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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
5.6 million people affected by Ascension cyberattack
5.6 million people affected by Ascension cyberattack
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
Medicare enrollees to pay less for 64 additional drugs
Medicare enrollees to pay less for 64 additional drugs
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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Pharmacy

Hands pouring out pills from a bottle
Dec 23 | Jeff Lagasse
Medicare enrollees to pay less for 64 additional drugs
The drugs will have a lowered Part B coinsurance rate from January 1 through March 31 of next year, HHS says.
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The Capitol at night
Dec 21 | Susan Morse
Telehealth gets short extension, physician pay is cut in spending bill
Stripped out of the final bill is a provision to prevent the 2.8% Medicare pay cut to physicians.
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Patient at hospital reception
Dec 20 | Jeff Lagasse
Advocate spending $1 billion on new hospital and outpatient services
The largest chunk of the money will expand outpatient care in 10 Advocate Health Care Neighborhood Care locations.
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CVS Pharmacy
Dec 12 | Susan Morse
Senate bill proposes to rein in PBMs by forcing them to sell pharmacy businesses
The bipartisan legislation would prevent dual ownership of PBMs and pharmacy assets.
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Patient using injectable
Dec 09 | Susan Morse
Weight loss drugs can save patients and healthcare dollars
In population health, a 10% weight loss makes a huge difference, say experts.
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Handshake
Dec 05 | Jeff Lagasse
CVS Health makes pharmacy leadership appointments
Effectively immediately the company has assigned a new chief pharmacy officer and new head of Pharmacy and Consumer Wellness.
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CVS Pharmacy storefront
Dec 05 | Jeff Lagasse
CVS Health closing MinuteClinic locations in Utah
Patients will still be able to access virtual MinuteClinic services and visit CVS Pharmacy locations.
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Hands tapping pills out of a pill bottle
Dec 03 | Jeff Lagasse
Lawmakers push DOJ to investigate PBMs over opioids
The letter was spurred by a report showing PBMs allegedly pocketed rebates instead of passing them on to consumers.
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Lady Justice holding her scales
Dec 02 | Jeff Lagasse
Ex pharmacy owner sentenced in $11.5 million Medicare fraud case
Aftab Hussain and his associates were found to have paid illegal kickbacks to patients to ensure they would use certain…
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Person holds injection pen
Nov 26 | Susan Morse
CMS announces obesity drug coverage in Medicare, Medicaid
The proposed rule would need to become final under the Trump Administration.
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