Healthcare It News

APRIL 23, 2024

"RPM provides a viable solution to improve patient care and outcomes, leverage team-based care, and maintain neutral workload for PCPs and care teams. "Together, we were able to identify a site where we could prove the concept, demonstrate success and socialize it internally to scale."

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2024

What You Should Know: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center a nd CVS Accountable Care, part of CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS), today announced the creation of an accountable care organization (ACO) to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries by Ohio State providers in central Ohio.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2023

A caregiver incentive program that increases caregiver productivity and retention while preventing caregiver burnout and improving quality of care for patients. An online occupational health solution that provides primary care health benefits for employees. – Perry. – Vitable Health. – Remote Focus.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

What You Should Know: In light of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Talkspace announced the results of its unique AI algorithm over the last three years of identifying individuals at risk of self-harm or suicide.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 7, 2024

This enables real-time remote monitoring by care teams, preventing severe wound deterioration and improving outcomes. A pilot program showed promising results, with 36% of patients experiencing changes to wound management, and 94% finding the system beneficial, reducing in-person appointments and enhancing continuity of care.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2024

Amid Medicaid changes, the most relevant news to home care providers is the aforementioned 80-20 provision, which will force HCBS providers to direct 80% of reimbursement to direct care workers. “We That raises the question: What does the industry do now? Firstly, there will likely be resistance to the rule. “We

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Years of OIG audits, evaluations, and investigations into hospice care have revealed that, while these services can provide great comfort to terminally ill patients and their families, there are significant problems with the program. The key priorities of OIG’s hospice oversight are below.

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Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Government Accountability Office has posted this January 2022 Health Care Capsule to “summarize past GAO reports on concerns about nursing home quality of care, consumer information, and COVID-19. We also recommended ways to make it easier for consumers to compare the quality of care in nursing homes across the nation.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

CMS’ Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule will promote greater use of telehealth and other telecommunications technologies for providing behavioral health care services, encourage growth in the diabetes prevention program, and boost payment rates for vaccine administration.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 16, 2024

Through MSSP, they have demonstrably reduced healthcare costs while maintaining exceptional quality of care for over 60,000 Medicare beneficiaries. Coordinated Care: A focus on ensuring patients receive well-coordinated care across different healthcare providers.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Advantages for Patients. Accountability.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Advantages for Patients. Accountability.

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Doctors Accountability Healthcare Providers Accountable Care 130

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As is often the case in today’s healthcare environment, advanced technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are emerging as a potential solution, helping to both prevent falls and accelerate recovery when falls lead to injury – particularly when they can be used in the comfort of the patient’s home.

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2023

The Commonwealth Fund’s- methodology covered, Access and affordability Prevention and treatment Avoidable use and cost Healthy lives Reproductive care and women’s health Income disparity, and Racial and ethnic equity. This day marks the one-year anniversary of the overturn of Roe v.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 22, 2024

And they are important requirements to protect the health and welfare of participants to ensure quality services are delivered, and to prevent fraud and abuse. While the current administration has been supportive of the idea of enhanced home-based care services in the U.S.,

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

CMPs collected from nursing homes can be reinvested to improve the quality of care and quality of life of nursing home residents (per 42 CFR 488.433). Resources to Improve Quality of Care: Check out CMS’s new Quality in Focus interactive video series.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Physicians should emphasize their value in terms of patient outcomes, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness. Value-Based Care Initiatives: Participating in value-based care models and accountable care organizations can lead to increased reimbursement based on improved patient outcomes and cost savings.

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Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 20, 2023

The intent of this initiative is to provide a resource for providers and suppliers to proactively address common compliance concerns and therefore increase the quality of care for patients and residents.

