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CFOs cite healthcare benefit expenses as a top concern
CFOs across industries are looking across their business to understand how inflation might impact their company’s financials, according to a survey of executives by asset management firm Mercer.
Providence to pay $22.7 million to resolve allegations it billed for medically-unnecessary surgeries
Providence Health & Services Washington has agreed to pay $22,690,458 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary neurosurgery procedures, according to the Depar…
HHS extends public health emergency for another 90 days
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has announced a 90-day extension of the public health emergency that was due to expire on April 16.
The PHE is being extended for the ninth time since January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases …
UConn Health improved revenue cycle ROI by tackling the patient financial journey
UConn Health boosted its ROI in the revenue cycle by improving the patient billing and payment experience.
Sarah Ginnetti, associate vice president, Clinical Revenue Cycle at UConn Health worked this past year to transform the patient financial journ…
Nursing homes to get pay decrease in CMS proposed rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a decrease in skilled nursing facility payments by 4.6%, or $1.7 billion, in 2023 to achieve budget neutrality.
As a result, there will be a decrease of approximately $320 million in Medicare…
HHS is giving clear signals of wind down of public health emergency
The current public health emergency ends on April 16, with the federal government giving all indication of the coming end of the PHE, according to Michael P. Strazzella, head of Federal Government Relations at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney.
CMS proposes to delay start of the Radiation Oncology Model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to delay the start date of the Radiation Oncology Model, to a date that will be determined through future rulemaking.
Optum and Change Healthcare extend merger deadline ahead of trial
Optum and Change Healthcare are extending their merger agreement to the end of the year, ahead of their scheduled trial starting August 1.
The new merger deadline is December 31.
As part of the extension, Optum will pay a $650 million fee to Change Hea…
Treasury Department proposed rule would fix the ‘family glitch’ in the ACA
The Treasury Department is releasing a proposed rule to fix a problem in the Affordable Care Act called the “family glitch,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in a press briefing that included former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Har…
Hospital spending growth to average 5.7% through 2030, according to CMS
Despite the increased demand for patient care in 2021, the growth in national healthcare spending is estimated to have slowed to 4.2%, from 9.7% in 2020, according to the 2021-2030 National Health Expenditure report released by the Centers for Medicare…
