I sat in the parking garage, phone to my ear, breaking bad news to the doctor/client on the other end of the line. He, most likely standing just outside a patient exam room, showed me what might be a healer’s most valuable trait.
Administrator, Henry County Healthcare Center
Not one to shy away from the unknown, Sandra Ray has taken on many new programs and projects throughout her 30-plus year career.
Everything involving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a moving target. But there’s no denying that ICD-10 is coming. It’s just a question of when.
… Or How a 2.3 Percent Raise Became a 3 Percent Reduction
At first glance, the FY-2015 revision of the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) appears to offer acute care hospitals a 2.3 percent rate increase beginning this month.
Brief business news items from the local healthcare community.
When West Tennessee Gastro hired Mihir Patel, MD, MSc, in July, there was more than a new doctor in the area. Patel’s addition to the gastroenterology staff meant patients would have access to new technology and new treatments.
A Look at payment innovation
While physicians and facilities have long had to keep up with different negotiated contract rates among payers, the reimbursement landscape has become much more varied over the last few years as a push toward payment innovation has ushered in a host of reimbursement options ranging from shared savings programs to bundled payments to carrot-and-stick compensation as applied to quality and efficiency metrics.
Doctors say sometimes waiting is the best option
Before deciding on whether a surgical procedure is necessary, the patient and surgeon should be discussing a pile of questions that could end up being thick enough to cut with a scalpel.