NPC Creative Services
NPC Creative Services specializes in providing strategic public relations to health IT software and service organizations, ranging from small- and mid-sized businesses to Fortune 500 corporations and professional trade associations.
Whether the need is for an agency to provide comprehensive public relations services or to support an in-house team, NPC has the industry expertise and connections necessary to get the job done right, on time and within budget.
Few agencies can match the level of expertise, industry understanding and personalized service NPC brings to its client relationships.
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AGS Health Announces Expansion into the Philippines
Revenue cycle management solutions leader AGS Health is pleased to launch operations in Manilla, Philippines. Serving as a strategic growth partner to more than 100 major healthcare providers across the U.S., the expansion will offer AGS Health and its customers increased access to global talent.
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The High-Risk Game of High-Risk Diagnosis Groups
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) makes no secret about the investigative target it has placed on Medicare Advantage plans and the use of unsupported hierarchical condition category (HCC) assignments. Over the past 18 months, its investigations have netted clawbacks as high as $54.3 million from SCAN Health Plan.
Nor are health plans the only ones at risk when it comes to high-risk codes. While payers may be the ones writing the checks for improper reimbursements, the providers who submitted the claims are being targeted with audits that will inevitably result in repayments to the health plan.
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Revenue Integrity Trends To Support A Post-Pandemic Bounce-Back
Healthcare organizations undoubtedly felt a sense of relief as 2022 faded in the distance, taking with it a devastating financial performance that resulted in negative profit margins for more than half of U.S. hospitals – the worst year hospitals have faced since the start of the pandemic, according to Kaufman Hall. Not only were operating margins down for most of 2022, but hospitals also struggled with higher labor costs in a more competitive market plagued by chronic clinical and administrative skill shortages.
Physician practices fared no better, with 90% saying that soaring expenses outpaced revenues last year, according to a survey by the Medical Group Management Association. Staffing and labor costs were cited most often as the source of rising costs. Other common culprits were lower reimbursement rates, significant increases in lab supply and drug costs, higher utility costs, lower patient volumes, and rising malpractice premiums.
Electronic Health Reporter»