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Reimbursement
Lowering anesthesiology costs is a tangible benefit of value-based care frameworks
Lowering anesthesiology costs a benefit of value-based care
Revenue Cycle Management
30% of hospitals and health systems using revenue cycle automation require two or more vendors
30% of hospitals use multiple RCM vendors
Strategic Planning
The top ten things CEOs got right during the pandemic
The top ten things CEOs got right during the pandemic
Capital Finance
Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause
Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause
Supply Chain
Hospitals need vaccine supply predictability 'all the way to the loading docks'
Hospitals need vaccine supply predictability
Accounting & Financial Management
Kaiser Permanente hit by pandemic but remains in the black in 2020
Kaiser remains in the black in 2020
Budgeting
Employers' health benefits costs expected to grow, but most won't take cost-saving measures
Employers' health benefits costs expected to increase in 2021
Quality and Safety
Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces in hospitals
Biomaterials could mean better vaccines
Billing and Collections
CMS issues billing codes for Eli Lilly's COVID-19 antibody treatment
CMS issues billing codes for Eli Lilly's COVID-19 antibody treatment
Claims Processing
Payers are working to meet deadline for interoperability mandate
Payers work to meet interoperability deadline
Workforce
Healthcare employment falls for the first time since last April
Healthcare employment falls for the first time since last April
Operations
Methodist Hospital of Southern California uses automated contact tracing to contain COVID-19
Methodist Hospital uses automated contact tracing to contain COVID-19
Medical Devices
Faced with shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks
Heat and humidity effective at disinfecting N95 masks
Hospital/physician relations
AMA removes bust of founder from public display over racist past
AMA removes bust of 'racist' founder
Construction & Facilities Management
$1.5B Children's Healthcare hospital to be named after donor, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
$1.5 Children's Healthcare hospital to be named for Falcons owner
Compliance & Legal
Athenahealth to pay $18.25M for alleged False Claims Act violations
Athenahealth to pay $18.25M for alleged False Claims Act violations
Policy and Legislation
Health plans banned from denying coverage of COVID-19 tests for asymptomatic individuals
Health plans banned from denying coverage of COVID-19 tests
Community Benefit
Universal coverage of long-term care for older Americans may stabilize provider revenues
Universal long-term care coverage may benefit providers
Accountable Care
Updated with list: Majority of Next Generation ACOs earned shared savings
Updated list: Most Next Gen ACOs earned shared savings
Acute Care
Blood vessel damage, inflammation found in COVID-19 patients' brains, but no infection
COVID-19 patients show blood vessel damage, inflammation
Ambulatory Care
Oak Street Health opens three new clinics at Walmart supercenters in Texas
Oak Street Health opens new clinics at Walmart supercenters in Texas
Analytics
Automating 'high level' healthcare tasks can create high value savings
Automating 'high level' healthcare tasks can create high value savings
Business Intelligence
Fourth quarter COVID-19 costs catch up to insurers
Fourth quarter COVID-19 costs catch up to insurers
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 gives $2.3 million in additional Navigator funding for ACA special enrollment period
CMS gives $2.3M in additional Navigator funding
Patient Engagement
A more active role for consumers will decelerate health spending over the next two decades
Active consumers will decelerate health spending
Pharmacy
Merck to open facilities to Johnson & Johnson for speedier COVID-19 vaccine production  
Merck opening facilities to J & J for COVID-19 vaccine production  
Population Health
HIMSSCast: Health equity, caregiver diversity and COVID-19
Health equity, caregiver diversity, and COVID-19
Risk Management
FBI, HHS warn of 'increased and imminent' cyber threat to hospitals
FBI, HHS warn of 'increased and imminent' cyber threat to hospitals
Telehealth
Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds
Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds
Mergers & Acquisitions
Jefferson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network merger moves forward after FTC withdraws challenge
Jefferson-Einstein merger moves forward after FTC withdraws challenge
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Patient Engagement

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Feb 22 | Susan Morse
CVS Health, Lyft and YMCA team for equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccination site
The organizations will directly fund rides through route ride credits using Lyft's transportation…
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Clinician care teams identify and support a select group of MA members living with multiple chronic conditions.
Feb 18 | Jeff Lagasse
Humana launches Care Support pilot to help Medicare Advantage members manage chronic conditions
Clinician care teams identify and support a select group of MA members living with multiple…
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Feb 17 | Susan Morse
Biden administration invests $1.6 billion in COVID-19 testing 
K-8 schools and underserved settings, such as homeless shelters, will get $650 million to expand testing.
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New CVS Health President and CEO Karen Lynch
Feb 16 | Jeff Lagasse
Aetna to reenter the Affordable Care Act market
The ACA business has improved and Aetna will sell individual coverage in 2022, CEO says.
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Person in scrubs with tablet
Feb 16 | Susan Morse
AI can help make physicians' lives easier
For AI to have impact, it must take a human-centered approach, easily integrate into physician workflows and be friendly to use.
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Feb 15 | Jeff Lagasse
Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits grew in 36 out of 41 categories for 2021
The most widely offered benefits include vision, hearing, fitness and dental care.
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Organizations must reorient to care for patients in and out of the clinical setting, according to Anjali Taneja, executive director of Casa de Salud.
Feb 11 | Mallory Hackett
The role of health systems in empowering communities
Organizations must reorient to care for patients in and out of the clinical setting, according to Anjali Taneja, executive director of…
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Feb 10 | Jeff Lagasse
A more active role for consumers will decelerate health spending over the next two decades
New data-driven business models will create what Deloitte calls a "well-being dividend,"…
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The efforts will be enabled by new $350,000 Racial Equity and Justice Grants that support minority-led not-for-profit organizations.
Feb 03 | Jeff Lagasse
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announces plan to address racial health inequities
The efforts will be enabled by new $350,000 Racial Equity and Justice Grants that support…
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Feb 02 | Jeff Lagasse
Humana teams up with DispatchHealth to provide home healthcare services
Members living with multiple chronic conditions will have an opportunity to be treated safely at home and thereby…
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