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Reimbursement
Insurers will cover testing of coronavirus, AHIP says
Insurers to cover coronavirus testing
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
Investment in medical and health R&D not keeping up with needs of nation, report finds
Healthcare R&D investments lag disease burden
Supply Chain
Healthcare vendor data breaches prove costly, necessitating automation and process changes to curb costs
Vendor data breaches costly, require organizational change
Accounting & Financial Management
Ransomware attacks spike, costing healthcare organizations millions
Ransomware attacks costing healthcare millions
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
Coronavirus fight: $8 billion spending package, $35 million from HHS
COVID-19 fight: $8B from Congress and $35M from HHS
Billing and Collections
One in 5 operations may lead to surprise bills, even when the surgeon and hospital are in-network
1 in 5 operations may lead to surprise bills
Claims Processing
BCBS Institute and Solera partner, pay SDoH organizations through outcomes-based medical claims
BCBS Institute, Solera, to pay organizations through outcomes-based claims
Workforce
Moral distress among physicians caring for older adults a persistent strain of burnout
Moral distress affecting physician burnout
Operations
Coronavirus forces cancellation of HIMSS20
Coronavirus forces cancellation of HIMSS20
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
Cape Cod Healthcare building $180M patient tower, investing in EHR
CCHC building $180M patient tower
Compliance & Legal
Michigan doc charged in $120 million healthcare fraud, money laundering scheme
Michigan doc charged in $120M fraud scheme
Policy and Legislation
Supreme Court to hear Affordable Care Act case next term
Supreme Court to hear ACA case
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
CMS selects 205 applicants for new Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport Model
CMS selects 205 applicants for new emergency model
Patient Engagement
BCBS Kansas City partners for two IT engagement solutions
BCBS Kansas City partners for two IT engagement solutions
Pharmacy
Drug prices rose three times faster than inflation over the last decade, even after discounts
Drug prices rise 3x faster than inflation
Population Health
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health says COVID-19 coronavirus is contained in New Hampshire
DH-H: COVID-19 in NH is contained
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Telehealth interventions associated with improved obstetric outcomes
Telehealth is improving obstetric outcomes
Mergers & Acquisitions
FTC and Pennsylvania challenge proposed merger of two Philly hospital systems
FTC challenges PA health system merger
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