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Are any providers posting average charges according to the visit level assigned (1-5), or using any other method to make patients aware of the cost of an emergency department visit?

I am looking for more information about how to manage patients covered by cost sharing programs.

The primary goal of Intermountain Healthcare’s not-for-profit generic drug company is to help patients by eliminating drug shortages. 

Are boilerplate CJR physician gain sharing agreement templates available or should agreements be created from scratch?

Aurora Health Care developed detailed categories for its cost accounting initiative by considering the future and estimating how health system leaders would want to use the data in the future.

More than two thirds of hospital merger and acquisition transactions accomplish at least some of their cost reduction goals, according to a recent survey of financial executives by Deloitte and HFMA. However, savings can take several years to realize. Approximately 40 percent of respondents said they achieved 25 percent or more of their cost-reduction goals. Hospital Finance Executives Report Cost Savings from M&As

What contract language would you recommend to assist with denial prevention?

Is there any concern if copayment under a certain amount are written off?