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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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Policy and Legislation

Mar 02 | Susan Morse
Merck to open facilities to Johnson & Johnson for speedier COVID-19 vaccine production  
President Joe Biden says there will be enough of the vaccine for all American adults by the end of…
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Mar 02 | Susan Morse
CMS gives $2.3 million in additional Navigator funding for ACA special enrollment period
Navigators reach underserved communities that historically have experienced lower access to health…
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Providers may seek federal reimbursement for costs incurred for COVID-19 testing or vaccines to those who are uninsured.
Feb 26 | Susan Morse
Health plans banned from denying coverage of COVID-19 tests for asymptomatic individuals
Providers may seek federal reimbursement for costs incurred for COVID-19 testing or vaccines to those…
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The treatment uses two monoclonal antibodies, bamlanivimab and etesevimab, to treat nonhospitalized high-risk COVID-19 patients.
Feb 26 | Jeff Lagasse
Biden Administration secures supply of new COVID-19 therapeutic treatment
The treatment uses two monoclonal antibodies, bamlanivimab and etesevimab, to treat nonhospitalized high-risk…
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Feb 26 | Susan Morse
Biden signs executive order to spur domestic supply chain
The order is to correct a lesson learned from COVID-19 on dependence on countries such as China for PPE supplies.
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Social determinants of health become an important factor in determining whether certain populations are more vulnerable than others.
Feb 25 | Jeff Lagasse
Human rights law can provide a fair, transparent framework for vaccine allocations
Social determinants of health become an important factor in determining whether certain populations are…
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Feb 24 | Susan Morse
Hospitals want $35 billion in $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package
New analysis shows total hospital revenue in 2021 could be down between $53 billion and $122 billion from pre-pandemic…
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U.S. Supreme Court building
Feb 23 | Jeff Lagasse
Supreme Court will hear challenge to Trump Administration's 'public charge' rule
Rule requires legal immigrants to submit to a public charge determination if they use public benefits,…
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Person in mask stares through a window
Feb 22 | Jeff Lagasse
Combined vaccination and physical distancing are enough to prevent future COVID-19 surges
The hospital industry has been beset by coronavirus surges, stretching finances and resources thin.
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Brooks-LaSure formerly worked for the Obama Administration within CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Feb 18 | Mallory Hackett
Biden chooses Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Brooks-LaSure formerly worked for the Obama Administration within CMS and the Department of Health and…
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