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Reimbursement
U.S. hospitals and health systems face a long road to recovery
U.S. hospitals and health systems face a long road to recovery
Revenue Cycle Management
30% of hospitals and health systems using revenue cycle automation require two or more vendors
30% of hospitals use multiple RCM vendors
Strategic Planning
The top ten things CEOs got right during the pandemic
The top ten things CEOs got right during the pandemic
Capital Finance
Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause
Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause
Supply Chain
Hospitals need vaccine supply predictability 'all the way to the loading docks'
Hospitals need vaccine supply predictability
Accounting & Financial Management
Kaiser Permanente hit by pandemic but remains in the black in 2020
Kaiser remains in the black in 2020
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
Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces in hospitals
Biomaterials could mean better vaccines
Billing and Collections
CMS issues billing codes for Eli Lilly's COVID-19 antibody treatment
CMS issues billing codes for Eli Lilly's COVID-19 antibody treatment
Claims Processing
Payers are working to meet deadline for interoperability mandate
Payers work to meet interoperability deadline
Workforce
Healthcare employment falls for the first time since last April
Healthcare employment falls for the first time since last April
Operations
Methodist Hospital of Southern California uses automated contact tracing to contain COVID-19
Methodist Hospital uses automated contact tracing to contain COVID-19
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
AMA removes bust of founder from public display over racist past
AMA removes bust of 'racist' founder
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
Athenahealth to pay $18.25M for alleged False Claims Act violations
Athenahealth to pay $18.25M for alleged False Claims Act violations
Policy and Legislation
Hospitals want $35 billion in $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package
Hospitals want $35B in $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package
Community Benefit
Universal coverage of long-term care for older Americans may stabilize provider revenues
Universal long-term care coverage may benefit providers
Accountable Care
Updated with list: Majority of Next Generation ACOs earned shared savings
Updated list: Most Next Gen ACOs earned shared savings
Acute Care
Blood vessel damage, inflammation found in COVID-19 patients' brains, but no infection
COVID-19 patients show blood vessel damage, inflammation
Ambulatory Care
Oak Street Health opens three new clinics at Walmart supercenters in Texas
Oak Street Health opens new clinics at Walmart supercenters in Texas
Analytics
Automating 'high level' healthcare tasks can create high value savings
Automating 'high level' healthcare tasks can create high value savings
Business Intelligence
Fourth quarter COVID-19 costs catch up to insurers
Fourth quarter COVID-19 costs catch up to insurers
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
As insurers end grace period for COVID-19 hospital costs, out-of-pocket costs may rise
COVID-19 costs may rise as insurers' grace periods end
Patient Engagement
A more active role for consumers will decelerate health spending over the next two decades
Active consumers will decelerate health spending
Pharmacy
Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Population Health
Human rights law can provide a fair, transparent framework for vaccine allocations
Human rights can provide a framework for vaccine allocations
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 used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds
Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds
Mergers & Acquisitions
Lifespan, Care New England and Brown University agree to form an academic health system
Lifespan, Care New England and Brown agree to form health system
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News

Biden chooses Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Feb 18 | Mallory Hackett
Biden chooses Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Brooks-LaSure formerly worked for the Obama Administration within CMS and the ...
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Biden administration announces next round of HHS hires
Feb 18 | Kat Jercich
Biden administration announces next round of HHS hires
The moves represent the new president's continued efforts to overhaul the agency amidst the ongoing ...
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Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Feb 17 |
Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution
This is our continuing coverage of the steps being taken to get every American inoculated against ...
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Leading health systems form Truveta to aggregate and sell anonymized patient data
Feb 17 | Mallory Hackett
Leading health systems form Truveta to aggregate and sell anonymized patient data
The platform will use machine learning and AI to take billions of clinical data ...
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Biden administration invests $1.6 billion in COVID-19 testing 
Feb 17 | Susan Morse
Biden administration invests $1.6 billion in COVID-19 testing 
K-8 schools and underserved settings, such as homeless shelters, will get $650 million to expand ...
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AMA removes bust of founder from public display over racist past
Feb 17 | Jeff Lagasse
AMA removes bust of founder from public display over racist past
Founder Dr. Nathan Davis' history of discriminatory practices has led to the removal of his ...
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Low-value healthcare drops only marginally despite effort to curb practices
Feb 17 | Jeff Lagasse
Low-value healthcare drops only marginally despite effort to curb practices
The study suggests continued payment reforms and increasing computer-based ...
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California taps Blue Shield to oversee an equitable vaccine distribution plan
Feb 16 | Mallory Hackett
California taps Blue Shield to oversee an equitable vaccine distribution plan
California and its Governor Gavin Newsom have received backlash for the state's ...
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Fourth quarter COVID-19 costs catch up to insurers
Feb 16 | Jeff Lagasse
Fourth quarter COVID-19 costs catch up to insurers
Insurers posted profits, but are wary of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Q1 of this ...
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Aetna to reenter the Affordable Care Act market
Feb 16 | Jeff Lagasse
Aetna to reenter the Affordable Care Act market
The ACA business has improved and Aetna will sell individual coverage in 2022, CEO says.
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