In a session moderated by Holly Carnell, JD, associate at McGuireWoods at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting on May 17 in Chicago, three hospital CFOs shared their insights on the most challenging aspects of budgeting and managing finances within…
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The HHS Office of Inspector General has released a report suggesting that Medicaid may be paying excessive rates to developmental centers in New York state for their services to patients with intellectual and developmental capabilities.
Since patient flow problems in a hospital are never limited to one area or department, managing that patient flow has become an immense challenge among hospitals today. Any patient flow inefficiencies that are present within an operating room will cascade…
Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark asked a federal judge yesterday to rejoin an antitrust lawsuit in order to keep its recent business agreements private, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
The following is reprinted with permission from strategicplanningMD.A great hospital brand is hard to find. In the last two weeks, I have been in several major markets, including Atlanta, Jacksonville, New York City, northern New Jersey, and Charlotte. And during…
In a session at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting on May 17 in Chicago, Gregg Leff, executive vice president of Med Metrix explained four key managed care negotiation strategies that hospitals can employ this year.
Analyzing 5 Key Compensation Areas: Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopedics and Primary Care
Physician compensation metrics are pertinent within the growing hospital strategy of acquiring physician practices, similar to the 1990s, and some specialties have been the cornerstones of compensation and acquisition strategies. At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on…
The American Hospital Association has commented on a rule that establishes unique identifiers for health plans and other entities, saying the rule would facilitate routing of electronic healthcare claims, according to an AHA News Now report.
The American Hospital Association supports CMS’ preliminary decision to allow general supervision for 27 hospital outpatient therapeutic services, according to an AHA News Now report.
The American Medical Association has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., challenging Federal Trade Commission antitrust enforcement action against a state licensing board that attempted to regulate who could provide teeth whitening services.