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On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a sweeping piece of legislation which had dramatic implications for healthcare, including payors, patients and providers. On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court…
Today, HHS issued a final rule (pdf) that officially changes the compliance date of ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014.
Earlier this month, a Kaiser Health News analysis found that 2,211 hospitals will face Medicare penalties under the Readmissions Reduction Program, but what are some of the actual costs for individual hospitals?
Non-profit hospitals made effective adjustments to their fiscal plans in fiscal year 2011, which led to stable median financial ratios, but healthcare reform, federal deficit pressures and continued slumps in patient demand may cause challenges, according to a report from…
In July, after the dust settled from the Supreme Court's ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Moody's Investors Service issued a report that was a reality check for hospitals: Not much will change, folks.
Hospitals are increasingly seeing more Recovery Auditor (RAC) activity, as medical record requests, number of RAC denials and dollar value of denials increased more than 20 percent in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the first quarter, according to…
Nine of the largest for-profit hospital operators reported quarterly earnings over the past month. Seven of the nine companies recorded second quarter earnings for fiscal year 2012. Vanguard Health Systems posted fourth quarter and year-end results for FY 2012, and…
CMS has accepted Kansas' section 1115 Medicaid waiver application, meaning the state has moved one step closer to starting its Medicaid overhaul, according to a Kansas Health Institute News Service report.
Despite some positive financials, fiscal year 2012 was more challenging for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (pdf), which recorded $220.7 million in net income — a 70 percent drop from the $726.8 million in profit it recorded in FY 2011.
Lower spending projections to Medicare and Medicaid over the next decade will help lessen the federal deficit, according to an updated report from the Congressional Budget Office (pdf).