Executive Summary: CMS 2018 IPPS Final Rule
HFMA summarizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' 2018 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule.
Taking Control of Pay-For-Performance Contracts
To ensure their organizations perform effectively under risk contracts, healthcare finance leaders should implement a work plan to manage the contracts.
10 Critical Medicaid Trends to Watch
It is important for hospitals and health systems to forecast the impact of proposed healthcare legislation on Medicaid payments, eligibility teams, and patients.
Ask the Experts: Medicaid Billing
How should I bill New York Medicaid for services provided by non-hospital employee clinicians in emergency department settings?
Health Systems Brace for MACRA
Hospitals and health systems are working to help their physicians succeed under MACRA, which means moving quickly to advanced APMs.
CMS’s 2018 IPPS Proposed Rule and RFI: Signaling the Trump Administration’s Deregulation Agenda
Ken Perez describes the connection between the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and a new proposed rule and request for information by CMS.
Alternative Payment Models at the State Level
In an effort to address rising healthcare costs, many states have implemented alternative payment models.
Managing Transitional and Chronic Care Profitably: A Guide for Hospital-Owned Physician Practices
CMS offers an attractive incentive for healthcare organizations that participate in transitional care management and chronic care management programs.
Assessing the Impact of Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion reduced the amount of hospital charity care in participating states, while charity care remained almost unchanged in non-participating states during the same time period.
Webinar: Key Healthcare Trends Will Continue Under Trump
Amid many likely changes in healthcare policy under the Trump administration, the transition to value-based care and the need to be innovative in care delivery and business processes will continue.