March 9-13: HIMSS is among the first wave of cancellations to hit upcoming healthcare finance events
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 9.
Information-sharing rule creates new hospital, health plan transparency requirements
Hospitals and health plans will face new patient data transparency requirements in as soon as six months under two new final rules from the federal government.
How long will employers continue to tolerate healthcare cost growth in excess of inflation?
Employer frustration with high healthcare costs is translating into support for more aggressive governmental intervention in healthcare markets.
Many ‘failed’ federal healthcare quality programs need to end, analysts say
Experts on value-based payment say many federal programs have failed to produce results and need to be swept aside.
In response to providers, CMS offers further specifics about direct contracting
CMS officials further clarified the coming direct-contracting model during a series of discussions with providers.
Jan. 6-10: CMS direct-contracting updates are among upcoming healthcare finance events
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of Jan. 6.
“Medicare for All” isn’t equitable for all hospitals
A payment model in which 100% of payments are based on Medicare rates should take into account the inherent disadvantages of such an approach for the large hospitals, including academic medical centers, that provide most Medicare outlier cases.
Implications for a CFO-led strategic response to a Medicare-based payment system
If a payment model that bases payment on Medicare rates is adopted, CFOs should prepare for its financial implications by implementing a modified benchmarking system that accounts for outliers.
A single-payer system based on Medicare rates poses inherent challenges
A payment model under which 100% of payments are based on Medicare rates r\aises important questions of how to fund such a plan.
Trump administration details hospital spending plans in FY21 proposed budget
The Trump administration signaled its federal healthcare spending priorities in its proposed annual budget, which includes a slew of hospital cuts.