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Reimbursement
Home health provider groups rips proposed slash to reimbursement rates
Home health group rips slash to reimbursement rates
Revenue Cycle Management
St. Luke's revenue cycle benefits by offering patients a discounted price for paying upfront
St. Luke's benefits by offering discounted, upfront payments
Strategic Planning
Amazon health venture Haven hires Dr. Sandhya Rao from Partners as VP of Clinical Strategy
Amazon's Haven makes another strategic hire
Capital Finance
Hospitals improve financial performance, but volumes are slipping
Report: Hospital volumes are slipping
Supply Chain
Nearly all hospital leaders say supply chain optimization improves margins, survey shows
98% say supply chain optimization boosts margins
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
High healthcare use linked with lower prices, according to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
High healthcare use linked with lower prices
Quality and Safety
Could consumerism hurt the healthcare system and undermine patient-centric care?
Consumerism: Could it undermine patient-centric care?
Billing and Collections
Insurers, providers spar over solution to surprise medical bills
Insurers, providers spar over surprise medical bills
Claims Processing
Change, TIBCO use blockchain to build smart contract system for payers
Change, TIBCO build smart contract system for payers
Workforce
New York City nurses threaten strike over staffing, working conditions at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, New York Presbyterian
NYC nurses from 3 systems threaten major strike
Operations
How Medicare Advantage steers the Silver Tsunami into coordinated, value-based care
Medicare Advantage steers Silver Tsunami into value-based care
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
Gender pay gap for physicians is narrowing, but work stills needs to be done
Gender pay gap for physicians is narrowing
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
(Updated)CHI Franciscan, Washington state settle suit over alleged antitrust violations in physician group acquisition
CHI Franciscan, Washington state settle suit over alleged antitrust violations
Policy and Legislation
House Democrats unveil Affordable Care Act stabilization bill
Dems unveil ACA stabilization bill
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
BPCI Advanced down to 1,295 providers as 252 drop out
BPCI Advanced loses 252 providers
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
Using zip codes to find at-risk patients to determine the social determinants of health
Using zip codes to find at-risk patients
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
Efficient hospitals operate on -2% margins in Medicare payments, MedPAC reports
Hospitals lose money on Medicare payments, MedPAC reports
Patient Engagement
How the 'A' in 'AI' can stand for 'Assistive,' and what that means for providers and patients
Should 'AI' stand for 'Assistive Technology?'
Pharmacy
High price of drugs is biggest issue in prescription adherence, physicians say
High drug prices are a big issue in adherence
Population Health
CMMI model helped several states make big strides in population health integration
CMMI model helped states with pop 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
Telehealth can retain an element of humanity despite focus on data and logic
Retaining humanity in telehealth
Mergers & Acquisitions
Medical University of South Carolina completes acquisition of 4 hospitals from Community Health Systems
MUSC completes $176M acquisition of 4 CHS hospitals
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Unnecessary medical tests, treatments cost $200 billion annually, cause harm

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