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Reimbursement
COVID-19 pandemic driving steep volume and revenue declines as margins suffer
Pandemic drives steep volume, revenue declines in April
Revenue Cycle Management
Hospitals begin road to recovery
Hospitals begin road to recovery
Strategic Planning
What hospitals and health systems can do to recover financially from COVID-19
COVID-19: How hospitals can recover
Capital Finance
Hospital EHR spending projected to reach $9.9B by 2024
Hospital EHR spending projected to reach $9.9B by 2024
Supply Chain
Implementing lowest unit of measure concepts to supply chain can help offset COVID-19 costs
Using LUM to offset COVID-related supply chain costs
Accounting & Financial Management
HIMSSCast: The financial toll of COVID-19 for health systems
HIMSSCast: The financial toll of COVID-19
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
AHIP recommends insurers give 90-day grace period for pre-authorized procedures
AHIP recommends 90-day grace period for pre-authorized procedures
Billing and Collections
Blue Shield of California is offering providers up to $200 million during COVID-19 crisis
Blue Shield of California offers providers $200M
Claims Processing
Humana is expediting claims processing and prior authorization during COVID-19 pandemic
Humana is expediting claims and prior authorization
Workforce
Primary care physicians pushed to breaking point as more than half report no payments
Half of PCPs report no payments, high stress
Operations
CVS digital strategies due to COVID-19 helped drive strong first quarter
CVS digital strategies due to COVID-19 helped drive strong first quarter
Medical Devices
New standards will help advance medical device connectivity
New standards will help advance medical device connectivity
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
Court hears oral arguments in price transparency lawsuit
Court hears oral arguments in price transparency lawsuit
Policy and Legislation
HHS distributes $500 million to tribal hospitals, clinics, and urban health centers
HHS distributes $500M to tribal hospitals
Community Benefit
Cigna, New York Life create fund for grieving families
Cigna, New York Life create fund for grieving families
Accountable Care
HIMSSCast: How COVID-19 has accelerated healthcare trends, with MoneyBall Medicine's Harry Glorikian
HIMSSCast: How COVID-19 has accelerated healthcare trends
Acute Care
Stroke evaluations drop by nearly 40% during COVID-19 pandemic
Stroke evaluations drop 40% during pandemic
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft offer employers free COVID-19 screening app
UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft offer employers free COVID-19 screening app
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 sets guidance to reopening nursing homes to family and visitors
CMS sets guidance to reopening nursing homes
Patient Engagement
Most consumers have changed healthcare usage since COVID-19 pandemic, survey shows
COVID-19: Consumers changing healthcare usage
Pharmacy
HHS expands U.S.-based pharmaceutical manufacturing to get drugs to hospitals faster
HHS expands U.S-based pharmaceutical manufacturing
Population Health
With more children showing severe COVID-19 symptoms, pediatricians outline critical steps
Critical steps for children with COVID-19
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
In final rule, CMS makes telehealth more widely available in Medicare Advantage plans
CMS makes telehealth more widely available in MA plans
Mergers & Acquisitions
OptumHealth acquires post-acute care management platform naviHealth
OptumHealth acquires post-acute care management platform naviHealth
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How patient engagement tech keeps care moving during COVID-19 pandemic
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