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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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News

CMS final rule poses big hurdles for payers
Mar 17, 2020 | Fred Bazzoli
CMS final rule poses big hurdles for payers
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Nov 24, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
Automation yields big savings for Penn. facility's supply chain staff
MEDIA, PA – Change isn’t always welcome, especially at hospitals. Over ...
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Oct 03, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
Calif. budget crisis pressures providers
SACRAMENTO, CA – A record delay in passing a budget in California last month has begun to affect ...
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Oct 03, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
It's time to share the water bottle
In August, our family spent many enjoyable hours watching the Summer Olympics in Beijing. But the highlight for me was ...
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Oct 03, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
Wellness program links hospital, employers
KANSAS CITY, MO – As employers aim to hold down healthcare costs, many will increasingly look to wellness ...
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Sep 03, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
AHA asks CMS to mull details of 'never event' policy
The move to eliminate payments to providers who make mistakes isn't that easy, noted the American ...
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Sep 02, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
Calif. Senate passes universal health bill, awaits governor's decision
On its last day in session, the California Senate passed the latest version of a bill ...
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Aug 29, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
AHA voices concerns over reporting requirements in PPS rule
In a response to proposed changes to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system, the American ...
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Aug 27, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
Regulatory board cautions lenders on tying arrangements
WASHINGTON – An organization that sets standards and rules for marketing municipal securities is ...
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Aug 26, 2008 | Fred Bazzoli
HHS sets date for switch to ICD-10
In a move that heralds sweeping change in how medical bills are coded, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced a ...
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