by Jordana Choucair | Mar 2, 2022 | Providers
Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report found that hospitals’ margins, outpatient volumes, and revenues all dropped while expenses rose in January. According to the report, outpatient care delays from December to January caused outpatient revenue to drop...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | Providers
A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that receiving care from an expensive hospital in a concentrated market increases spending but has no detectable effect on mortality. However, the relationship between higher prices and lower...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 25, 2022 | Providers
HHS announced that more than $560 million in Provider Relief Fund payments will be made available to over 4,100 medical providers this week. According to the announcement, $11.5 billion in Phase 4 payments have now gone to 78,000 providers across all states, D.C., and...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Providers
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said its top investigative priorities include fraud in the Provider Relief Fund and managed care companies that overcharge Medicare and telemarketers that convince patients to get unnecessary services. Gregory Demske, chief...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 22, 2022 | Providers
Rural hospital officials who expected COVID-19 vaccine mandates to cause a staffing crisis reported that they have lost just a fraction of their staff solely to the requirement. However, they also say that they are still facing significant staffing shortages – the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 17, 2022 | Providers
New research indicates that for-profit hospitals had higher unreimbursed Medicaid cost-to-expense ratios than nonprofit hospitals, despite nonprofits receiving tax exemptions for yielding community benefits like providing uncompensated care. Texas had the highest...
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