Hospital Claim Denials Increase 23% in 2020
A recent Revenue Cycle Intelligence article highlighted a continuing problem for hospitals. There is a continued increase in the claims denial rate for hospitals. The impact of COVID-19 has only accelerated the problem. Hospitals are receiving more claim denials from...
COVID-19 Digital Healthcare Passport
The combination of COVID 19 testing and vaccinations has created a challenge for the travel industry. There are particular concerns about international travel restrictions. The development of digital health passports on your smartphone is a potential solution. The International Air...
Biden’s Plan Impact to Hospitals and Providers
A recent Revenue Cycle Intelligence article highlighted President Biden’s COVID-19 relief package. The package includes a number of healthcare provisions that require societies are supporting the relief package, there is concern about the ability of hospitals and physicians to respond...
Summary of Key Items Biden $1.9 trillion relief package
A recent Becker Hospital article outlined key items contained in President-Elect Biden’s relief package. Most economists, the Federal Reserve and senior business officials have supported the need for a strong relief package to get our economy moving again. President-elect Joe...
Key 2021 Physician Practice Legislation
The following is a summary of legislation passed by Congress in December 2020. This summary was prepared by the MGMA’s Government Affairs Group. The summary reviews the following areas of interest to physician practices: (1) Medicare payment; (2) Paycheck Protection...
CMS Outpatient Payment Rule for 2021
Becker’s Hospital Review recently wrote this article about key items in the CMS Outpatient Rule for 2021. The items listed below present an overview of the more important points in the rule. A link to the final rule is included...
CMS Finalizes 2021 Physician Fee Schedule
A recent Revenue Cycle Intelligence article shared the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) final 2021 Physician Fee Schedule rule. It does not make sense that during a Public Health Emergency (PHE) a significant RVU change should take place with...
Patients Prefer Telehealth Visits
A recent article by Revenue Intelligence suggests that patients prefer telehealth visits. Our clients have indicated that telehealth visits are preferred by their patients and have reduced the number of patient no-shows. This article focuses on the desire of some...
Common U.S. Healthcare Issues
Healthcare Business Trends recently wrote an article about finding a political agreement for common healthcare issues. We thought this article provided some insight about how both political parties could start to work together to improve the healthcare of the country....