Global Hospital Budgets Don’t Cut Utilization: Study
Jan. 26—A potential national model for moving hospitals to global budgets was unable to reduce patient utilization during its first two years, according to recent research.
Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Increase Healthcare Costs
Jan. 25—Healthcare costs have continued to increase among those who enrolled in Medicaid under the healthcare reform eligibility expansion, according to a new analysis.
Newer Health Plan Products Align With Value-Based Care
With the clout to steer the healthcare industry away from a volume-based approach, health plans are implementing innovative payment models.
CHIP Deal Lifts Pressure on Hospital Margins
Jan. 24—Children’s hospitals got a big financial boost from the recent deal to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years as part of a short-term funding bill.
Hospital Spending Growth Slows in 2017
Jan. 22—Hospital spending grew less than half as fast in 2017 as it did the year before, according to a recent economic trends analysis.
Strategies to Measure Performance and Enhance Quality Under MIPS
Access to flexible, robust tracking tools that produce a range of actionable data are proving crucial for physicians participating in the primary track of MACRA.
2018 CMS Plans: New Models, Cuts to Measures, and Simplification of CoPs
Jan. 18—Hospitals will see some of their leading regulatory concerns addressed in 2018 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to the agency’s leader.
Policy Changes Needed to Sustain CAHs: Report
Jan. 17—New policies and legislation are needed to financially bolster critical access hospitals (CAHs), even as some such organizations may need to be downsized, according to a bipartisan report.
Executive Summary: CMMI Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced Model – Request for Applications Released
This document provides a brief summary of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI's) request for applications for the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced payment model.
Video: Tips for Secure Medical Record Transmission to Payers
Common mistakes are not using security options to send records and not tracking what data or claims are sent.