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Reimbursement

Home health agencies get half a percent pay increase

Home health agencies get half a percent pay increase

Revenue Cycle Management

Mary Washington Healthcare latest to outsource revenue cycle

Mary Washington Healthcare latest to outsource revenue cycle

Strategic Planning

Two CFOs see promise of AI, but have yet to build a dedicated budget

Two CFOs see promise of AI, but have yet to build a dedicated budget

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

Labor expenses continue to challenge hospitals

Labor expenses continue to challenge hospitals

Budgeting

Health system operating margins declined in August

Health system operating margins declined in August

Quality and Safety

US healthcare system ranks last in equity, access

US healthcare system ranks last in equity, access

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

Elevance laying off 123 California employees

Elevance laying off 123 California employees

Operations

UAB, Press Ganey launch certificate program for healthcare leaders

UAB, Press Ganey launch certificate program for healthcare leaders

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

University Hospitals expanding with $3.2 million donation

University Hospitals expanding with $3.2M donation

Compliance & Legal

Johnson and Johnson sues HRSA for blocking 340B plan

J&J sues HRSA for blocking 340B plan

Policy and Legislation

Planned Parenthood, other groups decry executive power in House bill

Planned Parenthood, other groups decry House 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

MD Anderson launches new cancer research center

MD Anderson launches new cancer research center

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

Elevance Health 'considering options' following star ratings hit

Elevance Health 'considering options' following star ratings hit

Patient Engagement

Patients see narrow networks in ACA marketplace plans, KFF finds

KFF: Patients see narrow networks in ACA marketplace plans

Pharmacy

CerpassRx, Waltz team on AI platform to manage specialty drug spend

CerpassRx, Waltz team on AI to manage specialty drug spend

Population Health

Reproductive care, including abortion, facing challenges

Reproductive care, including abortion, facing challenges

Risk Management

UPMC for You partners to offer Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats

UPMC for You offers Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats

Telehealth

Telehealth prescribing of controlled drugs extended through 2025

Telehealth prescribing of controlled drugs extended

Mergers & Acquisitions

Cardinal Health set to acquire two companies for combined $3.9B

Cardinal Health set to acquire two companies for combined $3.9B

Top Stories

What Trump's election means for healthcare

What Trump's election means for healthcare

DOJ sues to block UnitedHealth's acquisition of Amedisys

DOJ sues to block UnitedHealth's acquisition of Amedisys

Cigna nixes speculation of a Humana merger

Cigna nixes speculation of a Humana merger

Cybersecurity experts John Riggi and Richard Staynings

Nov 04 | Susan Morse

Majority of cyberattacks are through third-party vendors

Hospitals didn't have Change Healthcare on their radar as a risk when the ransomware attack affected them, says John Riggi.

Change booth at conference

Oct 25 | Susan Morse

Change Healthcare cyberattack affected PHI of 100 million

This represents a third of the population and makes the data breach the largest one known at a HIPAA-regulated entity.

Change Healthcare booth

Oct 15 | Susan Morse

UnitedHealth Group's Q3 earnings show impact of Change cyberattack

Earnings from operations of $8.7B include $0.3B in unfavorable cyberattack effects, company says.

Person in dark room in front of computer monitors

Sep 06 | Susan Morse

CMS notifies close to 1 million individuals of cyber breach

Files containing protected health information, such as Medicare claims data were compromised in a cyberattack involving MOVEit.

Geisinger Medical Center

Jul 03 | Susan Morse

Geisinger reports data of 1.2 million patients may have been exposed

A class-action lawsuit has reportedly been filed against the Pennsylvania health system for the data breach.

Miss Justice statue with scales

Jun 24 | Susan Morse

Former Blue Shield of California employee under investigation for fraud

The employee, reportedly an executive who was an interim medical director, allegedly misrepresented her qualifications.

Hacker at dark keyboard.

Jun 24 | Nathan Eddy

Healthcare cyberattacks are costing an average of $11 million per breach

Ransomware attacks have dominated, accounting for over 70% of healthcare cyberattacks in the past two years.

Person using their cell phone

Jun 21 | Susan Morse

AHA wins lawsuit against HHS over third-party web tracking

The case isn't about HIPAA, but about power, Texas judge rules.

Clinician on computer

Jun 14 | Susan Morse

Ascension restores its EHR system hospital-wide after ransomware attack

System access was gained via a worker who accidentally downloaded a malicious file, according to the health system.

electronic grid overlaid on cityscape

Jun 05 | Susan Morse

Ascension expects EHR restoration across its network by June 14

EHR access has been restored in Florida, Alabama and Austin, Texas.

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Healthcare organizations ask HHS to delay quality measure reporting for ACOs The American Hospital Association and American Medical Association are among the 11 organizations signing the letter.