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Today’s hospital-based practices are facing an increasing number of complex challenges – from ever more complicated coding and compliance issues to managed care pressures that impact cash flow.
Hospital officials will take good news wherever they can find it these days.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) have called on Congress to pass comprehensive healthcare reform legislation for the president to sign by July 4.
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Most patient-centered medical home pilots have focused on primary care, but in Maine the proposed approach would integrate behavioral health services, in a bid to make physician practices more efficient and attentive to their patients.
Congress is brewing up some recipes for healthcare reform, and quite a few cooks are expected to crowd into a very hot kitchen. Congressional leaders have called for a final bill by this summer. The unanswered questions likely to draw the most heat are: how to pay for the reform and how far will the plan lean toward universal mandated care?
Hospital administrators are expressing frustration with Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor program, and many may not be prepared for the upcoming audits.
Huge inefficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system are harming the nation's ability to expand access to care, according to a new analysis of Medicare spending by researchers at the Dartmouth Atlas Project.
President Barack Obama’s $3.5 trillion fiscal year 2010 budget holds promise for physicians seeking a fix to what they consider a flawed Medicare payment system.
The Obama administration estimates that making private payers with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans compete for services will generate $177 billion over 10 years – an amount that will help fund healthcare reforms.