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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
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
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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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

Mar 11, 2021 | Susan Morse
House approves $1.9 trillion rescue plan, which now goes before Biden for his signature
The bill includes $34 billion to help consumers get health insurance coverage through the ACA.
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House Speaker Pelosi
Oct 02, 2020 | Jeff Lagasse
House passes $2.2 trillion HEROES Act 2.0, including $50 billion in provider relief funds
Passage in the Senate appears unlikely, with the GOP favoring a slimmer, $500 billion package.
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Sep 22, 2020 | Susan Morse
Insurer projections, 'rolling hotspots' and vaccines get Advisory Board attention
The larger national insurers and Blues plans are in a better position than the smaller insurers, due in…
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Sep 18, 2020 |
COVID-19 disproportionately affects health coverage of minorities, study finds
Health insurance losses could create lasting ripple effects in the healthcare industry, including decreases in…
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May 14, 2020 | Susan Morse
Hospitals begin road to recovery
Phases 2 and 3 of vaccine clinical trials are expected by early summer and their success will be known by early winter, Fauci says.
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Apr 28, 2020 | Susan Morse
Healthcare coalition asks Congress to implement coverage options for unemployed
The groups support opening a special enrollment period for the health insurance marketplaces of the Affordable…
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Dec 14, 2016 | Kaiser Health News
New bipartisan legislation would allow late Medicare part B enrollment
Introduced in House and Senate, bill would allow people who miss initial enrollment deadline to sign up in the fall,…
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Oct 11, 2016 | Kaiser Health News
Insurance premiums pose barrier for those who pay full price
About 10 million Americans buy individual coverage on or off the marketplaces, get no federal subsidies to help lower cost, feds…
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Aug 14, 2014 | Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News
Hospitals helping consumers with premiums court conflict with insurers
Low-income consumers struggling to pay their premiums may soon be able to get help from their local hospital, but the…
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Apr 27, 2012 | Kelsey Brimmer
Eligibility quiz saves San Diego hospitals $5M in self-pay revenue
With the help of a two-year task force effort with the Foundation for Health Coverage Education (FHCE), Sharp HealthCare in…
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