Editor’s Picks

Early ICD-10 Reports: Fortune Favors the Prepared

It’s too early for a victory lap yet, but health systems and physician groups that prepared for ICD-10 are faring well. Revenue cycle implications are yet to be seen, however. >>>

Meaningful Use Stage 3 Final Rules Elicit Mixed Reactions

The American Medical Association applauds CMS for allowing a hardship exemption for physicians who are unable to attest in 2015, but calls the final rule, as a whole, "deeply disappointing." The American College of Cardiology says that the program requirements "[remain] difficult to implement." >>>

ONC Unveils Final Interoperability Roadmap

The ten-year roadmap is similar to the draft released in January for public comment, but clarifies how technical standards are to be improved so that health data can be stored in a manner conducive for sharing among providers and patients. >>>

Business Roundup: Geisinger, AtlantiCare Finalize Acquisition

Some major healthcare systems, including Lifepoint, Tenet, and Geisinger have made recent announcements about mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships. >>>

How Urgent Care Clinics are Evolving

Besides relying on walk-in traffic from patients, clinic leaders are also exploring new medical services to differentiate themselves and to better coordinate care. >>>

How CMS Aims to Prevent 1M Heart Attacks, Strokes

Medicare is about to launch a five-year model that will use predictive modeling to generate personalized 10-year risk scores and care plans for patients. It will pay providers for how much they reduce absolute risk for each beneficiary. >>>

ADA Accommodation Basics

Don’t let confusion around accommodation requests derail your hospital’s personnel management strategy. Here are some common questions about workplace accommodations—and answers provided by an attorney. >>>

News Headlines

Obamacare’s MD effect: No patient rush, but more money

CNBC, October 7, 2015

NJ lawmakers to ask AG to determine if Horizon insurance plan violates law

NJ.com, October 7, 2015

Ex-Erlanger leader gets $ 600,000 from hospital settlement

Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 7, 2015

Conflict between CT Gov and hospitals intensifies as Hartford HealthCare calls off a merger deal

Hartford Courant, October 7, 2015

Congress and Obama Administration seek ways to limit increase in Medicare premiums

The New York Times, October 6, 2015

CA Gov. Brown signs aid-in-dying bill into law

Kaiser Health News / KQED, October 6, 2015

Complex patients more likely to switch from Medicare Advantage

Reuters, October 6, 2015

Baptist Health (AL), Tenet finalize merger

Shelby County Reporter, October 5, 2015

Horizon BCBS survey finds cost of healthcare in NJ too high

The Trentonian, October 5, 2015

ACLU sues Catholic health provider for emergency abortion refusal

MLive.com, October 5, 2015

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Editor’s Picks

Early ICD-10 Reports: Fortune Favors the Prepared

It’s too early for a victory lap yet, but health systems and physician groups that prepared for ICD-10 are faring well. Revenue cycle implications are yet to be seen, however. >>>

Meaningful Use Stage 3 Final Rules Elicit Mixed Reactions

The American Medical Association applauds CMS for allowing a hardship exemption for physicians who are unable to attest in 2015, but calls the final rule, as a whole, "deeply disappointing." The American College of Cardiology says that the program requirements "[remain] difficult to implement." >>>

ONC Unveils Final Interoperability Roadmap

The ten-year roadmap is similar to the draft released in January for public comment, but clarifies how technical standards are to be improved so that health data can be stored in a manner conducive for sharing among providers and patients. >>>

Business Roundup: Geisinger, AtlantiCare Finalize Acquisition

Some major healthcare systems, including Lifepoint, Tenet, and Geisinger have made recent announcements about mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships. >>>

How Urgent Care Clinics are Evolving

Besides relying on walk-in traffic from patients, clinic leaders are also exploring new medical services to differentiate themselves and to better coordinate care. >>>

How CMS Aims to Prevent 1M Heart Attacks, Strokes

Medicare is about to launch a five-year model that will use predictive modeling to generate personalized 10-year risk scores and care plans for patients. It will pay providers for how much they reduce absolute risk for each beneficiary. >>>

ADA Accommodation Basics

Don’t let confusion around accommodation requests derail your hospital’s personnel management strategy. Here are some common questions about workplace accommodations—and answers provided by an attorney. >>>

News Headlines

Obamacare’s MD effect: No patient rush, but more money

CNBC, October 7, 2015

NJ lawmakers to ask AG to determine if Horizon insurance plan violates law

NJ.com, October 7, 2015

Ex-Erlanger leader gets $ 600,000 from hospital settlement

Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 7, 2015

Conflict between CT Gov and hospitals intensifies as Hartford HealthCare calls off a merger deal

Hartford Courant, October 7, 2015

Congress and Obama Administration seek ways to limit increase in Medicare premiums

The New York Times, October 6, 2015

CA Gov. Brown signs aid-in-dying bill into law

Kaiser Health News / KQED, October 6, 2015

Complex patients more likely to switch from Medicare Advantage

Reuters, October 6, 2015

Baptist Health (AL), Tenet finalize merger

Shelby County Reporter, October 5, 2015

Horizon BCBS survey finds cost of healthcare in NJ too high

The Trentonian, October 5, 2015

ACLU sues Catholic health provider for emergency abortion refusal

MLive.com, October 5, 2015

Stay Connected to HealthLeaders

Don’t Miss the News You Want.

Spam filters exist for a reason, but not for the news you need. Make sure you aren’t missing your daily and/or weekly industry coverage. Add our address — [email protected] — to your address book or e-mail whitelist to keep the news you need in your inbox.

Is All of Your Leadership Team In The Know?

Our award-winning Daily News & Analysis e-newsletter can keep your leadership team abreast of relevant breaking news, and with in-depth industry coverage through 10 weekly e-newsletters that hit every pillar of healthcare, we’ve got your whole leadership team covered. Subscribe to any — or all — of our e-newsletters.

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