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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Accurately identify impacts of practical & fiscal options in small community hospital settings
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Access practical, useful benchmark data online intuitively designed by Syntact Healthcare
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Professional, experienced managed care negotiators coach you or make the right moves on your behalf
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Robert King | December 22, 2022 States have been preparing for a while for when they must start redetermining the eligibility of Medicaid recipients. Now, a deadline is in sight: April 1. A must-pass omnibus spending package included a requirement for states to start eligibility redeterminations by April 1. The concrete deadline—combined with a gradual...
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Robert King | November 23, 2022 Nearly 3.4 million people have signed up for 2023 Affordable Care Act insurance coverage since the start of open enrollment on Nov. 1, a record-setting pace that is a 17% boost over last year, new federal data shows. The sign-up data, released Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare &...
Read more >CMS’ 3.8% pay bump for hospital outpatient services is ‘insufficient’ given cost pressures, AHA says
Alan Condon | November 3, 2022 CMS will increase hospital outpatient payment rates by 3.8 percent in 2023, but the American Hospital Association said the adjustment is “insufficient given the extraordinary cost pressures” from labor, supplies, equipment, drugs and other expenses. In its Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule, released Nov. 1, CMS will increase...
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