Topics
Reimbursement
CMS will reimburse for 11 new telehealth services during the public health emergency
CMS will reimburse for 11 new telehealth services during the PHE
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
RWJBarnabas Health's most valuable resource during the pandemic? Its clinicians
RWJBarnabas most valuable resource during pandemic is its clinicans
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
HHS awards nearly $500 million to support primary healthcare workforce
HHS awards $500M to support primary healthcare workforce
Operations
Faith Regional Health System: To thrive, 'focus on the basics'
Faith Regional Health System focused on the basics
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
Trump has no specific plan to replace ACA, despite grilling by Savannah Guthrie
No plan to replace ACA, despite grilling by Savannah Guthrie
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
Most older Medicare recipients concerned over future healthcare costs
Older Medicare recipients concerned about healthcare costs
Patient Engagement
Having a unified sales platform is key for payers to navigate a remote open enrollment
Payers need a unified sales platform to navigate remote open enrollment
Pharmacy
HHS partners with CVS and Walgreens to administer COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care facilities
CVS and Walgreens to administer COVID-19 vaccines at nursing homes
Population Health
Modifiable health risks linked to more than $730 billion in U.S. healthcare costs
Modifiable health risks linked to $730B in costs
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Utilizing telehealth in the ER can reduce wait times and patient length of stay
Telehealth in the ER can slash wait times, LOS
Mergers & Acquisitions
Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health complete merger
Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health complete merger
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Oct 09, 2014

Infographic: The costs of fraud

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
News
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. ...
Whitepapers
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 report ...