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Reimbursement
CMS: Innovative new payment models are coming -- and some will be mandatory
CMS: New innovative payment models coming
Revenue Cycle Management
Change Healthcare puts blockchain claims processing tech on Amazon Web Services
AWS, Change apply blockchain to claims processing
Strategic Planning
Hurricane Florence: Lessons from hospitals that survived recent natural disasters
As Hurricane Florence comes, lessons from other disasters
Capital Finance
Healthcare spending in the U.S. sends damaging ripple effect across other major sectors, households, Moody's report says
Healthcare spending could cripple major sectors of U.S. economy, Moody's report says
Supply Chain
Hospital supply chain directors brace for impact from Trump tariff threats
Hospital supply chain leaders brace for Trump tariff threat impact
Accounting & Financial Management
Hospital profits in Massachusetts shriveling due to financial pressure
Massachusetts hospitals see profits shrinking
Budgeting
Sustainable cost control tops list of priorities for healthcare executives, Advisory Board study says
Advisory Board: Sustainable cost control is top priority for healthcare executives
Quality and Safety
Few health insurance plans rank highest or lowest in NCQA's plan ratings
Few insurance plans rank highest or lowest in NCQA ratings
Billing and Collections
More than half of Americans have been surprised by a medical bill, survey shows
57 percent of Americans have been surprised by medical bill
Claims Processing
Silver lining: Million dollar medical claims leap 87%
Silver lining: Million dollar medical claims leap 87%
Workforce
Fatigue, scheduling, data all contributors to pervasive physician burnout epidemic
Physician burnout rooted in fatigue
Operations
Scribes ease physician administrative burden and boost patient experience, JAMA study says
JAMA: Scribes ease EHR workload and improve patient experience
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
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 biggest hospital construction projects that kicked off in August
Biggest constructions projects of August
Compliance & Legal
American Hospital Association suing HHS over delay in implementing drug pricing rule for 340B
AHA, others, suing HHS over 340B delay
Policy and Legislation
HHS doles out more than $1 billion in grants to various HHS orgs to fight opioid epidemic
HHS doles out more than $1 billion in grants to fight opioid epidemic
Community Benefit
University Hospitals scores $200,000 award to broaden implementation of new technology to combat opioid abuse
University Hospitals scores $200K to expand anti-opioid abuse technology
Accountable Care
MSSP ACOs saved more money than CMS reported, says National Association of ACOs
MSSP ACOs saved more money than CMS reported, NAAACO says
Acute Care
Urgent care visits increase as emergency room visits fall, study finds
Urgent care visits rise, emergency room visits fall
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
EHR investments slowing down as hospitals cite high costs, study finds
EHR investments slowing down
Business Intelligence
Andy Anderson takes reins of Combined Medical Group featuring two large New Jersey health systems
Anderson is new CEO of NJ's Combined Medical Group
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 removes Medicare requirements identified as unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome
CMS nixes "excessively burdensome" Medicare requirements
Patient Engagement
Low consumer health fluency could lead to billions in tax savings on table during open enrollment
Low financial fluency could leave tax savings on table
Pharmacy
Pharmacy benefit managers operate with lack of transparency, expert finds
PBMs lack transparency, experts say
Population Health
Provider workforce gap will only grow with 'Silver Tsunami'
Provider workforce gap will grow with 'Silver Tsunami'
Risk Management
Accountable care organizations: Time to make risk-adjustment more stable
ACOs to CMS: Time to stabilize risk-adjustment
Telehealth
CVS MinuteClinic rolls out telehealth app with Teladoc
CVS MinuteClinic rolls out telehealth app with Teladoc
Mergers & Acquisitions
DOJ wants Aetna, CVS Health to divest Part D plans before merger approval
Aetna, CVS Health need to divest Part D plans, DOJ says
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Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades When Leapfrog released their Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals got slapped with a very public 'F' grade casting a spotlight on them that no institution wants. ...
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