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Hospitals
CMS proposes penalty increase for hospitals that fail to comply with price transparency rule
July 20, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to increase the penalty…
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New Detailed Report Shows only 5.6% of Hospitals Examined are Compliant with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
The semi-annual report issued by PatientRightsAdvocate.org is the FIRST detailed look at hospital compliance by name and by requirement. WASHINGTON, July…
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Nearly 70% of U.S. physicians are employed by hospitals or corporate entities
July 13, 2021 / Nathan Eddy The acquisition of private physician practices across the U.S. accelerated after the onset of…
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Volumes, margins on the rise as hospitals slowly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
June 29, 2021 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The numbers indicate the severity of the pandemic is waning, both in terms…
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Hospitals are not complying with price transparency rule, two studies find
June 22, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor Recent studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the American Journal of Managed…
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More than 30% of hospitals are near the “danger zone” of denial rates
The pandemic has only made the trend worse, as 33% of hospital executives report average claims denial rates of 10%…
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Spectrum Health, Beaumont Health announce plans to form 22-hospital system
by Dave Muoio | Jun 17, 2021 Two of Michigan’s largest providers are exploring a potential merger that would yield a 22-hospital nonprofit…
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Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?
May 24, 2021 / By Julie Appleby Major hospital systems are betting big money that the future of hospital care looks…
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Hospitals saw gains in volume, revenue and margin in April, finds Kaufman Hall
The signs of progress are encouraging, but the metrics are still down slightly when compared to last month May 24,…
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Federal court says HHS must recalculate years of Medicare payments to teaching hospitals
by Dave Muoio | May 21, 2021 A federal court has ruled in favor of dozens of teaching hospitals in a case seeking…
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CMS sent out warnings to hospitals failing at price transparency. Some still aren’t sure where they land
by Dave Muoio | May 10, 2021 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent its first wave of warning letters out…
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CMS worked ‘to keep hospital payments as steady as possible’ in inpatient rule
While hospitals must still disclose their negotiated rates with payers, they no longer have to submit cost reports to CMS…
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HCA Healthcare to Sell Four of Its Hospitals in Georgia to Piedmont Healthcare
May 3, 2021 NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced the signing of…
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Hospital payments increase 2.8% under CMS proposed rule
April 28, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and…
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Hospitals
Scone Medical Solutions Inc. Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Self-Contained Negative Pressure Environment
PHOENIX, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Scone Medical Solutions Inc, a medical device company started in 2020, and focused on creating new methods…
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