Requests for Health Information on the Rise
Healthcare reform, value-based payment, and increasing audit scrutiny make it increasingly important that hospitals improve their data sharing capabilities.
Using Audits to Improve Compliance, Cut Future Audit Risk
Several steps can help hospitals and health systems leverage audits and their results to increase compliance and reduce financial risks from future audits.
Making ACO Participation Pay Off
Delaware Valley ACO’s emphasis on improving care while lowering costs has proven effective, demonstrated by an increase in members from 5,000 to 200,000 in three years.
HFMA Comments on CMS’s Part B Drug Payment Model Proposed Rule
This document contains HFMA's comments to CMS on the proposed changes to Medicare’s reimbursement methodology for separately payable Part B drugs.
Proposed Rule: Medicare Inpatient Hospital Operating and Capital Payment for Fiscal Year 2017
This document summarizes proposed payment rate updates to hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2017.
Executive Summary: CMS 2017 IPPS Proposed Rule
This document provides an overview of the key financial and operating impacts of the FY17 IPPS proposed rule.
Summary of CMS’s Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model
This document summarizes important details of CMS's Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model.
How Minnesota Safety Net Providers Found Success in a Medicaid Alternative Payment Model
A combination of preparation; using data to stratify patients by risk category; and integrating primary care, behavioral health, and social services is helping Minnesota safety net providers succeed in a Medicaid accountable care initiative.
Ask the Expert: Payers Linking Cancellations of Separate Contracts
How can providers respond when payers threaten to terminate a Medicare Advantage contract if the provider terminates their separate commercial contract?
HFMA Comments on CMS’s Proposed Changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program
HFMA submitted a comment letter to CMS on the proposed changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) benchmarking and trending methodologies published in the February 3, 2016, Federal Register.