Pricing

Timing, details unclear for executive order on price transparency

An expected executive order on healthcare price transparency continues to change, even as its release has been delayed, say policy watchers.

Rich Daly June 11, 2019

Mandates related to pricing, Medicare participation lead hospital concerns over healthcare IT proposed rules

Hospitals supported many of the transparency goals of two proposed healthcare IT rules, but two areas drew sharp concerns.

Rich Daly June 5, 2019

Arbitration approach the most likely option among pending surprise-bill legislation: analysts

Among numerous legislative approaches proposed to eliminate surprise healthcare bills, an approach using arbitration remains most popular in Congress, say legislative analysts.

Rich Daly May 30, 2019

Reinventing healthcare: The future in a technology-driven system

HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses the Association's recently submitted letter in response to ONC's request for input on price transparency initiatives.

Erika Grotto May 30, 2019

The Future of Revenue Cycle (Part 2)

Nicholas Mendyka of the University of Virginia Health System Medical Center discusses price transparency, and HFMA director Todd Nelson talks about the revenue cycle of tomorrow. Also: five things patients can do to avoid surprise bills (and why hospitals should tell them).

Erika Grotto May 30, 2019

Drivers of healthcare cost growth, and commercial health plans’ responses

Efforts to control the growth of healthcare costs nationwide have focused on reducing variation both in utilization and price.

HFMA May 27, 2019

FTC commissioner: Agency to continue ‘aggressive enforcement’ of hospital deals

A leader of federal antitrust enforcement touted a continuation of “aggressive” enforcement against hospital deals, even as the share of independent hospitals shrank to a historic low.

Rich Daly May 24, 2019

Analysis: Comparing commercial hospital rates to Medicare is inappropriate

RAND study says hospitals treating patients with private health insurance were paid 2.4-times the Medicare rates, but Chad Mulvany says Medicare is the wrong measuring stick.

Chad Mulvany, FHFMA May 17, 2019

Community Benefit & Transparency Tools

HFMA has compiled these resources for hospitals and health systems to use for compliance when listing standard charges to the public and procedures around charity care.

HFMA February 28, 2019

Q&A: Do Price Transparency Regulations Improve the Patient Experience?

Two healthcare finance leaders explain why their organizations are placing more emphasis on patient education and customer service than on new regulations surrounding charge transparency.

Elizabeth Barker February 26, 2019
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