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Reimbursement
Readmissions may be reduced through effective skilled nursing facility-to-home transition strategies
Reducing readmissions via SNF transitions
Revenue Cycle Management
Blockchain prototype aims to speed revenue cycle transactions
Blockchain prototype could speed revenue cycle transactions
Strategic Planning
Sutter Health | Aetna adds Stanford Health Care to network
Sutter Health | Aetna adds Stanford Health Care
Capital Finance
Hospitals improve financial performance, but volumes are slipping
Report: Hospital volumes are slipping
Supply Chain
Nearly all hospital leaders say supply chain optimization improves margins, survey shows
98% say supply chain optimization boosts margins
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
High healthcare use linked with lower prices, according to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
High healthcare use linked with lower prices
Quality and Safety
When doctors address bad reviews, patient satisfaction can double
Addressing bad reviews can boost patient satisfaction
Billing and Collections
AMA, UnitedHealthcare team up on billing codes that address social determinants of health
AMA, UnitedHealth team on SDoH ICD-10 codes
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
For busy medical students, two-hour meditation study may be as beneficial as a longer course
Meditation may help reduce medical student burnout
Operations
Eliminating routine but low-value preoperative tests for cataract surgery patients associated with cost savings
Cost savings through eliminating low-value cataract tests
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 and 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
Sutter Health pays $30 million to settle alleged overpayment of Medicare Advantage funds
Sutter Health pays $30M to settle MA overpayment
Policy and Legislation
GOP-led 'repeal and replace' ACA debate already impacting women's health, study finds
ACA repeal debate impacting women's health
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
Cerner and naviHealth launch EHR-agnostic tool to support BPCI Advanced participants
Cerner, naviHealth, launch BPCI Advanced solution
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
EmblemHealth works with physician group to deploy HealthReveal clinical AI tool within Epic EHR
EmblemHealth works with physician group to deploy HealthReveal clinical AI tool within Epic EHR
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 reduces exchange user fees, changes coupon policy for brand name drugs in 2020 final rule
CMS reduces exchange user fees, changes drug coupon policy in final rule
Patient Engagement
How the 'A' in 'AI' can stand for 'Assistive,' and what that means for providers and patients
Should 'AI' stand for 'Assistive Technology?'
Pharmacy
PBM execs say competition, biosimilars are solutions to lowering drug prices
PBMs say competition, more biosimilars are needed to lower drug prices
Population Health
Mandatory sugar labels could generate healthcare savings, improve health in a cost-effective way
Study: Sugar labels could save billions
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
Blue Cross NC $750,000 grant funds expansion of school-based telehealth
Blue Cross NC funds school-based telehealth
Mergers & Acquisitions
Hospital merger and acquisition volume in the first quarter was the lowest in nearly a decade
M&A volume in Q1 lowest in nearly 10 years
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Community Benefit

Apr 17 | Jeff Lagasse
Safety-net hospitals fare better under new Medicare reimbursement rules
Large hospitals and teaching hospitals are the most likely to see reduced penalties; those in states with high…
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Apr 09 | Jeff Lagasse
GOP-led 'repeal and replace' ACA debate already impacting women's health, study finds
Searches for IUDs were 15 percent higher than expected following the 2016 election -- 10 to 21 million…
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Apr 01 |
BCBS Institute and Solera partner, pay SDoH organizations through outcomes-based medical claims
The collaboration allows health plans to pay for healthcare-related social services delivered…
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Mar 08 | Beth Jones Sanborn
CDC urges hospitals to step up their protections, protocols against staph infections
In 2017, more than 119,000 bloodstream staph infections occurred and 20,000 people died from them.…
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Mar 05 | Beth Jones Sanborn
New York City Health + Hospitals gets $1.5 million grant to expand use of arts in clinical care, staff wellness
Grant will create, expand patient care programs and staff initiatives to…
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Mar 04 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Time's Up Healthcare seeks to drive cultural change, break down culture of inequality, harassment
The organization says healthcare professionals represent the second largest group to have…
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Mar 01 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Hurricane Michael-ravaged Bay Medical Sacred Heart to cease infant delivery services
The system cited a lack of space as reason behind the decision, which means 20 staff members will lose…
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Feb 27 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Travel and wait times for healthcare are the worst among professional sectors, Altarum report says.
When travel and wait times were quantified using hourly wage to measure "economic…
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Feb 22 | Beth Jones Sanborn
Rising from the ashes: How Adventist Feather River is moving on after the Camp Fire wreaked havoc
Jill Kinney said in the face of disaster, training saved lives. And as a health system, your…
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Feb 21 | Jeff Lagasse
New nurses work overtime, long shifts, and sometimes a second job, research shows
Overtime in particular has been negatively associated with patient care, and a good proportion of nurses are…
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