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2023 Healthcare Outlook: A Continuing Vise on Profitability as Pressures Continue

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Pete Reilly

The worsening and unrelenting pressure under which the healthcare industry has been operating is only going to intensify in 2023, ...

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2023 PAAS Survey Changes—What Organizations Need to Know

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Sunshine Strong

By March 31 of each year (until Measurement Year 2023 wherein the date changes to May 1), healthcare plans are ...

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Vascular Access Best Practices Help Reduce Impact of CMS Changes Tracking Bacteremia & Fungemia

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James Biggins

Potential Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) changes to tracking for hospital fungemia and bacteremia infection rates already have ...

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Bouncing Back from Lower Medicare Star Ratings: 3 Strategies for Health Plans

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RaeAnn Grossman

The impact of steep declines in Medicare Advantage (MA) Star Ratings with the loss of COVID-era guardrails is already being ...

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Health Care 2023: A Pressing Need To Move From Reactive To Proactive

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Jeff Margolis

The functionality, accessibility and affordability of U.S. health care has been a front-and-center issue for a long time. The COVID-19 ...