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Healthcare predictions for 2020: Health systems will get bigger, demand for physicians will grow

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review There are seven healthcare industry sectors ripe for growth, consolidation and investment in 2020, according to a report from Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors. Based on their experience advising clients in the healthcare industry, the attorneys and advisors who authored the report predict the aging baby boomer…

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Top 5 revenue cycle management stories of 2019

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Physician specialties that generate the most revenue for hospitals and Medicare payment rules were among the healthcare revenue cycle management topics that piqued the interest of readers this year. Here are the five most popular revenue cycle management stories published by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2019: 1. These…

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10 healthcare professions and their projected job growth by 2028

By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Healthcare is projected to add about 1.9 million new jobs and see employment in industry professions grow 14 percent between 2018 and 2028, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is the bureau’s projected job growth in 10 healthcare professions over the period: Physician assistants –…

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AI just as effective as clinicians in diagnostics, study suggests

Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Artificial intelligence can detect diseases from medical imaging with the same accuracy as healthcare professionals, according to a systematic review of 82 articles published in The Lancet Digital Health journal Tuesday. However, AI didn’t outperform human diagnosis. In a small subset of the studies comparing AI and clinician diagnostic…

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How Will FY2020 IPPS Proposed Rule Affect Hospital CDI Programs?

By Shannon Wiggins for HIT Consultant In April, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2020 inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) proposed rule. The proposed rule notably includes approximately 1,500 complications or comorbidities (CC)/major complications or comorbidities (MCC) designation changes and 324 changes to International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-CM codes, along…

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Opinion: It’s Your Right To See Your Medical Records. It Shouldn’t Be This Hard To Do

Harlan Krumholz from NPR At a time when many insurers and health information technology companies are busily assembling databases of hundreds of millions of medical records, Americans find it difficult to get access to their own. If you try to get yours, be prepared for confusing policies, ill-informed staff, wasted time and high costs. Even…

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Surprise medical bills becoming more frequent and costly

By Shelby Livingston for Modern Healthcare Surprise out-of-network billing and related patients’ costs are increasing among inpatient admissions and emergency department visits to in-network hospitals, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Stanford University researchers found that from 2010 through 2016, 39% of 13.6 million trips to the ED at an in-network…

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Primary care, younger docs more likely to report burnout

By Shannon Muchmore for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Nearly 80% of primary care physicians and 57% of specialists reported some level of burnout in a recent online survey of more than 600 physicians conducted by InCrowd, a vendor of market research for life sciences companies. Burnout rates were highest among younger physicians — 70% for…

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Best Children’s Hospitals 2019-20: Honor Roll and Overview

By Ben Harder for MSN The annual U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, now in their 13th year, offer guidance to parents seeking the best place for their very sick child. The top 50 medical centers are ranked in 10 specialties, including pediatric cardiology & heart surgery, pediatric cancer and pediatric orthopedics. In the 2019-20 rankings, 84 hospitals ranked among the…

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Why health professionals need to be cautious on social media

By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance For health professionals, posting a single negative comment to their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential clients, a new University of Guelph study reveals. The findings have reimbursement implications, as the healthcare industry is becoming ever more consumer-centric, and prospective patients increasingly use the internet…

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