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Reimbursement

Hospital margin increases offset by expenses and uncertain future as COVID-19 and flu season collide

Hospital margin increases offset by expenses and uncertain future

Revenue Cycle Management

Automating revenue cycle on the back end improves patient engagement on the front

Automating the back end of revenue cycle improves patient engagement

Strategic Planning

Aetna president to take helm of CVS Health as CEO Larry Merlo steps down next year

Aetna president to take helm of CVS Health as CEO Larry Merlo steps down

Capital Finance

Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause

Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause

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

Brigham and Women's uses crowdsourcing tech to take aim at everyday problems

Brigham and Women's uses crowdsourcing tech to take aim at everyday problems

Operations

Payer Notebook: AHIP takes issue with proposed rule on coverage for FDA-approved breakthrough devices

Payer Notebook: AHIP takes issue over coverage of breakthrough devices

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

Aetna, city of New Haven hit with OCR fines after data breach

Aetna, city of New Haven hit with OCR fines after data breach

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

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance joins initiative to improve maternal health

Providence Little Company of Mary works to improve maternal, infant outcomes

Accountable Care

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announces 51 direct contracting entities

CMS announces 51 direct contracting entities

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

CMS finalizes Medicare payment to support dialysis in the home

CMS finalizes Medicare payment to support dialysis in the home

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

U.S. reports record-breaking number of daily COVID-19 cases, but experts say the worst is yet to come

U.S. reports record-breaking number of daily COVID-19 cases

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

PHI releases first direct-care workforce state data center

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PHI releases first direct-care workforce state data center

The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), a national nonprofit working to improve America's ...

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21 Medicare Advantage plans earn 5 stars in CMS release of star ratings

House passes $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

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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.

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. ...

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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 ...