The Cash and Carry Physician Trend
Obamacare mandates that you have insurance or pay a penalty. Now, physicians are refusing to take patients who have insurance? Is this counterintuitive? How will this affect the “affordable” and “accessible” care which Obamacare strives to achieve?
The Drive for Healthcare Quality and Pay for Performance
Obamacare may impact healthcare quality improvement initiatives Can quality be legislated? Perhaps so. The Heritage Foundation, a research and educational institution, states that “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Obamacare)
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 Care Act. Although the Supreme Court upheld the expansion in a June 2012 decision, it limited the federal government’s ability to penalize states that did not comply with the mandate. As a result, participation at […]
Healthcare Reform and the Revenue Cycle
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? Healthcare.gov, the Obamacre enrollment site, is still not working properly. Surprised? Probably not, but what may shock you is the fact that up to 30% of the applications filed on the site have not been processed correctly, […]
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 reform continues to put pressure on the healthcare delivery system, what do you think the cost cutting trends of 2014 will be? Explore more infographics […]
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