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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

Top Stories

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addresses backlash against insurer

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addresses backlash

Luigi Mangione indicted on first degree murder charge

Luigi Mangione indicted on first degree murder charge

Nebraska sues Change Healthcare over ransomware attack

Nebraska sues Change over ransomware attack

WittKieffer Principal Adam Burns

Dec 20 | Susan Morse

Trends 2025: The demand for interim revenue cycle executives

"For 2025, we see no end in sight for demand," says Adam Burns of WittKieffer.

Staffer in front of a bank of computers

Dec 03 | Susan Morse

MultiCare Health System pilots new AI tool for revenue cycle

GenAI is expected to streamline documentation for appeals, providing faster reimbursement.

Doctor at computer

Nov 19 | Susan Morse

Tenet to deploy AI platform across its physician network

Tenet Physician Resources will use AI to integrate clinical workflows, reducing administrative burden.

Employee at computer

Nov 14 | Susan Morse

Denials top reason for eroding provider-payer relationship

Most CFOs are not looking to technology or AI as a solution, says new HFMA report.

Worker at computer

Oct 07 | Susan Morse

Mary Washington Healthcare latest to outsource revenue cycle

Virginia-based health system has selected Ensemble, joining numerous other hospitals that are outsourcing some or all of rev…

A clinician concentrating on her computer screen

Sep 30 | Jeff Lagasse

Claims denials on the rise, complicating revenue collection, survey finds

Denial rates have steadily increased, with providers seeing rejection rates as high as 10% to 15%.

A clinician works in front of computer screens

Sep 26 | Nathan Eddy

Hospitals are leveraging AI to improve revenue cycle

The expectation is AI will be widespread in revenue cycles within five years.

Clinicians sitting around a board table

Sep 25 | Jeff Lagasse

Cardinal Health to acquire Integrated Oncology Network for $1.1B

Cardinal Health says the transaction is part of its effort to help community healthcare providers maintain their independence.

Executives around a desk

Sep 23 | Nathan Eddy

Finance leaders balance AI investment to expected ROI

Fifteen percent of providers and 25% of payers report having an established AI strategy in 2024.

Clinicians pointing to an artificial intelligence display

Sep 11 | Jeff Lagasse

Health execs investing in AI to improve revenue cycles

Executives' highest priority for revenue cycle investment is technology, such as AI, automation and machine learning.

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