Accounting & Financial Management

CMS is applying a 1.8 percent payment update to IRF PPS rates for FY 2014, derived from a 2.6 percent market basket update that is reduced by a 0.5 percentage point multi-factor productivity adjustment and an additional 0.3 percentage point reduction as required by the ACA.

During the 2009 and 2010 fiscal years, 92 percent of the $95 million Alabama received in enrollment bonuses for the Children's Health Insurance Program was "not allowable in accordance with federal requirements," according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General.

Is it realistic to expect Accountable Care Organizations to achieve their cost-reduction targets in the first year of their programs? The experience of the original 32 Pioneer ACOs is suggestive.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' website will soon publish the prices of the 140 most common in-patient, surgical and imaging services performed by every hospital in the state.

Fraud in Kansas' Medicaid program increased 43 percent during the last fiscal year, reaching a state record of $33 million detected.

Several key trends are reshaping the business strategies of health insurers in advance of the Jan. 1 go-live date for many provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

The topic of why it costs more to treat patients in some areas of the country than in others has caused feuds among researchers. Given the decades-long argument, a new IOM report is likely to only add fuel to the fire.

Hospitals and health systems never seem to have enough capital – especially with the new initiatives and mandates driven by healthcare reform and other industry changes. Yet some providers seem to be overlooking one of their most favorable, easiest-to-access capital sources: their real estate.

Possible changes are coming to how leases are accounted for on corporate balance sheets. Here's what you need to know.

Geographic Medicare costs disparities have more to do with health differences across communities than with inefficient care delivery, according to a new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change.