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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
Healthcare cybersecurity market poised for growth over the coming years
Healthcare cybersecurity market poised for growth
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
Medical devices pose cybersecurity and patient threat
Medical devices pose cybersecurity threat
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
Insurers' collective premium rate increases are less than 1% for 2020 ACA plans
ACA insurers request rate hikes of less than 1%
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
Kaiser Permanente plunking down $900 million on new Oakland headquarters
Kaiser Permanente building $900M HQ in Oakland
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
Innovaccer research shows how AI could improve cost of care models
Innovaccer research shows how AI could improve cost of care models
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 to display the star ratings for Affordable Care Act exchange plans
CMS will display star ratings for ACA plans
Patient Engagement
CashMD launches price transparency tool
CashMD launches price transparency tool
Pharmacy
Pharmacy benefit managers keep less than 1% percent of rebates for Medicare Part D drugs, GAO says
PBMs keep less than 1% of rebates for Part D drugs, GAO says
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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Acute Care

Jul 29 | Jeff Lagasse
Women and minorities underrepresented in emergency medicine, new research shows
Less than a quarter of newly certified paramedics are female, and only about 5 percent of EMTs self-identify…
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Jul 24 | Jeff Lagasse
Diverting avoidable emergency department visits could save healthcare $32 billion annually
Primary care services rendered by hospital EDs come with substantially higher price tags than in…
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Jul 23 | Jeff Lagasse
Nurses may not have adequate instruction on how to respond to a catastrophe
Events that are less likely to occur, but have greater impact when they do, usually receive fewer training hours.
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Jul 08 | Jeff Lagasse
Joint replacement bundles saved almost $1,000 per year
Overall, hospitals in the CJR model saw a 3.7% decrease in average episode payments for lower extremity joint replacements.
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Jul 01 | Susan Morse
RWJBarnabas Health receives grant to fund career development for its frontline workers
The grant will advance careers in an industry short on labor.
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Jul 01 | Jeff Lagasse
Medically unnecessary ambulance rides soar in New York after ACA expansion
Medically unnecessary rides may add to city congestion, slow response time to actual emergencies and threaten the…
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Jun 10 | Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare hiring dipped in May, continuing trend
Although hiring in healthcare has slowed, the trend has been positive overall, with the industry adding about 391,000 jobs over the past 12…
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May 23 | Jeff Lagasse
Precision medicine as a way to improve oncology care -- and potentially drive down drug costs
Targeted interventions have shown a modest ability to lower costs and have the potential to…
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May 22 | Mark Klimek
Health systems diversify to grow their business
The strategy can carry credit risks, because when hospitals stray from their core competencies, they may strain their financial health,…
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May 22 | Jeff Lagasse
Free-standing emergency departments in Texas' big cities are not reducing congestion at hospitals
However the research indicates that free-standing emergency rooms can indeed reduce wait…
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