Raising CMI Through a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Community Hospital Setting
By reducing interhospital transfers for critical care, one hospital was able to increase its case mix index and increase revenue sufficiently to help support a population health initiative.
The Price is Not Right: The Unsustainability of the ACA Insurance Marketplaces
As legislators continue to work toward a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, insurers are leaving the marketplaces.
The Future of the Revenue Cycle
HFMA and Navigant surveyed 125 hospital and health system CFOs and revenue cycle executives to learn about next-generation revenue cycle management trends. The findings reveal key improvement opportunities, including a need to optimize revenue cycle technology, enhance revenue integrity efforts, and better engage patients around their financial obligations.
UnityPoint Health Ramps Up Value-Based Pay
UnityPoint Clinic is seeing benefits from its ongoing experiment with a value-based compensation structure for primary care physicians in its multispecialty medical group.
UnityPoint Health Ramps Up Value-Based Pay
UnityPoint Clinic is seeing benefits from its ongoing experiment with a value-based compensation structure for primary care physicians in its multispecialty medical group.
Geisinger Scraps Physician Pay-for-Performance
Geisinger Health System has decided to scrap physician compensation incentives based on performance measures and productivity, and instead pay straight salaries.
Geisinger Scraps Physician Pay-for-Performance
Geisinger Health System has decided to scrap physician compensation incentives based on performance measures and productivity, and instead pay straight salaries.
Why Physician Leadership Transitions Sometimes Fail
Three physician executives say education, mentoring, and effective onboarding are essential for successful leadership transitions.
Why Physician Leadership Transitions Sometimes Fail
Three physician executives say education, mentoring, and effective onboarding are essential for successful leadership transitions.
Process Improvement Can Prevent Denials
Approximately two-thirds of the top ten reasons for denials during the first quarter of 2017 were related to patient access issues.