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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
Elevance closes deal to buy IU Health Plans
Elevance closes deal to buy IU Health Plans
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Barcoding (medicine, safety)

ECRI's top 10 tech hazards for 2018
Nov 07, 2017 | Beth Jones Sanborn
ECRI's top 10 tech hazards for 2018, security gaps, dirty scopes make the list
ECRI Institute weighed factors like severity, likelihood that the hazard could cause serious injury or death,…
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medication errors linked to healthcare tech
Apr 28, 2017 | Bill Siwicki
Medication errors: Hospitals slow to meet barcode standard, big on CPOE
Leapfrog Group says 30 percent of hospitals fully meet the four criteria for bar code medication administration,…
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Dec 29, 2016 | Susan Morse
FDA warns of fires, explosions from battery-powered medical carts
Federal agency tells providers it has received reports of hospital fires requiring hospital evacuations, according to letter…
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Jul 25, 2013 | Tammy Worth
Working to improve quality
When Joan Ching decided to take a position at Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, people told her that it would be a bad career move.
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Oct 23, 2012 | Erin McCann
Beaumont Health saves money, reduces errors with medication barcoding
Beaumont Health System based in Troy, Mich., recently made medication error prevention a strategic imperative for…
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Sep 07, 2012 | Rene Letourneau
FDA offers four-pronged plan to strengthen postmarket device surveillance
In a report released Thursday, the FDA outlined a four-step plan to better monitor and report on the effectiveness…
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Aug 08, 2012 | Rene Letourneau
FDA proposes unique ID system for medical devices
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule on July 3 that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a…
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Jul 06, 2012 | Rene Letourneau
FDA releases proposed UDI rule; reaction generally positive
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a…
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Jun 18, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
6 keys to supply chain management
This past March, Texas Children's Hospital in Houston opened its Texas Children's Hospital Pavilion for Women after recently expanding a new West…
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