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March 15, 2017
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and new payment models such as high deductible health plans are contributing to a growth in patient liability. This emerging trend has put pressure on providers to collect more from patients while better managing their financial relationship.
Read more: Growing Medical Debt Requires New Collection Approaches
March 8, 2017
The fact that 125,000 fewer patients died due to hospital-acquired conditions in 2010-2015, resulting in a cost savings of more than $28 billion, shows healthcare’s capacity to make strides in improving safety. But despite encouraging results like these, hospitals and health systems still face a daunting array of hurdles, ranging from the growth of antibiotic resistance to new diseases and outbreaks to sepsis prevention.
March 1, 2017
We are in the midst of a period that economists call “creative destruction” of our fragmented fee-for-service healthcare delivery system. The hope is that it will evolve into a higher-quality, more productive system with strong incentives for efficient, coordinated care. In any case, the transformation will have profound implications regarding hospitals’ ability to maintain their dominant role in the healthcare system.
February 22, 2017
On October 15, 1976, President Ford signed into law legislation creating an Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). HEW OIG would become HHS-OIG in 1980 when the Department was redesignated as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
February 15, 2017
The notion that healthcare needs are human needs is gaining ground within the healthcare sector. So is the view of hospitals as important economic anchors that must address these human factors as well as the medical needs of the communities they serve, because the two sets of needs are inextricably linked.
Read more: Coalition Targets Root Causes of Health Disparities
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