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Reimbursement
Hospitals furlough staff, reduce physician salaries waiting for CARES Act funds
Hospitals furlough staff, reduce physician salaries
Revenue Cycle Management
Managed care, revenue cycle performance strategies are critical to increasing payer yield
Managed care, rev cycle strategies can boost payer yield
Strategic Planning
Forecasting the future of HL7 FHIR at HIMSS20
Forecasting the future of FHIR
Capital Finance
Coronavirus is impacting the financial health of nonprofit hospitals, but CFOs have some options
How hospitals can mitigate the financial impact of coronavirus
Supply Chain
Strategies allow health leaders to plan for critical care surge during coronavirus pandemic
Critical care strategies for health leaders during pandemic
Accounting & Financial Management
Credit stress continues to rise in healthcare sector as maturities loom, social risks rise
Moody's: Credit stress is rising in healthcare
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
COVID-19: Shortages of protective equipment, insufficient tests plague hospitals, OIG finds
PPE, testing shortages plague hospitals, HHS finds
Billing and Collections
For payers, patients and employees, coronavirus spending could exceed $20,000 for the most serious cases
COVID-19 spending could top $20K for payers, patients
Claims Processing
Humana is expediting claims processing and prior authorization during COVID-19 pandemic
Humana is expediting claims and prior authorization
Workforce
Some COVID-19 patients still have coronavirus after symptoms disappear, possibly endangering health workers
Some COVID-19 patients are still infectious after symptoms abate
Operations
Retrospective denials, prior authorization may be straining hospital and patient finances
Prior authorization may be straining hospital finances
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
Quality of initial training makes a big difference in EHR satisfaction, KLAS report finds
Poor EHR training brings down provider satisfaction
Construction & Facilities Management
Kaiser Permanente cancels plans for $900 million headquarters in Oakland
Kaiser Permanente cancels $900M headquarters
Compliance & Legal
DOJ accuses Anthem of fraud in risk adjustment payments for its Medicare Advantage plans
DOJ accuses Anthem of fraud in risk adjustment for MA plans
Policy and Legislation
AHA wants federal stimulus funds to go directly to hospitals
AHA wants federal stimulus funds to go directly to hospitals
Community Benefit
Advocate Aurora Health contributed $2.1 billion to community charitable care and services in 2018
Advocate Aurora: $2.1B in charity care
Accountable Care
NAACOS urges CMMI to release more information on new payment model
NAACOS wants more information on new payment model
Acute Care
Critical care improvements may differ depending on a hospital's patient population
Patient population determines ICU improvements
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
How analytics, SDOH insights are helping reduce ED use
How analytics, SDOH insights are helping reduce ED use
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
Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls in new regulatory flexibility
Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls
Patient Engagement
Better data sharing between payers, providers can move the needle on social determinants of health
How data sharing can improve SDOH
Pharmacy
AHIP supports federal regulation of PBMs in Supreme Court case
AHIP supports federal PBM regulation in Supreme Court
Population Health
United Health Foundation donates $5 million to support the homeless, food insecure, during COVID-19 crisis
UnitedHealth donates $5M to help the homeless
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Mergers & Acquisitions
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center
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Capital Finance

Apr 02 | Jeff Lagasse
Coronavirus is impacting the financial health of nonprofit hospitals, but CFOs have some options
Revenue is tanking, while expenses are going up, as organizations prepare for big surges in…
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Mar 31 | Susan Morse
Cigna, Humana, other insurers waive costs for COVID-19 treatment
Humana joins Aetna in covering in-patient hospital admissions for COVID-19 related treatment.
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Mar 26 | Jeff Lagasse
Kaiser Permanente cancels plans for $900 million headquarters in Oakland
The decision is unrelated to the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Kaiser says.
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Mar 11 | Jeff Lagasse
Telehealth a target for venture capitalists as its potential to diagnose coronavirus grows
Faster internet speeds, better tech and avoiding other potentially sick patients is pushing…
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Mar 10 | Jeff Lagasse
Credit stress continues to rise in healthcare sector as maturities loom, social risks rise
Healthcare companies on Moody's list of lower-rated companies have about $41.6 billion of…
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Mar 09 | Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare private equity had a record year with deal values close to $79 billion
The increasing size of healthcare deal values stemmed primarily from large buyouts, as the average deal size…
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Feb 11 | Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions continue to be active, with a positive outlook for the future
Interest rates remain at historic lows and purchase price multipliers will likely be…
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Jan 31 | Jeff Lagasse
HIV outcomes, savings are improved by state-purchased insurance plans
Preventing the spread of infections could save as much as $41 million in healthcare costs and improve outcomes for those…
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Jan 24 | Jeff Lagasse
Four South Chicago hospitals pursuing $1.1 billion merger into one healthcare system
The hospitals cited persistent health inequities in the region despite effort and investment from the…
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Jan 15 | Jeff Lagasse
Reducing medical device life cycle costs an effective way to trim healthcare costs around the margins
The cost of ownership and repair of medical equipment, from infusion pumps to MRI…
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