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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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Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems

Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS
Aug 15 | Susan Morse
Digital maturity makes a difference in patient safety and outcomes
"Do people really realize that digital maturity matters? It really does. It's quality and safety," says…
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Surgeons in operating room
May 02 | Susan Morse
Hospitals improve their patient experience and infection scores  
The latest Safety Grades shows the first improvement since fall 2023, but the measures are still far from pre-pandemic…
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Hospital driveway and entrance
Jul 05, 2023 | Jeff Lagasse
U.S. News revises 'Best Hospitals' methodology in wake of backlash
The changes come on the heels of scrutiny from medical experts for alleged imprecise methodology and bias.
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A medical office visit
Oct 05, 2022 | Susan Morse
Medicare Advantage star ratings are expected to decline as CMS lifts COVID-19 guardrails
CMS is expected to release the star ratings "on or about October 6."
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Two medical professionals exit a hospital. Photo: Peter Griffith/Getty Images
Apr 18, 2022 | Susan Morse
Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% payment increase in 2023
The Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule is expected to increase hospital payments by $1.6B.  
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Valerie Monet of Banner Health and Kristi Roe of Medallia speak during the Patient Experience Forum at HIMSS 21 in Las Vegas. Photo: Susan Morse
Aug 09, 2021 | Susan Morse
Health systems need to give patients an outstanding and consistent patient experience
One of the first steps taken by Banner was to think about future patients as customers.
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Nov 29, 2018 | Jeff Lagasse
Even hospitals with high patient survival rates still struggle with readmissions
The readmission rates of top performing facilities were similar to, and in some cases greater than, the rates…
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Jul 09, 2018 | Beth Jones Sanborn
How consumerism and patient experience are steering trends in hospital design
Everything from private rooms down to motorized shades and acoustic panels are elements of design that cater to…
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Comprehensive care model reduces expenses
May 17, 2018 | Jeff Lagasse
Comprehensive care physician model reduces expenses, hospitalization
The core element of the model is that the same physician provides care for patients in the clinic as well as in the…
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IBM Watson Health reveals top 15 hospitals
Apr 23, 2018 | Beth Jones Sanborn
IBM Watson Health ranks top 15 hospitals
Renamed Truven Health Analytics research initiative found that the highest performers achieved better care consistency and alignment across…
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