This is for our readers who treat terminal pain patients. Patients with poor-prognosis cancer who enter hospice use less intensive medical care and incur lower costs, compared with patients who don’t receive hospice, according to a retrospective JAMA study. Researchers studied Medicare beneficiaries who had a poor-prognosis cancer and died in 2011. Nearly 20,000 beneficiaries […]
Read MoreApplying the power of data analytics to prioritize and segment accounts is one strategy to rein in its billing costs. Here are the tactics: 1. Handling Collections Internally As part of its strategy to work more effectively with self-pay patients bring the collections process in-house a instead of using a third-party vendor. 2. Using Data […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. With many seniors facing high medical bills, a congressional investigation has found that federal government websites meant to give Medicare patients basic consumer tools instead fail to provide adequate information on out-of-pocket costs, and even quality of care. The nonpartisan Government Accountability […]
Read MoreHopefully our readers realize how blessed we are to live in the greatest country ever. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving with your family.
Read MoreThe term “healthcare” encompasses a wide variety of issues ranging from insurance coverage controversies and workforce compensation trends to prescription drug administration and health information technology. This list of 100 healthcare statistics to know covering a wide variety of industry topics. Hospital & Physician Facts 1. There are 5,723 hospitals in the U.S., according to […]
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