This
Health Capital Topics
article, the first installment of a five-part series, will introduce the concept of micro-hospitals and briefly discuss how they have evolved within the current healthcare delivery environment. The following articles in this series will further examine micro-hospitals in relation to the
Four Pillars
that influence the value of entities within the healthcare industry, i.e.,
regulatory
;
reimbursement
;
competition
; and,
technology
.
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On April 5, 2018, at the public meeting for the
Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission
(MedPAC), the commissioners passed, via a unanimous vote, new proposed recommendations related to reimbursement for
freestanding emergency departments
(FSEDs), a/k/a stand alone emergency departments. These recommendations should come as no surprise, given that MedPAC has published findings regarding trends and utilization of stand-alone EDs in both its June 2016 and June 2017
Reports to the Congress
.
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On May 8, 2018, Change Healthcare, a healthcare technology company, announced that it plans to partner with Adobe and Microsoft to develop a cloud-based tool that can collect, aggregate, and activate consumer data from various healthcare
information technology
(IT) sources, such as
electronic health records
(EHRs), registration, scheduling, and billing. Specifically, the tool will bring together three different platforms, including
Adobe Experience Cloud
,
Microsoft Azure
, and the
Change Healthcare Intelligent Healthcare Network
, to streamline the online experiences of patients within a healthcare organization.
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In consideration of the
Fair Market Value
(FMV) for the provision of Professional Management Services, this
Health Capital Topics
article briefly discusses the current trends in the
Practice Management
industry, as these trends may directly and indirectly affect both the management company and the healthcare entity. This overview of the services provided by practice management groups is followed by a discussion of the
competitive
,
reimbursement
,
regulatory
, and
technological
environments in which practice management groups operate.
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Advanced Distance Education to Launch in 2018
The
Institute for Healthcare Valuation
(IHV) &
Consultants' Training Institute
(CTI) are pleased to announce premier healthcare valuation training through a distance education program, the Certificate of Educational Achievement (CEA) for Advanced Education in Healthcare Valuation. The program will launch in 2018 and will bridge the interdisciplinary nature of healthcare valuation to include: the Four Pillars of Healthcare (regulatory, reimbursement, competition, and technology); the market forces shaping the U.S. healthcare industry; and the valuation of healthcare enterprises, assets, and services. Legal professionals and healthcare providers, as well as those wishing to expand their scope of activities in healthcare valuation engagements and those seeking to enhance their current healthcare valuation service lines, will gain comprehensive knowledge through completing the expansive program. The program has been developed and is being presented by industry thought leader
Health Capital Consultants
, alongside a blockbuster faculty of healthcare subject matter experts from the legal, federal regulatory, and valuation professions.
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Health Capital Topics is a monthly e-journal written and published by the healthcare experts at Health Capital Consultants, featuring timely topics related to the reimbursement, regulatory, technology, and competition environments of the U.S. healthcare system.
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