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Reimbursement
Trinity Heath anticipates $2 billion in losses and further layoffs as COVID-19 continues
Trinity Health is expecting $2B in losses
Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare CFOs look to technology and automation for COVID-19 recovery
CFOs look to tech for COVID-19 recovery
Strategic Planning
Health Partners adds Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania to network
Health Plan Partners adds Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania
Capital Finance
Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors despite COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors
Supply Chain
National stockpiling standards are needed to address product shortages, Premier says
Premier: National stockpiling standards are needed
Accounting & Financial Management
Hospitals have received most of the loans from the Paycheck Protection Program
Hospitals have received the most PPP loans
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
Mayo Clinic announces advanced care at home model with Medically Home
Mayo Clinic announces advanced care at home
Billing and Collections
Blue Shield of California is offering providers up to $200 million during COVID-19 crisis
Blue Shield of California offers providers $200M
Claims Processing
Epic connects with HCSC on payer data exchange platform
Epic connects with HCSC on payer data exchange platform
Workforce
Hospitals see an increase in jobs for first time in two months, BLS reports
Hospital jobs see increase in June
Operations
Hospitals continue to bear the burden of the COVID-19 surge
Hospitals continue to bear the burden of COVID-19 surge
Medical Devices
Report says Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 14 day system cuts diabetes management costs
Report says Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 14 day system cuts diabetes management costs
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
Ten indicted in $1.4B multi-state hospital testing fraud scheme
Ten indicted in $1.4B multi-state hospital testing fraud scheme
Policy and Legislation
HHS announces billion-dollar push toward experimental COVID-19 vaccine
HHS announces billion-dollar push toward experimental COVID-19 vaccine
Community Benefit
Harvard Pilgrim is providing $30 million in premium credits to all its fully-insured employer groups
Harvard Pilgrim is providing $30M in premium credits
Accountable Care
Blue Shield California's Health Reimagined ties provider pay to quality and patient satisfaction
Blue Shield California pilot includes value-based reimbursement 
Acute Care
New Orleans hospital provides microcosm of COVID-19's effects on ED volumes
New Orleans hospitals shows coronavirus effects on ED
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Colorado HIEs have improved outcomes, costs for jails via speedy information access
HIEs in Colorado have lowered costs for inmate care
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
Medicare's race, ethnic data often undercounts minority populations
Medicare race data undercounts minorities
Patient Engagement
Loneliness is an issue for COVID-19 patients that tech alone can't solve, says former HIMSS employee
Loneliness is an issue for COVID-19 patients that tech alone can't solve
Pharmacy
Compounded drug market needs transparency, more regulatory certainty, says Pew
Compounded drug market needs transparency
Population Health
Medicaid expansion has led to earlier cancer detection among individuals with low incomes
Medicaid expansion helped cancer detection
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Telehealth claims increased significantly between April 2019 and 2020, report shows
Telehealth claims increased because of pandemic
Mergers & Acquisitions
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are down, but not as much as anticipated
M&A is down, but not as much as expected
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Operations

Jul 08 |
Hospitals see an increase in jobs for first time in two months, BLS reports
Hospitals gained about 6,700 jobs last month, following losses of 27,000 in May.
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Jul 08 | Susan Morse
Hospitals continue to bear the burden of the COVID-19 surge
The AHA is asking Congress for financial support with other relief in regulatory measures, the biggest being the use of telehealth.
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Jul 07 | Jeff Lagasse
Texas hospitals abound in Lown top hospitals index
It's the ranking and measuring of particular metrics that the Lown Institute uses to differentiate its rankings from other top…
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Jul 07 | Susan Morse
AHA, others urge HHS to delay price transparency rule due to COVID-19
The groups said the rule would pose a burden to hospitals and health systems responding to the COVID-19 public health…
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Jul 06 | Susan Morse
CMS proposes Medicare payment changes to increase the use of dialysis in the home
The proposed changes would encourage the development of certain new and innovative home dialysis machines,…
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Jul 06 |
Telehealth claims increased significantly between April 2019 and 2020, report shows
Every month this year telehealth usage increased, but it wasn't until the pandemic that the numbers…
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Jul 06 | Jeff Lagasse
COVID-19 showing significant mental health impact, national survey shows
There has been a broad range of specific emotional effects related to the pandemic, and certain stressors affected a…
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Jul 06 | Jeff Lagasse
Primary care doctors say they're not ready for the next COVID-19 surge
Primary care practices are feeling the pressure on multiple fronts, from a lack of PPE to ever-thinning margins and…
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Jul 06 | Susan Morse
Harvard Pilgrim is providing $30 million in premium credits to all its fully-insured employer groups
The insurer will provide an additional $6 million in financial support to independent…
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Jul 02 |
Blue Shield California's Health Reimagined ties provider pay to quality and patient satisfaction
A real-time claims initiative is available statewide to help generate better cash flow for…
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