Rule will provide patients with financial peace of mind and safeguards from unknowingly incurring surprise expenses.
CMS Rule Protects Patients from Surprise Billing
Category: Industry News
New Trends in Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions
Larger transactions and diversification influencing hospital M&A activity
Necessary First Steps in Developing a Comprehensive Health Policy for our Nation
In this webinar, we sat down with Thomas Campanella, Healthcare Executive in Residence at Baldwin Wallace University, to understand what the key elements are in developing a comprehensive approach to healthcare policy and how cost of care, quality outcomes and access to care are interrelated.
UnitedHealthcare Designated Diagnostic Provider Program (DDP) set for July 1 Launch
Labs Must Complete Programmatic Registration Process by February 28
2020 CAQH Index Reveals Significant Cost Savings Opportunities
Increased use of automation, but $16.3 billion savings potential still remains for healthcare industry
Automating common healthcare administrative transactions, such as prior authorization, has reduced annual costs by $122 billion, finds the 2020 CAQH Index. However, the industry is still leaving $16.3 billion in potential savings on the table.
Potential New CMS COVID-19 Testing Policies & Pricing on the Horizon?
CAP calls on CMS to cease policy on test turnaround time, reimburse appropriately
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions on the rise—will you be impacted?
Pandemic likely catalyst for future deals and partnerships
Struggling with Price Transparency? You’re Not Alone.
Lack of compliance and central repository creating laborious manual processes
Hospital Revenues Bleak Entering 2021: How Technology is the Answer
Providers eager to embrace technology, freeing them from billing and payment burdens
AHA Loses Latest Legal Battle Challenging Price Transparency
AHA claimed requirement too burdensome; judges skeptical, rule in favor of HHS
The American Hospital Association (AHA) was hoping for intervention from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals as the Price Transparency rule requiring hospitals to publicize rates goes into effect Friday, January 1, 2021. The AHA filed for an emergency notion to block the rule from going into effect, citing hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 vaccine distribution and record-high caseloads of COVID-19.
