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Jun 19, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff

The ACA's influence on the large employer market

While the modest impact continues in 2015, there are a number of influences that the ACA may have on costs in ...

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Jun 19, 2015 | Emily Kulenkamp

Do equipment repair bills keep you up at night?

An inadequate protection plan for medical equipment may cause dire financial consequences to your organization that ...

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Jun 16, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff

Re-evaluating QI evaluation and the process behind it

This is the time of year when most plans have either completed, or are in the process of completing, their ...

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Jun 12, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff

Do kids born by C-section have a higher risk of chronic disease?

In many parts of the world, rates of cesarean delivery are too high, and growing. We need to ...

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Jun 12, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff

Are hospitals the safest place for healthy women to have babies?

There is a good chance that your grandparents were born at home. I am going to go ahead and assume ...

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Jun 11, 2015 | Frank Stevens

Moving beyond the static budget

Changes in the marketplace--namely the shift to outcomes-based reimbursement--call for new approaches to financial management.

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Jun 09, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff

Gray areas in 'Making healthcare work'

Nearly 4,000 healthcare professionals from across the U.S. convened in Nashville last week for America's Health ...

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Jun 09, 2015 | Dawn Crump

3 strategies for balancing recovery audit contractors

These tips can help systems prevent audit denials now, and save dollars later.

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Jun 09, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff

The missed opportunity to unbundle Medicaid

While a significant overhaul of Medicaid is long overdue, the recent proposals fail to address one of the program's ...

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Jun 08, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff

Sorry Captain, there's no transparency in medical pricing

Transparency isn't here yet and even then it will only be part of the answer.

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