Reimbursement
The payment gap was $63,000 for primary care doctors, $178,000 for medical specialists and $150,000 for surgeons.
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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
Estimations show that between now and March 20, 7% of U.S. counties will experience "significant strains" on their hospital workforces.
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Operations
The American Hospital Association has requested judicial review of an appeals court decision to reduce payments to off-campus facilities.
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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
Witnesses at the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing Tuesday offered a variety of strategies for addressing the future of telehealth.
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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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Medicare & Medicaid
Another 54,000 were deemed eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to CMS.
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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
President Joe Biden says there will be enough of the vaccine for all American adults by the end of May.
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Population Health
The Vaccine Community Connectors pilot aims to enable the vaccination of 2 million 65-plus seniors in vulnerable communities.
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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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Mergers & Acquisitions
By acquiring Atrius, Optum is expanding its footprint in Massachusetts as it works towards growing its physician network.
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