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Reimbursement
OIG audit: CMS should improve hospital wage index adjustments for rural hospitals
OIG recommends CMS improve hospital wage index for rural hospitals
Revenue Cycle Management
Blue Shield of California expands payment collaboration with Dignity Health 
Blue Shield of California expands payment collaboration
Strategic Planning
AHA urges HHS to better coordinate COVID-19 vaccine rollout
AHA urges HHS to better coordinate COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Capital Finance
Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause
Healthcare M&As poised to come off extended pause
Supply Chain
Strategic National Stockpile is ready to meet federal response to COVID-19, officials say
Strategic National Stockpile is ready to meet response to COVID-19
Accounting & Financial Management
Healthcare venture fundraising rises to a new high of $17 billion
Venture fundraising rises to a high of $17B
Budgeting
Employers' health benefits costs expected to grow, but most won't take cost-saving measures
Employers' health benefits costs expected to increase in 2021
Quality and Safety
Workplace violence is 'epidemic and a concern for healthcare'
Workplace violence is 'epidemic and a concern for healthcare'
Billing and Collections
Northwell Health rescinds more than 2,500 patient medical bill lawsuits
Northwell Health rescinds more than 2,500 patient medical bill lawsuits
Claims Processing
Payers are working to meet deadline for interoperability mandate
Payers work to meet interoperability deadline
Workforce
Providence president and CEO steps into chair position for AHA
Providence president and CEO steps in chair position for AHA
Operations
Parkland Health and Hospital System turns to online staff training
Parkland Health and Hospital System turns to online staff training
Medical Devices
Faced with shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks
Heat and humidity effective at disinfecting N95 masks
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
$1.5B Children's Healthcare hospital to be named after donor, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
$1.5 Children's Healthcare hospital to be named for Falcons owner
Compliance & Legal
Surgical Care Affiliates indicted on charges of labor market collusion
SCA indicted on labor market collusion charges
Policy and Legislation
President-elect Joe Biden releases $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
President-elect Joe Biden releases $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
Community Benefit
UPMC offers emergency medical training program in underserved communities
UPMC offers EMS training program in underserved communities
Accountable Care
Updated with list: Majority of Next Generation ACOs earned shared savings
Updated list: Most Next Gen ACOs earned shared savings
Acute Care
Blood vessel damage, inflammation found in COVID-19 patients' brains, but no infection
COVID-19 patients show blood vessel damage, inflammation
Ambulatory Care
Oak Street Health opens three new clinics at Walmart supercenters in Texas
Oak Street Health opens new clinics at Walmart supercenters in Texas
Analytics
HIMSS Stage 7 explained: Only six organizations worldwide have achieved this status on three different maturity models
HIMSS Stage 7 explained
Business Intelligence
Northwell Health sends nurses to Henry Ford Health System as part of strategic alliance to fight COVID-19
Northwell, Henry Ford enter staff-sharing agreement
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 approves first Medicaid block grant waiver in Tennessee
CMS approves first Medicaid block grant waiver in Tennessee
Patient Engagement
Selecting the right vendor is key to improving the patient financial experience, finds KLAS
Selecting the right vendor key to improving patient financial experience
Pharmacy
Combination of drugs found to be effective in reducing COVID-19 recovery time
Drug combination found effective for COVID-19 recovery
Population Health
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas enters provider partnership to improve health outcomes
BCBSKS enters partnerships to improve health outcomes
Risk Management
FBI, HHS warn of 'increased and imminent' cyber threat to hospitals
FBI, HHS warn of 'increased and imminent' cyber threat to hospitals
Telehealth
Supreme Court rejects using telehealth for abortion
Supreme Court rejects using telehealth for abortion
Mergers & Acquisitions
FTC begins investigation of physician group mergers and orders insurers to share data
FTC begins investigation of physician group mergers
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Flo Health lands in hot water over data sharing; feds no longer holding back on vaccine doses
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How Middle East's digital transformation investment is paying off
Jan 12 | HIMSS TV
How Middle East's digital transformation investment is paying off
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eHealth Exchange chief looks at interoperability innovation
Jan 11 | HIMSS TV
eHealth Exchange chief looks at interoperability innovation
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Optum, Change are joining forces to create healthcare powerhouse; Haven pulls the plug
Jan 08 | HIMSS TV
Optum, Change are joining forces to create healthcare powerhouse; Haven pulls the plug
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E Ink's Digital Paper filling hospitals' digitization needs
Jan 06 | HIMSS TV
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The value of taking a holistic approach to cybersecurity
Jan 05 | HIMSS TV
The value of taking a holistic approach to cybersecurity
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How augmented intelligence brings together the best of machines, humans
Dec 30, 2020 | HIMSS TV
How augmented intelligence brings together the best of machines, humans
When building predictive models that improve, not drive, health disparities, turn to ...
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Why patients need access to their medical images
Dec 30, 2020 | HIMSS TV
Why patients need access to their medical images
PocketHealth Chief Patient Officer Dave deBronkart, aka "e-Patient Dave," details how patients and ...
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How interoperability can revolutionize population health and patient engagement
Dec 29, 2020 | HIMSS TV
How interoperability can revolutionize population health and patient engagement
Big data is going to be transformative, says Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for ...
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Minimizing risks of moving confidential data to the cloud
Dec 28, 2020 | HIMSS TV
Minimizing risks of moving confidential data to the cloud
Pritesh Parekh, chief trust and security officer at Virtustream, says managing security tools across ...
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