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Reimbursement

CMS updates inpatient rehabilitation facility payments by 2.4% for 2021

CMS updates IRF payments by 2.4%

Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare CFOs look to technology and automation for COVID-19 recovery

CFOs look to tech for COVID-19 recovery

Strategic Planning

Frost and Sullivan provides industry analysis and post-pandemic predictions

Frost and Sullivan provides industry analysis, predictions

Capital Finance

Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors

Supply Chain

National stockpiling standards are needed to address product shortages, Premier says

Premier: National stockpiling standards are needed

Accounting & Financial Management

Pandemic threatening high-yield healthcare liquidity

Budgeting

Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process

Quality and Safety

Mayo Clinic tops Best Hospitals list released by U.S. News & World report

U.S. News ranks Best Hospitals of 2020-21

Billing and Collections

Blue Shield of California is offering providers up to $200 million during COVID-19 crisis

Blue Shield of California offers providers $200M

Claims Processing

Epic connects with HCSC on payer data exchange platform

Workforce

Physician practices with more female doctors have smallest gender pay gaps

Practices with more women have smaller wage gap

Operations

HIMSS announces August date for 2021 annual global conference

Medical Devices

Proper implementation of chatbots in healthcare requires diligence

Diligence is needed when implementing chatbots

Hospital/physician relations

Quality of initial training makes a big difference in EHR satisfaction, KLAS report finds

Poor EHR training brings down provider satisfaction

Construction & Facilities Management

Kindred Healthcare and Dignity Health to open new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Arizona

Kindred Healthcare and Dignity Health to open new IRF

Compliance & Legal

Appeals court upholds sale of short-term limited duration insurance plans

Appeals court upholds sale of short-term plans

Policy and Legislation

CMS allows for premium reductions for individual and small group markets for remainder of 2020

CMS allows for premium reductions for remainder of 2020

Community Benefit

Humana to send more than 1M at-home screening tests

Accountable Care

Providers support Value in Health Care Act that amends MACRA

Acute Care

Emergency department visits fall by at least 40% during pandemic

ED visits fall by at least 40% during pandemic

Ambulatory Care

Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows

Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP

Analytics

Colorado HIEs have improved outcomes, costs for jails via speedy information access

HIEs in Colorado have lowered costs for inmate care

Business Intelligence

While the price of healthcare is growing, utilization is dropping and price variations persist, report says

HCCI: Price of healthcare is growing, utilization is dropping, price variations persist

ICD-10 & Coding

Physician practices examine risk adjustment coding in wake of federal lawsuits

Practices keeping close watch on risk adjustment coding

Meaningful Use

CMS overhauls meaningful use as 'Promoting Interoperability'

Medicare & Medicaid

Medicare beneficiaries aren't confident in government COVID-19 response

Medicare beneficiaries aren't confident in COVID-19 response

Patient Engagement

A decline in emergent hospitalizations was found at BIDMC during the early phase of COVID-19

BIDMC saw a decline in emergent hospitalizations

Pharmacy

Drug price forecast estimates 3.29% increase in hospital drug spending for 2021

Hospital drug spending estimated to rise 3.29%

Population Health

HHS official says turnaround times for COVID-19 tests are faster than reported

HHS official says turnaround for tests is faster than reported

Risk Management

Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms

Telehealth

CMS proposes telehealth changes under Trump executive order

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions worth significantly less in Q2 compared to last year

M&A value for Q2 takes a downturn

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