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Reimbursement
Benefit design, higher deductibles will increase bad debt for hospitals
Benefit design, higher deductibles to increase bad debt
Revenue Cycle Management
Referral process going digital as healthcare providers look to stem revenue leakage
Referral processes going digital
Strategic Planning
Haven rolls out health plan pilot for some employees
Haven rolls out health plan pilot
Capital Finance
Healthcare real estate: The pros and cons of buying versus leasing
To lease or to buy? The pros and cons
Supply Chain
Unnecessary healthcare supply chain spending reaches almost $26 billion; savings opportunities remain
Unnecessary supply chain spending reaches $26B
Accounting & Financial Management
Reducing wasteful spending in healthcare by curbing administrative complexity
Curbing administrative complexity to slash waste
Budgeting
'Care cascades,' or unwarranted tests, show hidden costs
Unnecessary tests show hidden costs
Quality and Safety
Hospitals given latitude to select transplant candidates don't prioritize sickest patients
Hospitals don't prioritize sickest transplant candidates
Billing and Collections
Poor digital billing process associated with uncollected payments
Poor digital billing associated with collections
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
Nursing shortage collides with rising baby boomer population
Nursing shortage collides with rising need
Operations
Blue Cross Blue Shield launches Blue HPN network
BCBS launches Blue HPN network
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
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
Cape Cod Healthcare building $180M patient tower, investing in EHR
CCHC building $180M patient tower
Compliance & Legal
OCR imposes a $2.15 million civil penalty against Jackson Health System for alleged HIPAA violations
Jackson Health pays $2.15M in civil penalty
Policy and Legislation
HIMSSCast: CMS price transparency rule, telehealth parity laws, and healthcare consumerism
HIMSSCast: CMS price transparency rule, telehealth parity laws, and healthcare consumerism
Community Benefit
Advocate Aurora Health contributed $2.1 billion to community charitable care and services in 2018
Advocate Aurora: $2.1B in charity care
Accountable Care
Physician-led accountable care organizations outperform hospital-led counterparts
Physician-led ACOs outperform hospital ACOs
Acute Care
Pressure ulcers cost the health system $26.8 billion a year
Pressure ulcers cost the health system $26.8B a year
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Anthem, MassChallenge HealthTech to collaborate on accelerator launch
Anthem, MassChallenge HealthTech launching accelerator
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
ACA open enrollment picks up in week 3, but is still a 13% drop over last year
ACA open enrollment picks up in week 3 but still lags over last year
Patient Engagement
Humana's Medicare Advantage value-based programs reduce healthcare costs by $3.5 billion, report shows
Humana's MA value-based programs reduce healthcare costs by $3.5B
Pharmacy
AHA and CVS Health are behind pharma bashing radio ads, says STAT report
AHA and CVS Health are behind pharma bashing radio ads, STAT says
Population Health
Majority of parents say socioeconomic factors negatively impact their families' health
Socioeconomic factors impact families' health
Risk Management
Study finds racial bias in Optum algorithm
Study finds racial bias in Optum algorithm
Telehealth
School-based telehealth program reduces ED visits by pediatric asthma patients
School-based telehealth reduced ED visits
Mergers & Acquisitions
Sanford Health, UnityPoint Health call off plans for $11 billion merger
Sanford, UnityPoint call off $11B merger
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