Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Health and Medical Administration

PDF

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

2019

Medicare

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Reduction Of Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Reimbursement Penalty Risk, Christopher Douglas Poteet Jan 2019

Reduction Of Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Reimbursement Penalty Risk, Christopher Douglas Poteet

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Healthcare centers face increasing revenue risk under the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that successful leaders of healthcare centers use to mitigate the risk of reimbursement penalties under MACRA. The conceptual framework of this study was Generation 3 cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT-III), and the analysis process used was Yin's recursive and iterative phases. Participants of this study were 6 leaders of healthcare centers in the United States identified as having high quality and low cost via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid public use …


Successful Billing Strategies In The Hospital Industry, Samirah Merritt Jan 2019

Successful Billing Strategies In The Hospital Industry, Samirah Merritt

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Failure to collect reimbursement because of changing regulations negatively impacts hospital profitability. A multiple case study approach was used to explore the successful strategies billing managers employed to collect reimbursement for all legitimate Medicare claims. The target population for this study included 5 hospital billing managers from 3 organizations in the Northern New Jersey region. The complexity theory was used as a framework for assessing changing Medicare regulations and how the managers adapted to them. The data collection process for this study involved gathering data from participant interviews, documentation from the organizations of the participants, and government documented regulations and …