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Will New Medicaid Policies Put Hospital Margins at Risk?

EvidenceCare

Hospital Margins: A Positive Trend with Ongoing Challenges Hospital financial performance rebounded in 2023, with total margins rising to 6.4% These improvements reflect stabilization following pandemic-related disruptions and cost pressures. and operating margins to 5.2%.

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Catalysts In Innovation: A Doctor’s Dream Impacts Healthcare

Forbes Healthcare

Physician, Advisor, Speaker, Emory University, Healio Follow Author Jul 14, 2025, 10:44am EDT Jul 14, 2025, 10:47am EDT Share Save Comment The beautiful country of Malta, is surrounded by deep blue waters, and has a rich history of visitors and conquerors from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

CMS Policy Changes to Reduce Costs Financial pressures are rising as CMS implements the updated Version 28 Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) model , which introduces changes aimed at limiting types of codes that are most used for up-coding or over-coding to help rein in spending. For Star Ratings specifically, CMS spent $12.8

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Artificial Intelligence can be the Catalyst for Transformative Change at NIH

Sensible Medicine

Instead of research being the domain of a select few, we’d see more clinicians, nurses, patients, and citizen scientists collaborating in discoveries. Traditionally, NIH (and science in general) identifies priorities by looking at historical burdens of diseases or by following the leads of existing research.

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In Honor of the Three Greatest Words in the English Language

Sensible Medicine

So here, in honor of the start of spring training, when pitchers and catchers report for duty, a Friday Reflection that I first posted on Feb 17, 2023. RM is a 72-year-old man who comes to the office for routine follow-up of spinal stenosis, hypertension, and peripheral vascular disease. It is March.

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Mental Health’s Unfinished Digital Revolution

The Healthcare Blog

Following the surge, investment plummeted. Digital Mental Health Investment (2010-2023 ) Incumbents Build Deep, Startups Go Wide Incumbent scale is infrastructure-heavy, slow, and linear , and focuses on deep integration within their established markets. Those regions are ripe for follow-on expansion and digital scale.

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5 Timely Ideas To Improve Medicare Advantage

Forbes Healthcare

Jain Follow Author Share Save Comment Innovation Healthcare 5 Timely Ideas To Improve Medicare Advantage By Sachin H. Brokers earn renewal fees when their clients sign up annually for MA plans. Jain , Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. That’s certainly the case with Dr. Mehmet Oz.

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