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Reimbursement
$2 trillion stimulus package includes $100 billion request from hospitals
$2 trillion stimulus package includes $100 billion for hospitals
Revenue Cycle Management
Managed care, revenue cycle performance strategies are critical to increasing payer yield
Managed care, rev cycle strategies can boost payer yield
Strategic Planning
Forecasting the future of HL7 FHIR at HIMSS20
Forecasting the future of FHIR
Capital Finance
Telehealth a target for venture capitalists as its potential to diagnose coronavirus grows
Coronavirus spurs venture capitalists to eye telehealth
Supply Chain
President Trump to invoke Defense Production Act
President Trump to invoke Defense Production Act
Accounting & Financial Management
Credit stress continues to rise in healthcare sector as maturities loom, social risks rise
Moody's: Credit stress is rising in healthcare
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
Aetna is waiving cost-sharing for inpatient hospital admissions related to COVID-19
Aetna is waiving cost-sharing for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Billing and Collections
For payers, patients and employees, coronavirus spending could exceed $20,000 for the most serious cases
COVID-19 spending could top $20K for payers, patients
Claims Processing
Blue Shield of California to cover whole genome sequencing of critically-ill children
Blue Shield of California to cover gene sequencing of critically ill children
Workforce
Some COVID-19 patients still have coronavirus after symptoms disappear, possibly endangering health workers
Some COVID-19 patients are still infectious after symptoms abate
Operations
Retrospective denials, prior authorization may be straining hospital and patient finances
Prior authorization may be straining hospital finances
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
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
Kaiser Permanente cancels plans for $900 million headquarters in Oakland
Kaiser Permanente cancels $900M headquarters
Compliance & Legal
Michigan doc charged in $120 million healthcare fraud, money laundering scheme
Michigan doc charged in $120M fraud scheme
Policy and Legislation
House passes $2 trillion stimulus package: What now for hospitals?
House passes $2 trillion stimulus package: What now for hospitals?
Community Benefit
Advocate Aurora Health contributed $2.1 billion to community charitable care and services in 2018
Advocate Aurora: $2.1B in charity care
Accountable Care
NAACOS urges CMMI to release more information on new payment model
NAACOS wants more information on new payment model
Acute Care
Critical care improvements may differ depending on a hospital's patient population
Patient population determines ICU improvements
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
How analytics, SDOH insights are helping reduce ED use
How analytics, SDOH insights are helping reduce ED use
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 EHR program, renames it 'Promoting Interoperability'
CMS overhauls meaningful use as 'Promoting Interoperability'
Medicare & Medicaid
CMS issues recommendations on adult elective surgeries, nonessential procedures during COVID-19
CMS issues coronavirus elective surgeries recommendations
Patient Engagement
Better data sharing between payers, providers can move the needle on social determinants of health
How data sharing can improve SDOH
Pharmacy
Mayo Clinic is studying antimalarial drug for COVID-19 treatment
Antimalarial drug is on the front lines of COVID-19 treatment
Population Health
In the coronavirus age, loneliness and social isolation are pressing concerns for healthcare
COVID-19: Social isolation is a pressing concern for healthcare
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Mergers & Acquisitions
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center
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Smaller, nonprofit hospitals led a turnaround in margins, says Fitch

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