The Drive for Healthcare Quality and Pay for Performance
Obamacare may impact healthcare quality improvement initiatives
Can quality be legislated? Perhaps so. The Heritage […]
Maximizing Reimbursement Despite Recent Cutbacks
The healthcare sector as we know it is changing rapidly. Reimbursement cutbacks are rampant. How are you coping with these changes? Are you maximizing reimbursement? Are you analyzing your revenue cycle? Are you reviewing and auditing your claim denials? Have you looked at scheduling? How about billing and coding?
Medicaid Expansion | A Look at the Numbers to Date
As we know by now, the expansion of Medicaid was one of the major points of contention within the Affordable […]
Healthcare Reform and the Revenue Cycle
Often in our blog we underscore the importance of understanding healthcare reform and how it will impact your organization. […]
12 Days of Obamacare: Medicaid Expansion
How is Medicaid Expansion impacting healthcare in general, healthcare exchanges/subsidies in particular?In keeping up with the holiday traditions, we are highlighting the 12 days of Obamacare. As such, on the 7th day of Obamacare, Obama gave to me: Medicaid Expansion, Increased Age for Children, Affordable Healthcare, No Pre-existing, Preventive care, Healthcare Exchanges, and an Individual Mandate
12 Days of Obamacare: Increased Age for Children
The ACA increased the age for children up to age 26. Find out if there are any exceptions to this rule. In keeping up with the holiday traditions, we are highlighting the 12 days of Obamacare. As such, on the 6th day of Obamacare, Obama gave to me: Increased Age for Children, Affordable Healthcare, No Pre-existing, Preventive Care, Healthcare Exchanges, and an Individual Mandate
834 Errors on Healthcare.gov Are Critical Problem
Thousands who think they’ve enrolled may not be covered due to 834 errors in electronic files
Guess what? […]
Hospitals are cutting costs, find out where
As part of healthcare reform hospitals are cutting costs. Interestingly these costs come from four primary service lines related to general surgery, neonatal services, infectious disease, and obstetrics. As […]
12 Days of Obamacare: Affordable Healthcare (or is it Unaffordable)
Affordable healthcare is good in theory, but is it reality? How many Americans, if polled, would say healthcare is “affordable”? In keeping with the holiday tradition, we offer the 12 days of Obamacare. As such, on the 5th day of Obamacare, Obama gave to me: Affordable Healthcare
12 Days of Obamacare: No Pre-Existing
Healthcare Reform is upon us with some of the most monumental provisions becoming effective in 2014, such as the removal of pre-existing conditions. As of January 2014, insurance companies can no longer deny coverage, deny claim payments, or charge higher premiums for individuals with pre-existing conditions.