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Reimbursement
Hospitals furlough staff, reduce physician salaries waiting for CARES Act funds
Hospitals furlough staff, reduce physician salaries
Revenue Cycle Management
Managed care, revenue cycle performance strategies are critical to increasing payer yield
Managed care, rev cycle strategies can boost payer yield
Strategic Planning
Forecasting the future of HL7 FHIR at HIMSS20
Forecasting the future of FHIR
Capital Finance
Coronavirus is impacting the financial health of nonprofit hospitals, but CFOs have some options
How hospitals can mitigate the financial impact of coronavirus
Supply Chain
Strategies allow health leaders to plan for critical care surge during coronavirus pandemic
Critical care strategies for health leaders during pandemic
Accounting & Financial Management
Credit stress continues to rise in healthcare sector as maturities loom, social risks rise
Moody's: Credit stress is rising in healthcare
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
COVID-19: Shortages of protective equipment, insufficient tests plague hospitals, OIG finds
PPE, testing shortages plague hospitals, HHS finds
Billing and Collections
For payers, patients and employees, coronavirus spending could exceed $20,000 for the most serious cases
COVID-19 spending could top $20K for payers, patients
Claims Processing
Humana is expediting claims processing and prior authorization during COVID-19 pandemic
Humana is expediting claims and prior authorization
Workforce
Some COVID-19 patients still have coronavirus after symptoms disappear, possibly endangering health workers
Some COVID-19 patients are still infectious after symptoms abate
Operations
Retrospective denials, prior authorization may be straining hospital and patient finances
Prior authorization may be straining hospital finances
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
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
DOJ accuses Anthem of fraud in risk adjustment payments for its Medicare Advantage plans
DOJ accuses Anthem of fraud in risk adjustment for MA plans
Policy and Legislation
AHA wants federal stimulus funds to go directly to hospitals
AHA wants federal stimulus funds to go directly to hospitals
Community Benefit
Advocate Aurora Health contributed $2.1 billion to community charitable care and services in 2018
Advocate Aurora: $2.1B in charity care
Accountable Care
NAACOS urges CMMI to release more information on new payment model
NAACOS wants more information on new payment model
Acute Care
Critical care improvements may differ depending on a hospital's patient population
Patient population determines ICU improvements
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
How analytics, SDOH insights are helping reduce ED use
How analytics, SDOH insights are helping reduce ED use
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
Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls in new regulatory flexibility
Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls
Patient Engagement
Better data sharing between payers, providers can move the needle on social determinants of health
How data sharing can improve SDOH
Pharmacy
AHIP supports federal regulation of PBMs in Supreme Court case
AHIP supports federal PBM regulation in Supreme Court
Population Health
United Health Foundation donates $5 million to support the homeless, food insecure, during COVID-19 crisis
UnitedHealth donates $5M to help the homeless
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Mergers & Acquisitions
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center
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Mar 30 | Healthcare IT News Staff
Readers share their stories of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting them
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Mar 27 | Jeff Lagasse
Some COVID-19 patients still have coronavirus after symptoms disappear, possibly endangering health workers
The message is clear: Nurses and physicians should treat asymptomatic patients as…
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Mar 27 | Susan Morse
AMA wants visa process opened up to fill physician shortages
The physicians are needed to meet the demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, AMA says.
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Mar 26 | Jeff Lagasse
In the coronavirus age, loneliness and social isolation are pressing concerns for healthcare
Finding ways to connect meaningfully with patients is almost as important as those patients…
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Mar 25 | Susan Morse
$2 trillion stimulus package includes $100 billion request from hospitals
Many hospitals will not be able to survive the damage to their cash flow for longer than 60-90 days, report says.
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Mar 20 | Jonah Comstock
We want to hear your COVID-19 stories
How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you?
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Mar 18 | Jeff Lagasse
Experts stress radiology preparedness for COVID-19 coronavirus
The focus of most radiology departments has shifted from diagnostic capability to preparedness as the disease continues its…
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Mar 16 | Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare workers risk burnout, exposure in wake of coronavirus pandemic
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Mar 12 | Jeff Lagasse
Infection control measures in Hong Kong have protected healthcare workers from COVID-19 coronavirus
Standard infection-control practices have been effective, including vigilant hand hygiene,…
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Mar 10 | Jeff Lagasse
Best practices emerging for protecting healthcare workers from coronavirus
Mitigation strategies will become increasingly important as healthcare organizations look to protect their staff…
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