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Technology
Tech Helps Oak Street Health Power Its Growth Through the PandemicA modified Greenway EHR fuels expansion of primary care clinics for the Medicare generation
Payer
6 Best Reimbursement Stories of 2021Here are the six best reimbursement stories from 2021 HealthLeaders' coverage and beyond.
Revenue Cycle
4 Key Issues for the Revenue Cycle in 2022Taya Moheiser, CMPE, CMOM, owner of ITS Healthcare, and Kem Tolliver, CMPE, CPC, CMOM, president of Medical Revenue Cycle Specialists...
Payer
West Virginia Sen. Manchin Takes the Teeth Out of Democrats’ Plan for Seniors’ Dental CareSenator Joe Manchin of West Virginia opposes adding dental and other benefits for Medicare beneficiaries. He says it will cost...
Payer
Florida Sen. Rick Scott Off Base in Claim That Rise in Medicare Premiums Is Due to InflationSen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued a press release Nov. 16 suggesting that rising general inflation was behind the large increase...
Clinical Care
Study Identifies 10 Most Cost-Efficient U.S. HospitalsThe study found that if all hospitals operated as efficiently as the most cost-efficient hospitals, the Medicare program would save...
Payer
Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn't Include Options to Move Into MedigapIf beneficiaries decide to use traditional Medicare when they first join the program, they can pick a private supplemental plan...
Payer
HHS OIG Updates Healthcare Fraud Self-Disclosure ProtocolThe revision unveiled this week incorporates legal changes made since the last revision to the SDP in 2013.
Human Resources
'COVID Hit Us Over the Head With a Two-by-Four': Addressing Ageism With UrgencyA greater sense of urgency is needed in light of the coronavirus pandemic's shocking death toll, including more than 500,000...
Payer
Despite Restraints, Democrats' Drug Pricing Plan Could Still Aid ConsumersTamping down drug expenses has been a longtime rallying cry for consumers beset by rapidly rising prices.
Finance
CMS Cuts Medicare Payments to Docs, Extends Telehealth PaymentsThe conversion factor per relative value unit under the 2022 fee schedule will be reduced to $33.59, down from $34.89...
Payer
Geisinger to Pay $18.5M For Hospice Care Billing ViolationsAfter the violations were discovered, Geisinger Community Health Services told the United States Attorney's Office.