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AHA: Medicare RAC Requests Up 47% Over the Past 6 Months
Since the fourth quarter of 2012, medical record requests from Medicare Recovery Auditors, or RACs, to hospitals have increased...
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ACO Manifesto: 50 Things to Know About Accountable Care Organizations
Only a couple of years ago, it wasn’t uncommon for healthcare experts to call accountable care organizations “unicorns.” Despite...
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Wielding the Carrot and the Stick: How to Move the U.S. Health Care System Away from Fee-for-Service Payment
The U.S. health system is plagued by fragmented care, variable quality, and high and rapidly growing costs. Underlying these...
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Life as an Independent Rural Hospital: Q&A With Duncan Regional Hospital CFO Doug Volinski
Three and a half years ago, Doug Volinski, CFO of Duncan (Okla.) Regional Hospital, arrived at the small independent...
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Moody’s: 132 Statistics on Nonprofit Hospital Medians
Last week, Moody’s Investors Service issued its annual medians report for nonprofit hospitals, finding that providers had a strong...
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Care coordination may lead to less competition, higher prices, article says
Better medical care may arise from new public policies to promote more coordination from hospitals, doctors and others in...
