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Reimbursement
Moody's: CMS proposed changes to Medicare's outpatient prospective payment system could hurt hospitals
Moody's report: CMS outpatient service changes are bad for hospital margins
Revenue Cycle Management
Advice for struggling hospitals: Use financial distress forecasting to avoid closing down
Financial distress forecasting can help hospitals avoid closures
Strategic Planning
UnitedHealthcare is evaluating options after losing lawsuit over risk adjustment payments
UnitedHealthcare loses risk adjustment lawsuit, weighs options
Capital Finance
Alphabet's $375 million investment in Oscar Health will expand insurer into Medicare Advantage
Alphabet invests $375M in Oscar Health
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 profits in Massachusetts shriveling due to financial pressure
Massachusetts hospitals see profits shrinking
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
10 best and worst states for healthcare based on cost and quality, as ranked by WalletHub
10 best and worst states for cost, quality
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
Wage gap between hospital executives and doctors is widening, study shows
Doctor, executive wage gap widening
Operations
Humana completes sale of long-term care insurance policy business KMG, at a loss of $790 million
Humana completes sale of KMG at $790M loss
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
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
Intermountain Healthcare tops list of most expensive construction/expansion projects announced during last month
Intermountain, others pump cash into facilities
Compliance & Legal
DOJ, HHS continue war on Medicare fraud with formation of new regional fraud strike force
New Medicare fraud strike force formed for Newark/Philadelphia region
Policy and Legislation
Trump Administration extends short-term plans to three years in final rule
Trump Administration extends short-term plans to 3 years in final rule
Community Benefit
Northwell starts food insecurity program to address social determinants of health
Northwell addresses social determinants in new food program
Accountable Care
CMS overhauls Medicare ACO program by limiting upside risk to only two years
CMS overhauls Medicare ACO program
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
Healthcare analytics market to hit $31 billion by 2022
Analytics market may reach $31 billion
Business Intelligence
Andy Anderson takes reins of Combined Medical Group featuring two large New Jersey health systems
Anderson is new CEO of NJ's Combined Medical Group
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
Racial, ethnic minorities have lower rates of Medicare preventive care visits
Minorities underutilize wellness visits
Patient Engagement
AI can't replace doctor's gut instincts, MIT study says
AI no match for doctors' gut instinct
Pharmacy
New methods of assessing drug benefits can help cut healthcare costs
Drug benefit assessment methods can cut 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
CVS MinuteClinic rolls out telehealth app with Teladoc
CVS MinuteClinic rolls out telehealth app with Teladoc
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cigna CEO reaffirms merger with Express Scripts
Cigna CEO reaffirms Express Scripts merger
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