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Looking back at healthcare in 2022

Healthcare Leadership

Can you believe that we’ve reached the end of 2022? This year has been a truly unique one. At times this year has felt like it would never end – like when travel restrictions were still in place at the beginning of the year. At other times, I felt like I blinked and a month went by. Since the next HCLDR tweetchat on Tuesday December 20 th at 8:30pm ET will be the last one for 2022.

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Healthcare CEOs’ top concern is their financial viability.

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What Is Financial Viability? A company’s ability to generate vital cash flow to meet the ongoing operational costs and debt payments is known as Financial Viability. It also can continue growing by giving exceptional customer experience. Every organization wants to be in limelight in the higher competition of the business environment for this the organizations.

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We’re Feeling the Effects of the Nursing Shortage. Health Tech Can Help

HIT Consultant

The healthcare industry is in desperate need of nurses — and fast. Chances are this isn’t news to you. You’ve seen the countless headlines covering the impact the pandemic has had on nurses , and how that nursing shortage has impacted employment numbers, healthcare facilities, and patient care. Nurses are burnt out. They’re stressed, exhausted, and struggling to find adequate mental health support.

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Judge questions surprise billing ban implementation during court hearing

Health Care Dive

A federal judge tested the government’s defense concerning a rule designed to help third parties resolve payment disputes between healthcare providers and insurers.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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2023 forecast: Amid dwindling COVID relief funds, rural hospitals face a 'fiscal cliff'

Fierce Healthcare

2023 forecast: Amid dwindling COVID relief funds, rural hospitals face a 'fiscal cliff'. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 14:42.

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New coalition calls for collective action on health equity

Healthcare It News

The Rise to Health Coalition seeks to catalyze individuals and organizations committed to health equity and justice. WHY IT MATTERS. Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, announced the new coalition at the recent IHI Forum 2022 in Orlando. Joined by Dr. Aletha Maybank, chief health equity officer and senior vice president of the American Medical Association, and Glenn Harris, president of Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines, the three healthcare lead

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Centene reaches $44M settlement with Iowa

Health Care Dive

It’s the latest deal in a string of settlements to resolve allegations the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care organization overcharged states for pharmacy services.

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From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus

Fierce Healthcare

From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus. rking. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:29.

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Adopt a retail mindset to succeed with consumer-based healthcare

Healthcare It News

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The Age of Consent for Mental Health Treatment by State

Icanotes

About 17% of youth in the United States had a mental health disorder in 2016, but only half typically receive treatment. For some, this is due to the need to disclose treatment to their parents. While health treatment usually requires informed consent from adults, many states allow minors to give consent for certain types of care. This option can open up some important doors for accessing confidential care when minors might otherwise forego treatment, such as when therapy involves abuse, sexua

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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HHS releases ownership data on nation’s hospitals

Health Care Dive

“We are pulling back the curtain and letting the sunshine in on hospital and nursing home ownership because it is what the public deserves,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Tuesday in a statement.

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How community-based organizations are taking a tech-driven approach to connect health services to social care

Fierce Healthcare

How community-based organizations are taking a tech-driven approach to connect health services to social care. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:18.

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Real-time patient journey data – architecting a 360-degree view

Healthcare It News

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Why CityBlock Health Believes It Can Break A Mold That Home Health Agencies Can’t

Home Health Care

It may be an overused quote at this point, but it’s one Kameron Matthews can’t help but come back to when thinking about the health care system in the U.S. The definition of insanity, Albert Einstein once famously said, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. “Most home health agencies that you talk to, they’re not imagining a system outside of their current financial structure because they need to keep their doors open,” Matthews, the chief health offi

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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Government watchdog warns of Medicare fraud after relaxing provider requirements

Health Care Dive

The Government Accountability Office is urging the CMS to resume certain eligibility checks on providers whom they consider at high risk of fraud to the Medicare program.

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2023 forecast: Providers embrace start of new requirements on health equity

Fierce Healthcare

2023 forecast: Providers embrace start of new requirements on health equity. rking. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 15:28.

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New Zealand Is Done with Speaking Softly to China

The Rand Blog

In three short years, New Zealand has gone from saying next to nothing about China to saying quite a lot. What has prompted New Zealand to suddenly take a firmer stand on China?

