Are Healthcare Quality and Price Linked?
Posted: April 14, 2016
A new study finds that the majority of healthcare consumers do not associate higher prices with a higher quality of care. This is extremely…
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Focusing on Reduction of Readmissions Important for Hospitals
Posted: April 1, 2016
Of the many things the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has attempted, one major focus is on the reduction of readmissions for patients. The financial…
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Healthcare Data Breach is a Serious Issue
Posted: March 31, 2016
A fact posted by HealthLeaders states that in the past two years, 81% of health executives claim their organizations were attacked and compromised by…
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The Effects of ICD-10 on Medical Payment
Posted: March 25, 2016
It’s been about five months since ICD-10, the first update to medical billing codes in nearly 30 years, took effect. After all of the…
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Engaging Self-Pay Patients, Financially
Posted: March 23, 2016
The cultural shift in healthcare is leading one way: more patients paying for more of their own healthcare bills. More and more hospitals are…
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International Differences in Healthcare Payment
Posted: March 18, 2016
Healthcare is tumultuous. There’s talk among every politician currently campaigning about the Affordable Care Act, what they think of it, and how they would…
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EHRs Still Aren’t Clicking
Posted: March 17, 2016
Since the ACA mandated electronic health records (EHRs), there’s been much controversy about the way they are being implemented. Specifically, very few tech vendors…
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Are Your Doctors Being Reviewed on Yelp?
Posted: March 11, 2016
If your patient has a bad experience, who do they tell? It used to be that they would simply tell their friends or loved…
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How the ACA Has Affected Quality of Care
Posted: March 10, 2016
For better or worse, the Affordable Care Act has impacted the medical hemisphere in a lot of ways. At six years, we’re finally starting…
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Collecting an Account After a Death
Posted: March 4, 2016
One of the sad realities of working in a hospital is that death happens there nearly every day. It’s unfortunate, but it’s also a…
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