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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
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
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

HIMSS15 Panel: Top revenue cycle issues include ICD-10 and collections
Apr 13, 2015 | Richard Pizzi
HIMSS15 Panel: Top revenue cycle issues include ICD-10 and collections
Front-end collections are increasingly important, as inpatient volumes have dropped since the ...
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CFO roundtable on predictive analytics set for April
Apr 07, 2015 | Richard Pizzi
CFO roundtable on predictive analytics set for April
Hospitals see the proverbial writing on the wall, and are preparing for the industry transition to value-based ...
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Clinical-financial alignment driving changes in hospital revenue cycle, expert says
Apr 03, 2015 | Richard Pizzi
Clinical-financial alignment driving changes in hospital revenue cycle, expert says
Finance VP at Florida Hospital explains how consumer trends are impacting patient ...
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How do you see patient engagement affecting revenue cycle?
Jan 22, 2015 | Richard Pizzi
How do you see patient engagement affecting revenue cycle?
Let us know what you think about these two crucial hospital issues, and help us come up with questions for ...
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Roundtable on patient engagement as a revenue issue set for January
Jan 15, 2015 | Richard Pizzi
Roundtable on patient engagement as a revenue issue set for January
Join Healthcare Finance for an online roundtable discussion with industry experts about patient ...
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Kaiser financial growth continues
Nov 10, 2014 | Richard Pizzi
Kaiser financial growth continues
Third quarter financial results indicate that Kaiser Permanente, the giant California-based nonprofit health system, continues to ...
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Physician practices critique Medicare quality reporting programs
Oct 28, 2014 | Richard Pizzi
Physician practices critique Medicare quality reporting programs
More than 83 percent of physician practices do not believe current Medicare physician quality ...
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10 ways to boost patient satisfaction
Oct 28, 2014 | Richard Pizzi
10 ways to boost patient satisfaction
There are at least 30 ways to grow patient satisfaction at your healthcare facility, but 10 key service standards should do the ...
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Oct 23, 2014 | Richard Pizzi
Building a new health system
Two major healthcare organizations in eastern Massachusetts are joining to build a new health system, creating what they term a ...
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Medical Properties Trust pours $1 billion into new properties
Oct 21, 2014 | Richard Pizzi
Medical Properties Trust pours $1 billion into new properties
Medical Properties Trust has signed a deal to acquire and lease back substantially all of the real ...
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