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CO Hospitals: Tighten up Price Transparency, Collection Practices to Avoid Financial PenaltiesIf a Colorado hospital attempts to collect medical debt from patients but has not been complying with CMS' price transparency...
Revenue Cycle
Price Transparency Rule is a Burden for HospitalsRevenue cycle leaders are concerned about the efficacy of the regulation and the resources required to implement it.
Payer
After Medical Bills Broke the Bank, This Family Headed to Mexico for CareAlthough the CDC doesn't endorse traveling to another country for medical care, millions of Americans each year do so.
Payer
Blue Cross Sues COVID-19 Lab for Price InflationThe large insurer claims GS Labs charged more than five times the market rate for COVID-19 tests and administered additional...
Revenue Cycle
Patient Files Lawsuit Against Health System for Deceptive Billing PracticesVidant Health is being accused of unfair billing and debt collection schemes after charging a patient 11 times the Medicare...
Revenue Cycle
Piece of Arbitration Process in No Surprises Act Struck Down in Federal CourtA federal judge sided with the Texas Medical Association in a decision regarding the independent dispute resolution process of the...
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Where's The Compliance With Price Transparency?A recent study shows only 14% of hospitals are fully complying with CMS' price transparency rule.
Revenue Cycle
Former HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan: Price transparency will lead to a 'market for quality'When healthcare prices are transparent, the market will help determine whether costs go up or down, he says.
Revenue Cycle
Former HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan on Why Hospitals Should Comply with Price Transparency"It's the people that recognize the shape of things to come and help participate in it ? who will have...
Finance
CMS Cuts Medicare Payments to Docs, Extends Telehealth PaymentsThe conversion factor per relative value unit under the 2022 fee schedule will be reduced to $33.59, down from $34.89...
Revenue Cycle
Hospital Price Transparency Needs Harsher Penalties, Uniform Data ReportingAccording to an expert panel, CMS should increase the maximum penalty for noncompliance with the pricing rule from $300 per...
Revenue Cycle
Only 23% of Hospitals Offer Out-of-Pocket Price Guarantees for Select ServicesThe Kaufman Hall survey found that although consumerism remains a hot topic and buzzword, many hospitals and health systems' digital...