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Healthcare Finance provides timely and in-depth coverage of the challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs, regulatory developments and diminishing reimbursements. Helmed by an experienced team of independent editors and journalists, we deliver news, analysis, educational content to an audience of senior healthcare …
Telehealth gets short extension, physician pay is cut in spending bill
Dec 21, 2024 · Telehealth gets short extension, physician pay is cut in spending bill Stripped out of the final bill is a provision to prevent the 2.8% Medicare pay cut to physicians.
Hospitals confront mounting reimbursement challenges and …
Nov 30, 2023 · Escalating reimbursement delays and declining cash reserves are placing hospitals and health systems across the nation in a precarious financial predicament, according to data from Syntellis Performance Solutions' analysis of 1,300 hospitals.. The findings, published in partnership with the American Hospital Association, underscore the pressing need for …
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15 more drugs selected for Medicare drug price negotiations
6 days ago · Fifteen additional drugs that are covered under Medicare Part D have been selected for price negotiations by the Department of Health and Human Services, the government agency said today.. The negotiations with participating drug companies for these 15 drugs will take place later this year, and any negotiated prices would become effective in 2027.
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Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey While many healthcare providers believe that improving the patient financial experience is a critical step for their organization, few have done so successfully. Read this brief to …
Healthcare expenditures rise on increased coverage and utilization
Dec 18, 2024 · Healthcare spending is higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and is being driven by increases in insurance coverage and utilization, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and published by Health Affairs.. In 2023, healthcare spending in the United States reached $4.9 …
Health systems see margin gains, though expenses still high
Dec 3, 2024 · Health systems in the U.S. saw slight margin gains in October following three months of declines, while operating margins for individual hospitals narrowed and expenses remained high, according to new data published by Strata Decision Technology.. Significant increases in drug costs contributed to higher nonlabor expenses, as drug expenses rose …
Moody's upgrades healthcare outlook from negative to stable for …
Nov 9, 2023 · Moody's Investors Service has revised its 2024 outlook for the not-for-profit and public healthcare sector to stable from negative, driven in large part by a decrease in labor costs.. While hospitals will continue to grapple with high expenses because of a shortage of skilled labor, particularly nurses, Moody's predicts that the growth in expenses will slow as hospitals make …
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Aug 26, 2019 · ABOUT HEALTHCARE FINANCE. Healthcare Finance is the leading news source for developments in the healthcare finance industry.Through its highly integrated platform, its team of award-winning editors deliver breaking news, in-depth reporting, analysis and best practices around compelling topics such as capital investments, reimbursements, quality and …