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Reimbursement
AHA criticizes payment structure in Pay PCPs Act
AHA criticizes payment structure in Pay PCPs Act
Revenue Cycle Management
RCM accelerates cash and secures financial health 
RCM accelerates cash and secures financial health 
Strategic Planning
Healthcare CFOs shift priorities as margin pressures increase
Healthcare CFOs shift priorities due to margin pressures
Capital Finance
Kaiser Permanente reportedly selling up to $3.5 billion in private equity funds
Kaiser Permanente reportedly selling up to $3.5B in private equity funds
Supply Chain
FDA tells providers to prepare for supply chain disruptions
FDA to providers: Prepare for supply chain disruptions
Accounting & Financial Management
Elevance Health logs $2.3 billion profit in Q2
Elevance Health logs $2.3 billion profit in Q2
Budgeting
Insurers likely to pay $1.1 billion in rebates this fall
Insurers likely to pay $1.1 billion in rebates this fall
Quality and Safety
Hospitals making progress on combating workplace violence
Hospitals making progress on combating workplace violence
Billing and Collections
No Surprises Act implementation coincided with in-network claims growth
NSA implementation coincided with in-network claims growth
Claims Processing
Johns Hopkins Health Plans announces multi-payer portal
Johns Hopkins Health Plans announces multi-payer portal
Workforce
Social media deterring new nurses from entering the field
Social media deterring new nurses from entering the field
Operations
Inpatient, outpatient volumes to increase over the next decade
Inpatient, outpatient volumes to increase over the next decade
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 Health and UT Southwestern receive $100 million for pediatric campus
Children's Health and UT Southwestern receive $100M for pediatric campus
Compliance & Legal
Former Georgia insurance commissioner sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
Ex-insurance commissioner sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
Policy and Legislation
White House cancels $1.2B in student loan debt, impacting healthcare
White House cancels $1.2B in student loan debt, impacting healthcare
Community Benefit
Nonprofit hospitals' charity care falling behind tax breaks, report shows
Report: Hospitals' charity care falling behind tax breaks
Accountable Care
Cone Health is second provider to join Risant Health
Cone Health is second provider to join Risant Health
Acute Care
ERs in limbo after Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortion care
ERs in limbo after Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortion care
Ambulatory Care
Walmart announces closing of clinics and virtual care
Walmart is closing clinics and virtual care
Analytics
Lightbeam Health announces partnership with AHIP 
Lightbeam Health announces partnership with AHIP 
Business Intelligence
Healthcare costs on pace to rise 8% over the next year
Healthcare costs on pace to rise 8%
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
Uninsured rate to rise to 8.9% by 2034, CBO finds
CBO: Uninsured rate to rise to 8.9% by 2034
Patient Engagement
Johns Hopkins offering free tuition for low-income earners
Johns Hopkins offering free tuition for low-income earners
Pharmacy
FTC reportedly to sue three largest pharmacy benefit managers
FTC reportedly to sue three largest pharmacy benefit managers
Population Health
OCR partners with Iowa on disability rights
OCR partners with Iowa on disability rights
Risk Management
UPMC for You partners to offer Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
UPMC for You offers Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
Telehealth
Patients less likely to seek virtual behavioral care when paying out-of-pocket
Patients who pay cost-sharing less likely to seek virtual care
Mergers & Acquisitions
Strategy a key factor in Q2 healthcare mergers and acquisitions
Strategy a key factor in Q2 mergers
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Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey

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The promise of robotic process automation and artificial intelligence in revenue cycle management

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