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Low-performing hospitals to see a 1 percent cut in Medicare payments under HAC Reduction Program in 2022. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last month that 764 hospitals will face Medicare payment cuts in fiscal year (FY) 2022 under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP). The value-based program may reduce Medicare payments […]
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As part of the Patients over Paperwork initiative, beginning in March the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will streamline its survey and certification process for psychiatric hospitals. Cutting the Red Tape Since launching the Patients over Paperwork initiative in fall 2017, CMS has streamlined regulations to reduce clerical and administrative burdens that weigh […]
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The Seattle Children’s Hospital has reopened its 14 operating rooms after removing mold that it said killed one child and sickened five in 2018. Originally discovered last year, a May discovery was one of many that prompted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to threaten the hospital’s Medicare provider agreement. According to Fox […]
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The amount of revenue physicians generate for hospitals is usually significantly over their annual salaries, in keeping with a recent survey by medical practitioner staffing firm Merritt Hawkins.
The survey was emailed to roughly three thousand hospital CFOs and different money managers across the state between Oct 2018 and Dec 2018, and therefore the survey results embrace information on ninety-three hospitals. Despite the comparatively little information set, Merritt Hawkins believes the survey results are usually reliable and correct as a result of the general range for average annual revenue generated by all Dr. specialties for his or her connected hospitals has remained comparatively constant over the sixteen years the survey has been conducted.
Below are the ten doctor specialties that generate the very best average annual web revenue for hospitals and therefore the average salaries for those specialties, in keeping with the Merritt Hawkins 2019 doctor Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey.
1. Cardiovascular surgery
2. Cardiology (invasive)
3. Neurosurgery
4. Orthopedic surgery
5. Gastroenterology
6. Hematology/Oncology
7. General surgery
8. Internal medicine
9. Pulmonology
10. Cardiology (noninvasive)
Numbers Taken From Original Article Here!
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released on April 23 proposed policy changes and rates for the 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS). The proposed payment updates for 2020 are: 2.7% for hospitals that submit quality data and are meaningful EHR users 0.3% for […]
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Physicians and practices are being snatched up by hospitals at an ever increasing rate, according to an advocacy group and as consulting company, and this may have an impact on medical coding in around 80,000 hospital-owned practices. Hospitals Racing to Acquire Data compiled by Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) and consulting company Avalere Health indicates hospitals […]
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Civica Rx announced that 12 new health systems representing 250 hospitals nationwide, have joined the not-for-profit generic drug company as founding members. That brings the number of hospitals that have joined the project designed to make generic drugs more accessible and less expensive to 750. Civica Rx to Solve Supply, Cost Problems Spotty supply and […]
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U.S. hospitals that are putting quality over quantity will fare well next year for their efforts. Out of approximately 2,800 hospitals across the country, more than 1,550 will see an increase in their 2019 Medicare payments. For the rest? Well, the news isn’t so good. Where Does the Money Come From? The Centers for Medicare […]
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Remember back in 2015 when CPT® changed the definition of an incomplete colonoscopy from one that does not evaluate the colon past the splenic flexure to one that does not evaluate the entire colon? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responding to that change, albeit rather lethargically. CPT® 2015 stated (and continues to […]
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