Tag Archives: Hospitals

4 ways to boost a hospital’s clean claim rate

Transforming healthcare revenue cycle performance takes more than a focus on days in accounts receivable, a metric that reflects the speed with which reimbursement is collected from health plans. To truly overhaul revenue cycle management, hospitals must start with a primary predictor of performance: their clean claim rate. A hospital’s clean claim rate reflects the… Read More »

The 50 Best Cancer Hospitals in America

40. Duke University Hospital, Durham Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock Patient care is of the utmost importance at Duke Cancer Center, which is part of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of top hospitals that are focused on providing the highest quality care. The center’s physicians and oncologists, who specialize in a range of cancer types, focus… Read More »

AHIP wants more oversight over consolidation of hospitals and physicians

A major cause of rising healthcare costs is vertical consolidation among providers, the America’s Health Insurance Plans told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee by statement. When more and more of a region’s doctors and medical experts work for the same hospital or health system, the price for services provided by the acquired physicians increase by an… Read More »

What you need to know about hospitals nationwide promoting free hernia screenings

The ad pictured above was for a Chicago-area hospital.  But such marketing is popping up all over the U.S.  It’s happening not just in paid-for ads and marketing, but also in supposedly independently vetted journalism. Here are just a few of many examples you can find online. In Amarillo, Texas, a TV news anchor presented… Read More »

The Mysterious Reason Hospitals Won’t Reveal Dangerous Pathogens

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has three levels of travel health notices. Watch Level 1 asks travelers to take precautions; Alert Level 2 recommends taking enhanced precautions; and Warning Level 3 warns U.S. residents to avoid nonessential travel.1 In January, the agency sent an urgent public warning2 of an Alert Level 2… Read More »

Why analytics can offer a helping hand at safety net hospitals

Congress’ recent directive to Medicare to ease the burden of hospital readmission penalties on safety net hospitals that serve low-income patients was definitely a step in the right direction. After all, once patients with high social needs are discharged, there is much that’s outside the hospital’s control. It isn’t fair to penalize providers when they… Read More »