Healthcare providers face challenges implementing the latest Surprise Medical Billing Interim Final Rule
HFMA’s Shawn Stack reviews the key provider challenges introduced by the IFC interim final rule with comment period (IFC) that implements sections of the federal ban on surprise medical bills.
Medicare should update its policies for separately payable drugs in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System, MedPAC says
Worthwhile changes include requiring drugs to be proven clinically superior before granting them pass-through payment status, according to a new report.
PwC report anticipates a 6.5% increase in healthcare costs in 2022, roughly in line with recent years
As the healthcare industry emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, annual costs are expected to increase by slightly more than they did in recent pre-pandemic years.
Healthcare News of Note: Sg2 report says lower-acuity care to continue its migration outside of hospital walls
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: Hospitals to continue to see loss of lower-acuity care, nursing shortage spurs health systems to offer sign-on bonuses and some newly passed state laws could put public health at risk.
Weeding out waste: Policy workshop examines how the healthcare industry can finance a better model
By reducing wasteful spending, the U.S. healthcare industry would have an easier time funding some of the changes needed to support whole-person health, industry experts said at a conference on how to optimize healthcare financing.
News briefs: In a win for hospitals, CMS removes a rate-reporting requirement from the Medicare FY22 IPPS
Recent healthcare finance and policy news included the release of the proposed rule for the FY22 Inpatient Prospective Payment System.
New CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure gets ready to tackle surprise billing, rural healthcare and much more
During her Senate confirmation hearing, Brooks-LaSure said strengthening Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to bolster quality and access while lowering costs will be paramount.
Experts raise concerns about hospital merger-and-acquisition activity but differ on how Congress should respond
During a recent Senate hearing, a hospital advocate responded to criticism of consolidation stemming from mergers among hospitals and hospital acquisitions of physician practices.
6 takeaways from HFMA’s Cost Effectiveness of Health Summit: Why health spending must become more cost-effective
HFMA’s first Cost Effectiveness of Health Summit drove home the urgency of improving how healthcare dollars are spent.
Why bigger isn’t better when it comes to the cost effectiveness of health
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on the need to assess cost effectiveness of health through the eyes of care purchasers.