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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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Revenue Cycle Management

WittKieffer Principal Adam Burns
Dec 20 | Susan Morse
Trends 2025: The demand for interim revenue cycle executives
"For 2025, we see no end in sight for demand," says Adam Burns of WittKieffer.
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Staffer in front of a bank of computers
Dec 03 | Susan Morse
MultiCare Health System pilots new AI tool for revenue cycle
GenAI is expected to streamline documentation for appeals, providing faster reimbursement.
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Doctor at computer
Nov 19 | Susan Morse
Tenet to deploy AI platform across its physician network
Tenet Physician Resources will use AI to integrate clinical workflows, reducing administrative burden.
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Employee at computer
Nov 14 | Susan Morse
Denials top reason for eroding provider-payer relationship
Most CFOs are not looking to technology or AI as a solution, says new HFMA report.
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Worker at computer
Oct 07 | Susan Morse
Mary Washington Healthcare latest to outsource revenue cycle 
Virginia-based health system has selected Ensemble, joining numerous other hospitals that are outsourcing some or all of rev…
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A clinician concentrating on her computer screen
Sep 30 | Jeff Lagasse
Claims denials on the rise, complicating revenue collection, survey finds
Denial rates have steadily increased, with providers seeing rejection rates as high as 10% to 15%.
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A clinician works in front of computer screens
Sep 26 | Nathan Eddy
Hospitals are leveraging AI to improve revenue cycle
The expectation is AI will be widespread in revenue cycles within five years.
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Clinicians sitting around a board table
Sep 25 | Jeff Lagasse
Cardinal Health to acquire Integrated Oncology Network for $1.1B
Cardinal Health says the transaction is part of its effort to help community healthcare providers maintain their independence.
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Executives around a desk
Sep 23 | Nathan Eddy
Finance leaders balance AI investment to expected ROI
Fifteen percent of providers and 25% of payers report having an established AI strategy in 2024.
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Clinicians pointing to an artificial intelligence display
Sep 11 | Jeff Lagasse
Health execs investing in AI to improve revenue cycles
Executives' highest priority for revenue cycle investment is technology, such as AI, automation and machine learning.
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