based costing (ABC) and its variant time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC).