How Montana got hospitals to accept Medicare-based payment rates
Montana moved its hospitals to Medicare-based payment rates to help reduce costs for its state-employee health plan.
A 5-month delay of the DSH payment cut is among new federal budget provisions
A delay of a $4 billion cut to hospital DSH payments was included in a year-end federal funding package.
Battle emerges over value-based safe harbors included in anti-fraud overhaul
Although proposed Stark Law exceptions have drawn praise in comments from many healthcare stakeholders, others see reasons for caution.
Price transparency: What to know about the CMS final rule
The podcast team breaks down the recently issued CMS final rule around price transparency. Also, a rural health system in South Dakota discusses how it transformed its revenue cycle by focusing on self-pay patients.
OPPS final rule keeps site-neutral payments and 340B cuts, leaves out transparency requirement
The Medicare OPPS final rule will continue 340B and site-neutral payment cuts but leaves out the requirement to post rates negotiated with health plans.
Why the Trump administration is pursuing hospital payment cuts that courts have rejected
The Trump administration is continuing to push hospital payment cuts rejected by courts to make the case to Congress that new laws are needed, according to a senior White House official.
Hospitals baffled over why Medicare continues site-neutral payments, 340B cuts despite adverse court rulings
Hospital advocates blasted two major payment cuts that were implemented recently despite court orders overriding the cuts and warned about the consequences.
Analysis: Why it behooves hospitals to re-evaluate medical accounts receivable process | HFMA
As negative press about patient billing shows no sign of slowing down, hospitals and health systems should re-evaluate the way they engage patients to resolve medical accounts receivable.
Analysis: What to expect after the Texas vs. Azar ruling
There’s still much to be argued and dealt with regarding Texas versus Azar, and no final decision on the ACA should be expected until June 2020 at the earliest.
Cup of Joe: ZDoggMD
Dr. Zubin Damania, better known as ZDoggMD in his popular online video series, talked with Joe Fifer at HFMA's Annual Conference about his vision for the future of healthcare.