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Specialist and hospital systems are at increasing risk on uncompensated care given the growth of Scheduled Benefit Plans and the uninsured. One strategy to combate the uncompensated catastrophic claim is to assimilate "facilities-intensive specialits". Inspired hospital system leadership will assimilate...
1. A 3 ring binder needs to be prepared for each filed or contemplated matter of litigation. The binder needs the basic documents of the case: (a) the Complaint or correspodence raising the issues, (b) any contracts involved, and (c) memos and e mails from either side that either summarize matters or...
Few other disclosures give as much visibility into the integrity of a company’s reported results like the SEC’s Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts. Unfortunately, despite such schedule being required of most public companies, few companies seemingly fully comply. The absence of otherwise...
The United States has very limited price transparency for medical providers and facilities. The lack of price transparency artificially raises costs in the United States because there is very little price competition for services. This is true even in areas where there is excess capacity.
The implications from physicians using an electronic medical record are better care of the patient as the latest results can be reviewed and compared longitudinally, less tests being ordered, fewer medication errors, and greater access to the patient's health information by the physician.
High Deductible Plans, growing medical costs, and an aging population will all contribute to the need for financing options. This trend will expand beyond elective procedures. Financing of elective procedures is also nothing new, in fact it was done in the late 80's by a Hospital Corporation...
I disagree with Dr. Horvitz's assertions regarding rising cost of health care being the government and health plans. These costs are but a drop of water compared to the actual unit cost of services and the # of services being delivered to Americans. Health plan + governmental costs are in...
If you have not seen the movie SiCKO and are reading this you need to get out and see it this week. Michael Moore’s latest documentary SiCKO has behind it an aggressive prescription for reforming the US healthcare system. Moore’s film brings the healthcare industries’ failings under his microscope....
The system for filing claims and keeping track of ones medical record provides ample opportunity for errors. As this story points out mistakes can be made in the billing or documentation of services and results. These errors can end up costing the person when they seek insurance.