The Impact of Contract Labor on Hospital Costs

The use of DPCL has been increasing in hospitals. Cleverley + Associates reviews data from 2019 to 2022 for 4,063 US acute care hospitals documents.

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A RESPONSE TO THE CY24 OPPS PROPOSED RULE (CMS-1786-P)

Cleverley + Associates has been following the continued evolution of Price Transparency laws and guidelines. We created summary of all the elements contained in the CY24 OPPS Proposed Rule as it relates to hospital pricing transparency. We also put together proposed comments to CMS to assist others as they consider comments for their organizations. The FY19 IPPS Final Rule initiated requirements in order for hospitals to comply with language in the Affordable Care Act.Cleverley + Associates has been following the continued evolution of Price Transparency laws and guidelines. We created a summary of all the elements contained in the CY24 OPPS Proposed Rule as it relates to hospital pricing transparency. We also put together proposed comments to CMS to assist others as they consider submitting comments for their organizations. The FY19 IPPS Final Rule initiated requirements for hospitals to comply with language in the Affordable Care Act.

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For Profit Hospitals, Expenses, and Adjusted Patient Days

So are non-profit hospitals more expensive than for-profit hospitals as the AHAS data suggests, or are they less expensive as the Medicare Cost Report data suggests?

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Should Healthcare Services be Priced at Identical Cost Markups?

Do we recommend cost based hospital pricing to our clients? There are several things to consider when answering this quesiton.

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Patient Rights Advocate Dramatically Overstates Hospital Non-compliance

Patient Rights Advocate has come to a substantially higher value of hospital non-compliance in its latest report because of the use of criteria that is not in the CMS Price Transparency final rules.

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