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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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Three hospital executives meet at a table
May 15 | Jeff Lagasse
Insurers paid hospitals 254% of what Medicare would pay in 2022
The state-level average price has remained above 200% of Medicare for years, though wide variation among states exists.
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People examine paperwork with calculator
Oct 31, 2023 | Jeff Lagasse
Private insurers' prices differ based on region
Lack of transparency limits the ability of regulators to monitor prices and of employers and patients to impose market discipline on prices.
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Hands dispensing pills from a bottle
Sep 18, 2023 | Jeff Lagasse
FTC targeting improper drug patents, receives backing from FDA
Improperly listing patents may harm competition from generic alternatives and keep prices artificially high, the FTC says.
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The QMM program aims to encourage drug manufacturers to implement quality management practices that go beyond current requirements.
Sep 06, 2023 | Jeff Lagasse
New FDA program incentivizes drugmakers to invest in quality measures
The QMM program aims to encourage drug manufacturers to implement quality management practices that go beyond current…
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Telehealth visit via laptop
Sep 01, 2023 | Nathan Eddy
Mental health spend, aided by telehealth, surged during the pandemic
In-person visits for mental health services dropped by 39.5%, while telehealth visits surged by 1019.3% over the prior…
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Hands using a pill organizer
Jul 12, 2023 | Jeff Lagasse
Drug shortages lead to higher prices, trouble filling prescriptions
Data showed a 16.6% increase in the price of drugs in shortage, driven mostly by an increase in the price of generics.
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As a catalyst for the renewed push, lawmakers cited the lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 18, 2023 | Jeff Lagasse
Medicare for All bill revived by House and Senate progressives
As a catalyst for the renewed push, lawmakers cited the lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nov 30, 2022 | Susan Morse
HHS proposes rule for substance use treatment information sharing and protection 
The rule would permit the use and disclosure of records based on a single patient consent.
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Stethoscope on Explination of Benefits document
Nov 14, 2022 |
Should reference-based pricing be part of your healthcare benefits this year?
With employee benefit costs ranking as the second highest expenditure for employers after salaries, having an…
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Nov 04, 2022 | Jeff Lagasse
Employers cite healthcare affordability as top workforce concern
Concerns about a recession and runaway inflation only exacerbate the issue, impacting the ability to hire and retain top…
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