Topics
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 models
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 to pay for transformative IT
CMS proposes to pay for transformative IT
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
Short-term wellness programs having minimal impact on healthcare costs
Minimal impact shown with wellness programs
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
Consolidation, consumerism ranked as top trends in healthcare based on new survey
Consolidation ranked as top healthcare trend
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Videos

HITECH Act causing confusion, risk as hospitals move to EHRs
Apr 17 | HIMSS TV
HITECH Act causing confusion, risk as hospitals move to EHRs
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Lessons learned from DoD's Cerner EHR deployment
Apr 16 | HIMSS TV
Lessons learned from DoD's Cerner EHR deployment
Three Department of Defense executives discuss the giant change management problem and infrastructure needs for ...
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11Health adds sensors to medical bags to monitor patients
Apr 16 | HIMSS TV
11Health adds sensors to medical bags to monitor patients
Michael Seres, 11Health founder and CEO, talks about putting intelligence and sensors into medical bags ...
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Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS Patient Experience Summit: Focus on empathy, innovation
Apr 15 | HIMSS TV
Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS Patient Experience Summit: Focus on empathy, innovation
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Project HEAL gives those with eating disorders the online support they need
Apr 15 | HIMSS TV
Project HEAL gives those with eating disorders the online support they need
Project HEAL CEO and co-founder Kristina Saffran discusses how the organization is giving ...
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Co-op values patients for time, expertise
Apr 15 | HIMSS TV
Co-op values patients for time, expertise
Savvy Cooperative founder and CEO Jen Horonjeff discusses connecting innovators directly with patients so they can work ...
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Mount Sinai: From innovation to transformation
Apr 12 | HIMSS TV
Mount Sinai: From innovation to transformation
Mount Sinai Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Ashish Atreja explains how the system's patient design group flipped the ...
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Using IT to re-engineer care for people with chronic disease
Apr 12 | HIMSS TV
Using IT to re-engineer care for people with chronic disease
Ochsner Chief Clinical Transformation Officer Dr. Richard Milani explains how his company's system ...
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Healthcare consumerism giving patients a strong voice
Apr 11 | HIMSS TV
Healthcare consumerism giving patients a strong voice
Colin Hung, CMO of HealthcareScene.com, says improving care for patients with chronic disease is about more ...
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New Mexico's Medicaid population creates opportunity to rethink care delivery
Apr 11 | HIMSS TV
New Mexico's Medicaid population creates opportunity to rethink care delivery
Beth Landon, director of policy, New Mexico Hospital Association, discusses ...
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