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Claim Capture by Provider Type: A Compliance and Maximization Guide
December 10, 2024
3 min read

Claim Capture by Provider Type: A Compliance and Maximization Guide

Understanding Provider Panels Provider panels are lists used by 340B Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) to determine which providers’ claims are 340B eligible. At a minimum, a provider panel should include: CEs must consistently maintain their provider panel to reflect changes in provider status. Provider Types and Capture Logic Accurately categorizing providers by type is essential for applying the appropriate claim capture…
Acadian Ambulance Service
December 3, 2024
3 min read

Streamlining Patient Discharges: How RAPTR Saves Time & Money

Acadian Ambulance Service is proud to launch a new integrated online portal system for hospital partners to order medical transportation.
The Role of Leadership in Data Breach Defense
November 25, 2024
4 min read

The Role of Leadership in Data Breach Defense

Hospital executives need to be involved in data breach defense. Here’s how they can facilitate active engagement with IT/IS teams.
Improving Hospital Executives’ Early Awareness of Data Breaches
October 24, 2024
3 min read

Improving Hospital Executives’ Early Awareness of Data Breaches

This article is sponsored by Celerium. Instead of focusing only on prevention before a breach and response after a data breach has occurred and is reportable to HHS OCR, hospitals should consider the time in between – to evolve an institutional focus on proactivity by understanding Early Awareness of possible data breach activity. The Challenge of Early Detection Understandably, most…
Overcoming Texas' Post-Acute Care Challenges with Data
October 15, 2024
4 min read

Overcoming Texas’ Post-Acute Care Challenges with Data

This article is sponsored by THA Partner PointClickCare. Learn more about PointClickCare here. Texas health care providers are facing mounting pressures that threaten the quality and continuity of patient care. Staffing shortages, financial constraints, and fragmented data systems are creating gaps in care coordination—particularly during critical transitions between acute and post-acute settings. As a result, hospital readmission rates are rising,…
Do Hospitals Have Time for Data Breach Defense?
September 19, 2024
4 min read

Do Hospitals Have Time for Data Breach Defense?

Hospitals face significant risks from data breaches that are exacerbated by existing financial and operational pressures. Hospital executives must prioritize automated IT security solutions to enhance defense without overwhelming already strained resources.
September 12, 2024
5 min read

Protecting Health Care Workers: Navigating Texas’ Workplace Violence Law

This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. For health care professionals, especially those working in emergency departments (EDs), the risk of being physically attacked by a patient is no longer a rare occurrence. Alarmingly, most nurses have experienced workplace violence and nearly half have seen a rise in rates in the past year. In response, Texas is stepping up with Senate…
How Much Should I Save for Retirement
September 4, 2024
5 min read

How Much Should I Save for Retirement

It might be the most common question asked by retirement savers: How much money do I need to save for retirement? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question — it will be different for everyone based on a number of factors: time horizon until retirement, anticipated income in retirement, longevity and desired retirement lifestyle.
Texas Hospital Association
August 29, 2024
2 min read

THA Town Halls

The Texas Hospital Association invites member hospitals to participate in town hall meetings to learn more about Texas hospitals’ policy priorities entering 2025 and the implications that the pivotal November 2024 election could carry for the state’s health care landscape
August 20, 2024
4 min read

Big Changes to Medicare Care Management in 2025

The 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule introduces several major changes to CMS’s policies and reimbursements. Texas health systems now face a new conversion factor and the removal of code G0511 for Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs. But providers will also have the opportunity to engage with a new care management service, called Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM), which…