Topics
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
Premiums to increase if ACA enhanced subsidies expire, CBO says
CBO: Premiums to increase if ACA subsidies expire
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
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addresses backlash against insurer
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addresses backlash
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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News

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More hospital focus on inpatient complications needed, says report
Jun 17, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
More hospital focus on inpatient complications needed, says report
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Jun 14, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
The big themes at ANI 2014
This year's Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) annual ANI conference to be held June 22-25 in Las Vegas is focused ...
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Jun 11, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
Tenet launches urgent care clinics
In a move to diversify its business, Tenet Healthcare has expanded into urgent care, launching last month its national brand of 23 ...
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Jun 03, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
Ventas expands real estate footprint with major acquisitions
On Monday, Chicago-based Ventas Inc., the largest U.S. healthcare real estate investment trust by market ...
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Jun 02, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
New technologies, hospital strategies promote patient engagement
Patient satisfaction surveys suggest patients are unsatisfied and hospitals must do more to engage ...
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May 29, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
Hospitals deal with IV supply shortage
Back in January, U.S. hospitals began to experience a serious shortage of intravenous saline solutions, caused mainly by a ...
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May 28, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
Safety rankings: should hospitals care?
In March, Consumer Reports released new safety scores for 2,591 U.S. hospitals. The magazine is just one of a number of ...
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May 28, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
When finances fall apart
Many hospitals are facing tough financial times, but for some, the finances just fall apart. What happens then?
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May 28, 2014 | Kelsey Brimmer
Collection tips for community hospitals
Hospitals of all sizes face the same challenges when it comes to collections. The tricky part of collections at smaller, ...
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