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Home Health Care Serving ‘Older, Sicker, Poorer’ Patient Populations

Home Health Care

Almost half of Medicare beneficiaries utilizing home health care services have five or more chronic conditions. This is also true when looking at Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries, according to data from the Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC). RIHC recently released its 2022 Home Care Chartbook , a detailed overview of the home health landscape that includes data on demographics and organizational trends.

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.

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Texas Medical Association heads to court again in second challenge to surprise billing ban

Health Care Dive

The association is challenging the implementation of the surprise billing ban, arguing it unfairly benefits insurers. The group will argue before the same judge who previously sided with the association in a separate but similar case.

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'It's finally here': States have long sought Medicaid eligibility redetermination deadline

Fierce Healthcare

'It's finally here': States have long sought Medicaid eligibility redetermination deadline. rking. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 16:58.

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7 Things to Do When You’re Sick

Healthcare Associates

What to Do When You’re Sick. Influenza, COVID-19, and the common cold are all illnesses that tend to spread throughout the holiday season and through spring. These illnesses share many of the same symptoms, which can make it challenging to know which one you have and whether it has the potential to worsen without treatment. When you’re sick, it’s essential to take the necessary steps to care for yourself and prevent your illness from spreading to others — especially to those who may be more vuln

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The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories Of 2022

Home Health Care

Despite the hope that COVID-19’s effect on the world would wane in 2022, the year started with the highest case counts that home health and home care providers had seen, both among patients and staff. But as Home Health Care News’ top stories of the year suggest, COVID-19 did not define what went on in home-based care in 2022. Instead, a trend that had been bubbling under the surface for years – perhaps even prior to the pandemic – came to fruition.

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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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‘Bravo Congress’: Telehealth groups cheer omnibus extension of COVID-19 flexibilities

Health Care Dive

Still, the American Telemedicine Association and other virtual care lobbies said there was more to do to enshrine telehealth access into American law.

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Editor's corner: Fierce Healthcare's 10 most-read stories tracked Amazon's latest moves, COVID variants and the labor crunch

Fierce Healthcare

Editor's corner: Fierce Healthcare's 10 most-read stories tracked Amazon's latest moves, COVID variants and the labor crunch. hlandi. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:39.

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Ukraine Soldiers Get Prosthetics and Care From 5K Miles Away

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Protez Foundation , the non-profit helping Ukrainian children, soldiers and civilians who have lost their limbs during the war to get free quality prosthetics in the US, today announced they have partnered with OneStep , an innovative platform for digital physical therapy using pioneering science that turns any smartphone into a clinical-grade motion analysis lab, to provide remote care for their patients. – Protez Foundation is committed to helping rehabilita

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How The Rural Add-On Payments Changed Where Home Health Services Were Delivered

Home Health Care

Utilization of home health services fell in both urban and rural counties from January 2016 to March 2022 in the “high-utilization” categories, in part, due to the rural add-on payments. In 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a rural add-on payment, or a percentage increase, at the request of Congress.

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA

Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.

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Stakes are high in California’s Medicaid market shakeup

Health Care Dive

Four insurers that lost out on lucrative contracts in the state’s first-ever competitive process are challenging the managed care provider selections.

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2023 forecast: Why digital health is ripe for a new wave of M&A, including more 'disruptive' deals

Fierce Healthcare

2023 forecast: Why digital health is ripe for a new wave of M&A, including more 'disruptive' deals. hlandi. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 16:33.

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Merck Invests in Gesund, Launches Medical AI Platform on AWS

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Gesund, the company ensuring that medical artificial intelligence (AI) is safe and effective for all, today announced the securing of a strategic investment from Merck as well as a launch of a new commercial platform on Amazon Web Services Marketplace. – While terms of the investment are not being disclosed, the news signals support for the company’s approach as it launches a first of its kind commercial platform on Amazon Web Services Marketplace, immed

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8 Quotes That Tell The Story Of Home-Based Care In 2022 — And Beyond

Home Health Care

The quotes that cracked this Home Health Care News list were not only memorable, frank and informative, but they also paint a complete picture of the home-based care landscape in 2022. The words from the industry leaders highlighted here weigh in on everything from tensions with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to staffing shortages kneecapping industry growth and more.

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Top 12 Telehealth KPIs Every Health Tech Leader Should Know

Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.