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Mar 31 | Jeff Lagasse

COVID-19: Heart and kidney patients should keep taking their medicines

Forgoing these medications would increase health risks for millions of patients with hypertension and congestive heart…

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Mar 30 | Susan Morse

Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls in new regulatory flexibility

CMS is also allowing ERs to use drive-through testing and telehealth, and for tests to be done at home…

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Mar 27 | Jeff Lagasse

Some COVID-19 patients still have coronavirus after symptoms disappear, possibly endangering health workers

The message is clear: Nurses and physicians should treat asymptomatic patients as…

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Mar 27 | Susan Morse

BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey

BMC takes on financially distressed ambulatory surgery centers and makes them viable, company says.

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Mar 24 | Susan Morse

What insurers are covering during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hospitals can transfer patients who are COVID-negative to post-acute care facilities without advanced prior authorization approval,…

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Mar 13 | Susan Morse

President Donald Trump declares the coronavirus a national emergency

The designation frees up billions in funding for states and relaxes rules for providers and the federal government.

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Mar 02 | Jeff Lagasse

FTC and Pennsylvania challenge proposed merger of two Philly hospital systems

The complaint charges that the merger would eliminate the competition that has traditionally benefited patients.

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Feb 26 | Jeff Lagasse

Coronavirus, other contagious diseases follow same spreading patterns as social trends

Microscopic changes in the transmission rate trigger macroscopic jumps in the expected epidemic size,…

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Feb 20 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospitals with internationally trained nurses have a more stable, educated nursing workforce

In the U.S., recruiting internationally educated nurses is addressing the ongoing nursing…

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Feb 18 | Jeff Lagasse

Swedish analysis suggests World Health Organization may be underestimating spread of COVID-19 coronavirus

The COVID-19 virus may be at least as transmissible as SARS; WHO officials cautioned…

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Debunk the Myth: Outsourcing Doesn't Mean Losing Control With shifts in payer mixes and reimbursement structure, the margin of reimbursement has been shrinking steadily over the last five years. How do revenue cycle leaders navigate payment reform while maintaining stable business office operations?

Care Collaboration Success for Improved Outcomes The nature of our healthcare ecosystem has been one of siloed care. Rarely do payers, providers and local resources come together with the patient's well-being prioritized as a unifying mission. Read how these organizations are getting it right.

Beyond Dollars and Cents: A Closer Look At Value Beyond the expected improvement in specific metrics, many organizations that outsource RCM with a trusted and certified partner are seeing several ancillary benefits of such agreements.

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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 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 ...

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