Reimbursement
The Medicare Act "prohibits Medicare payment for services that are not furnished within the United States," according to the filing.
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Supply Chain
Executives say they also need more funding and better reporting efficiency across states.
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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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Quality and Safety
These developments may decrease the likelihood that future pandemics will match COVID-19's disruption to the U.S. healthcare system.
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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
Between December and January, hospitals lost more than 2,000 jobs.
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Operations
The formerly two-week manual contact-tracing process was reduced to minutes with new technology.
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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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Hospital/physician relations
Founder Dr. Nathan Davis' history of discriminatory practices has led to the removal of his likeness from the group's Chicago headquarters.
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Compliance & Legal
"If the benefits of electronic health records are to be fully realized, patients must be confident providers have selected the most effective system - not the one paying the largest kickbacks," said one federal agent.
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Policy and Legislation
Providers may seek federal reimbursement for costs incurred for COVID-19 testing or vaccines to those who are uninsured
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Community Benefit
A report calls for establishing universal coverage for all Americans' long-term care needs through Medicare.
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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 massive amount of data available in healthcare makes it a prime area for artificial intelligence and machine learning automation.
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Business Intelligence
Insurers posted profits, but are wary of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Q1 of this year.
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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
New data-driven business models will create what Deloitte calls a "well-being dividend," shaving billions off projected health spend.
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Pharmacy
Strengthening the link between the ED and treatment offers an opportunity to combat the opioid epidemic.
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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
Although weekly telemedicine visits shot up twenty-three-fold during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall visit volume decreased by 35%.
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