The Covid-19 pandemic changed plenty of things about medical care, including how ambulatory surgical centers will operate in the future. Experts have made a number of predictions based on observations…
As if that state of the industry weren’t dire enough, now experts are predicting that as a result of COVID-19 and all of the routine exams, checkups, and voluntary surgeries…
One would think that hospitals would have increased numbers of patients during a pandemic. After all, aren’t their services needed? This actually isn’t the case for some hospitals in rural…
COVID-19 has been in the news since at least December, giving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, plenty of time to prepare. They’ve taken a number of…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals are trimming costs and reducing potential exposure by placing non-essential staff members on furloughs. Only time will tell whether or not this…
Every year, experts in the field make predictions about the health care industry. This year, there are five important things that might happen. According to Rick Pollack, president and CEO…
Currently, out of network claims are much higher than standard in-network ones. There are plenty of reasons for this, but what matters is that lawmakers are trying to simplify the…
According to recent statistics, commercial health insurance underpayments are on the rise. As of 2012, the payment accuracy rate for these insurance companies hovered around 62.08 percent. What does this…
Hospital billing systems are complicated. There’s a reason why billing employees go through plenty of training. Between the various doctor fees, medication costs, room charges, and procedure costs, there’s a…
Throughout 2019, a new trend emerged in healthcare – surgical centers. Although these centers, which are designed solely for outpatient surgeries, have been around for many years, quite a few…