Here are five articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review that offer insight on price transparency tools, Medicare reimbursement rates and more.
1. CMS' final IPPS rule for 2018: 10 things to know
CMS issued its Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule for fiscal year 2018, which increases payments to acute care hospitals next year.
2. How CHS, Tenet, UHS, LifePoint and HCA fared in Q2
Major for-profit hospital operators produced mixed financial results in the second quarter of 2017.
3. Study: Americans support healthcare price shopping, yet few research price data
Thirteen percent of Americans with out-of-pocket spending related to their last healthcare experience sought information about expected expenses prior to care, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.
4. Alabama hospital to close after 60 years
Paul Jones Hospital in Camden, Ala., is set to become the sixth rural hospital in the state to close since 2010.
5. Study: No link between offering price transparency tool and lower healthcare spending
Offering a price transparency tool to a large insured population in California did not result in decreased healthcare spending, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
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Tenet's net loss balloons to $56M on lower patient volume
Quorum Health sees net loss narrow to $30.6M, plans more hospital sales
Kindred to close Detroit hospital, lay off 145 employees