Friday, January 12 2018
Trends and Changes in 2018 for
HHS, Audit Focus, 340B,
Coding, Case Management
…Or…
Can we get back to providing care more, please?
From a report in 2008, but hey, has it changed much in the right direction??
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THIS WEEK, we’re BACK from our holiday break, and hooo-boy… we have some curious things to discuss. Given all the news of late, including the selection of a former pharma exec to be the replacement for Tom Price and next cowboy to take on the administration HHS, it’s hard to choose exactly what to talk about. I mean, we only have an hour, right?
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With that in mind, then, the question for this week is:
WHAT kind of changes do we see for 2018 and how will they affect hospital revenues and revenue integrity?
SO… THIS week,our Panel will be discussing:
- WHAT might we expect from Alex Azar if he is the next HHS Secretary?
- WHY did CMS recently penalize 751 hospitals and what does that signal?
- WHAT the @#$% is happening to the 340B Drug program?
- WHAT are the ACO changes in Massachusetts and what do they signal?
- WHAT can we do to take advantage of the new Bundles model CMS just announced?
- WHAT is going on with this new Low Volume Settlement at OMHA?
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