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IT execs talk priorities and predictions for 2022

Healthcare It News

Progress toward accountable care is halting. Technologies that "protect the nurses and facilitate their clinical practice will go a long way to build trust and help retain and recruit these essential workers that we all need now and in the future." Financial and revenue cycle disruptions are significant.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

States that use existing billing codes may want to provide guidance to providers and explain how to use these codes to better track uptake of these services and support best clinical practices. California provided an example of billing codes associated with specified palliative care services in its December 2017 guidance.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

States interested in expanding accountable health approaches have a variety of strategies at their disposal, including the Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) model and accountable care organizations (ACOs). Health Hubs grew out of the state’s Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project.