The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

It is interesting to note that a 2012 report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on this topic concluded that hospital consolidation increases healthcare costs and that physician-hospital consolidation has neither improved quality of care or reduced costs. This has yet to be demonstrated (in healthcare or any other industry).

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Hospitals ACA Patient Satisfaction Payment Systems 60

Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%

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Hospitals Medicare Medicare Medicaid 40

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 29, 2022

AHIP, which represents the health insurance industry, released a statement that said Medicare Advantage plans “deliver better service, access to care, and value for nearly 30 million seniors and people with disabilities and for American taxpayers.” Cathy Rodgers (R-Wash.) Bliss said Medicare paid $2.6

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Medicare Medicare Governance Overpayment 106