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FastFinance: Physician unions and rural hospital funding

Published 9 hours ago

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.

Physician union activity is picking up this year, including at an unexpected health system. What’s driving it?

Also, this week’s Weird Number: $2.5 million. That’s the average annual cost per hospital of denied claims stemming from inaccurate patient identification or information, according to a Black Book survey.

One More Thing: Rural hospitals have struggled in some instances to meet the paperwork requirements of the new federal rural health transformation program.

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