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Benchmarks: Hospitals’ IRS Schedule H Community Benefit Reporting
Hospitals and systems allocated 12.3% of their total expenses toward community benefit in 2011, according to a new analysis of Schedule H filings. That’s up from 11.3% in 2009. [Tax-exempt hospitals...
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Basics on Medicare Payment Systems by Provider Type
How Medicare calculates reimbursement rates for hospitals and other health facilities or services provided to Medicare patients can be complex. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission — MedPAC — has...
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EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS: Medical homes help slow growth in ED visits
Medical homes were effective in slowing the growth of emergency department visits and ED payments in Medicare patients part of this large-scale study based on data from fiscal year 2008 to 2010....
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Percent of Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Not Accepting New Patients
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 8.4% of office-based primary care physicians were not accepting new patients in 2013. New patient acceptance differed by insurance type,...
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What happens in a government shutdown?
September 30 marks the end of the federal government’s fiscal year, which makes early fall one key time when political contention sometimes brings the threat of a government shutdown. Sometimes it...
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Role of Post-Acute Care in New Care Delivery Models
With new models for the delivery of health care, post-acute care provides — long-term care hospitals, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, and home health agencies — have an important role...
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Payment and Delivery System Reform in Medicare: a Primer on Medical Homes,...
In response to the Affordable Care Act, Medicare has been testing new payment models to improve patient care and control costs. A recent Kaiser Health Foundation report is a primer on three of these...
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FORECASTING: Hospital payer mix 2014 and 2024, U.S.
What are the projections for U.S. hospitals’ Medicare margins over the next 10 years? This brief article by a staff specialist at the Healthcare Financial Management Association takes a look at data...
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HIP REPLACEMENT: You might have to go to school first
Total joint replacement procedures – hips and knees – are commonly performed on Medicare patients, costing an estimated $7 billion annually for the hospital care alone. The Centers for Medicare &...
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MEDICARE: CMS fast facts provides US national statistics
This is a nice two-page summary of current statistics related to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It provides official federal government counts of people and money – the number of beneficiaries and...
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