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For-profits outperform nonprofit, public hospitals on ED measures
For-profit hospitals have an edge over nonprofit and public hospitals in receiving Medicare bonuses because they are doing better at treating emergency department patients for stroke, heart attack and pneumonia, a study from Northwestern Medicine finds.
Value-based purchasing is good news for physicians
Value-based purchasing will once again focus on the relationships with patients, with calls to strengthen the patient experience, according to Carla Rotering, a pulmonologist at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Phoenix.
ICD-10 is launching pad for modern technology
Providers and vendors discuss the topic ad nauseam, but payers are mostly mum when it comes to the massive ICD-10 coding overhaul. I hate to burst any bubbles, but if payers aren't already on the path toward the October 2014 deadline to convert to ICD-10, they have a lot of work to do.
Physician assistant role to expand with value-based purchasing
The value-based hospital purchasing program set to launch next month will give physician assistants (PA) more opportunity to improve care and reduce readmissions, according to a commentary in the J ournal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants .
Hospitals expected to break even with value-based purchasing
Under the value-based hospital purchasing program set to launch next month, healthcare economists expect most hospitals will break even, reported Kaiser Health News .
Value-based purchasing could hurt safety nets
With the hospital value-based purchasing (VBP) program set to launch in October, safety-net hospitals could take huge revenue hits for Medicare reimbursements tied to performance measures.
Hospitals hire chief patient experience officers to recoup Medicare dollars
With the value-based purchasing (VPB) program set to kick in this October, chief patient experience officers increasingly are cropping up at hospitals to help boost patient satisfaction scores. Hospitals also can take a page from the Cleveland Clinic, which has a chief experience officer (CXO), who reports directly to its president and CEO.
Health execs prepare for immediate shift to value-based care
As Medicare plans to launch its hospital value-based purchasing (VBP) program in October, healthcare executives are preparing to lead their institutions away from the traditional fee-for-service reimbursement, a task that requires balance and timing.
Why some hospitals cost Medicare more than others
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed wide variations in cost efficiencies among hospitals, some just a few miles apart from each other. For example, Los Angeles Community
3 reimbursement changes for hospital performance
The American Hospital Association outlined how hospitals are bracing themselves for some significant reimbursement changes under health reform that could hit their pocketbooks.
