Financial Decision Making

 

Impact of the Pandemic Year Calls for New Approaches to Patient Payment

April 30, 2021

Article

A McKinsey survey shows four in 10 consumers do not believe their finances will return to normal until late 2021 or early 2022.

MED MOVES: No Reason for Baptist Health CEO Resignation; Rothman Plans Expansion

April 24, 2021

Article

News in orthopedics, technology, and neurodiagnostics.

Survey of Hospital Revenue Cycle Leaders Sees a Future of More Automation, Remote Work

April 12, 2021

Article

Besides the ability to ramp up quicky, healthcare leaders are looking for systems that can accommodate remote work—and some predict that certain workers who fled offices due to COVID-19 will never return to traditional settings.

Report: Rich Hospitals Got Richer With Federal COVID-19 Funds, While Poor Ones Suffered

April 01, 2021

Article

HHS' formula for the Provider Relief Fund based payouts on 2019 revenues, but did not require refunds if losses failed to materialize.

Hospitals Increasingly Billing for Inpatient Stays at Highest Severity Level

March 02, 2021

Article

Investigators at the Office of Inspector General identified trends in hospital billing and Medicare payments for stays at the highest severity level.

The Decline in Non-COVID-19 Hospitalizations Is Financially Affecting Hospitals

February 26, 2021

Article

New data provide insight into the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals and insurers.

IBM May Sell Watson Health Unit

February 19, 2021

Article

The company is looking to focus on cloud technology.