Last Friday, lawmakers voted to postpone a 27.4 percent payment cut to doctors as part of its payroll tax cut package. The postponement of the pay cut provides temporary relief for doctors but increases the federal deficit and has angered those in the healthcare sectors paying for it.
Healthcare humorist David Glickman is set to show healthcare finance managers at MGMA's upcoming conference in Arizona how to find the funny in healthcare finance. He shares his secrets with us.
The national debate around healthcare has intensified in the 2012 elections. Healthcare Finance News is deciphering the political doublespeak and asking the questions our readers find most pertinent – about politicians, healthcare policies and delivery system reform at the federal, state, and local levels.
How does a poor economy affect M&A activity in the healthcare industry? The answer may surprise you. George Taylor, III, partner at law firm Burr and Forman in Birmingham, Ala., and expert in mergers and acquisitions, speaks with Editor Rene LeTourneau in this podcast interview.
At the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society’s conference in Las Vegas Monday, AHIMA and HIMSS officials recommended providers continue to prepare for ICD-10 conversion. MORE
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday that consumers will soon begin receiving unprecedented information on the value of their health insurance coverage, and some will receive rebates from insurance companies that spend less than 80 percent of their premium dollars on healthcare. MORE
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paid $3.12 billion to physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers who have started to meaningfully use electronic health records to improve the quality of patient care, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday. MORE
It's no secret the industry's labor force is possibly its most costly expense. But with the lack of professionals and a disconcerting future, the fears surrounding the healthcare labor force are extending beyond its cost. Clinton Wingrove, EVP and principal consultant at Pilat HR Solutions outlines eight trends concerning the changing healthcare workforce. MORE
When asked by an attendee about the possibility that, given the delay HHS is now investigating, U.S. healthcare entities might hold out to adopt ICD-11 rather than implementing ICD-10, AHIMA’s Sue Bowman was glad to be asked. MORE
This week, President Obama released a $3.8 trillion budget plan that would construct $360 billion in savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs over a span of 10 years. The cuts are familiar to most, yet some democrats oppose numbers included in the proposal. MORE
The term “parsimonious” has generated a lot of pushback. That’s not unexpected, because policymakers, the health care industry and consumers continue to studiously avoid serious discussions of cost. MORE