Hospital Reimbursement News and Resources for Healthcare

Largest Hospital Networks Fail Price Transparency Tests

November 22, 2021 - The largest hospital networks are failing to comply with the Price Transparency Rule two years into its implementation. A review conducted by Insights at Xtelligent Media found that hospitals from five of the largest health networks were lacking key price transparency instruments outlined in the final rule. Analysis of machine-readable files and shoppable service lists point to several...

Population Health and Data Analytics Strategies for Value-Based Care

October 08, 2021 by Hayden Schmidt

Healthcare is increasingly reliant on data analytics strategies. Population health measures are no exception, as they depend heavily on analytics to monitor metrics for large groups of patients, fill...

Despite Relief Funds, One-Third of Hospitals Eye Expected Losses

September 23, 2021 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

While pandemic relief funds may have enabled leading hospitals to weather the storm of COVID-19, quite a few hospitals anticipate significant losses during the second year of the pandemic. Hospital...

Medicare Hospital Reimbursement Set for 2.5% Increase in 2022

August 03, 2021 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Let me tell you: A week away from work feels great. Now it's time to turn our attention back to healthcare. Medicare’s Inpatient Payments Will Increase 2.5% in 2022 CMS has finalized an...

Drug Prices Continue to Increase Costs for Consumers; Low-Value Care Study Raises AHA’s Ire

May 11, 2021 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Happy Tuesday as warm temps and dry skies seem to be in the forecast for many of us. JAMA Study Finds 15% Increase in Out-of-Pocket Costs for Branded Drugs A JAMA study found that for 53.7% of...

Increased Funding for Special Enrollment Period; CMS Recoups Payments, Delays Value-Based Care

April 07, 2021 by Emily Sokol, MPH

HHS promotes additional spending to advertise the Special Enrollment Period and make members aware of low-cost premium plans. And CMS begins recouping payments to providers, delays payments pending...