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Monthly Archives: August 2018

Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 3

By John Marren and Tom Babbo. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo.  In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and part 2 continued this discussion in terms of obstacles and solutions. Now, in part 3, we’ll delve deeper into how […]

  Aug 31, 2018  |  By    |   On Health Care

Federal Student Aid: Instructions for Not-for-Profit Institutions

With the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issuance of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14, the Federal Student Aid Office of the Department of Education has issued instructions for Not-for-Profit Institutions to Input Financial Statement Data into the eZ-Audit System.  For more information on the updates and instructions for data entry, […]

  Aug 30, 2018  |  By    |   On Education

Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 2

By John Marren and Tom Babbo. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo.  In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and the potential problems they create. Now, we will enumerate some of the challenges that mergers that create market concentration face, […]

  Aug 16, 2018  |  By    |   On Health Care

It’s Time for ACOs to Properly Follow MSSP Compliance Regulations

By Carol Hogan and Kathleen Salzer.  Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. Time for a Reexamination: Why ACO Compliance is Important  When an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) files for renewal after their initial three-year participation agreement, CMS reviews all of the ACO’s materials to ensure that the ACO group follows all […]

  Aug 7, 2018  |  By    |   On Health Care