Revenue Cycle Management
Oklahoma and Kentucky have become the first states under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program to make incentive payments to providers for the adoption of certified electronic health records.
Atlanta-based MedAssets has recently announced deals with three healthcare systems that are designed to bring clinicians into the picture when determining how to cut waste and save money on supplies.
Orlando's Florida Hospital, billed as the largest and busiest hospital in the United States, has entered into an agreement with ERIS Medical Technologies to implement that company's automated .net charge capture software.
McKesson, based in Atlanta, has announced that three of its physician electronic health record and practice management solutions have been certified as 2011/2012 compliant by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
CMS has posted an "emergency update" to the 2011 Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) files, reflecting recent statutory changes and certain technical corrections.
A new OIG report, “Questionable Billing for Medicare Outpatient Therapy Services,” reviews 20 counties with the highest Medicare outpatient therapy payments per beneficiary and overall high outpatient utilization levels in 2009.
The Bethesda Healthcare System, a not-for-profit, two-hospital system in Boynton Beach, Fla., intends to redesign its revenue cycle processes, adding a fully automated financial and clinical patient record.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted model language for health insurance exchanges designed to provide guidance to individual states as they establish insurance exchanges as required under health reform.
Novation, a healthcare supply contracting company, has announced that its Failure-To-Supply Recovery Service saved the members it serves more than $6.5 million in 2010.
Health organizations will undergo a strategy makeover in 2011 as they react to new rules and payment models, continuing cost pressures and new customer demands, according to the "Top Health Industry Issues of 2011," published today by PwC's Health Research Institute.