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Reimbursement
Cigna, Humana, other insurers waive costs for COVID-19 treatment
Cigna, Humana, others waive COVID-19 costs
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
Coronavirus is impacting the financial health of nonprofit hospitals, but CFOs have some options
How hospitals can mitigate the financial impact of coronavirus
Supply Chain
Horizon BCBS New Jersey gives $2.5 million for personal protection equipment
Horizon BCBS New Jersey gives $2.5 million for PPE
Accounting & Financial Management
Credit stress continues to rise in healthcare sector as maturities loom, social risks rise
Moody's: Credit stress is rising in healthcare
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
Survey confirms physicians lack tests and equipment to fight COVID-19
Physician survey confirms tests, supplies are lacking to fight COVID-19
Billing and Collections
For payers, patients and employees, coronavirus spending could exceed $20,000 for the most serious cases
COVID-19 spending could top $20K for payers, patients
Claims Processing
Humana is expediting claims processing and prior authorization during COVID-19 pandemic
Humana is expediting claims and prior authorization
Workforce
Some COVID-19 patients still have coronavirus after symptoms disappear, possibly endangering health workers
Some COVID-19 patients are still infectious after symptoms abate
Operations
Retrospective denials, prior authorization may be straining hospital and patient finances
Prior authorization may be straining hospital finances
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
Kaiser Permanente cancels plans for $900 million headquarters in Oakland
Kaiser Permanente cancels $900M headquarters
Compliance & Legal
DOJ accuses Anthem of fraud in risk adjustment payments for its Medicare Advantage plans
DOJ accuses Anthem of fraud in risk adjustment for MA plans
Policy and Legislation
AHA wants federal stimulus funds to go directly to hospitals
AHA wants federal stimulus funds to go directly to hospitals
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
Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls in new regulatory flexibility
Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls
Patient Engagement
Better data sharing between payers, providers can move the needle on social determinants of health
How data sharing can improve SDOH
Pharmacy
AHIP supports federal regulation of PBMs in Supreme Court case
AHIP supports federal PBM regulation in Supreme Court
Population Health
United Health Foundation donates $5 million to support the homeless, food insecure, during COVID-19 crisis
UnitedHealth donates $5M to help the homeless
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Virtual health: From Camp Fire to coronavirus
Mergers & Acquisitions
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey
BMC Hospital to buy Bayonne Medical Center
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Videos

How telehealth can help with mental health during time of coronavirus
Apr 03 | HIMSS TV
How telehealth can help with mental health during time of coronavirus
Dr. John Torous, director of the digital psychiatry division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...
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Using tech to break down barriers to care traced to SDOH
Mar 27 | HIMSS TV
Using tech to break down barriers to care traced to SDOH
Deep Dive: The best way to address social determinants of health is to create an interconnected system ...
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Healthcare AI: The vast promise and very real hurdles
Mar 23 | HIMSS TV
Healthcare AI: The vast promise and very real hurdles
Deep Dive: Machine learning algorithms are already transforming healthcare - but much depends on how ...
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Putting tech to work in fight against COVID-19
Mar 18 | HIMSS TV
Putting tech to work in fight against COVID-19
Health systems around the world are addressing the needs of coronavirus patients with chatbots, drive-through clinics ...
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Population health: Using tech to help at-risk patients
Mar 16 | HIMSS TV
Population health: Using tech to help at-risk patients
In the first episode of The Alessi Agenda, Kevin Fenton, director of public health and wellbeing at Southwark, ...
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Looking toward healthcare's future in UAE
Mar 12 | HIMSS TV
Looking toward healthcare's future in UAE
Omar Fikree, vice president at Mubadala Investment Company, is working toward collaborating with a number of reputable ...
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How telehealth is improving healthcare access
Mar 09 | HIMSS TV
How telehealth is improving healthcare access
Deploying telehealth will improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of Saudi Arabia, says Mohannad Jameel M ...
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Using an interoperable approach to delivering high quality care
Mar 04 | HIMSS TV
Using an interoperable approach to delivering high quality care
Learn how University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has prioritized patient-centricity ...
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Telemedicine's challenges in Bahrain
Mar 04 | HIMSS TV
Telemedicine's challenges in Bahrain
Dr. Khatoon Shubbar, who is with Bahrain's ministry of health, says telemedicine has many challenges including access ...
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Enhancing digital capabilities for healthcare pros in Thailand
Mar 02 | HIMSS TV
Enhancing digital capabilities for healthcare pros in Thailand
Ekaraj Panjavinin, managing director of digital solutions at True Digital Group, says the creation of ...
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