Katz Brunner Healthcare (KBH) is a managed care consulting and data analysis firm specializing in the unique managed care issues confronted by healthcare providers located in small urban or rural areas. KBH utilizes the extensive experience of its principals in over thirty states, representing hundreds of hospitals and affiliated physician groups, and having worked with almost every major payor in the country.
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Specialist in managed care strategic action plans practical in small urban & rural communities
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ANALYSIS
Accurately identify impacts of practical & fiscal options in small community hospital settings
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Data
Access practical, useful benchmark data online intuitively designed by Syntact Healthcare
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Negotiations
Professional, experienced managed care negotiators coach you or make the right moves on your behalf
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Katie Adams | January 15, 2021 CMS finalized a rule Jan. 15 to simplify prior authorizations and create a better exchange of healthcare data between payers, providers and patients. The rule requires payers in Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program and Qualified Health Plan to build application programming interfaces to ease data exchange and prior authorizations....
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Robert King | Jan 8, 2021 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the public health emergency surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic until April, extending key waivers for regulations on a variety of topics such as telehealth. The public health emergency declaration was originally scheduled to expire Jan. 21. HHS Secretary Alex Azar extended the...
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Rebecca Pifer | December 22, 2020 The Trump administration on Monday finalized a rule meant to make it easier for state Medicaid programs, commercial insurers and drug manufacturers to enter into value-based arrangements tying prescription drug payments to clinical outcomes. The rule overhauls existing regulations that stymied value-based payments, CMS said, in a bid to...
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