Jeff Lagasse
Spending levels on children have swelled more than $83 billion in the last two decades, AMA pediatrics journal says.
Lowest performing hospitals before passage of the Affordable Care Act showed biggest improvement after being penalized, researchers say.
Yates is taking a stab at predicting how certain trends and events will play out over the coming year.
FPMC billed patients' insurance plans and programs well over half a billion dollars and collected over $200 million in paid claims.
Northwell Health's massive rebranding campaign leads off, followed by how population health and workforce management can help systems cut costs.
Top stories include Houston Methodist lifting margins, and outsourcing revenue cycle operations.
Overdoses kill 90 people in the United States each day; opioid poisonings cost more than $20 billion in emergency departments, hospital care.
Eliminating the waiting room sends the message that the hospital is waiting for the patients, not the other way around, said Feinberg.
However, a roll-back of Affordable Care Act policies tied to Medicare and CHIP funding could present new challenges to the sector.
Agency predicts the new opportunities will mean 25 percent of clinicians in QPP will be a part of the APMs.