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Telehealth Use Among Medicare Patients Limited but Growing
Growth in telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries is occurring in patients 85 years and older and living in rural areas.
Ask the Experts: Behavioral Health Billing
We want to offer an intensive outpatient program (IOP) that provides group psychotherapy to patients who require a higher intensity of treatment than our outpatient setting provides. We need a thorough understanding of the billing process for the state of
Annual Hospital Costs for Opioid Overdose Patients Approaches $2 Billion
The average cost for an overdose patient who was treated and released totaled $504, but the average cost rose to $11,731 for those that were treated and admitted to a hospital.
Evaluating Cost-of-Care Progress
Although more time and evidence are needed to prove the efficacy of population-based VBP models, there are other models that may be more appropriate for different populations.
Small Percentage of Uninsured Patients Generate Most of Hospitals’ Self-Pay Payments
Focusing on accounts that are most likely to be paid in full and identifying billable insurance can help hospitals tackle self-pay challenges.
The Origins of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology
A growing variety of applications for blockchain offers an expanding range of tools designed to solve specific problems in the healthcare industry.
HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020 Proposed Rule Summary
Summary of the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020 proposed rule, published by CMS.
R1 RCM: Partnering with Healthcare Organizations to Reimagine the Revenue Cycle
Two senior leaders at R1 talk about the advantages of working with an innovative revenue cycle partner that offers technology-enabled revenue cycle and patient experience services.
Five Considerations When Moving Technology to the Cloud
Tips-focused article on how to prepare for and optimize a transition to the cloud.
CAHs and Cost Reports
A critical access hospital’s cost of delivering care to Medicare patients is estimated using the cost accounting data that these Medicare-certified institutions submit annually to CMS via Medicare cost reports.