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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consulting
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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Robert King | Feb 16, 2021 A new analysis found that roughly 2,000 hospitals out of more than 6,000 reviewed were highly transparent posting their payer-negotiated rates per a new federal rule. The analysis released Friday from the software provider Turquoise Health, which posts payer-provided rates from hospitals. Turquoise said that it standardized 1,500 machine-readable files into...
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Paige Minemyer| Feb 11, 2021 The number of Medicare Advantage plans that offer supplemental benefits continues to grow, according to new data from the Better Medicare Alliance. The analysis, conducted by Milliman, found the number of plans offering such benefits increased across 36 out of 41 categories from 2020 to plan year 2021. That includes increases...
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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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