A major foundation wants software developers to invent tools to help consumers and others better understand Medicare data comparing hospital prices. FULL STORY »
Last June, MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice-management challenges. In this edition of “Practice Makes Perfect,” we'll tackle No. 13 on that list: negotiating contracts with payers. FULL STORY »
Palomar Health, a three-hospital public system near San Diego, has announced plans to lay off 84 workers. It put the blame on declining reimbursement and lower Medicare payments due to sequestration. FULL STORY »
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is pressing the federal government for an exemption that he said will prevent about 70,000 Pennsylvania children in a state-subsidized health insurance program from having to switch to Medicaid, although a public interest law center challenging Corbett's claims said... FULL STORY »
By Dr. Glenn Steele | June 01, 2013
| Print Magazine
Recent findings from the Oregon Health Study have resulted in headlines intended as a warning for next January's planned expansion of the Medicaid program (as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): “Bad news for Obamacare: A... FULL STORY »
Republican House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders have revealed a draft of a bill that would repeal Medicare's contentious physician payment formula and replace it with a payment system that places greater emphasis on quality and efficiency. FULL STORY »
Administrators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center were well aware of the flaws in their inpatient admissions process before an audit from HHS' inspector general's office publicly pointed them out. FULL STORY »
New legislation from Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) is welcome news to 20 state hospital associations working to eliminate a contentious hospital wage-index provision in the reform law. FULL STORY »
The CMS center charged with testing new payment and delivery models has pinpointed post-acute care as a high-cost area in dire need of novel new approaches, and experts in the field are applauding the move. FULL STORY »
