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WEBHealthcare Finance provides timely and in-depth coverage of the challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs, regulatory developments and diminishing reimbursements. Helmed by an experienced team of independent editors and journalists, we deliver news, analysis, educational content to an audience of senior healthcare financial managers and ...
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WEBAverage premiums for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D to decrease, CMS says. The lower MA premiums are expected to drive enrollment to 35.7 million by 2025 - about ... Read more >>. READ. Sep 27 | Susan Morse. Free COVID-19 tests are now available. HHS is offering the tests to help prevent widespread infections this fall and winter.
HHS announces 54 drugs subject to rebates and lower coinsurance
WEB1 day ago — Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who use these drugs are expected to have a reduced coinsurance amount. From October 1 through December 31, 54 Part B drugs have an adjusted coinsurance rate based on the inflation-adjusted payment amount. The coinsurance will be 20% of the inflation-adjusted payment amount, CMS said.
Hospitals confront mounting reimbursement challenges and …
WEBNov 30, 2023 — Escalating reimbursement delays and declining cash reserves are placing hospitals and health systems across the nation in a precarious financial predicament, according to data from Syntellis Performance Solutions' analysis of 1,300 hospitals.. The findings, published in partnership with the American Hospital Association, underscore the pressing need for measures aimed at alleviating financial ...
For Payers - Healthcare Finance News
WEBInsurers and government payers are having to make major adjustments as well. This section highlights Healthcare Finance’s coverage on topics including benefit design, Medicare and Medicaid, risk management, payer contracting, analytics, compliance, insurance exchanges, provider-sponsored health …
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WEBOct 12, 2011 — Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey While many healthcare providers believe that improving the patient financial experience is a critical step for their organization, few have done so successfully. Read this brief to learn strategies that increase patient ...
New legislation seeks to make ACA premium tax credits permanent
WEB4 days ago — In a move aimed at keeping people covered through reduced healthcare costs, Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., have introduced legislation that would make Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits permanent.. The proposed Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2024 seeks to ensure that the enhanced tax credits, initially expanded under the American Rescue Plan ...
Reimbursement - Healthcare Finance News
WEBSep 12, 2024 — Hospital systems across the country are looking to streamline their billing and collection processes to become more efficient and better compete in their markets. The challenge many face is how to turn the data that's already flowing through financial systems into…. In healthcare, every interaction with the patient matters.
Financial challenges spurring healthcare merger and acquisition ...
WEBOct 16, 2023 — Hospitals and health systems have been under extreme financial pressure since 2022, when median operating margins remained in negative territory for the full year. And while the picture has improved somewhat this year, these challenges spurred about a third of the hospital and health system merger and acquisition activity in the third quarter.
Policy and Legislation - Healthcare Finance News
WEB6 days ago — Gaining Actionable Insight into Financial Systems and Areas Impacting the Revenue Cycle. Hospital systems across the country are looking to streamline their billing and collection processes to become more efficient and better compete in their markets. The challenge many face is how to turn the data that's already flowing through financial ...