Reimbursement
More practices will close and Medicare patients will pay the price, says AMA President Dr. Bruce A. Scott.
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Strategic Planning
The health system recently announced a $1B investment to expand primary, specialty care and wellness services on the South Side of Chicago.
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Capital Finance
Orlando Health describes the project as one of its largest-ever capital investments, with the facility set to open in 2026.
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Supply Chain
Hospitals and drugmakers are urging the president to exempt pharmaceuticals and medical goods from his new tariffs on Chinese imports.
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Budgeting
It's the second consecutive month in which operating margins tightened, Strata's data shows.
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Quality and Safety
At this time, no information is available to either corroborate or discount this threat's credibility, joint threat bulletin says.
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Billing and Collections
Providers have partially offset a lower patient collection rate by improving POS collections and collection on bad debt.
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Claims Processing
Letter to CEO Andrew Witty follows report of DOJ launching investigation into the company's billing methods.
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Workforce
During Theodorescu's tenure, Cedars-Sinai Cancer doubled its NIH funding and expanded the scope of its research.
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Operations
Home care M&A has decreased since the pandemic but the market and demand for services continues to grow.
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Medical Devices
Automated robots have removed administrative burden and allowed nurses to focus more time on direct patient care.
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Accountable Care
At CommonSpirit Health, accountability is 50/50 shared and the healthcare dividend is split with the physician.
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Acute Care
Inpatient revenue has grown at a faster rate than outpatient revenue, signaling a shift in hospital utilization patterns.
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Ambulatory Care
A lack of revenue limits practices' capacity to provide high-quality primary care, report says.
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Analytics
A social engineering hoax centered around ransomware has captured the attention of the AHA and the FBI.
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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
Final rule disincentives include hospitals not being able to earn three quarters of the annual market basket increase.
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Patient Engagement
The agreement comes after a complaint alleged Illinois unjustly institutionalized a person with disabilities.
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Pharmacy
The PBM says the payment model more closely aligns with the costs pharmacies often face due to "manufacturer pricing actions."
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Population Health
The move is an option to provide access to GLP-1 medications for members without insurance coverage.
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Risk Management
Individuals can be assisted, "perhaps even literally while waiting for their clothes to dry," says UPMC for You president.
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Telehealth
The program will give access to the technology to pregnant and postpartum people with maternal hypertension and diabetes.
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