Retailers partnering with healthcare companies to expand access
A review of newly announced partnerships between Walgreens and United Healthcare and Kroger and Ascension.
Cup of Joe: Paul Keckley, The Keckley Report
Paul Keckley, researcher, author and managing editor of the Keckley Report, talks with Joe Fifer about social determinants of health and better relationships between clinical and finance.
How CMS sets the target price for bundles under BPCI-A
Read a description of CMS's method for setting episode target prices under its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model.
It’s time to acknowledge the success of CMS’s MSSP
Eye on Washington: The Medicare Shared Savings Program has achieved some noteworthy successes, and the program's continued ability to be successful will depend on physician leadership and involvement.
New Briefs, December 2019
Recent news stories affecting healthcare finance
Taking the sting out of patient bill payment
An innovative technology startup talks about its free, user-friendly bill payment app and how it can help healthcare organizations provide a simpler way for patients to pay.
The price of innovation: 3 steps for managing specialty drug costs
Health plans can help control the cost of specialty drugs by communicating with providers about appropriate treatments, integrating coordination of pharmacy and medical benefits and implementing fixed-price models.
Dec. 2-6: HFMA Seminars are among upcoming healthcare finance events
HFMA Seminars are among the major healthcare finance events taking place the week of Dec. 2.
Analysis: What healthcare providers need to know about short-term limited-duration health insurance products going into 2020
Healthcare providers need to be aware they will likely encounter an increase in the number of patients who have purchased short-term health insurance, with its limited benefits, that will be available on the healthcare exchange in 2020.
Take this job and shove it: 2 PTAC members quit in frustration over CMMI opposition to committee recommendations
The result of CMMI’s reluctance to accept recommendations from the field is one of many factors that stymies the transition to value.