Holliday & Associates: Comprehensive Charge Management Software
A charge management company discusses how it helps clients successfully manage charge processes, comply with changing coding and regulatory requirements, eliminate charge-related compliance risks and ensure accurate and appropriate reimbursement.
Medicare advisers meeting among next week’s key industry events
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Sept. 30.
Analysis: Tennessee proposes an overhaul to funding of its Medicaid program
HFMA's Chad Mulvany reviews Tennessee’s proposal to overhaul funding of its Medicaid program and shares why CMS is likely to reject it.
2 approaches illustrate best practices in digital patient engagement
Two health plans shared the ways they’ve improved digital engagement with both patients and providers.
Verma to insurers: The public is ‘frustrated with you’
Seema Verma, administrator of CMS, says health plans need to become much more innovative, or they will be eliminated due to political pressure stemming from the public’s frustration.
Court tosses $380 million site-neutral payment cut
A federal judge rejected a large 2019 payment cut for many hospital outpatient departments.
Analysis: Site-neutral payment ruling favors hospitals for now
A Sept. 17 ruling by a U.S. District Judge favored hospitals by overturning the CMS rule that cut Medicare payments for E&M visits in certain hospital-based settings.
Do the Democratic candidates for president see a role for private insurance?
Healthcare is a major defining issue in the campaigns of the Democratic candidates for president, but their positions differ, particularly with respect to private insurance.
Only a tiny share of hospital revenue is risk-based: Moody’s
Just 1.9% of net patient revenue for not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals in 2018 came from risk-based payment, according to a credit-rating agency.
Proposed mandatory models should be voluntary or delayed, providers say
The latest proposed mandatory Medicare payment models drew concerns from many providers, including hospitals that cited the potential for adverse financial impacts.