Analysis: 68% of patients with bills of $500 or less didn’t pay full statement in 2016
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) An increasing number of patients fail to pay their full hospital bills, according
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Health Care Finance
Medicaid expansion had a ‘close to zero’ net effect on nonprofit hospital finances, report finds
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) While the ACA’s Medicaid expansion lowered uncompensated care costs for nonprofit hospitals, those
Read MoreBoston insurance co-op to shutter, transition to for-profit entity
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Boston-based Minuteman Health, one of the last remaining nonprofit co-op health plans created
Read MoreGallup: Healthcare costs top Americans’ financial concerns
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Americans named healthcare costs as their top financial anxiety in a Gallup poll administered in
Read MoreThe Cost of Health Care: The Importance of Knowing What’s Ahead
(By Gerry Hafer) At the center of just about every conversation in Washington these days is one topic: the Health
Read MorePennsylvania Legislature takes aim at balance billing
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pennsylvania lawmakers crafted two bills with bipartisan support that would protect patients from
Read MoreHealth Care Providers—Especially Hospitals—Are Paying Attention to this Demographic
(By Gerry Hafer for Good Sense News) Call them the meat in the sandwich, the volumes between the bookends, or
Read MoreMajority of states lack laws to protect patients from balance billing
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Most states do not have laws that protect patients from balance billing by
Read More9 notes on the 2018 proposed rule for MACRA’s Quality Payment Program
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued the proposed rule Tuesday for the 2018 performance year of the Quality Payment
Read MoreA state-by-state breakdown of per capita Medicare spending
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) There was wide variation in per capita Medicare spending among states in 2014,
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