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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
MultiPlan refinances to extend debt capital structure
MultiPlan refinances to extend debt capital structure
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
Healthcare execs more optimistic heading into the new year, survey finds
Health execs more optimistic heading into 2025
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
Telehealth gets short extension, physician pay is cut in spending bill
Telehealth gets short extension, physician pay is cut in spending bill
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
Andrew Witty on defense over claim denials, Medicare Advantage
Andrew Witty on defense over claim denials, Medicare Advantage
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
UnitedHealth Group, Amedisys extend $3.3 billion merger agreement
UnitedHealth, Amedisys extend $3.3B merger agreement
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Affordable Care Act

Staffer using calculator
Dec 18, 2024 | Susan Morse
Healthcare expenditures rise on increased coverage and utilization
Much of the growth in private health insurance was due to rapid growth in marketplace enrollment, as a result of enhanced…
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Remote control changing TV channels
Dec 12, 2024 | Jeff Lagasse
FTC warns against deceptive health plan marketing
The agency warned against misrepresenting a health plan's costs and benefits, citing consumer complaints.
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Couple examining medical bills
Dec 11, 2024 | Jeff Lagasse
Premiums to increase if ACA enhanced subsidies expire, CBO says
Without an extension, the CBO estimates that the number of uninsured Americans would increase by 2.2 million in the first year.
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Someone helping a senior in a wheelchair
Nov 19, 2024 | Jeff Lagasse
HHS, Illinois reach agreement on disability rights laws
The agreement comes after a complaint alleged Illinois unjustly institutionalized a person with disabilities.
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Waiting room
Nov 14, 2024 | Susan Morse
AMA pushes for stricter standards for hospital charity care policies
Government should enact penalties or revoke a tax-exempt status for hospitals that don't comply, AMA says.
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Nurse talking to patient
Nov 13, 2024 | Jeff Lagasse
AHA promotes healthcare navigators in letter to CMS
Part of the reason navigators are so valuable, the group says, is that health insurance coverage falls short for many Americans.
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Trump photo
Nov 07, 2024 | Susan Morse
What Trump's election means for healthcare
The expectation is for a new Congress to create policy around AI and cybersecurity, says Tom Leary of HIMSS.
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Couple examining paperwork
Nov 07, 2024 | Jeff Lagasse
UnitedHealthcare expands ACA presence to 30 more states
The new coverage areas bring UHC's ACA Marketplace plans to more than 1,250 counties across several states.
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Clinicians sitting at a board table
Oct 23, 2024 | Jeff Lagasse
Oscar Health expands ACA presence and chronic condition plans
Oscar is launching a multi-condition plan for members with diabetes and pulmonary and cardiovascular disease.
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Nurse expressing frustration
Oct 17, 2024 | Jeff Lagasse
US healthcare system ranks last in equity, access
The poor showing by the U.S. stands in stark contrast to how much it spends on healthcare, Commonwealth Fund finds.
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