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Reimbursement
Senators urge action on physician payment cut before end of lame duck session
Senators urge action on physician payment cut
Revenue Cycle Management
Trends 2025: The demand for interim revenue cycle executives
Trends 2025: The demand for interim revenue cycle executives
Strategic Planning
Advocate spending $1 billion on new hospital and outpatient services
Advocate spending $1B on new hospital and outpatient services
Capital Finance
Cigna nixes speculation of a Humana merger
Cigna nixes speculation of a Humana merger
Supply Chain
Feds shore up healthcare supply chain in wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton
Feds shore up supply chain in wake of hurricanes
Accounting & Financial Management
Healthcare expenditures rise on increased coverage and utilization
Healthcare expenditures rise on increased coverage and utilization
Budgeting
Health system operating margins declined in August
Health system operating margins declined in August
Quality and Safety
American Heart Association launching HCM initiative
American Heart Association launching HCM initiative
Billing and Collections
CFPB warns of illegal tactics by medical debt collectors
CFPB warns of illegal tactics by medical debt collectors
Claims Processing
Denials top reason for eroding provider-payer relationship
Denials top reason for eroding provider-payer relationship
Workforce
Male physicians have more net worth than female counterparts
Male physicians have more net worth than females
Operations
Children's Mercy Kansas City names Dr. Alejandro Quiroga as president and CEO 
Children's Mercy Kansas City names Dr. Alejandro Quiroga as president and CEO 
Medical Devices
Healthcare chatbots may promote racist misinformation
Healthcare chatbots may promote racist misinformation
Hospital/physician relations
Hospitals, physicians submit opposing views to FTC ruling on noncompetes
Hospitals, physicians submit opposing views to FTC ruling
Construction & Facilities Management
Children's Medical expands with new patient tower
Children's Medical expands with new patient tower
Compliance & Legal
Nebraska sues Change Healthcare over ransomware attack
Nebraska sues Change over ransomware attack
Policy and Legislation
Premiums to increase if ACA enhanced subsidies expire, CBO says
CBO: Premiums to increase if ACA subsidies expire
Community Benefit
AMA pushes for stricter standards for hospital charity care policies
AMA pushes for stricter standards for hospital charity care policies
Accountable Care
NAACOS pushes ACO REACH extension after $1.54B in savings
NAACOS pushes ACO REACH extension
Acute Care
SDOH, tech key to advancing value-based care, says UHG
SDOH, tech key to advancing value-based care
Ambulatory Care
Cleveland Clinic and Amazon One Medical collaborate on primary care clinics
Cleveland Clinic and Amazon One Medical collaborate
Analytics
Interoperability in healthcare moving forward despite challenges
Interoperability in healthcare moving forward despite challenges
Business Intelligence
HIMSSCast: Research as restorative physician medicine
HIMSSCast: Research as restorative physician medicine
ICD-10 & Coding
Physician practices examine risk adjustment coding in wake of federal lawsuits
Practices keeping close watch on risk adjustment coding
Meaningful Use
Financial disincentives for providers who commit information blocking 
Financial disincentives for providers who commit information blocking 
Medicare & Medicaid
CMS ending VBID model due to high costs
CMS ending VBID model due to high costs
Patient Engagement
HHS, Illinois reach agreement on disability rights laws
HHS, Illinois reach agreement on disability rights
Pharmacy
Senate bill proposes to rein in PBMs by forcing them to sell pharmacy businesses
Senate bill proposes to rein in PBMs
Population Health
Weight loss drugs can save patients and healthcare dollars
Weight loss drugs can save patients and healthcare dollars
Risk Management
UPMC for You partners to offer Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
UPMC for You offers Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
Telehealth
Trends 2025: Telehealth's future faces a Friday deadline
Trends 2025: Telehealth's future faces a Friday deadline
Mergers & Acquisitions
Addus Homecare buttons up $350 million Gentiva acquisition
Addus Homecare buttons up $350M Gentiva acquisition
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Acute Care

Woman on a telehealth visit
Dec 17 | Susan Morse
Trends 2025: Telehealth's future faces a Friday deadline
The continuation of flexibilities for telehealth and acute hospital care at home rides on federal spending bill.
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Construction equipment
Dec 13 | Jeff Lagasse
Ashland hospital expanding as part of strategic plan
The facility will retain its acute care operations but will make a number of investments, including in inpatient services.
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Clinicians consulting an AI display
Dec 12 | Jeff Lagasse
UNC to establish AI-driven oncology center
UNC would like to see the project scaled, first across North Carolina, and then across the U.S.
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Bottom-up view of skyscrapers
Dec 06 | Jeff Lagasse
Addus Homecare buttons up $350 million Gentiva acquisition
The goal is to expand coverage in existing markets and expand into new ones, Addus CEO says.
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Person clutching heart
Dec 06 | Jeff Lagasse
American Heart Association launching HCM initiative
HCM is a thickening of the left ventricle and is often underdiagnosed and inconsistently managed, AHA says.
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Construction vehicles at work
Dec 02 | Jeff Lagasse
Alabama hospital expanding behavioral health capabilities
The program will provide specialized psychiatric care for adolescents and is expected to increase access, officials say.
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Capitol building
Nov 25 | Susan Morse
Senators urge action on physician payment cut before end of lame duck session
With three weeks remaining in the legislative calendar, 41 senators have signed a letter to Senate leaders.
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Execs walking through hospital corridor.
Nov 12 | Susan Morse
Astrana Health to acquire Prospect providers, health plan
The strategic $745M transaction opens new opportunities for Astrana in Orange County, California, where it has limited operations,…
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Surgeon looking at notes
Oct 31 | Susan Morse
Bill would give physicians a pay increase, block Medicare cuts
Congress must enact permanent reform instead of making last-minute payment fixes each year, says MGMA.
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Geisinger Medical Center
Oct 29 | Susan Morse
Geisinger uses AI platform for OR optimization
Predictive intelligence gives accurate case duration in integration with existing systems.
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