The American Hospital Association recommends that Medicare transition to its severity-adjusted diagnosis-related groups classification system, and opposes proposed cuts to capital payments.
The ability to research the costs of a hospital treatment or procedure may not be too far into the future, thanks to pricing transparency efforts in the healthcare industry.
In an industry that is highly dependent on third parties; such as governmental bodies and health insurance companies that either determine or have powerful bargaining control over prices, hospital financial quality is frequently called into question. Following the...
Kaiser StateHealthFacts.org provides free health care data - including insurance coverage, hospital utilization, and a wide range of other health-related statistics for all 50 states.
With the launch of its redesigned web site,) feature, users can search the database by sector, credit name, state or code, and then purchase individual credit financial and ratio reports in spreadsheet format for $50. Monthly observations, benchmarks, industry trends...