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Hospitalist Billing Curriculum Improves Coding Accuracy and Revenue

A brief virtual billing curriculum improved hospitalists’ coding confidence, documentation quality, and generated more than $150,000 in added revenue.

By Dr. A. Nikhil Krishnan, MBBS · Oct 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Health Policy·Fierce HC

Parkview Health to acquire Ovation Healthcare in rural services push

Parkview Health is buying shared services vendor Ovation Healthcare to expand administrative support for rural providers and reduce…

Oct 18, 2026

Health Policy·Med Econ

Physician burnout, alignment and retention hinge on protected clinical time

Practice leaders can improve physician retention by reducing distractions, clarifying expectations and protecting time for patient care.

Oct 18, 2026

Health Policy·Med Econ

Retirement planning for physicians: how to choose a fiduciary financial planner

Physicians planning retirement should know how fiduciary, fee-only advisers differ from sales-driven brokers and how to screen for…

Oct 18, 2026

Health Policy·STAT

STAT ranks biotech venture capital firms in 2025 edition

STAT’s 2025 report ranks biotech venture capital firms by private returns and examines strategy shifts in a volatile…

Oct 17, 2026

Health Policy·STAT

States Move to Regulate Autonomous Clinical AI as Lobbyists Press In

State medical boards are drafting rules for autonomous clinical AI as physician groups, hospitals, insurers, and tech firms…

Oct 17, 2026

Health Policy·HC Dive

Highmark Health names Karen Hanlon as CEO amid financial pressure

Highmark Health named Karen Hanlon CEO, elevating a longtime executive as the nonprofit insurer faces medical-cost pressure and…

Oct 17, 2026

Health Policy·Med Econ

Trilliant report maps how U.S. health care is working against physicians

Trilliant Health’s 2026 report frames U.S. health care as a tragedy of the commons, with coding pressure, payment…

Oct 17, 2026

Health Policy·HC Dive

Medicare readmission penalties rise for more hospitals in 2027

CMS will cut Medicare payments for 2,334 hospitals in 2027 under the readmissions program, with penalties based on…

Oct 17, 2026

Health Policy·Fierce HC

Hospital M&A surges as mega-mergers drive 2026 dealmaking

Kaufman Hall data show 2026 hospital M&A tilting toward mega-mergers as margins soften and more hospitals operate at…

Oct 17, 2026

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New hypertension guideline lowers the treatment threshold to 130/80 mm Hg.
Phase 3 GLP-1 trial reports a 20% cut in major adverse cardiac events.
FDA clears a next-generation CAR-T therapy for relapsed lymphoma.
Meta-analysis links early mobilisation to shorter ICU length of stay.
Rapid guidance broadens empiric antibiotics for suspected sepsis.