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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
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addresses backlash against insurer
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addresses backlash
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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Workforce

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.
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Clinicians talking in a hospital
Dec 19 | Jeff Lagasse
Male physicians have more net worth than female counterparts
Structural wealth gaps between male and female physicians will likely not show improvement for several years, Medscape says.
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Doctor in discussion
Dec 16 | Susan Morse
Trends 2025: The future of physician hiring
The days to fill the position of a primary care physician is 125 and up to 135 for a specialist, according to an AAPPR report.
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Dr. Alejandro Quiroga, president and CEO of Children's Mercy Kansas City
Dec 13 | Susan Morse
Children's Mercy Kansas City names Dr. Alejandro Quiroga as president and CEO 
As president of Corewell Health West, Quiroga oversaw a $4.2B integrated health system of 10 hospitals.
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Martha Santana-Chin will take the helm as L.A. Health Plan CEO in January.
Dec 10 | Jeff Lagasse
L.A. Care Health Plan appoints Santana-Chin next CEO
She's the first female and Latina CEO to lead the organization, and brings decades of experience in managed care.
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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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Humana CFO Susan Diamond
Dec 04 | Jeff Lagasse
Humana CFO to step aside in the new year
Susan Diamond is wrapping up an 18-year career at Humana and will serve in an advisory role through the end of 2025.
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Clinicians talking in hospital corridor
Dec 03 | Jeff Lagasse
Health systems see margin gains, though expenses still high
The biggest expense increases were on the nonlabor side, particularly in drug costs, data shows.
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Person looking forlornly out window
Nov 26 | Jeff Lagasse
Franciscan Health repurposing hospital for behavioral health
Franciscan says the ability to provide mental health services has not been able to keep up with the increased demand nationwide.
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Hand holding an IV bag
Nov 25 | Jeff Lagasse
Anesthesiologist sentenced to 190 years for IV bag tampering
Evidence suggests the anesthesiologist surreptitiously injected IV bags of saline with epinephrine, bupivacaine and other drugs.
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