For too long, Medicare Advantage has rewarded plans for becoming better at documenting how sick their members are. The next era should reward them for demonstrating how much healthier they make their members. Medicare Advantage is now the dominant alternative…
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Pam Stoyanoff, president and COO of Methodist Health System in Dallas, has shared plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, after nearly two decades with the health system. John Phillips has been promoted and will succeed Ms. Stoyanoff as executive vice…
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$150 Billion in Missed Appointments: Why No-Shows Keep Happening, and What Actually Stops Them
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No-shows are one of the most predictable sources of revenue loss in healthcare, and one of the most preventable. Yet most practices still treat them as an unavoidable cost of doing business rather than a solvable operational problem. The numbers…
The second day of Becker’s IT + RCM Conference brought together CIOs, CMIOs, chief revenue officers, legal experts, and clinical informatics leaders for a candid conversation about where health system technology is headed and what it will take to lead…
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White Plains, N.Y.-based Burke Rehabilitation received a “historic” $20 million challenge pledge, one of the largest philanthropic donations given to a free-standing rehab hospital in recent years. The gift, given by Bill Ackman and Neri Oxman, will launch the hospital’s…
ASHP members are meeting with congressional offices Sept. 16 to advocate for expanded Medicare coverage of pharmacist-provided care, protections for the 340B Drug Pricing Program and pharmacy residency training. Here are three priorities ASHP outlined in a Sept. 15 news…