How Price Transparency Can Lower Healthcare Costs
Joseph Sanginiti explains how healthcare providers, health plans, and consumers must work together to manage the cost of health care.
Critical Access Hospital Makes Transparency a Priority
Henry County Health Center has simplified patient billing and added a patient estimator tool to enhance the patient experience and improve collections.
Ask the Experts: Budget Staffing
Do you have a single position responsible for the capital and operating budget function across your health system, or is the function spread out with positions responsible for a specific function such as operating budget separate from capital and fixed assets?
Critical Drivers of Payment Differentials
Increases in hospital payment have not kept pace with general inflation. Healthcare leaders can isolate areas that help maintain or improve current performance.
4 Best Practices for Effective Post-Allocation Management
Thoughtful design and implementation of capital post-allocation management encourages project sponsors to meet the performance targets established in their business plans.
Catching Up on Your MIPS Strategy
A MIPS implementation plan involves creating a team, choosing metrics and a reporting mechanism, and looking at the new Medicare Part B payment model as part of your broader payer strategy.
Healthcare Cost Containment: August 2017
Subscribers can access the August 2017 issue of Healthcare Cost Containment.
$28M in Healthcare Costs Associated with Opioid Epidemic
Health care accounts for about one-third of the total $78.5 billion costs attributable to the prescription opioid epidemic.
Ask the Experts: RAC Reserves on Balance Sheets
How should hospitals account for RAC reserves on their balance sheets?
Revenue Cycle Risks and Rewards in the Era of Value-Based Care
Physician specialty practices face the daunting task of recalibrating their revenue cycle management processes to optimize their financial performance under value-based care.