Today's Top 20 Health Finance Stories
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S&P: Outlook remains stable for nonprofit hospitals
S&P Global Ratings affirmed its stable outlook on U.S. nonprofit hospitals for 2019. - 1/10/19 -
Tampa General, USF Health launch Medicare ACO
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine struck a partnership to launch an ACO for Medicare patients. - 1/10/19 -
Putting enhanced recovery protocols into practice
Proper preparation and recovery are cornerstones in the evolution of surgical care. - 1/10/19 -
Patients over paperwork: Relieving federal burdens on healthcare facilities and how healthcare providers can utilize the cost and time savings
Regulation is necessary to ensure healthcare providers and facilities uphold nationwide standards in patient care. - 1/10/19 -
Air ambulance billing tactics 'extremely aggressive,' Missouri agency says
Missourians could have been balance-billed up to $12.4 million, or nearly $20,000 per person on average, for air ambulance services in 2017, according to a state report. - 1/10/19 -
Vermont, one of states with lowest uninsured rates, sees out-of-pocket costs climb
While Vermont's uninsured rate is one of the lowest in the country at 3 percent, the number of residents who are underinsured is increasing, according to a state analysis. - 1/10/19 -
Arizona's surprise billing law takes effect: 4 things to know
An Arizona law to protect patients from surprise medical bills took effect Jan. 1, according to a report published for the Ahwatukee Foothills News. - 1/10/19 -
10 hospitals seeking RCM talent
Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise in the last week. - 1/10/19 -
Revenue cycle highlights from the 2019 JPMorgan Chase healthcare conference
Various revenue cycle management news was shared at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, according to The National Law Review. - 1/10/19 -
Nearly 25% of care-delivery payments will be value-based by start of year, report projects
Value-based payment growth is not expected to stop as the healthcare industry continues to move away from fee-for-service, according to a report from healthcare quality solutions provider Q-Centrix. - 1/10/19 -
CFOs should provide more insight into natural disaster risks, analysis says
The operations, future cash flow and market valuations of companies can all be adversely affected by natural disasters, but CFOs across the world do not usually effectively communicate these risks, according to a study in The Wall Street Journal. - 1/10/19 -
48% of CFOs don’t have a succession plan
Though CFOs are usually known for their careful attention to detail, 48 percent of them have not identified a successor, according to a study in The Wall Street Journal. - 1/10/19 -
HCA Healthcare spends $52.5M on land for planned Florida hospital
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has purchased 100 acres of land to build an 80-bed hospital in Estero, Fla., according to the Naples Daily News. - 1/10/19 -
West Virginia's state-run hospitals should be privatized, report says
West Virginia should consider looking into privatization options for the state's seven hospitals, according to a report obtained by The Inter-Mountain. - 1/10/19 -
5 thoughts from hospital leaders on the CMS price transparency rule
Hospitals are now required to post their standard charges online under a CMS price transparency rule. - 1/9/19 -
Policy viewpoint: End outrageous air ambulance bills
Air ambulance companies that don't disclose prices before providing services and obtain patient permission should only be allowed to collect average market prices at most, three authors, including two physicians, wrote in an opinion piece published by STAT. - 1/9/19 -
Bankrupt hospital chain to sell Missouri facility for $10M
A bankruptcy judge approved Boca Raton, Fla.-based Promise Healthcare Group's sale of its hospital in St. Louis. - 1/9/19 -
Health systems must exceed CMS pricing changes to delight patients
A new year is upon us and with it the activation of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s (CMS) price transparency rule. - 1/9/19 -
2018 in review: looking back and assessing the road ahead
A recent article by VisitPay reviews their 2018 and what's to come in 2019. - 1/9/19 -
Healthcare industry spent nearly $30B per year on marketing in 2016
Medical marketing grew from $17.7 billion in 1997 to $29.9 billion in 2016, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. - 1/9/19