Declining Hospital Revenue Predicted for 2014
Connection Between Population Health Management and Readmissions
Summary: One of the latest healthcare buzzwords has been Population Health Management. The following article will discuss the correlation between Population Health Management and Readmissions. To say healthcare spending is out of control is putting it mildly. One of the high contributors to healthcare costs is the treatment of chronic conditions. In order to get […]
DSH Payment Cuts Delayed
In December of last year (2013), Congress passed a two-year budget deal that delayed the start of the planned cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. These cuts, which were originally scheduled to take effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2014, have now been pushed out to the start of fiscal year 2016.
Why You Need A Quality Improvement Program
Why Quality Improvement Programs Are Essential For Today’s Organizations Recently, we looked at how the Affordable Care Act and pay-for-performance are driving healthcare organizations across the nation to institute Quality Improvement (QI) programs. Today, let’s examine some of the basic elements and advantages of an effective Quality Improvement Program implementation. What is a Quality Improvement […]
ACA Spurs Increase in Urgent Care Healthcare Providers
Are Urgent Care Healthcare Providers the Solution to an Overtaxed Healthcare System? According to recent reports, pressures put on healthcare, in part by the increased healthcare coverage of individuals under the Affordable Care Act is causing a surge in the opening and utilization of Urgent Care healthcare providers across the country. The moment for increased […]
10 Essential Benefits of the ACA
Are you aware of the “essential benefits” required of health plans beginning January 1, 2014? Are you aware of the exceptions coined “grandfathered plans”?
Millennials Overwhelmingly Avoiding Obamacare
To date, less than 25 percent of all Obamacare enrollees are between the ages of 18 and 34. Why does this matter? To be financially viable, the still-faltering national healthcare plan needs America’s youth to start paying up. Now. If this doesn’t happen, the consequences for Obamacare could be dire.
ACA Threatens Rural Hospitals
Rural Hospitals Run Closure Risk With Reduced Payments and Medicaid Expansion Opt Out Affordable Care Act implementation combined with state opt out of Medicaid expansion is creating a perfect storm which will lead to the closing of rural hospitals in the next three years if either Medicaid opt in is not adopted by states, or […]
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