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Reimbursement
Healthcare stocks remain strong after a solid 2018, Reuters says
Reuters: Healthcare stocks remain strong
Revenue Cycle Management
Mid-revenue cycle management improvement market expected to grow over the coming years
Mid-rev cycle improvement market set to grow
Strategic Planning
Humana, Tenet Healthcare reach new deal restoring in-network access
Humana, Tenet Healthcare reach new deal restoring in-network access
Capital Finance
How capital for hospital renovations can be freed by unloading medical office buildings, other real estate
Need to pay for projects? Try dumping real estate
Supply Chain
Here's a big supply chain cost-savings opportunity: physician preference items
Why managing PPIs in your supply chain can save money
Accounting & Financial Management
Healthcare cost variations between regions attributed to price, usage
Price, usage lead to regional cost variation
Budgeting
How employers can improve cancer care and costs, based on a National Alliance roadmap
How employers can improve cancer care and costs
Quality and Safety
Surgeons under stress make more mistakes in the operating room, study finds
Stressed surgeons make more mistakes
Billing and Collections
Billing and payment tech becoming more responsive, survey finds
Responsive billing methods coming to the fore
Claims Processing
Change, TIBCO use blockchain to build smart contract system for payers
Change, TIBCO build smart contract system for payers
Workforce
Healthcare added more jobs than other sectors in 2018, and the growth outlook is strong
Healthcare added most jobs in 2018
Operations
Hahnemann University Hospital, St. Christopher's to share newly-appointed CEO
Hahnemann University Hospital, St. Christopher's to share newly-appointed CEO
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
Mayo Clinic leads among the biggest hospital construction projects that kicked off in September
9 big healthcare construction projects that kicked off in September
Compliance & Legal
Anonymous-affiliated hacker slapped with 10-year prison sentence for Boston Children's cyberattack
Infamous hacker gets 10 years for Boston Children's cyberattack
Policy and Legislation
Americans express growing concern over Texas ruling on Affordable Care Act
Americans concerned about ACA fate
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
Groups call on CMS to push out Medicare Shared Savings Program application deadline
CMS should extend MSSP deadline, groups tell agency
Acute Care
New Mexico cuts readmissions, improves ED care with middleware that enables information sharing
How New Mexico cut readmissions, improved ED care with middleware technology
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Healthcare executives should invest in value-based care technologies now, Deloitte says
Deloitte: Invest in value-based care tech now
Business Intelligence
Cleveland Clinic fires doctor who posted anti-semitic comments, threats on social media
Cleveland Clinic fires doctor for anti-semitic comments, threats on social media
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
Seniors more likely to switch Medicare Advantage plans in 2019, survey shows
Seniors more likely to switch MA plans
Patient Engagement
Patient-directed Utah Health Information Network increases engagement and care management
Patient-directed exchange boosts engagement in Utah HIE
Pharmacy
Decision support can guide clinicians to prescribe lower cost alternatives
Decision support leads to lower costs for drugs
Population Health
Advocate Aurora Health uses predictive analytics to overhaul care management program
Advocate Aurora Health uses predictive analytics
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
Hospitals are turning to telehealth to manage scarce physician resources
Hospitals with scarce resources turn to telehealth
Mergers & Acquisitions
Judge rejects DOJ motion to delay response in CVS/Aetna case due to government shutdown
Shutdown no reason for delay in CVS/Aetna response, judge rules
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