5 tips to safeguard 20% payment increase for treating patients with COVID-19
Healthcare organizations should be careful to ensure their practices don't put their COVID-19 payments at risk.
For-profit hospital outlook improves to stable, according to Moody’s
Moody’s shifted its outlook for for-profit hospitals from negative to neutral in response to ongoing federal assistance and an expected volume recovery.
HFMA recommended coronavirus resources
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Hospitals’ challenge to new transparency rule draws skepticism from appeals court
A federal appeals panel appeared hostile to many hospital arguments in a case challenging a looming price transparency requirement.
Employers again are planning to expand their use of narrow networks, survey finds
Large employers again say they plan a big increase in the use of narrow networks, a scenario made more likely by the pandemic.
Continued growth in employer-paid healthcare premiums may spur employers to find alternative solutions
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says large employers have signaled a possible end to their patience for traditional players to provide a traditional solution, and he reviews what solutions they could pursue instead.
Q&A: Humana expands value-based payment push
One MA health plan discusses how it’s pushing further into value-based payment and what that means for providers.
Cigna’s 2021 strategies highlight MA trends and the resulting effects on providers
One MA health plan discusses how it’s changing its Medicare Advantage plans in response to market trends, the pandemic, social determinants of health and Medicare policies.
Deductibles rising, underinsurance rates worsening in individual coverage, survey finds
Deductibles and underinsurance are increasing among those with individual-market coverage.
ED, inpatient volumes have stagnated since June, analysis finds
Hospitals’ ED and inpatient volumes have not improved since the June surge in patients following the resumption of most hospital services after COVID-19 service suspensions were lifted.