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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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Capital Finance

Two rural Arizona Hospitals shut their doors
Jun 18 | Jeff Lagasse
Two Arizona Hospitals shut their doors, highlighting struggles of rural and community hospitals
Rural hospitals have been closing their doors at a record clip in recent years, losing revenue…
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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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M&A playing role in scale, market share
Jun 04 | Jeff Lagasse
Mergers, acquisitions playing role in achieving scale, marketplace competition
More than half of senior executives cite market share as the primary driver behind their moves toward…
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AHA, Philips, UPMC launch $30M venture fund
May 22 | Dave Muoio, Mobihealth News
AHA, Philips, UPMC launch $30M venture fund for cardiovascular innovation
The new fund will be looking for healthcare companies that can provide measurable prevention or treatment, whether…
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Compensation for docs rises 10 percent in 5 years
May 16 | Jeff Lagasse
Physician compensation rises 10 percent in 5 years, linked to doctor shortage
Practices offered more benefits to attract and retain physicians including higher signing bonuses, continuing…
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May 09 | Susan Morse
Town Hall Ventures to invest in healthcare companies that serve vulnerable populations
New partnership led by Andy Slavitt, Trevor Price and David Whelan joins trend of focusing on medically…
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Cigna, CVS Health CEOs bank on PBMs
May 03 | Susan Morse
Cigna, CVS Health CEOs bank on pharmacy benefit managers for cost savings
Pharmacy benefit manager alignments will help control the big expense of prescription drugs, Cigna and Aetna…
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UnitedHealth Group grows Q1 profits with Medicare Advantage
Apr 17 | Susan Morse
UnitedHealth Group grows first quarter profits driven by Medicare Advantage
UnitedHealthcare expecting the 33 percent of seniors now in plans to grow to over 50 percent in the next 5-10…
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Healthcare VC hits $6.8 bill in Q1
Apr 16 | Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare tops all industries in 2018 first-quarter venture capital with $6.8 billion
Biopharmaceuticals garnered about half of the funding so far this year.
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Apr 04 | Bernie Monegain
Welltok raises $75 million to expand, develop new population health products
Welltok, the Denver-based software-as-a-service company that built the CafeWell Health Optimization Platform, has…
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