CMS could reduce funding because of a state policy for determining eligibility, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Alabama, Florida, and Missouri.
As 40,000 health care leaders come together for HIMSS 2017, the Daily Briefing's Josh Zeitlin spoke with James Green, a National Partner with Advisory Board's Revenue Cycle Management Division, about pressing challenges everyone at the health IT conference will be talking about: how to give patients a great financial experience, how consumerism is transforming the industry, and more.
CMS said the first round of funding, consisting of about $20 million, was awarded to 11 community-based organizations to help small practices comply with MACRA's Quality Payment Program, including Altarum, Georgia Medical Care Foundation, and HealthCentric, among others.
Individuals are more likely to use opioid drugs long-term if they are treated by ED physicians who prescribe opioids more frequently than their colleagues, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia saw readmission rates for congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) drop after it implemented a telehealth patient education system.
