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On July 16, the U.S. House of Representatives House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations launched a formal probe into hospital billing and collection practices by sending a seven-page letter to 20 hospitals and health systems across the country. The media coverage this…
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State Medicaid Facts. The Medicaid Dilemma: Shrinking Budgets, Difficult Choices, Vol. 5, No. 2
This issue of TrendWatch provides a brief overview of the Medicaid program and considers the difficult choices states are making in repsonse to the state budget crisis. It examines the effects of these choices on Medicaid eligibility, benefits, and provider payment.
To help hospital leaders respond to changes in the physician marketplace, this issue of TrendWatch describes demographic shifts within the physician population, economic pressures physicians face, changes in the way physicians practice, and questions about future supply and demand.
New federal privacy regulations set to take effect in April 2003 will raise new questions from patients, reporters and employees about the patient information hospitals and health systems can appropriately share.
Medicare continues to struggle to create payment mechanisms that provide the right balance of incentives to ensure an appropriate level of access to new technology for beneficiaries while managing overall program costs.