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Reimbursement
Providing follow-up care after heart attack helps reduce readmissions, reimbursement penalties
Can heart attack follow-up reduce readmissions?
Revenue Cycle Management
Providers aren't talking to patients about costs and it's affecting patient satisfaction, VisitPay study shows
Providers aren't talking to patients about costs and it's bad for patient satisfaction
Strategic Planning
Ascension Healthcare CEO Pat Maryland, two other key executives, are leaving health system
Three key executives set to depart Ascension
Capital Finance
Massachusetts General Hospital receives record $50 million gift to fund capital projects
Massachusetts General Hospital secures $50M gift
Supply Chain
Reprocessing medical devices can result in significant savings for hospitals
Cutting costs? Reprocess medical devices
Accounting & Financial Management
Community Health Systems sees major drop in net losses over 2017, reporting $328 million for Q4 2018
CHS reports major drop in net losses for Q4 2018
Budgeting
Orthopedic surgery spending increased 44 percent since 2010
Orthopedic spending up 44 percent
Quality and Safety
Want to cut MRSA infections after discharge? Add a structured bathing regimen to discharge instructions, says Rush University study
The best practice a hospital can use to cut HAI readmissions now
Billing and Collections
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to halt
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital caught in uproar over "balance billing"
Claims Processing
Change, TIBCO use blockchain to build smart contract system for payers
Change, TIBCO build smart contract system for payers
Workforce
New nurses work overtime, long shifts, and sometimes a second job, research shows
New nurses work long hours, sometimes second job
Operations
Rising from the ashes: How Adventist Feather River is moving on after the Camp Fire wreaked havoc
Rising from the ashes: How Adventist Feather River is moving on post Camp Fire
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
Physicians employed by hospitals and corporations more dissatisfied than independent doctors
Hospital-employed physicians less satisfied, burnout prevalent
Construction & Facilities Management
Northwell Health, NYC Health + Hospitals open new $47.7 million joint lab to help hospitals focus on emergency testing, cut costs
Northwell Health, NYC Health + Hospitals open new $47.7M joint lab
Compliance & Legal
Aetna to pay $935,000 in settlement with California in envelope data breach case
Aetna to pay $935,000 in settlement with California in envelope data breach case
Policy and Legislation
Planned Parenthood barred from Title X funds under final rule
Planned Parenthood barred from Title X funds
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
CMS Administrator Seema Verma lays out plan for 'digital data revolution'
Seema Verma lays out plan for 'digital data revolution'
Acute Care
University of Chicago Medicine study shows need to enhance patient rest, evaluate overnight interruptions for better patient experience
University of Chicago Medicine study shows how to help patients rest for improved experience
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Analytics taking a front-and-center role in the transition to value-based care
Analytics: Front and center in shift to value
Business Intelligence
Talent shortage is plaguing majority of healthcare execs, according to JP Morgan survey
Why a talent shortage is plaguing healthcare execs, and what they're doing about it
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
Keep silver loading for health plans, insurer and hospital groups tell CMS
Keep silver loading, AHIP and AHA urge
Patient Engagement
How poor provider communication can result in negative Yelp reviews
Poor communication can hurt Yelp reviews
Pharmacy
FDA oversight of the prescribing of fentanyl products is inadequate, report finds
FDA oversight of fentanyl: Inadequate?
Population Health
Investment by health systems key to improving cancer outcomes in U.S., report says
Health system investment can better cancer outcomes
Risk Management
Do your CEO and CFO underinvest in cybersecurity? Here's why and what to do about it
Why CEOs and CFOs don't invest as much in cybersecurity as they should
Telehealth
New ambulance payment model will reimburse for on-site treatment, use of telehealth
Ambulance payment model will allow on-site treatment, telehealth
Mergers & Acquisitions
DOJ stands by decision in CVS Health and Aetna merger
DOJ stands by its decision on CVS\Aetna
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Acute Care

Feb 21 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Want to cut MRSA infections after discharge? Add a structured bathing regimen to discharge instructions, says Rush University study
A regimen using antiseptic soap, mouthwash, and nose…
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Feb 20 | Beth Jones Sanborn
1 in 5 rural hospitals is at risk of closing, new Navigant analysis says
Navigant says 21 percent are at high risk of closing based on their total operating margin, days cash on hand, and…
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Feb 20 | Jeff Lagasse
Investment by health systems key to improving cancer outcomes in U.S., report says
Cancer outcomes vary substantially between populations defined by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and…
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Feb 08 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Artificial intelligence can identify at-risk patients, inform care and improve disease prevention
Southeast Health Medical Center is making the case for the potential impact of AI on…
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Feb 05 | Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare gains 42,000 jobs in January, led by ambulatory services
The healthcare industry has added 368,000 jobs overall over the past 12 months, enough to account for about 11 percent of…
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Jan 29 | Beth Jones Sanborn
University of Chicago Medicine study shows need to enhance patient rest, evaluate overnight interruptions for better patient experience
The program used electronic "nudges" to…
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Jan 22 | Jeff Lagasse
Cancer survivors face significant hardships related to medical bills
Having a high deductible health plan without a health savings account was associated with greater hardship compared with…
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Pat Maryland, John Doyle and David Pryor are leaving Ascension.
Jan 22 | Susan Morse
Ascension Healthcare CEO Pat Maryland, two other key executives, are leaving health system
The position of CEO of Ascension Healthcare will be eliminated effective July 1.
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Paladina corporate headquarters in Denver, CO (Google Earth)
Jan 18 | Jeff Lagasse
Paladina Health acquires Activate Healthcare, creating large provider of value-based care
The collaboration results in a value-based primary care provider that serves more than 170,000…
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Jan 16 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Humana, Tenet Healthcare reach new deal restoring in-network access
Tenet's CEO said the exclusion of Humana patients had an adverse effect on the system, with adjusted patient…
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