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Reimbursement
CMS relents, opens up smartphone-connected CGMs for reimbursement
CMS relents, opens up smartphone-connected CGMs for reimbursement
Revenue Cycle Management
Hospital executives say Affordable Care Act insurance reforms driving up bad debt
Hospital execs: ACA driving up bad debt
Strategic Planning
It's not just primary care physicians that are in demand, specialists are quickly becoming a commodity
Why providers should focus on both specialists and primary care
Capital Finance
AHA, Philips, UPMC launch $30M venture fund for cardiovascular innovation
AHA, Philips, UPMC launch $30M venture fund for cardiovascular innovation
Supply Chain
Why it's time to revisit hospital supply chain contracts to start saving money
Expert tips for finding big savings in hospital supply chain
Accounting & Financial Management
What hospitals in financial distress should do now to avoid closing down
Remedies for hospitals in distress
Budgeting
Costly physician performance metrics have serious flaws, study finds
Performance metrics: Costly and potentially flawed
Quality and Safety
New AMA policies takes aim at drug shortages and poor EHR training for medical students
AMA's new policies take aim at drug shortages, poor EHR education
Billing and Collections
Automating claims would save healthcare more than $11 billion annually
Automated claims could save $11B
Claims Processing
How to manage MVA and workers' compensation claims successfully
How to manage MVA and workers' compensation claims successfully
Workforce
Payers: There's more we all can do to reduce physician burnout
Payers: There's more we all can do to reduce physician burnout
Operations
Change Healthcare national survey of insurers shows value-based care improving
Survey of 120 insurers shows value-based care improving
Medical Devices
A more cost effective, clinically sound approach to hemodialysis treatment
A cost-saving hemodialysis treatment
Hospital/physician relations
Hospitals are losing money on employed physicians: Here's how to save the bottom line and your staff
How hospitals can boost ROI on employed physicians
Construction & Facilities Management
Here are the new hospital construction, expansion projects revealed in May
New hospital construction, expansion projects
Compliance & Legal
More doctors indicted in 15-year-long $580 million kickback scheme at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
Doctors indicted in 15-year $580M kickback scheme
Policy and Legislation
Association Health Plans to expand under final rule
Association Health Plans to expand under final rule
Community Benefit
AHA report: Hospitals spend almost $3 trillion, support more than 16 million jobs
AHA: Hospitals drive $3 trillion in spending for national economy, support 16 million jobs
Accountable Care
ACO Partner rewards 148 physicians with $148,000 in shared savings
ACO Partner rewards physicians for shared savings
Acute Care
Where acute care hospitals can find cost-savings in palliative care
Palliative care can yield cost-savings in acute care settings
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
UnitedHealthcare partners with Quest Diagnostics on lab data
UnitedHealthcare, Quest partner on lab data
Business Intelligence
Community health centers see significant uptick in patient visits, analysis shows
Community health centers see significant uptick in patient visits, analysis shows
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
Michigan's Medicaid expansion a boon to primary care providers
Michigan Medicaid expansion showing results
Patient Engagement
New research suggests it's time to teach baby boomers about patient portals
Time to teach older patients about portals
Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical companies should focus on medication adherence to improve revenue
How pharma can boost revenue through adherence
Population Health
A new breed of Medicaid innovators rises to tackle social determinants of health
Medicaid innovators tackle social determinants
Risk Management
LifeBridge Health reveals breach that compromised health data of 500,000 patients
Data of 500K patients compromised in LifeBridge Health breach
Telehealth
With physician shortage looming, hospitals turn to telehealth tools
How telehealth can address physician shortage
Mergers & Acquisitions
UnitedHealthcare expands Medicare Advantage footprint in Louisiana
UnitedHealthcare expands MA footprint in Louisiana
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Analytics

Jun 18 | Susan Morse
A new breed of Medicaid innovators rises to tackle social determinants of health
Town Hall Ventures, Amazon and Socially Determined are bringing a new focus to a long-neglected part of the…
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Payers: There's more we all can do to reduce physician burnout
Jun 15 | Geneia
Payers: There's more we all can do to reduce physician burnout
67 percent of all surveyed doctors know a physician who is likely to stop practicing medicine in the next five years, as the…
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Jun 12 | Bill Siwicki
Next-gen revenue cycle to refine value-based care with AI, advanced analytics
Technology to facilitate a patient's understanding of insurance coverage and out-of-pocket cost for pending…
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CMS dolls out Medicaid funding for the opioid crisis
Jun 11 | Susan Morse
CMS give states Medicaid funding to combat the opioid crisis
States can use the funds to design treatment options such as using virtual care and patient-facing apps.
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Why it’s time to think about data and not applications
Jun 07 | Jeff Lagasse
What hospitals can learn from Twitter, Uber, Lyft and other data-first approaches
This is about improving operations, not another Uber for healthcare.
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Tech fueling M&A activity, report says
Jun 06 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Telehealth, analytics, mobile tools make hospitals, healthcare companies attractive acquisition targets, report says
Interest in potentially disruptive technologies abound in the active…
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ACO Partner rewards physicians for shared savings
Jun 05 | Susan Morse
ACO Partner rewards 148 physicians with $148,000 in shared savings
Unlike a traditional ACO, providers can earn rewards for value-based performance but are not charged membership or service…
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Harvard Pilgrim, Partners explore collaborative model
May 31 | Susan Morse
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care confirms collaborative model talks with Partners HealthCare
Talks are preliminary and no final agreement has been reached, Harvard Pilgrim says.
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UnitedHealthcare, Quest partner on lab data
May 25 | Susan Morse
UnitedHealthcare partners with Quest Diagnostics on lab data
Lab data on the 48 million consumers enrolled in UnitedHealthcare will help insurer reduce risk.
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Three V's of data management in M&A
May 24 | Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions create 3 V's for data management
When practices merge, duplication and miscommunication can be unhappy side effects that have negative consequences for…
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