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Reimbursement
Readmissions may be reduced through effective skilled nursing facility-to-home transition strategies
Reducing readmissions via SNF transitions
Revenue Cycle Management
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveils five primary care payment model options
CMS unveils five primary care payment model options
Strategic Planning
Sutter Health | Aetna adds Stanford Health Care to network
Sutter Health | Aetna adds Stanford Health Care
Capital Finance
Hospitals improve financial performance, but volumes are slipping
Report: Hospital volumes are slipping
Supply Chain
Nearly all hospital leaders say supply chain optimization improves margins, survey shows
98% say supply chain optimization boosts margins
Accounting & Financial Management
Community Health Systems sees major drop in net losses over 2017, reporting $328 million for Q4 2018
CHS reports major drop in net losses for Q4 2018
Budgeting
High healthcare use linked with lower prices, according to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
High healthcare use linked with lower prices
Quality and Safety
The nation's 15 top health systems, as ranked by IBM Watson Health
IBM Watson Health lists top 15 health systems
Billing and Collections
AMA, UnitedHealthcare team up on billing codes that address social determinants of health
AMA, UnitedHealth team on SDoH ICD-10 codes
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
For busy medical students, two-hour meditation study may be as beneficial as a longer course
Meditation may help reduce medical student burnout
Operations
Eliminating routine but low-value preoperative tests for cataract surgery patients associated with cost savings
Cost savings through eliminating low-value cataract tests
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
Wording in medical student evaluations differ by gender, minority status, revealing potential bias
Gender, minority bias revealed in med student evals
Construction & Facilities Management
Northwell Health, NYC Health + Hospitals open new $47.7 million joint lab to help hospitals focus on emergency testing, cut costs
Northwell Health, NYC Health + Hospitals open new $47.7M joint lab
Compliance & Legal
Sutter Health pays $30 million to settle alleged overpayment of Medicare Advantage funds
Sutter Health pays $30M to settle MA overpayment
Policy and Legislation
GOP-led 'repeal and replace' ACA debate already impacting women's health, study finds
ACA repeal debate impacting women's health
Community Benefit
Kaiser Permanente commits $1.65 million to California wildfire relief efforts
Kaiser Permanente commits $1.65 million to California wildfire relief efforts
Accountable Care
Cerner and naviHealth launch EHR-agnostic tool to support BPCI Advanced participants
Cerner, naviHealth, launch BPCI Advanced solution
Acute Care
University of Chicago Medicine study shows need to enhance patient rest, evaluate overnight interruptions for better patient experience
University of Chicago Medicine study shows how to help patients rest for improved experience
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
EmblemHealth works with physician group to deploy HealthReveal clinical AI tool within Epic EHR
EmblemHealth works with physician group to deploy HealthReveal clinical AI tool within Epic EHR
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 proposes $887 million increase for skilled nursing facilities
CMS proposes $887M increase for skilled nursing facilities
Patient Engagement
How the 'A' in 'AI' can stand for 'Assistive,' and what that means for providers and patients
Should 'AI' stand for 'Assistive Technology?'
Pharmacy
PBM execs say competition, biosimilars are solutions to lowering drug prices
PBMs say competition, more biosimilars are needed to lower drug prices
Population Health
Mandatory sugar labels could generate healthcare savings, improve health in a cost-effective way
Study: Sugar labels could save billions
Risk Management
Hospital employees are clicking on phishing emails, and that's a problem, JAMA study shows
JAMA: Hospital employees are clicking on phishing emails
Telehealth
Blue Cross NC $750,000 grant funds expansion of school-based telehealth
Blue Cross NC funds school-based telehealth
Mergers & Acquisitions
Hospital merger and acquisition volume in the first quarter was the lowest in nearly a decade
M&A volume in Q1 lowest in nearly 10 years
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