Health Savings Account Distribution Questions Answered
With Health Savings Accounts becoming more popular than ever before; the attached article answers eight of the most common questions asked
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Health Care Finance
California hospital’s reporting errors cause Medicare to overpay 173 other facilities
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, Calif., included wage data errors in
Read MoreAnalysis: New York misspends $1.1B in charity care with ‘reverse Robin Hood effect’
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) Though New York’s $1.1 billion Indigent Care Pool was created to reimburse hospitals
Read MoreHigh On Drugs? Anthem Cites Soaring Drug Costs To Justify 35% Rate Hike in California
(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Health insurance giant Anthem predicts Californians will pop a
Read MorePennsylvania governor delays payment to managed care organizations amid budget impasse
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pennsylvania is temporarily defaulting on $1.2 billion owed to eight state-contracted managed care
Read More22 healthcare bankruptcies so far in 2017
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals and
Read MorePhysician who researches price transparency at Harvard: My experience price shopping for care was terrible
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ateev Mehrotra, MD, an associate professor of healthcare policy and medicine at Harvard
Read MoreThe Growth of FSA and HSA will Continue
The growth of high-deductible health plans is contributing to an increase in enrollment in flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health
Read MoreAnthem in Missouri: ‘Enormous’ price differences influenced policy change for hospital-based imaging coverage
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri in St. Louis said it stopped
Read MoreEssential hospitals pen letter to Congress against impending Medicaid DSH cuts
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hundreds of hospitals and health systems are urging Congress to stop impending cuts
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