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Reimbursement

CMS finalizes rule on risk adjustment for 2018

Revenue Cycle Management

Where health execs expect to invest: revenue cycle, EHR and self-pay

Moderate revenue cycle IT growth forecasted

Strategic Planning

Amazon could be making move to broaden scope of PillPack

Capital Finance

Struggles will continue for nonprofit hospitals in 2019, Fitch says

Nonprofit hospital struggles to continue in 2019

Supply Chain

2018's top 25 supply chains

Accounting & Financial Management

Healthcare cost variations between regions attributed to price, usage

Price, usage lead to regional cost variation

Budgeting

Hospitals in one rural system have negative operating margins of $100 million a year, CEO says

Rural hospitals lose $100M a year, CEO says

Quality and Safety

How high-tech thermal cameras can reduce falls, streamline workflows for nurses

Thermal cameras reduce falls, help nurses

Billing and Collections

Billing and payment tech becoming more responsive, survey finds

Responsive billing methods coming to the fore

Claims Processing

Change, TIBCO use blockchain to build smart contract system for payers

Change, TIBCO build smart contract system for payers

Workforce

As many as 1 in 6 healthcare workers are immigrants, JAMA shows

JAMA: 1 in 6 healthcare workers are immigrants

Operations

ACA enrollment down 11.2 percent, with one week left to go

ACA enrollment down 11.2%; one week left

Medical Devices

Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips

Apple is developing custom health chips

Hospital/physician relations

Physicians employed by hospitals and corporations more dissatisfied than independent doctors

Hospital-employed physicians less satisfied, burnout prevalent

Construction & Facilities Management

Mayo Clinic leads among the biggest hospital construction projects that kicked off in September

9 big healthcare construction projects that kicked off in September

Compliance & Legal

Detroit Medical Center hospitals may lose federal funds due to health and safety violations

DMC hospitals cited for safety violations

Policy and Legislation

Trump Administration proposes using ACA subsidies to buy non-Obamacare health insurance

Trump proposes ACA subsidies for other insurance

Community Benefit

Kaiser Permanente commits $1.65 million to California wildfire relief efforts

Accountable Care

MSSP ACOs saved more money than CMS reported, says National Association of ACOs

MSSP ACOs saved more money than CMS reported, NAAACO says

Acute Care

Urgent care visits increase as emergency room visits fall, study finds

Urgent care visits rise, emergency room visits fall

Ambulatory Care

Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows

Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP

Analytics

Blockchain primer for CFOs: What it is and how it can deliver value to your business

How blockchain can deliver value to your business

Business Intelligence

Healthcare spending growth slowed in 2017

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 as 'Promoting Interoperability'

Medicare & Medicaid

Value-based purchasing takes hold: More than half of hospitals paid as part of the program

Half of hospitals make value-based purchasing work

Patient Engagement

Hennepin Healthcare uses EHR data to identify patients at risk of homelessness

Hennepin uses EHR data to find patients at-risk of homelessness

Pharmacy

CVS Health's new guaranteed net pricing PBM returns 100% of rebates to clients

CVS Health's new PBM returns 100% of rebates to clients

Population Health

Rates of hospitalization rising among homeless

Risk Management

(UPDATED)Camp Fire in Northern California damages Adventist Health Feather River Hospital, patients evacuated

(UPDATED)Camp wildfire damages hospital, patients evacuated

Telehealth

Telemedicine use for treating substance use disorder remains low, despite unmet need

Telemedicine for substance abuse still uncommon

Mergers & Acquisitions

CVS Health, Aetna should integrate while federal court decision is pending, Justice Department says

DOJ: CVS Health, Aetna should integrate while court decision pends

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