Hospitals Urge Caution in Federal Transparency Push
April 17—In response to a new Senate price and quality transparency initiative, hospital advocates outlined measures they would support but also urged caution in pursuing new federal requirements.
Level of Costing Detail in Aurora’s System
Aurora Health Care developed detailed categories for its cost accounting initiative by considering the future and estimating how health system leaders would want to use the data in the future.
Healthcare Cost Containment: April 2018
Subscribers can access the April 2018 issue of Healthcare Cost Containment.
Caregiver Support May Help Reduce Costs
Family caregivers’ fatigue was associated with $1,937 higher costs while caregiver sadness was associated with $1,323 higher costs during a six-month period. Patients with severely fatigued caregivers also were more likely to visit the ED.
How Is Your Hospital Managing Costs Across Its Physician Enterprise?
Several factors have challenged achieving a more comprehensive view of costs at the physician enterprise level, including governance, data sharing, and financial performance expectations.
Time Is Money: Aurora Health’s 5-Month Cost Accounting Journey
Recognizing the intense multidisciplinary effort required to implement cost accounting, Aurora Health followed a step-by-step approach that emphasized structure, validation, training, maintenance, and optimization.
12-Year Trend Shows Steady Rise in Acute Care Hospital Administrative and General Costs
An analysis of Medicare cost reports shows that U.S. Hospitals saw a gradual increase in their administrative and general costs from 2004 through 2016.
340B Hospitals and Drugmakers Battle Over Transparency
March 16—Supporters and critics of the 340B discount drug program agree that more transparency is needed, but they remain sharply divided over who needs to be transparent and what such reporting should include.
Optimizing a Physician Practice Acquisition
Thoughtful strategies surrounding physician practice acquisition can help set the stage for success.
ALOS Analysis Reveals Significant Regional Variances
An analysis of average length of stay looking at U.S. hospitals identified noteworthy variation among states within each of four regions.