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Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

You'll also find practical use cases for applying AI and data analytics to make healthcare more efficient, including how to: Share and analyze clinical data to deliver targeted health services and improve outcomes through predictive care. Detect and prevent fraudulent claims and other abuses based on behavioral patterns.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

They were expected to provide a digital hub that would enable seamless communication and information sharing between providers, boost efficiency, improve the quality of care, and foster optimal patient and clinician experiences. Ultimately, the patient-provider relationship suffers, as does the quality of care.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 14, 2023

Resources to Improve Quality of Care: Check out CMS’s new Quality in Focus interactive video series. The series of 10–15-minute videos are tailored to provider types and aim to reduce the deficiencies most commonly cited during the CMS survey process, like infection control and accident prevention.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

At a sunk cost of roughly $2,200 per employee, staff turnover is expensive and results in lower resident satisfaction, quality of care and occupancy. Luckily there are proven strategies to increase staff retention that ultimately improve quality of care, decrease costs and positively affect the bottom line.

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NCQA

JANUARY 3, 2024

That may be the best way to keep a patient healthy, boost their interest in their self-care and prevent repeat visits for the same problem. How do you teach med school students the value of quality? How do you train them to follow a model of value-based care? So the questions stand regarding graduate medical education.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Burnout has been linked to decreased quality of care and increased safety incidents, and it can adversely impact the bottom line if physicians leave their posts and providers have to foot the bill to fill the gaps in care. VBC also focuses on preventative care, not just treatment after discovering an illness.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 17, 2023

Resources to Improve Quality of Care: Check out CMS’s new Quality in Focus interactive video series. The series of 10–15 minute videos are tailored to provider types and aim to reduce the deficiencies most commonly cited during the CMS survey process, like infection control and accident prevention.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 20, 2024

However, a lack of standardization and efficient solutions has prevented providers from adopting and scaling the process. Furthermore, these activities can help prevent high-cost-of-care scenarios. That being said, closing care gaps through concurrent reconciliation will reduce the retrospective burden over time.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 27, 2023

QAPI became standardized in home health care when updates were made to the conditions of participation in 2018. The goal of QAPI is to ensure a high quality of care while identifying opportunities for improvement and addressing gaps in systems or processes.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With EHR in place, healthcare professionals can now exchange crucial patient data electronically, improving communication, reducing errors, and enhancing the overall quality of care. Burnout can lead to a decrease in the quality of care, an increase in medical errors, and ultimately impact patient safety.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 3, 2022

To reverse this trend will require not only resources, but also new business models for LMICs that can overcome the barriers patients face to receiving care, such as unaffordable, unavailable, or inaccessible healthcare services and treatments, and limited awareness of disease and preventative care.

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Bill Of Health

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Further action is needed to prevent discrimination in health care services towards persons with substance use disorder. Health care discrimination toward persons with substance use disorder People experiencing substance use disorder often face discrimination and stigma in the medical setting. But it is not without limitations.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

The pandemic ushered in a major shift in the quality of care practices are providing their patients. According to last year’s survey, 48% of small healthcare practices say their quality of care has improved because of COVID-19 and the extra measures and personal touches they began implementing.

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Lexis Nexis

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For payers, the opportunity is significant: well-designed online tools translate into better member engagement, higher retention rates, improved health outcomes and quality of care scores, and reduced administrative costs. Prevention Against Data Breaches: Data breaches in healthcare are costly to a payer’s bottom line and reputation.

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Sequence Health

AUGUST 16, 2022

Enhanced Quality of Care. Lastly, telehealth can potentially enhance the quality of care that patients receive. Patients with more regular access to their providers are more likely to stay on top of preventative measures and manage chronic conditions effectively.

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Sequence Health

JULY 21, 2022

Enhanced Quality of Care. Lastly, telehealth can potentially enhance the quality of care that patients receive. Patients with more regular access to their providers are more likely to stay on top of preventative measures and manage chronic conditions effectively.

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Etactics

APRIL 26, 2024

Payer agreements also help make sure the quality of care given to patients is at the highest level it can be. Setting standards for the type and quality of care that patients receive promotes not only the well-being of the patients, but the structure and how a healthcare provider operates as well.

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p3care

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

134 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan. Quality of Care by ACOs. The idea behind ACOs is to improve the quality of healthcare with collective efforts. There is one good news for ACOs that will take effect from next year. 236 Controlling High Blood Pressure.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 4, 2022

Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare. For example, when a patient's care goes off-course, home-based providers often are not looped in.

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