Reimbursement
The rule, which was to have gone into effect on January 1, is under a temporary injunction.
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Strategic Planning
Officials expected to have 20 million doses allocated by the end of 2020, yet so far less than 6 million people have received their first dose.
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Supply Chain
Officials on Thursday took issue with reports of shortages and a lack of a centralized database.
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Budgeting
Even with increasing health plan costs, most employers say they have no plans to reduce costs in their medical plans for 2021.
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Claims Processing
The majority of health plans say they do not feel ready to meet the new FHIR interoperability standards mandated by CMS.
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Workforce
Knowing the patient population and allocating staff based on skill level are effective measures to maximize staff efficiency.
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Operations
More than three-quarters of healthcare professionals report "major or moderate shifts" toward online training during the pandemic.
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Medical Devices
Because the process is so simple, it may be possible to automate so hospitals can stretch existing supplies.
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Compliance & Legal
The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is charged in two conspiracies to suppress competition for the services of senior-level employees.
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Policy and Legislation
Health insurers are no longer immune from federal antitrust scrutiny for conduct considered the business of insurance.
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Community Benefit
There's a real financial incentive for healthcare and business organizations to team up on health equity, the report said.
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Acute Care
The findings give healthcare workers an insight into how patients may be affected, and could lead to more effective treatments.
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Ambulatory Care
The clinics offer primary and urgent care services, as well as extended office hours for walk-ins, same-day appointments and scheduled appointments.
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Analytics
The designation means an organization has not only established strong analytic capabilities but is using the technology in a meaningful way.
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Business Intelligence
The alliance is designed to enhance crisis preparedness through collaborative COVID-19 planning and the sharing of best practices.
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ICD-10 & Coding
Doctors need to carefully and properly use the HCC codes, which indicate the expected costs for a patient.
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Meaningful Use
Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and saves hospitals over 2 million hours of work and $75 million.
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Patient Engagement
Understanding the reasons that patients forgo care is an important component in designing policy and clinical interventions.
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Pharmacy
The death toll from the pandemic is projected to climb to 500,000 by the end of February.
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Population Health
To obtain significant improvements, a very large fraction of a town's population should be vaccinated.
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Risk Management
With the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, they describe some of the techniques that may be used by foreign groups that could be targeting hundreds of health systems with ransomware.
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Telehealth
Lower courts had blocked FDA in-person requirements for abortion medication last summer, finding them to be a "substantial obstacle" during the pandemic.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Advancing portfolios to remain competitive will be the catalyst for M&A rather than efforts to offset customer pricing pressure.
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