Physician Practice Resources

Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of July 14.

Rural-state hospitals strongly back a proposed Medicare area wage index (AWI) change, but national hospital advocates are warning against it.

Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of July 8.

Several hospital approaches were key to obtaining savings of nearly $1,000 per episode in Medicare’s first mandatory bundled payment model.

Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of July 1.

Medicare can drive hospital productivity improvements and spending controls through more pay cuts, said policy advisers.

In the face of recent, multiple setbacks on the Trump administration’s proposals for drug pricing, the administration could move aggressively forward on its anticipated International Pricing Index Model for Part B drugs proposal.

Details about the new five-year mandatory radiation therapy model released by CMS the week of July 8 are reviewed.

Results of a recent HFMA/Navigant survey show providers are prepared to increase their level of payment risk. HFMA’s Chad Mulvany provides insight on what these results indicate.

A discussion of the results of the Medicare Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program and three keys to implementing a successful PAC management program.

Recent changes to the HELP draft surprise-bill legislation indicate there is unity in Congress around calculating payments to providers for out-of-network services, but challenges to the geographic-median approach are on the horizon.

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee was split on how to pay providers in the No Surprises bill draft discussed during a legislative hearing June 12.