Analysis: FY20 inpatient payment rule proposes changes to DSH, wage index
Chad Mulvany offers insight on some of the recent proposed changes to hospital Medicare IPPS payments. Issues discussed include the wage index, new technology add-on payments and FY20 UC DSH Factor 3.
Analysis: Another year closer to depleting the Part A Trust Fund
With the predicted depletion of Medicare’s hospital insurance fund, and Congress unlikely to increase taxes for working people or hike costs for beneficiates, what should healthcare finance leaders expect?
Analysis: Treasury projects Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling by late summer
Legislation to raise the debt ceiling is one of a limited number of “must pass” bills that healthcare policy changes can “ride on.”
Ask the Experts: Provider Level Adjustments
Is there a best practice for handling provider level adjustments (PLBs) in electronic health record (EHR) systems?
Ask the Experts: Cost per day
Where can we find benchmarking data across other skilled nursing facilities related to costs per day for patient care?
Improving PHI Disclosure Efficiency in the Business Office
With pressure on providers to prove medical necessity and validate code assignments, business office staff must provide more patient information, such as medical records, putting greater demands on their time. Yale New Haven Health addressed this problem by implementing a centralized protected health information (PHI) disclosure management system.
4 strategies for improved Medicare Advantage plan performance
Positive operating margins in the Medicare Advantage segment require a shift toward more effectively managing Medicare populations by recognizing their unique needs and characteristics.
Five Tactics to Boost Clinical-Financial Alignment Toward EHR Data Efficiency
Dan O’Connor offers five tactics to help optimize technology investments to meet the evolving expectations of both end-users and patients.