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Reimbursement
Trinity Heath anticipates $2 billion in losses and further layoffs as COVID-19 continues
Trinity Health is expecting $2B in losses
Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare CFOs look to technology and automation for COVID-19 recovery
CFOs look to tech for COVID-19 recovery
Strategic Planning
Health Partners adds Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania to network
Health Plan Partners adds Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania
Capital Finance
Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors despite COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors
Supply Chain
National stockpiling standards are needed to address product shortages, Premier says
Premier: National stockpiling standards are needed
Accounting & Financial Management
Hospitals have received most of the loans from the Paycheck Protection Program
Hospitals have received the most PPP loans
Budgeting
A dynamic healthcare budget process may trump traditional budgeting in terms of accuracy, flexibility
Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process
Quality and Safety
Mayo Clinic announces advanced care at home model with Medically Home
Mayo Clinic announces advanced care at home
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
Epic connects with HCSC on payer data exchange platform
Epic connects with HCSC on payer data exchange platform
Workforce
Hospitals see an increase in jobs for first time in two months, BLS reports
Hospital jobs see increase in June
Operations
Hospitals continue to bear the burden of the COVID-19 surge
Hospitals continue to bear the burden of COVID-19 surge
Medical Devices
Report says Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 14 day system cuts diabetes management costs
Report says Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 14 day system cuts diabetes management costs
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
Ten indicted in $1.4B multi-state hospital testing fraud scheme
Ten indicted in $1.4B multi-state hospital testing fraud scheme
Policy and Legislation
HHS announces billion-dollar push toward experimental COVID-19 vaccine
HHS announces billion-dollar push toward experimental COVID-19 vaccine
Community Benefit
Harvard Pilgrim is providing $30 million in premium credits to all its fully-insured employer groups
Harvard Pilgrim is providing $30M in premium credits
Accountable Care
Blue Shield California's Health Reimagined ties provider pay to quality and patient satisfaction
Blue Shield California pilot includes value-based reimbursement 
Acute Care
New Orleans hospital provides microcosm of COVID-19's effects on ED volumes
New Orleans hospitals shows coronavirus effects on ED
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Colorado HIEs have improved outcomes, costs for jails via speedy information access
HIEs in Colorado have lowered costs for inmate care
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
Medicare's race, ethnic data often undercounts minority populations
Medicare race data undercounts minorities
Patient Engagement
Loneliness is an issue for COVID-19 patients that tech alone can't solve, says former HIMSS employee
Loneliness is an issue for COVID-19 patients that tech alone can't solve
Pharmacy
Compounded drug market needs transparency, more regulatory certainty, says Pew
Compounded drug market needs transparency
Population Health
Medicaid expansion has led to earlier cancer detection among individuals with low incomes
Medicaid expansion helped cancer detection
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Telehealth claims increased significantly between April 2019 and 2020, report shows
Telehealth claims increased because of pandemic
Mergers & Acquisitions
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are down, but not as much as anticipated
M&A is down, but not as much as expected
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Digital tools are helping hospitals get staffing help amid COVID-19
Jun 24 | HIMSS TV
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Availity helping providers get COVID-19 claims approved
Jun 23 | HIMSS TV
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Availity is working with providers to bill COVID-19 encounters, says CEO Russ Thomas.
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Exploring the long, bumpy road to interoperability
Jun 22 | HIMSS TV
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HHS looking at early 2021 for COVID-19 vaccine; telehealth is here to stay
Jun 19 | HIMSS TV
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How AI can cut down the overwhelming demands of the coronavirus
Jun 19 | HIMSS TV
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Israel's Clalit Research Institute implements innovation at scale
Jun 18 | HIMSS TV
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AI's growing role in helping diabetes, chronic conditions
Jun 17 | HIMSS TV
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Digital health: The new standard in a post-COVID-19 world
Jun 16 | HIMSS TV
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Leading health and tech experts share what framework adjustments are needed to harness our digital ...
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Understanding role of patient, family input in healthcare
Jun 15 | HIMSS TV
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