Healthcare CFOs Financial Outlook Stable in Coming Months
Healthcare industry CFOs are expecting revenue growth but flat profits, according to a recent survey by GE Capital, Americas. At the beginning of the year, GE Capital found healthcare CFOs to be the...
View ArticleUncompensated Care Hovers Close to 6 Percent of Hospital Expense
As a percentage of total expenses, uncompensated care for United States hospitals continues to flirt around 6 percent. In 2011, the most recent data in the American Hospital Association’s annual...
View ArticleHospital Prices Spike in February, Drive Price Increases for Services Nationwide
Healthcare prices jumped 0.7 percent in February, accounting for over 30 percent of the increase in service costs in the Producer Price Index for that month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...
View ArticleHow Do You Stack Up? CMS Unveils Chronic Condition Dashboard
Want to see how your facility compares to the averages of other providers in your state or across the nation? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have unveiled a terrific online tool that...
View ArticleStudies Examine Metrics Used to Measure Hospitals
Metrics used to measure hospital performance have drawn scrutiny in two recent studies. “Patient satisfaction” has little correlation to other measures of quality healthcare outcomes, according to a...
View ArticleOne in Six Americans Had Medical Debt Go to Collections, Survey Shows
It can’t be considered positive news, but in the first two years of healthcare reform the number of Americans burdened by medical debt held steady after eight years of growth. The Commonwealth Fund...
View ArticleObamacare Working? Readmission Rates Declined in 2012
It’s too early to say for sure, but the penalties on hospitals for higher-than-average readmission rates under healthcare reform may be working as those numbers “declined significantly” last year. For...
View Article4 Metrics to Measure the Performance of Medical Debt Collection Agencies
The old adage “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,” holds especially true for the unique relationship between healthcare providers and their respective collection partners. Before a provider...
View ArticleHFMA Releases Final Best Practices for Patient Financial Communications
The Healthcare Financial Management Association today released the final draft of “Patient Financial Communications Best Practices,” a comprehensive set of guidelines covering patient interactions...
View ArticleObamacare: Five Revenue Trends You Can Take to the Bank
On Jan. 1, the second wave of Obamacare beneficiaries become eligible for coverage and based on several studies of similar populations, there are trends regarding consumption of healthcare services...
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