Verma points to hospitals as the largest driver of healthcare costs
The Trump administration’s Medicare leader singled out hospitals as the leading driver of healthcare cost increases.
Improving the patient financial experience starts with us
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses new legislative proposals related to consumerism in the context of HFMA’s best practices.
Executive orders on price transparency
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany provides insight on the Trump Administration’s June 24 executive order aimed at improving price and quality transparency.
Hospital executives urge colleagues to comment on upcoming transparency rules
Hospital and health leaders were urged by their colleagues to watch for and comment on coming rules implementing this week’s White House executive order on price transparency.
Hospitals express concerns on latest transparency order
A new transparency executive order will require proposed rules within two months that could require release of negotiated hospital health plan rates.
Analysis: New HELP draft surprise-bill legislation bases payments on geographic median rate
Recent changes to the HELP draft surprise-bill legislation indicate there is unity in Congress around calculating payments to providers for out-of-network services, but challenges to the geographic-median approach are on the horizon.
Analysis: Price check in the EHR
Humana may be a more desirable partner for physicians interested in risk arrangements if its collaboration with Epic reduces potentially preventable ED and inpatient utilization due to increased medication adherence.
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.
Analysis: Disruption possible if negotiated rates are publicly posted
What can be expected if President Trump releases an executive order to mandate the disclosure of prices in the healthcare industry.
Analysis: Another week, another draft surprise bill legislative proposal
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany reviews why the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee’s cost-reduction bill released last week misses an opportunity to accelerate the spread of Alternative Payment Models.