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Declining margins and growing demands are forcing hospitals to rethink their rev cycle for the era of value-based care and patient experience.
CMS should eliminate mandatory mid-year changes and providers should be given more opportunity to give feedback, groups tell Seema Verma, Adam Boehler.
In low-scoring hospitals, 3 percent of heart attack patients returned to the hospital for a new heart attack within 30 days.
While value-based care isn't a mandate for pediatrics, there are still incentives to make the switch and provide the best care for patients.
With the most expensive medical care in the world and shorter life expectancies, the US is in what the authors call a healthcare crisis.
The underperformance in volume was a trend that held nationally for the most part, with discharges remaining steadily in decline.
The goals of consumerism and patient-centered care can be at odds, and the former may not be as effective in reducing costs as people thought.
MedPAC's proposed 5 percent cut, coupled with a new payment model, comes at a time when home services are on the rise.
CMS announces 715 acute care hospitals and 580 physician group practices remain in the bundled payments for care improvement advanced program, for a total of 1,295 Medicare providers.
Thoracic surgeons are often reluctant to discharge patients on an accelerated time frame for fear of harm or readmission risk.