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Reimbursement
Hospitals saw increased profitability as 2019 came to a close
Hospital profitability up in December
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
Investment in medical and health R&D not keeping up with needs of nation, report finds
Healthcare R&D investments lag disease burden
Supply Chain
COVID-19 coronavirus has potential to disrupt global API supply chains
Coronavirus may disrupt supply chains
Accounting & Financial Management
Ransomware attacks spike, costing healthcare organizations millions
Ransomware attacks costing healthcare millions
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
Coronavirus, other contagious diseases follow same spreading patterns as social trends
Coronavirus spread mirrors social trends
Billing and Collections
One in 5 operations may lead to surprise bills, even when the surgeon and hospital are in-network
1 in 5 operations may lead to surprise bills
Claims Processing
BCBS Institute and Solera partner, pay SDoH organizations through outcomes-based medical claims
BCBS Institute, Solera, to pay organizations through outcomes-based claims
Workforce
Temporary, 'locum tenens' physicians are filling gaps left by the physician shortage
Locum tenens physicians filling employment gaps
Operations
Healthcare spending is higher over 5 years, mostly due to a rise in prices, says new report
Healthcare spending is higher due to rise in prices
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
Cape Cod Healthcare building $180M patient tower, investing in EHR
CCHC building $180M patient tower
Compliance & Legal
More than $2 billion in fraud recoveries collected from healthcare companies last year
Healthcare companies paid $2B-plus in fraud recoveries
Policy and Legislation
Trump appoints Vice President Mike Pence to head coronavirus emergency response
Vice President Mike Pence to head coronavirus emergency response
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 offers proposed rule on Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model
CMS offers proposed rule on CJR Model
Patient Engagement
ER patients may care less about a doctor's race and gender than previously thought
Doctor's race, gender matter less than expected
Pharmacy
Oscar Health offers $3 a month drug prescriptions
Oscar Health offers $3 a month drug prescriptions
Population Health
HIMSSCast: Technology, policy and COVID-19
HIMSSCast: Technology, policy and COVID-19
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Telehealth interventions associated with improved obstetric outcomes
Telehealth is improving obstetric outcomes
Mergers & Acquisitions
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions continue to be active, with a positive outlook for the future
Healthcare M&A still active; outlook positive
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Oscar Health offers $3 a month drug prescriptions

Oscar Health offers $3 a month drug prescriptions

The formulary includes about 100 drugs, including insulin, and is expected to expand.

HHS collaborates on development of coronavirus treatment, vaccine

HHS collaborates on development of coronavirus treatment, vaccine

World Health Organization says it hopes to have a candidate vaccine in 16 weeks.

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AI and Machine: Advancing Clinical Intelligence Initiatives

AI and Machine: Advancing Clinical Intelligence Initiatives

What clinical innovations could you develop with data and the help of artificial intelligence (AI)?…

Securing and Illuminating the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Securing and Illuminating the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Supply chain management has always been a key challenge for pharmaceutical companies and their trading…

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Oscar Health offers $3 a month drug prescriptions

February 18, 2020 | Susan Morse

HHS collaborates on development of coronavirus treatment, vaccine

February 18, 2020 | Susan Morse

Over half of patients are not taking a drug due to cost, survey shows

February 14, 2020 | Susan Morse

Healthcare spending is higher over 5 years, mostly due to a rise in prices, says new report

February 6, 2020 | Mark Klimek

Oncology and neurology treatments lead wave of new drugs in 2020

February 6, 2020 | Susan Morse

Medicare Advantage rates to increase by less than 1%

February 5, 2020 | Susan Morse

Opponents say Trump's facts in State of the Union don't add up

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List: 769 hospitals fined for medical errors, infections

See the first star ratings for home health

See the first star ratings for home health

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UPDATE: WHO again stops short of declaring global health emergency over coronavirus

UPDATE: WHO again stops short of declaring global health emergency over coronavirus

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Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2016: Running list

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2016: Running list

While 2015 was a record-breaking year in healthcare mergers and acquisitions, 2016 saw more change as organizations across the industry adjust and adapt to the evolving financial landscape.

Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades

Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades

When Leapfrog released their Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals got slapped with a very public 'F' grade casting a spotlight on them that no institution wants. But with more patients weighing public hospital grades, experts, as well as a few…

Analyze this: Health systems, health plans get to the core of big data

Analyze this: Health systems, health plans get to the core of big data

Pamela Peele knows that people who subscribe to cooking magazines have a much higher risk of going to the emergency room. But how she knows that is a whole other story.

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Gaining Actionable Insight into Financial Systems and Areas Impacting the Revenue Cycle

Gaining Actionable Insight into Financial Systems and Areas Impacting the Revenue Cycle

Hospital systems across the country are looking to streamline their billing and collection processes to become more efficient and better compete in their markets. The challenge many face is how to turn the data that's already flowing through financial systems into…

Clinical Quality Measures 101

Clinical Quality Measures 101

Although quality-reporting programs such as meaningful use provide incentives to help providers implement and use electronic health records (EHRs) to collect and report on clinical data, practices often need help deciding what data to collect, which measures to…

Credible, Defensible Estimates

Credible, Defensible Estimates

In healthcare, every interaction with the patient matters. Especially in today's environment of continuous improvement, efforts have been concentrated on coordination among providers, the patient care experience and quality outcomes - all laudable goals.