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By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals to close. Here are the factors that led eight hospitals to close so far this year: 1. Belmont Community Hospital, a 99-bed hospital in Bellaire, Ohio, closed April 5. Hospital officials cited a decline in patient volume as the…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review The American Medical Association and UnitedHealthcare are supporting the development of 23 billing codes related to social determinants of health. The healthcare system lacks a consistent, organized way to capture such non medical needs as food, housing and access to transportation, and incorporate them into individual care plans,…
By Charles Corfield for nVoq For many physicians alternative/complementary medicine is a sore point, where magical thinking on the part of patients and unproven/false claims by practitioners lead to significant harm (people die or are severely injured). When it comes to AI, physicians, too, may risk succumbing to magical thinking and could benefit from some…
By Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog Ethics. My favorite topic! Being a hopelessly optimistic and naïve person, I am often surprised by unethical behavior. I have seen it in management and employees alike, and it always comes as a shock. Once I have identified this behavior in an individual, they…
By Susan Morse for Healthcare Finance The focus on electronic health record implementation has turned to how to make use of the vast data stored within to improve revenue cycle operations. “These EHRs capture so much data. The trick is translating that data into information,” said Cynthia Sikina, vice president of Financial Services with consulting…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Louisiana is the most-stressed state in the U.S., according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. To identify the most- and least-stressed states, WalletHub analysts compared the 50 states on 40 indicators of stress. The metrics range from share of adults getting adequate sleep to personal…
Kamalika Some by Analytics Insights Speech recognition is the newest technology fad empowered to recognize spoken words, which can further be converted into text. Speech Recognition encapsulates voice recognition, a technology deployed to identify a person based on their voice. AI-powered Speech Recognition has been the toast of offerings among major tech giants. The top-performing…
By Susan Chapman for For The Record For aspiring coders, landing that first position can be intimidating. But never fear, industry experts are here to offer advice. Landing that all-important first job can seem daunting for a coder who is just entering the field. However, incorporating sound advice from seasoned experts can help job seekers…
By Helen Branswell for STAT Caught in the grips of a persistent and long-running measles outbreak, a New York county on Tuesday took the extraordinary step of announcing it would ban children who have not been vaccinated against the disease from enclosed public places as part of a 30-day state of emergency. Schools, houses of…
By Rachel Popa for Becker’s Hospital Review A report from the Commonwealth Fund outlines where healthcare costs are the cheapest and most expensive. The Commonwealth Fund analyzed trends in private-sector health insurance premiums and deductibles for the under 65 population from 2008 to 2017 with data from the federal government’s annual Agency for Healthcare Research…