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A recent study by the RAND Corporation exposes just how high hospital allowed amounts from commercial payers are compared to Medicare.
READ MORE »Making General Groves Proud
A proposed rule from HSS would require hospitals to publish not only their list prices, but also the contracted rates actually paid to them by commercial insurers.
READ MORE »Three Little Wishes
A recent poll suggests people are not embracing the dramatic healthcare policy ideas of either party, but would rather see a few very specific issues addressed.
READ MORE »Butterly Flappings
As the race toward 2020 starts to heat up, attention is turning to the cost of the proposed ‘Medicare for All’ plan and estimates vary wildly, depending on a few key assumptions.
READ MORE »Minor League Champs
A study shows that medical group ACOs save almost three times as more, per beneficiary in the Medicare Shared Savings Program than do hospital-integrated ACO’s.
READ MORE »Trend Lines
Once a year, physician practices should take a look back at long-term trends on the most important measures of the health of their practice.
READ MORE »The March to Managed
One in five Americans are now covered by a government-sponsored managed care plan. The transition to value-based care is nowhere more evident than in this segment.
READ MORE »Certificate of Greed
The Trump administration is encouraging states to repeal or scale back Certificate of Need (CON) laws. For independent physicians, that is a welcome move.
READ MORE »It Is Not About the Price
Becoming a focused care delivery platform is about more than just revenue streams; it requires physician practices to solve a bigger problem.
READ MORE »Purse in the Road
As practices expand to become a platform, adding revenue sources is a key part, but too many physicians get trapped looking for an easy answer that is not sustainable, or worse.
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Tim Coan, ALN’s CEO, writes an insightful and witty blog once a week about a variety of topics relevant to independent physician practices.
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