In the newest episode of the HealthLeaders Revenue Cycle Podcast, Charlie Brown, MBA, a former hospital executive and vice president of revenue cycle at a consulting firm, provides actionable steps for mitigating status downgrades and dealing with them effectively to...
People struggle with bills even as insurance coverage increases, showing "that health insurance in America is not protective enough," says a Commonwealth Fund researcher.
CMS also reports that 2.5 million people have reduced their monthly premiums after advance payments of premium tax credits during the Special Enrollment Period, which ends August 15.
"It really undermines what the physicians are doing at the point of care, and it's bad policy," says Doug Wolfe, co-founder and partner of the Miami-based law firm Wolfe Pincavage.
Understanding the qualifying payment amount and the initial information on the independent dispute resolution process "should be a short-term priority for revenue cycle leaders and their teams," says attorney Harvey Rochman.
The few people who have researched hospital prices online within the past six months were slightly more likely to erroneously believe that hospitals aren't required to post price information online.
