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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
COVID-19 is forcing rural hospitals to re-think their business models
COVID-19 is forcing rural hospitals to re-think their models
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
SCOTUS ruling will make it harder for patients to get birth control
SCOTUS ruling will make it harder for patients to get birth control
Risk Management
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Cybersecurity needs to be put in business terms
Telehealth
Insurers need flexibility in benefit design to continue telehealth past the public health emergency
Insurers need flexibility in benefit design to continue telehealth
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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Understanding role of patient, family input in healthcare
Jun 15 | HIMSS TV
Understanding role of patient, family input in healthcare
Gail MacKean, a founding member of IMAGINE Citizens Collaborating for Health, discusses her research on ...
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CMS issues guidance for reopening hospitals; data breach exposes patient info
Jun 12 | HIMSS TV
CMS issues guidance for reopening hospitals; data breach exposes patient info
This week's top stories include CMS giving hospitals guidance for reopening ailing ...
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COVID-19 pandemic calling for agile decision support
Jun 12 | HIMSS TV
COVID-19 pandemic calling for agile decision support
Anna Dover, director of product management at First Databank, describes how the company adjusted its own ...
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Fortinet leaders discuss healthcare cybersecurity strategies
Jun 11 | HIMSS TV
Fortinet leaders discuss healthcare cybersecurity strategies
Sonia Arista and Renee Tarun of Fortinet share how to stay on top of cybersecurity in a changing ...
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COVID-19 silver lining: Discovering telehealth's value
Jun 10 | HIMSS TV
COVID-19 silver lining: Discovering telehealth's value
The pandemic has pushed us into the age of smartphone-enabled virtual care and remote monitoring, says ...
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How Central Logic is helping manage COVID-19 resource allocation
Jun 10 | HIMSS TV
How Central Logic is helping manage COVID-19 resource allocation
Arizona health systems and state agencies are using Central Logic technology to aggregate EHR and ...
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Distance between leadership, direct care results in disconnect for patients
Jun 09 | HIMSS TV
Distance between leadership, direct care results in disconnect for patients
Andrew Neuner, CEO of Health Quality Council, talks about what matters to patients and ...
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Pop health IT's role during pandemics
Jun 08 | HIMSS TV
Pop health IT's role during pandemics
Enli Health Intelligence's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joseph Siemienczuk discusses how population health IT can aid ...
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Shadow pharmacies peddling coronavirus cures; hospitals get $250M cash injection
Jun 05 | HIMSS TV
Shadow pharmacies peddling coronavirus cures; hospitals get $250M cash injection
This week's top stories include shadow pharmacies playing on COVID-19 fears, ...
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How COVID-19 is impacting innovations in telehealth, security
Jun 04 | HIMSS TV
How COVID-19 is impacting innovations in telehealth, security
HP is enhancing the telemedicine experience while accelerating vaccination research and improving data ...
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