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August 15, 2017

Hospitals Preparing for Increase in Uncompensated Care after years of Declines

Hospital leaders across the country have been closely watching the healthcare proposals coming out of Washington over the last several months. Although the bill that would cuts Medicaid and result in increased uncompensated care ...

July 25, 2017

$200 billion wasted annually on excessive testing & treatments

Everyone knows that medical care in the United States is marked by waste, largely from unnecessary treatments and excessive testing. What to do about it is another matter. Difficulties eliminating waste Sutter Health, a large ...

July 20, 2017

Moody’s: Hospital margins will continue to soften in 2017

Expense growth at not-for-profit and public hospitals in 2016 surpassed revenue growth, according to a new analysis by Moody’s Investors Service. What’s worse? That trend is expected to continue into 2017. Read on to see why this ...

July 12, 2017

4 Steps to Guarantee Improved Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management

Identifying the root cause of payment problems is critical to collecting all possible reimbursement. With costs rising and payments decreasing, inefficiencies and billing errors can be catastrophic if they go uncorrected. Collect ...

July 1, 2017

How the Proposed PPS Rate for 2018 IRF Services Affect Your Budget

The Prospective Payment System (PPS) is a reimbursement method in which a Medicare payment is made based on a predetermined, fixed amount: the PPS rate. Different Prospective Payment Systems are used for reimbursement to ...

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