Healthcare Business Trends

How to manage risk-based payment in the era of the global pandemic

To succeed with risk-based contracts through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, healthcare organizations require analytic capabilities for modeling the revenue impact of the crisis through all its phases.

Thomas Persichetti, FCA, ASA, MAAA August 4, 2020

Elective surgery volume near normal in late July, analysis finds

Elective surgeries recovered in July following earlier state bans. However, a growing number of states are re-imposing bans amid a COVID-19 resurgence.

Rich Daly July 31, 2020

Hospitals forecast declining revenues, lower procedure volumes and greater telehealth adoption due to COVID-19

Important learnings from a May 2020 HFMA-conducted survey about the COVID-19 crisis and some of the trends healthcare organizations are seeing.

HFMA July 31, 2020

A surprising analysis around hospital reimbursement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus: What is Joe Biden’s healthcare plan?

Iodine Software's Troy Wasilefsky discusses a recent analysis his company performed around hospital reimbursement. Some of the results may surprise you. Also in this episode, Rich Daly and Chad Mulvany discuss Joe Biden's healthcare plan.

Erika Grotto July 30, 2020

Hospitals with health plans have gotten a financial boost during the pandemic

Hospitals with provider-sponsored health plans have obtained a financial cushion to offset the steep losses from the coronavirus pandemic on the provider side.

Rich Daly July 24, 2020

As the COVID-19 situation improves in Maryland, hospitals not immune to losses

Maryland hospitals suffered COVID-19 volume losses, but they say the state’s unique all-payer rate-setting system mitigated the situation to a degree.

Rich Daly July 23, 2020

Regional differences emerge in hospital volume recovery from COVID-19

Hospitals in the Mid-Atlantic have struggled the most to recover outpatient volumes as patient fears linger in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rich Daly July 16, 2020

HHS releases $4 billion more in COVID-19 assistance for hospitals

HHS recently released $4 billion in new coronavirus response assistance for hospitals based on their location, revenues and patient base.

Rich Daly July 15, 2020

Consumers expect expanded telehealth to remain post-COVID-19, survey finds

Consumers support the expansion of telehealth that has taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic and want to continue to use such platforms when the pandemic ends, according to a new survey.

Rich Daly July 13, 2020

Biden-Sanders panel pushes public option, targets hospital M&A

A compromise healthcare plan between presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and the party’s progressive wing would create a public option and promote other major changes.

Rich Daly July 13, 2020
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