Payment Trends

3 reasons healthcare providers are eager to offer text-to-pay convenience

Healthcare providers should consider the benefits of offering a text to pay option for their patients.

HFMA May 5, 2021

Key payment details in the Medicare FY22 Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule

CMS’s FY22 proposed rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System includes a 2.8% payment increase for general acute care hospitals.

Nick Hut April 28, 2021

Survey responses provide snapshot of the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital finances

A government-issued report used survey responses from hospital administrators to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals in various aspects, including finances.

Nick Hut March 30, 2021

Site-neutral payments could reduce healthcare spending by at least $350 billion over 10 years, report finds

If site-neutral payments were implemented throughout healthcare, the reduction in expenditures could total as much as $672 billion over a decade, according to a new report.

Nick Hut March 22, 2021

Healthcare News of Note: Biden administration appears to be well-aligned with all sectors of the industry

Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles, including the industry’s alignment with President Biden, why many HHS regulations could be in peril and the effect of vaccines on chronic COVID-19 symptoms.

Deborah Filipek March 12, 2021

Front-line stories: How today’s prior authorization processes create a burden of waste for providers

As hospitals continue to struggle with razor-thin margins, they should actively identify activities that create financial burdens for them without delivering value to patients. One health system’s stories of administrative waste due to prior authorization processes show why this activity should be be high on their list.

Alan S. Kaplan, MD, MMM, FACPE February 19, 2021

Hospital groups ask Supreme Court to reverse payment cuts to 340B hospitals, off-campus provider-based departments

The American Hospital Association and other hospital groups are challenging 2020 appeals court decisions that allow HHS to continue slashing payments to 340B hospitals and to off-campus provider-based departments.

Nick Hut February 16, 2021

Healthcare News of Note: Pandemic could lead to deceleration of U.S. annual health spending

Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles, including why the pandemic may cause health spending to decelerate, a look at how most consumers are hit with large bills after just one healthcare visit and more insights on the toll of COVID-19 on healthcare workers.

Deborah Filipek February 12, 2021

Reducing costs to collect while improving net patient revenue

In this sponsored roundtable, four healthcare revenue cycle leaders share strategies they followed to improve performance of their health systems and hospitals to financially recover from COVID-19.

HFMA February 1, 2021

Employers seek shelter from healthcare cost increases in public option

If plans and providers can’t collaborate to control healthcare cost, employers will look to the government to do so.

Chad Mulvany, FHFMA January 22, 2021
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