Comparative analytics: putting data to work
An effective comparative analytics platform requires four attributes: single sourced, structured, appropriate, and timely.
Trend suggests the nation’s largest hospitals should prepare for declining available revenues
The nation's largest short-term acute care hospitals have recently seen a rise in allowances and discounts that will underscore the need for them to contain and reduce costs.
3 details for healthcare providers to know before taking on risk
Providers looking to take on downside ACO risk need to first understand three determinants of success.
Providers press CMS for details amid lingering uncertainty about new primary care models
The possibility of conflicts between Medicare payment models joined the customary concern about benchmarking details in provider feedback on coming primary care models, an administration official said.
Why Healthcare Forecasting is a Combination of Art and Science
A healthcare forecast is based on an analysis of related costs and trends, but a forecaster’s predictions also should consider the possibility of future crossroads where several vectors of change intersect.
Deceased Medicare beneficiary admissions: Accounting for the causes and impacts
Just over 3 percent of Medicare admissions end with the death of the patient. This finding is based on data from fiscal years 2015 through 2017 reported in the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) file. As would be expected, the time and resources required to treat a beneficiary who is near death and ultimately…
Chronic Disease Most Significant Factor in Care Cost Variation
A recent study by HFMA and other partners revealed the factors that impact total cost of care.
4 new KPIs for value-based care
KPIs will move away from balance sheets, ledgers, and numbers to data that’s being collected and managed in the EHR.
Ask the Experts: SSI percentage and eligibility
How does your facility track its SSI percentage? Do you rely on the annual publication of SSI percentages issued by CMS?
Deceased Medicare Beneficiary Admissions: Accounting for the Causes and Impacts
Hospitals and health systems should be prepared to see a greater financial impact from Medicare hospital admissions that end with beneficiaries being deceased than from such admissions that end with the patients leaving the hospital in an improved condition.