Topics
Reimbursement
AHA backs bill revising reimbursement for long-term care
AHA backs bill revising reimbursement for long-term care
Revenue Cycle Management
Modernizing healthcare payment systems starts with reducing cash collections
Modernizing healthcare payment systems starts with reducing cash collections
Strategic Planning
26 rural hospitals launch the Ohio High Value Network 
26 rural hospitals launch the Ohio High Value Network 
Capital Finance
Orlando Health, Watson Clinic partnering on new hospital
Orlando Health, Watson Clinic partnering on new hospital
Supply Chain
Tariffs will impact supply chain and balance sheet stability
Tariffs will impact supply chain and balance sheet stability
Accounting & Financial Management
Crozer Health to close, laying off over 2,600 employees
Crozer Health to close, laying off over 2,600 employees
Budgeting
Health system operating margins declined in August
Health system operating margins declined in August
Quality and Safety
AHA and Health-ISAC warn hospitals of a potential terrorist attack
AHA and Health-ISAC warn hospitals of a potential terrorist attack
Billing and Collections
Revenue cycle challenged by low collection rates, high denials
Revenue cycle challenged by low collection rates, high denials
Claims Processing
Optum levying strict measures on Change outage loan repayment, AMA says
Optum levying strict measures on Change outage loan repayment
Workforce
Mass layoffs at HHS are underway
Mass layoffs at HHS are underway
Operations
Chief growth officer on the competitiveness of home health market
Chief growth officer on the competitiveness of home health market
Medical Devices
Payers have poor member digital experiences compared to other industries
Payers' member digital experiences lagging
Hospital/physician relations
Hospitals, physicians submit opposing views to FTC ruling on noncompetes
Hospitals, physicians submit opposing views to FTC ruling
Construction & Facilities Management
UVA Health Children's expanding neonatal intensive care unit
UVA Health Children's expanding neonatal ICU
Compliance & Legal
Walgreens to pay up to $350 million to settle opioid complaint
Walgreens to pay up to $350 million to settle opioid complaint
Policy and Legislation
NIH to integrate patient data for autism study
NIH to integrate patient data for autism study
Community Benefit
Mobile Healthcare does house calls
Mobile Healthcare does house calls
Accountable Care
HIMSS25 session shows how physicians are incentivized in alternative payment models
HIMSS25 session shows how physicians are incentivized in APMs
Acute Care
CMS proposing 2.4% increase for hospice care
CMS proposing 2.4% increase for hospice care
Ambulatory Care
Fewer clinicians entering primary care, data shows
Fewer clinicians entering primary care
Analytics
Yale New Haven Health data breach affects 5 million people
Yale New Haven Health data breach affects 5M
Business Intelligence
Centene pulls in $1.3 billion in Q1 earnings
Centene pulls in $1.3 billion in Q1 earnings
ICD-10 & Coding
Physician practices examine risk adjustment coding in wake of federal lawsuits
Practices keeping close watch on risk adjustment coding
Meaningful Use
Financial disincentives for providers who commit information blocking 
Financial disincentives for providers who commit information blocking 
Medicare & Medicaid
CMS seeks public input on inpatient hospital whole-person care
CMS seeks public input on inpatient hospital whole-person care
Patient Engagement
HIMSSCast: 'How do we grow again?'
HIMSSCast: 'How do we grow again?'
Pharmacy
Reforms are needed in the 340B drug program, Senate report says
Reforms are needed in the 340B drug program, Senate report says
Population Health
Enrollment in ACA exchanges has exploded in recent years
Enrollment in ACA exchanges has exploded in recent years
Risk Management
UPMC for You partners to offer Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
UPMC for You offers Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
Telehealth
Alliance for Connected Care outlines policy requests to CMS
Alliance for Connected Care outlines policy requests to CMS
Mergers & Acquisitions
CareSource finalizes Commonwealth Care Alliance acquisition
CareSource finalizes Commonwealth Care Alliance acquisition
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Opinions

Jul 29, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff
Making sense of new risk adjustment filtering logic
CMS recently released the long awaited risk adjustment filtering logic for the Medicare Advantage Encounter Data ...
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Can you pick the right ICD-10 family?
Jul 27, 2015 | Carl Natale
Can you pick the right ICD-10 family?
Let's just say it's better to get the diagnosis code right instead of counting on a yet to be defined definition of ...
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The culture of patient experience
Jul 25, 2015 | Austin Kirkland
The culture of patient experience
For providers to thrive under healthcare payment and delivery model reform, the patient experience must align with the patient ...
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Jul 20, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff
For ACA plan buyers, it's not the price, it's the price spread
There's good news and bad news in this forecast by Avalere Health of average premium ...
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Jul 15, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff
The four biggest 'hidden' costs for health payers
With millions of Americans joining the ranks of those with health insurance under the Affordable Care ...
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Jul 15, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff
CMS hip and knee bundle a harbinger, not ultimate solution
Medicare turns 50 years old this month and has recently given a nicely wrapped present to advocates for ...
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Jul 14, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff
Time to break the rules of population health
Population health brought evidence-based medicine to the family doctor's office, vastly improving the overall ...
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Jul 09, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff
The specialty conundrum: Caps may raise costs, not lower them
It used to require hundreds of thousands of patients taking a drug to make it blockbuster. But ...
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Jul 09, 2015 | Healthcare Finance Staff
High administrative costs a symptom, not driver of high healthcare costs
Administrative bloat may not be the main cost-driver, but the chronic disease problem ...
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A 4-point check-up for your revenue cycle management
Jul 09, 2015 | James Larson and Nancy Henry
A 4-point check-up for your revenue cycle management
There are a few ways that practice managers and providers can easily perform a profitability check-up against ...
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