Addressing the Rising Patient Payment Obligation: Impact and Strategies amid today’s challenging healthcare environment
In the Fall of 2021, CommerceHealthcare® sponsored a focused survey conducted by the Health Management Academy (HMA), an organization for executives from the nation’s top health systems and leading companies. The HMA survey involved both quantitative polling and in-depth telephone interviews to explore current issues in patient financial experience. This report combines those findings with…
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The phase-out, or “unwinding,” of the three-year Medicaid continuous enrollment program began on April 1, and states have started to disenroll ineligible members. They have 12 months to complete the recertification process. The HHS estimates that around 8.2 million Medicaid enrollees, of which 4.7 million are adults ages 18 to 34, will lose Medicaid coverage, while 5.3…
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7 KPIs providers should be tracking
Health systems and provider organizations are facing enormous challenges. In a recent poll, providers ranked five of their most pressing issues, which were staffing (58%), expenses (20%), revenue (17%), technology (2%), and other (2%), according to the MGMA. The poll also found that costs have been outpacing revenue for nine in ten respondents. In addition…
The impact of claims denials on the financial health of healthcare
While their hospitals and healthcare centers have long had to deal with claims denials, the number of denied claims continues to rise and payers are showing little inclination to help solve the problem, according to several roundtable participants.
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