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Reimbursement
Getting paid for remote and virtual care services: CPT codes to know and understand
Getting paid for virtual care services: Codes to know
Revenue Cycle Management
St. Luke's revenue cycle benefits by offering patients a discounted price for paying upfront
St. Luke's benefits by offering discounted, upfront payments
Strategic Planning
Amazon health venture Haven hires Dr. Sandhya Rao from Partners as VP of Clinical Strategy
Amazon's Haven makes another strategic hire
Capital Finance
Investing in consumerism and technology requires scale, wise allocation of investments
Investing in consumerism requires scale, wisdom
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
Drug that prevents lung problems in older preemies also lowers costs
Drug for preemies could lower costs
Billing and Collections
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to halt
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital caught in uproar over "balance billing"
Claims Processing
Change, TIBCO use blockchain to build smart contract system for payers
Change, TIBCO build smart contract system for payers
Workforce
New York City nurses threaten strike over staffing, working conditions at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, New York Presbyterian
NYC nurses from 3 systems threaten major strike
Operations
Rush University Medical Center reveals data breach that may have compromised information of 45,000 patients
Rush University Medical Center reveals data breach
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
One more reason to focus on retaining physicians: They generate $2.4 million for their hospitals
Physicians generate $2.4M in net revenue for their hospitals
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
Capital Regional Medical Center hit with $1.1 million verdict after hospital visitor slips, falls on wet floor
Florida hospital slapped with $1.1M verdict after 2016 fall incident
Policy and Legislation
Physicians for Fair Coverage proposes ban on surprise medical bills for out-of- network care, creation of reimbursement standards
Physicians for Fair Coverage proposes ban on surprise medical bills
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
Providers await drop-out numbers for BPCI Advanced
Providers await drop-out numbers for BPCI Advanced
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
Using zip codes to find at-risk patients to determine the social determinants of health
Using zip codes to find at-risk patients
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
Efficient hospitals operate on -2% margins in Medicare payments, MedPAC reports
Hospitals lose money on Medicare payments, MedPAC reports
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
Interdisciplinary education helps hospital patients better understand their medications, could reduce readmissions
Interdisciplinary education could cut readmissions
Population Health
Investment by health systems key to improving cancer outcomes in U.S., report says
Health system investment can better cancer outcomes
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
New ambulance payment model will reimburse for on-site treatment, use of telehealth
Ambulance payment model will allow on-site treatment, telehealth
Mergers & Acquisitions
Medical University of South Carolina completes acquisition of 4 hospitals from Community Health Systems
MUSC completes $176M acquisition of 4 CHS hospitals
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