PAMA’s Impact on Laboratory Margins
Lâle White describes changes to come in 2018 as a result of CMS’s new clinical laboratory fee schedule.
Managing Care Variation: Optimizing Total Joint Replacement Bundle
Advisory Board’s Sean Angert discusses ways healthcare organizations can improve performance in bundled payment programs.
Value-Based Care: Past, Present, and Future
Nick Vennaro delivers a retrospective on value-based care with an eye toward the future.
Understanding CJR Payment Reconciliation
Deirdre Baggot looks at the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program one year in.
CMS Bundles: Why Leave Millions on the Table?
Health systems will soon learn how successful their participation in the mandatory Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program has been.
Finding a Better Way to Handle Claim Attachments
Standardizing the electronic submission of claims attachments is a hot topic in the industry as stakeholders look for ways to reduce costs.
Bundled Payments: Value-Based Guidance
The authors share insights about bundled payment programs in an ever-changing healthcare environment.
Ask the Expert: CMS Statements for Medicare Patients
States--not CMS--have regulations in place related to timely patient notification of the availability of financial assistance/charity, as well as a statement that includes a summary of charges.