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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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Policy and Legislation

May 10 | Susan Morse
HHS head Azar requested less money than Congress gave the agency
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar's proposal would cut funding to the CDC and NIH, focus on opioid epidemic…
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Penn experts call for Medicaid work requirement safeguards
May 10 | Jeff Lagasse
Penn experts say Medicaid work requirements raise ethical issues, call for safeguards now
Healthcare and legal experts say if work requirement policies persist many low-income individuals…
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Physician organizations nail down 4 policies for value-based care
May 10 | Jeff Lagasse
Aledade, MGMA, AAFP nail down 4 policies for value-based care
Physician organizations come together to help medical groups better manage the messy transition to new payment models.
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CMS: Time to remove telehealth barriers
May 10 | Susan Morse
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveils strategy to boost rural telehealth
Agency said in new Rural Health Strategy that it aims to improve access to care, increase quality and…
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Trump seeking cuts to CMMI, CHIP
May 09 | Susan Morse
President Trump's rescission proposal would cut CMMI, CHIP
Funds targeted were appropriated but never spent.
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May 08 | Susan Morse
Hospitals, insurers support bill for greater sharing of information of patients with substance use disorders
Some entities, such as ACOs, have to create work-arounds because they won't…
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NH is 4th state approved for Medicaid expansion work requirement
May 08 | Susan Morse
New Hampshire becomes 4th state to receive Medicaid expansion work requirement waiver
Kentucky Indiana and Arkansas have also received ACA waivers for work requirements under policies…
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May 07 | Susan Morse
ACOs that take on downside risk save Medicare money, but the majority would rather leave
Recent survey shows 71 percent of ACOs would likely leave Medicare Shared Savings Program if required…
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Federal funding cuts could hurt pediatric care
May 07 | Jeff Lagasse
Reduction in federal funding could reduce quality of specialized pediatric care, says upcoming study
Cuts could destabilize current specialty care referral networks serving children in need…
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Ways ACA reduced health disparities
May 04 | Jeff Lagasse
Ways the Affordable Care Act reduced healthcare disparities
Reductions in uninsured rates ranged from -14.3 percent in the Guamanian or Chamorro subgroup to -4.1 percent in the Japanese…
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