Analysis: ‘Medicare for All’ supporters more concerned about cost
New survey results: Those that favor Medicare for All are more dissatisfied with the cost of healthcare and concerned about paying for care if they became ill.
Analysis: Walmart’s Centers of Excellence program goes local
Walmart’s use of Embold Health to provide its employees with access to high-quality, cost-efficient providers has the potential for broader impact.
Analysis: 2018 Medicare ACO results: Promising but not sufficient
A review of CMS’s recently released 2018 MSSP prompts HFMA’s Chad Mulvany to suggest as a society, the U.S. needs find additional ways to close the deficit between our means to pay for federal healthcare programs and what these programs cost.
Analysis: What to expect after the Texas vs. Azar ruling
There’s still much to be argued and dealt with regarding Texas versus Azar, and no final decision on the ACA should be expected until June 2020 at the earliest.
Nov. 4-8: A Medicare advisers meeting is among the week’s national healthcare events
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s two-day public meeting is among major healthcare finance events taking place this week.
3 components of shared risk executives need to know
Jennifer Carney, vice president, finance and analytics, for Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network (BILHPN), describes three basic components of shared-risk contracts.
Amid lagging hospital risk taking, value-based payment advocates try to woo CFOs
Hospital CFOs are seen by others in healthcare as the key to spurring organizations and the industry at large to move from fee for service to risk-based payment models.
How a ‘mini-Optum’ saved $85 million in three years by emphasizing primary care
A Texas clinically integrated network has used a primary care physician-focused approach to lower healthcare spending by $85 million over three years.
More Medicaid programs increase hospital payment rates
More states have moved to increase hospitals’ Medicaid rates than to cut them — reversing a pattern from the last fiscal year.
Oct. 19-25: CMMI leader to address value-based care executives
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Oct. 21 include an address from a CMMI executive, HFMA webinars and a deadline for comments on advance beneficiary notices.