Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London and Westerly Hospital are facing reductions in Medicare payments because of the relatively high rates of complications their patients developed during stays between mid-2017 and mid-2019, which was long before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Backus Hospital in Norwich faces no such penalty.
All three of the hospitals serving the region will get lower reimbursements for Medicare patients in the current fiscal year based on their patient readmission rates for cases between July 2016 and June 2019.
The penalties, assessed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, were reported this week by Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit that’s been tracking Medicare’s Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program and its Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program since they were instituted in connection with the Affordable Care Act.
Published February 24. 2021 10:11AM | Updated February 24. 2021 7:14PM
Mashantucket The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and Pequot Health Care, a Mashantucket-owned health care management company serving Native American tribes, announced it is recognizing Connecticut GI, a Rocky Hill-based gastroenterology practice, as a preferred partner.
Pequot Health Care will promote awareness of Connecticut GI’s services to its members and commercial self-funded plans.
“At Pequot Health Care, we believe that both the patients and the employers that provide self-funded health benefits deserve better value health where the quality, safety, and experience is higher, and the total cost of care is lower,” Dr. Setu Vora, the Mashantuckets’ chief medical officer, said in a statement.
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Mon Health System Expands Relationship with PatientMatters – A Firstsource Company
February 19, 2021 GMT
MUMBAI, India & ORLANDO, Fla. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 19, 2021
PatientMatters, a Firstsource Company and a patient access and advocacy solutions provider helping hospitals and health systems offer patients highly-personalized financial solutions, today announced that Mon Health System, a leading health system serving communities throughout West Virginia, has selected the company’s IntelliAdvisor Consulting Service. As part of this engagement, PatientMatters will direct Mon Health’s Pre-Access Service Center and process workflows and related functions. It will also support Mon Health’s mission of providing a positive patient financial experience, improving collections, and enhancing registration quality and speed.
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Alabama Hospital Chooses TruBridge RCM Product
February 18, 2021 GMT
MOBILE, Ala. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 18, 2021
TruBridge LLC, a subsidiary of CPSI (NASDAQ: CPSI), a healthcare solutions company, announced today that Jackson Hospital and Clinic has selected the TruBridge Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) suite of products for its organization. Jackson Hospital is a 344 bed, community not-for-profit hospital, serving Montgomery and the Central Alabama River Region.
Jackson Hospital is excited about its partnership with TruBridge, which will help the hospital fulfill its mission to provide cost-effective care to all members of its community. The TruBridge revenue cycle technology will allow the hospital to recognize and improve payer opportunities, resulting in a more efficient process. Additionally, the analytics and reporting capabilities in the RCM solution will allow Jackson Hospital to
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Blade Announces Alliance With Vertiport Chicago
February 18, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 18, 2021
BLADE Urban Air Mobility, (“Blade” or the “Company”) announced today that it entered into an alliance with Vertiport Chicago (the “Vertiport”). In December of 2020, Experience Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: EXPC) agreed to merge with Blade, which will create, following the closing of the merger, the only publicly traded urban air mobility platform in the United States.
As part of the alliance, Blade partner Helicopters, Inc. will station rotorcraft at the Vertiport to fly Blade passengers on routes which are expected to include flights between the Vertiport and O’Hare Airport, Lake Geneva and other lake communities, as well as Notre Dame, University of Illinois and other universities for sporting events. Vertiport Chicago is conveniently located near the Downtown Loop an