Reimbursement
The U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday accepted a request by the American Hospital Association and five other healthcare groups for an expedited brief schedule.
Improving care quality can help hospitals reduce readmissions and protect against financial penalties, a new report from AHA says.
Patient engagement expert Jan Oldenburg calls on hospitals to proactively make changes that enables consumers to access pricing information now or face mandates to do so later.
The new nonprofit plans to give people more control and greater transparency into their healthcare to improve satisfaction and drive down costs, executives said.
Hospitals are seeing a spike in patient volume, higher staffing needs, loss of elective procedure revenue and inadequate Medicare reimbursement for services.
The findings contradict the notion that the new payment system will result in hospitals seeing a drastic cut in reimbursement.
Enabling employees to telecommute and perform patient pre-registration and financial counseling has saved money and improved employee satisfaction.
Dissatisfaction generally occurs when a patient feels misled or not fully informed prior to service.
The pop health-focused partnership will help health systems to see detailed claims data from CMS to better manage new payment models such as Advanced Alternative Payment Models.
Seeking class action status, the suit claims CMS Administrator Seema Verma, acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan and others bypassed legislative processes.