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Finance
Further Medicare Expansion Could Diminish Hospital Revenues, But Action Required
Potential Medicare expansion plans would drastically impact the financial standing of health systems, though some may be more pragmatic solutions...
Finance
MedPAC: Even Efficient Hospitals Can't Cover Costs with Medicare Reimbursement
The panel is recommending that Congress raise reimbursement rates for 2020 and restructure hospital quality incentive programs.
Innovation
New Health Plans Expose The Insured To More Risk
New types of insurance plans are sprouting up as employers face rising costs and individuals who buy their own coverage...
Innovation
'Medicare-For-All' Gets Buzzy In Unexpected Locales
The battle over healthcare reform is playing out in heated rhetoric on the national stage, and the coalition pushing Medicare-for-all...
Clinical Care
Postacute Care Location Matters for Readmissions
After adjusting for proximity to a home healthcare agency versus an SNF, the difference was a 5.6-percentage point greater rate...
Clinical Care
Readmissions Higher With Home Care Compared to SNF Care
The treatment intensity and 24-hour monitoring at skilled nursing facilities could drive lower readmission rates compared to home care.
Clinical Care
AMA Wants More Time to Vet Interoperability, Information Blocking Proposals
The nation's largest physicians' association warns that the proposed rules 'may lead to unintended consequences for patient privacy and physician...
Finance
As Hospitals Post Price Lists, Consumers Are Asked To Check Up On Them
CMS Administrator Seema Verma has enlisted the public in an unusual effort to monitor whether hospitals are complying with a...
Strategy
CHIME Chimes in on Rising Healthcare Costs
Healthcare information managers urge Congress to address a burdensome and costly healthcare regulatory environment that is driving up costs and...
Clinical Care
IBM Watson Health Names Top 100 Hospitals
The 2019 study finds top-performing U.S. hospitals provide better care at lower cost and higher profit margins than peers.
Clinical Care
Changes Afoot for Kidney Disease Payment in Medicare
HHS Secretary Alex Azar tells the annual Kidney Patient Summit that his department wants to encourage more transplants and home...
Innovation
Seema Verma Links 'Medicare-for-All' to 'Failed Socialist Healthcare'
The CMS administrator says a favorite talking point among Democratic presidential hopefuls poses 'the greatest threat to the American healthcare...