Critical Access Hospital Reimbursement Myths and Facts
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have a very important and challenging role in providing accessible healthcare to rural Americans. With the COVID...
Volume Decrease Adjustment for MDHs and SCHs
The Volume Decrease Adjustment (VDA) is an important benefit to assist Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDH) and Sole Community Hospitals (SCH) when...
Telehealth Uncertainty
How is your organization preparing for the impending telehealth changes?
Negotiating Higher Payment Rates
When negotiating insurance payment participation agreements with a healthcare provider, it's essential to ensure that you're receiving adequate...
Medicare Cost Reports: A Strategic Tool for Critical Access Hospitals
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) as a group face unique financial challenges. They tend to report lower operating margins than general acute care...
Keeping Your Chargemaster Updated is More Important Than Ever
With the recent legislation around price transparency for healthcare providers and insurers, the importance of maintaining your charge description...
Establishing a Teaching Hospital – Determining FTEs and Other Need-to-Know Items
Based on the Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) data from cost reports with fiscal years ending July 31, 2021 through June 30, 2022,...
What’s What: Medicare vs Medicaid and How They are Related
As providers continue to explore additional reimbursement opportunities, it is important to understand the similarities and differences of Medicare...
Rural Health Reimbursement Pain Points – Part 3
This is the final part in our three-part series on rural health reimbursement pain points
Opportunity Lies Ahead: Process Improvement and Customization
As a valued member of your organization’s compliance team, the compliance auditors view process improvement as an integral part of developing an...
Items to consider before year end – cost report optimization, discharge tracking.
The Volume Decrease Adjustment (VDA) is an important benefit to assist Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDH) and Sole Community Hospitals (SCH) when...
Rural Health Reimbursement Pain Points – Part 2
This is the second part of our three-part series on rural health reimbursement pain points.