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FastFinance: Hospital building surge; AI-coding study pushback

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HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format.

Health systems will spend a record amount this year building new hospitals, with hospital and clinic construction budgets far outpacing outpatient facilities, like ASCs.

Also, this week’s Weird Number: 39%. That’s the projected growth in the demand for long-term care workers between 2022 and 2037, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.

One More Thing: A hospital finance expert pushed back on BCBSA research alleging AI-assisted coding was driving an increase in healthcare spending.

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