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Reimbursement

CMS delays start date of radiation oncology payment program after industry criticism

CMS delays start date of radiation oncology value-based payment program

Revenue Cycle Management

Hospital and health system financial leaders want automation tools for revenue cycle management

Financial leaders want automated tools for revenue cycle

Strategic Planning

Hackensack, RWJBarnabas and Horizon strategically partner to own Medicare Advantage insurer

Hackensack, RWJBarnabas and Horizon own new MA insurer

Capital Finance

Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors despite COVID-19 pandemic

Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors

Supply Chain

Healthcare industry is grappling with the emergence of counterfeit PPE in the COVID-19 battle

Healthcare is grappling with counterfeit PPE

Accounting & Financial Management

Healthcare executives fear for their organizations' viability without a COVID-19 vaccine

Executives fear for their hospitals' financial viability without a vaccine

Budgeting

Employers' health benefits costs expected to grow, but most won't take cost-saving measures

Employers' health benefits costs expected to increase in 2021

Quality and Safety

Hospitals in new or resurgent COVID-19 hotspots enact stricter visitation policies

Health systems tweak visitation policies in response to COVID-19

Billing and Collections

HFMA task force releases best practices for resolving patient medical bills

HFMA task force releases best practices for resolving patient medical bills

Claims Processing

Payers are working to meet deadline for interoperability mandate

Payers work to meet interoperability deadline

Workforce

Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center closes after more than 70 years

Rural Georgia hospital closes after 70-plus years

Operations

COVID-19 pandemic driving increased focus on healthcare consumerism

Pandemic is driving focus on consumerism

Medical Devices

Faced with shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks

Heat and humidity effective at disinfecting N95 masks

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

$1.5B Children's Healthcare hospital to be named after donor, owner of the Atlanta Falcons

$1.5 Children's Healthcare hospital to be named for Falcons owner

Compliance & Legal

DOJ charges 86 defendants with $4.5 billion in telehealth fraud

DOJ charges 86 defendants with $45B in telehealth fraud

Policy and Legislation

Provider groups push back against Trump claims that doctors are inflating COVID-19 numbers

Providers contest Trump's COVID-19 claims

Community Benefit

CareFirst acquires University of Maryland's health plans and begins partnership

CareFirst acquires University of Maryland's health plans

Accountable Care

Health leaders question how, not if, value-based care should be implemented

Health leaders question how value-based care should be implemented

Acute Care

Prior health insurance coverage disruptions linked to issues with healthcare access for cancer patients

Health insurance disruptions linked to access issues

Ambulatory Care

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

Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP

Analytics

Colorado HIEs have improved outcomes, costs for jails via speedy information access

HIEs in Colorado have lowered costs for inmate care

Business Intelligence

Northwell website patterns predict COVID-19 caseload

Northwell website patterns predict COVID-19 caseload

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 payment changes for 2022 are expected to increase revenue by 2.82%

MA payment changes for 2022 are expected to increase revenue by 2.82%

Patient Engagement

Improving healthcare literacy could save billions, improve outcomes

Improving healthcare literacy could save billions

Pharmacy

FDA approves first remdesivir treatment for COVID-19

FDA approves remdesivir treatment for COVID-19

Population Health

Tennessee hospital rates are up most in counties where mask-wearing is optional

Tennessee hospital rates up in non-mask-wearing counties

Risk Management

FBI, HHS warn of 'increased and imminent' cyber threat to hospitals

FBI, HHS warn of 'increased and imminent' cyber threat to hospitals

Telehealth

Telehealth claim lines remained significantly higher in August than previous years

Telehealth claim lines remained higher in August than previous years

Mergers & Acquisitions

Intermountain Healthcare to merge with Sanford Health in 2021

Intermountain Healthcare to merge with Sanford Health in 2021

Top Stories

Study finds racial bias in Optum algorithm

Study finds racial bias in Optum algorithm

UPDATED LIST: Medicare Advantage star ratings for 2020 show more 4 star or higher plans

UPDATED: List of 2020 Medicare Advantage star ratings

Reducing wasteful spending in healthcare by curbing administrative complexity

Curbing administrative complexity to slash waste

May 17, 2016

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