Topics
Reimbursement
Private health plans pay providers at 241 percent of what Medicare would pay
Private health plans pay 241% of Medicare rate
Revenue Cycle Management
Astria Health blames revenue cycle contractor for bankruptcy
Astria Health files for bankruptcy, blames rev cycle contractor
Strategic Planning
Providers and precision medicine: Are you ready?
Providers and precision medicine: Are you ready?
Capital Finance
The role investors can play in addressing the opioid epidemic
How investors can address the opioid crisis
Supply Chain
United States remains the largest market for medical devices, at more than $150 billion
U.S. is top medical device market at $150 billion
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
New clinical pathway for cancer patients leads to better outcomes, lower healthcare costs
New clinical pathway lowers healthcare costs
Quality and Safety
Quality standards framework can improve both clinical and financial performance in healthcare
How a healthcare quality workforce can better care, costs
Billing and Collections
Medical costs create hardships for more than half of Americans
Medical costs a hardship for most Americans
Claims Processing
BCBS Institute and Solera partner, pay SDoH organizations through outcomes-based medical claims
BCBS Institute, Solera, to pay organizations through outcomes-based claims
Workforce
With medical groups employing more physicians, a leader with the right skill set is paramount
Finding the right medical group leader
Operations
Precision medicine: Getting the data creates a challenge for physicians
Precision medicine: The challenge for physicians
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
Wording in medical student evaluations differ by gender, minority status, revealing potential bias
Gender, minority bias revealed in med student evals
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
Chinese nationals indicted for Anthem hack from 2014
Chinese nationals indicted for Anthem hack
Policy and Legislation
President Trump calls for an end to surprise medical bills
President Trump calls for an end to surprise billing
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
UnitedHealthcare introduces new bundled payment program for maternity care
UnitedHealthcare unveils bundled payment program for maternity care
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
Focus on Precision Medicine
Focus on Precision Medicine
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
CMS cracks down on spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers
CMS cracks down on spread pricing by PBMs
Patient Engagement
Millennial healthcare preferences are a departure from the status quo
MIllennial preferences a departure from status quo
Pharmacy
CDC concurs with panel on misapplication of opioid guidelines
CDC agrees opioid guidelines misapplied
Population Health
Screenings for social determinants of health need to be tailored to clinics, BU finds
SDOH screenings need to be tailored for clinics
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
With telehealth still evolving as a care delivery model, text-based care may offer the best quality for some patients
Text-based telemedicine: The next evolution?
Mergers & Acquisitions
JPMorgan Chase to acquire payments technology company InstaMed
JPMorgan Chase to acquire InstaMed
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Nov 28, 2016 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Staffing shortages top list of C-suite concerns in economic outlook, Premier says
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Nov 22, 2016 | Beth Jones Sanborn
UMass Amherst will pay $650,000 over HIPAA violations stemming from data breach
HHS Office for Civil Rights said lack of firewall to blame; breach exposed private information of more than…
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Nov 18, 2016 | Susan Morse
$31B in employer penalties expected, Accenture report says
Feds project $21 billion in penalties for avoiding ACA law, and another $10 billion for employers who are unintentionally…
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Nov 15, 2016 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Allina Health spent $105 million on two nurses' strikes in 2016, system says
Hefty price tag is "regrettable," but worthwhile as end result is "more sustainable cost structure…
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Oct 24, 2016 | Kaiser Health News
California RN wages highest nationwide, top national average by $30K
Hawaii and Massachusetts earn nearly as much as those in California, with average annual salaries of $90,000 and $88,000,…
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Oct 19, 2016 | Kaiser Health News
New law will bring needed specificity to health data on Asian populations
Officials will add 10 new categories involving a population of about a half a million people, according to the…
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Oct 07, 2016 | Kaiser Health News
Demand, backlog pose challenges for Zika testing in at-risk areas
80 percent of infected people don't show symptoms, so a test is the only way to know if they have contracted Zika.
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Sep 20, 2016 | Kaiser Health News
How Seattle's Swedish Medical Center is linking dentists, clinics to improve population health
Health centers and emergency departments are experimenting with a variety of programs that aim…
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Sep 15, 2016 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Henry Ford Health restructures systemwide debt in historic $1 billion transaction
Transaction is expected to cut more than $10 million in annual interest, lead to gains of $125 million in…
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Sep 14, 2016 | Jeff Lagasse
University of Utah Health Care's Value Driven Outcomes program improves care, lowers costs, findings show
After addressing inefficiencies in three common procedures, patients care improved…
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