Reimbursement
With three weeks remaining in the legislative calendar, 41 senators have signed a letter to Senate leaders.
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Strategic Planning
In October, CVS announced it would reduce 2,900 corporate positions in a goal to cut costs by $2 billion over several years.
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Capital Finance
The majority of proceeds from the sale of its Medicare businesses will be used for share repurchase, Cigna says.
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Supply Chain
Hospitals had 50% more product available to them this past week as compared to the week prior, HHS says.
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Budgeting
It's the second consecutive month in which operating margins tightened, Strata's data shows.
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Quality and Safety
HCM is a thickening of the left ventricle and is often underdiagnosed and inconsistently managed, AHA says.
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Billing and Collections
The group says its action aims to protect consumers from predatory practices that can lead to inflated healthcare costs.
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Workforce
Structural wealth gaps between male and female physicians will likely not show improvement for several years, Medscape says.
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Operations
Most expect greater revenues and improved profitability, according to Deloitte data.
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Medical Devices
Every language model demonstrates instances of racist tropes, or a repetition of unsubstantiated claims about race, study says.
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Compliance & Legal
The shutdown disrupted critical healthcare services across the state and exposed Nebraskans' PHI, the lawsuit alleges.
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Community Benefit
Government should enact penalties or revoke a tax-exempt status for hospitals that don't comply, AMA says.
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Accountable Care
Net savings to ACOs were $948.4 million (3.4%) compared to model benchmarks, according to CMS.
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Acute Care
The report stresses the importance of continued innovation and collaboration across the healthcare system to further adoption.
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Analytics
Confusion around CMS' final rules has been a challenge, yet the industry continues to advance seamless data exchange.
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Business Intelligence
Research programs give patients access to clinical trials that "might be their last and only hope," said Topography CEO.
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ICD-10 & Coding
Doctors need to carefully and properly use the HCC codes, which indicate the expected costs for a patient.
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Meaningful Use
Final rule disincentives include hospitals not being able to earn three quarters of the annual market basket increase.
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Medicare & Medicaid
Foremost has been the UnitedHealth Group CEO's defense of MA and "misleading" articles published in the WSJ.
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Patient Engagement
The agreement comes after a complaint alleged Illinois unjustly institutionalized a person with disabilities.
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Pharmacy
The bipartisan legislation would prevent dual ownership of PBMs and pharmacy assets.
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Risk Management
Individuals can be assisted, "perhaps even literally while waiting for their clothes to dry," says UPMC for You president.
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Telehealth
The continuation of flexibilities for telehealth and acute hospital care at home rides on federal spending bill.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Co-op Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative offers individual and small-group exchange plans in 24 counties in Wisconsin.
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