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Reimbursement
More than half of rural hospitals could close under a public health option
Half of rural hospitals could close under public health option
Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare revenue cycle management market projected to be worth $104 billion by 2025
Rev cycle market worth $104B by 2025
Strategic Planning
Close to one-third of healthcare employees have never received cybersecurity training, report shows
One-third of healthcare employees lack cybersecurity training
Capital Finance
U.S. spends more on healthcare, but not on social services spending, study finds
Higher social spending linked to higher healthcare spending
Supply Chain
Optimizing the total performance of a healthcare supply chain means data and clinical integration
Optimizing the total performance of the supply chain
Accounting & Financial Management
Charity care spending among California hospitals is plunging
CA hospitals: Charity care plunging
Budgeting
Health systems allocate just 5-10% of total spending on primary care, despite benefits
Public and private payers underinvest in primary care
Quality and Safety
Hospitals are demanding secure medical devices before they buy
Hospitals are demanding secure medical devices
Billing and Collections
Surprise medical bills in ER and inpatient settings are soaring, JAMA finds
Surprise medical bills are soaring
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
Up to 14% of internal medical residents have been bullied during training, Johns Hopkins found
14% of internal medicine residents have been bullied
Operations
Physicians looking to become small practice owners have many factors to consider before making the leap
What would-be physician practice owners should consider
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
Wording in medical student evaluations differ by gender, minority status, revealing potential bias
Gender, minority bias revealed in med student evals
Construction & Facilities Management
Cape Cod Healthcare building $180M patient tower, investing in EHR
CCHC building $180M patient tower
Compliance & Legal
Majority of providers fall short of compliance with HIPAA access requirements
HIPAA access: Most providers fall short
Policy and Legislation
HHS and FDA propose plan for importation of prescription drugs from other countries
HHS releases plan for importation of drugs from other countries
Community Benefit
Kaiser Permanente commits $1.65 million to California wildfire relief efforts
Kaiser Permanente commits $1.65 million to California wildfire relief efforts
Accountable Care
Rural hospitals not using bundled payment models, data shows
Rural hospitals not using bundled payment models
Acute Care
Diverting avoidable emergency department visits could save healthcare $32 billion annually
Diverting avoidable ED visits could save $32B
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Healthcare cloud computing growth due in part to curbing infrastructure costs
Curbing infrastructure costs fuels cloud growth
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 will delay updates to hospital star ratings until 2021
CMS delays hospital star ratings update until 2021
Patient Engagement
Bar is rising for consumerism in healthcare, but providers are still playing catch-up
Consumerism is rising; providers are playing catch-up
Pharmacy
Drug price forecast projects 4.5 percent increase in hospital drug spending for 2020
4.5% increase predicted for hospital drug spending
Population Health
IPA, insurer launch innovative new partnership to manage social determinants of health
IPA, insurer launch innovative new partnership to manage social determinants of health
Risk Management
Hospital employees are clicking on phishing emails, and that's a problem, JAMA study shows
JAMA: Hospital employees are clicking on phishing emails
Telehealth
Use of non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew nearly 1,400%
Non-hospital-based telehealth grew 1,400%
Mergers & Acquisitions
Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim to merge, creating large nonprofit insurer
Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim to merge
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News

Hospitals are roadblocks to patient EHR data requests, despite HIPAA
Oct 09, 2018 | Jessica Davis
Hospitals are roadblocks to patient EHR data requests, despite HIPAA
Study from Yale researchers found some hospitals aren't complying with state, federal ...
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C-suite candidates: Hiring advice from a top executive recruiter
Aug 28, 2018 | Jessica Davis
C-suite candidates: Hiring advice from a top executive recruiter
An executive recruitment firm Buffkin/Baker partner predicts more CEO roles for women in the near ...
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VA finalizes telehealth rule to let providers practice across state lines
May 11, 2018 | Jessica Davis
VA finalizes telehealth rule to let providers practice across state lines
The final rule will override state laws to create a nationwide telehealth program to ...
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Gap analysis improves risk analysis, but isn't enough for HIPAA compliance, OCR says
May 04, 2018 | Jessica Davis
Gap analysis improves risk analysis, but isn't enough for HIPAA compliance, OCR says
While gap analysis can find existing vulnerabilities in an ...
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Comcast partners with Independence Health to create digital health company
Apr 20, 2018 | Jessica Davis
Comcast partners with Independence Health to create digital health company
Companies say the cross-sector partnership will create open source platform that it hopes ...
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VA drives federal health IT market growth to $8.5 billion, fueled by its EHR
Apr 11, 2018 | Jessica Davis
VA drives federal health IT market growth to $8.5 billion, fueled by its EHR
Spending on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces has decreased, as Veterans Affairs has ...
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Microsoft sues Community Health Systems for alleged copyright infringement
Apr 04, 2018 | Jessica Davis
Microsoft sues Community Health Systems for alleged copyright infringement
CHS, already facing financial troubles, has been accused of breaching contractual ...
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Trump dumps VA chief David Shulkin, will give his personal doctor oversight over agency
Mar 29, 2018 | Jessica Davis
Trump dumps VA chief David Shulkin, will give his personal doctor oversight over agency
The president announced the news on Twitter, and it is still unclear what the ...
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Europe's GDPR privacy law is coming: Here's what US health orgs need to know
Mar 21, 2018 | Jessica Davis
Europe's GDPR privacy law is coming: Here's what US health orgs need to know
By May 25, U.S. providers caring for EU patients will need to brush up on ...
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eClinicalWorks to launch cloud-based platform for acute care, revenue cycle
Feb 28, 2018 | Jessica Davis
eClinicalWorks to launch cloud-based platform for acute care, revenue cycle
Launching at HIMSS18 next week, the new software aims to create seamless data sharing ...
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