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Reimbursement
Bright Health's integrated payer provider model sees triple growth
Bright Health's payvider model sees triple growth
Revenue Cycle Management
What North Carolina's rural hospital struggles reveal about the US
What NC rural hospitals struggles say about US
Strategic Planning
The key to reaping EHR investments: Optimize at the right pace
Pacing EHR optimization makes investment payoff
Capital Finance
Tennessee hospitals generate more than $18 billion for state economy
TN hospitals generate $18B for state economy
Supply Chain
Why it's time to revisit hospital supply chain contracts to start saving money
Expert tips for finding big savings in hospital supply chain
Accounting & Financial Management
Hospital bad debt rises in tandem with growing share of patient financial responsibility
Bad debt, patient financial responsibility are rising; hospitals need to up their game
Budgeting
Sustainable cost control tops list of priorities for healthcare executives, Advisory Board study says
Advisory Board: Sustainable cost control is top priority for healthcare executives
Quality and Safety
Northwell Health deploys armed guards to beef up security
Northwell Health rolls out armed guards, enhanced security
Billing and Collections
Automating claims would save healthcare more than $11 billion annually
Automated claims could save $11B
Claims Processing
Silver lining: Million dollar medical claims leap 87%
Silver lining: Million dollar medical claims leap 87%
Workforce
Here's a look at where clinicians are flocking to new jobs and what practice settings they prefer
Where clinicians want to work
Operations
Value-based care stalled by insufficient tools and data, study says
Is value-based care moving backward?
Medical Devices
A more cost effective, clinically sound approach to hemodialysis treatment
A cost-saving hemodialysis treatment
Hospital/physician relations
Hospitals are losing money on employed physicians: Here's how to save the bottom line and your staff
How hospitals can boost ROI on employed physicians
Construction & Facilities Management
Significant healthcare facilities investments announced in past month
New healthcare facilities investments
Compliance & Legal
Doctors and hospitals got $8.4 billion in payments from drug companies in 2017, says CMS
Doctors, hospitals got $8.4B from drug companies
Policy and Legislation
AHIP, AMA weigh in on administration's blueprint to lower drug prices
AHIP, AMA weigh in on Rx drug price blueprint
Community Benefit
What Montefiore's 300% ROI from social determinants investments means for the future of other hospitals
Montefiore hits 300% ROI with social determinants of health
Accountable Care
ACO Partner rewards 148 physicians with $148,000 in shared savings
ACO Partner rewards physicians for shared savings
Acute Care
Where acute care hospitals can find cost-savings in palliative care
Palliative care can yield cost-savings in acute care settings
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Health Insurance Is No Longer a One-Time Transaction
Health Insurance Is No Longer a One-Time Transaction
Business Intelligence
Verity Health System poised to sell hospitals to improve its financial picture; some or all may be sold
Verity contemplates selling hospitals
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 EHR program, renames it 'Promoting Interoperability'
CMS overhauls meaningful use as 'Promoting Interoperability'
Medicare & Medicaid
Medicare Advantage outperforms traditional Medicare for chronically ill, report shows
MA better than Medicare for chronically ill
Patient Engagement
What healthcare CFOs should know about artificial intelligence, machine learning and chatbots
What CFOs need to know about AI and chatbots
Pharmacy
Doctors say pharmaceutical firms are top cause of high medical costs
Docs say pharmacy firms top cause of high costs
Population Health
Social determinants of health gain traction as UnitedHealthcare and Intermountain build new programs
Intermountain, UnitedHealthcare build new social determinants program
Risk Management
Medical practices can make it harder for employees to embezzle money with these basic steps
Basic steps to protect a practice against employee embezzlement
Telehealth
AHA urges more funding and fewer limitations for Rural Health Care Program
AHA: Rural Health Care program needs more funding
Mergers & Acquisitions
Massachusetts attorney general raises concerns over Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey mega-merger
Mass AG spotlights Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey merger worries
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