Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
One of the nation's largest nonprofit health systems also disclosed an agreement to acquire a pair of hospitals in the central U.S. for $135 million.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Because of COVID-19, many primary care physicians have seen declines in well-child visits and vaccinations. The trend has put children at risk for developmental delays, and children and adults at risk for infectious diseases. The declines have significantly impacted operations. In the summer of 2020, healthcare data and software company Arcadia started offering provider-organization clients analytics to create educational outreach campaigns designed to cut through conflicting information and enc
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The payer is expected to lose two-thirds of its marketplace enrollment by the end of the year, according to executives.
The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
With Russia now having enough troops and equipment in place to invade Ukraine if diplomacy fails, one fallout of such an invasion could be a massive refugee or migration crisis. If that happened, there would be significant humanitarian, political, and economic implications for both the Ukrainians who flee and for the European nations they go to.
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Texas had the highest ratio of for-profit to nonprofit unreimbursed Medicaid costs to expenses, while New York and the District of Columbia had the lowest ratios, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The cost of home health care and home care increased more than it did in any other provider setting in 2021. That’s according to Genworth Financial Inc.’s (NYSE: GNW) annual cost of care survey , which showed that while the cost of all long-term care services increased in the last year, home-based care was especially impacted by the turbulent labor environment.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
What You Should Know: H1 , a global healthcare professional data ecosystem to enable life sciences, academic medical institutions, health systems, and payors acquires London-based Faculty Opinions Ltd , formerly known as Faculty of 1000 and F1000 Prime. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – A close partner of H1, Faculty Opinions fuses the comments and opinions of thousands of top researchers in the Life and Medical Sciences to highlight and validate the most exciting
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Home health providers continue to struggle with capacity challenges, as an increasing number of them are forced to turn away referrals from the acute care setting. Home health “rejection rates,” or providers’ tendency to “say no” to new patients recently discharged from the hospital, has become a key data point for the industry since early 2021.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
What You Should Know: – NourishedRx , a digital health company raises $6M in seed funding led by S2G Ventures with additional investors Route 66 Ventures , Connecticut Innovations , Primetime Partners , and other individual investors. – The company will utilize the funding to expand its high-tech, a high-touch platform to provide personalized, culturally relevant food solutions to health plan members nationwide.
Medical GPS
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The US Department of Labor reported that by 2024, translation and interpretation will grow by 29%. The post-pandemic situation has also intensified the demand for medical interpretation. What makes it different from other forms of interpretation? To practice medical interpretation, interpreters must comply with HIPAA requirements and are knowledgeable of medical terminologies besides being fluent in different languages. .
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Mark Cuban: “ ??I’d rather f— up the drug industry in every way possible. ” Türkiye. The case for doctor abundance. UoPeople. AI/ML vs. traditional econometric approaches : substitutes of compliments?
Health Care Law Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have recently released updated guidance regarding hospital co-locations arrangements. After nearly two years of deliberations and revisions, the final Guidance for Hospital Co-location with Other Hospitals or Health Care Facilities (the “Final Guidance”) was released on November 12, 2021 and took effect immediately upon publication.
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted an updated version of the Five-Star Users’ Guide 2022 – Updated 2/15/2022 (PDF) on February 15, 2022. The first January 2022 version was posted on January 14, 2022. Here’s what’s new in the updated version: The addition of the Table of Contents brings the page count to 35.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
What You Should Know: HealthEdge announced a strategic partnership with CitiusTech for joint go-to-market implementation and consulting services for HealthEdge solutions. HealthEdge is also working closely with FluidEdge Consulting, the healthcare consulting subsidiary of CitiusTech, to enhance adoption of the HealthEdge platform across health plans, through proven implementation frameworks and a global delivery model.
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Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CDC updated the Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19: Information for HC Professionals website on February 15, 2022. “This webpage provides an evidence-based resource for healthcare professionals caring for patients with underlying medical conditions who are at higher risk of developing severe outcomes of COVID-19.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today, Medisafe , a leading digital therapeutics and patient engagement company launches its new Digital Document Exchange module to streamline the medication approval process. – The solution enables patients to upload and submit required documentation directly through the company’s app — speeding complex medication approval processes from an average of 24 days to 10 minutes and allowing patients to begin treatment therapy sooner.
HIStalk
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Matt Scantland is founder and CEO of AndHealth of Columbus,
Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
By Cathy Zhang. Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf for his second, non-consecutive term as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), bringing a drawn out and contentious process to a close. Califf will be the second-ever FDA Commissioner to serve non-consecutive terms, and the first to have been confirmed by the Senate on two separate occasions.
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HIStalk
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
HHS Awards Nearly $55 Million to Increase Virtual Health Care.
Sheppard Health Law
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
In our November 9, 2021, blog post on the No Surprises Act (“NSA”), we discussed new consumer protections against surprise out-of-network bills. In addition to protecting insured consumers from balance billing, the NSA protects uninsured (or self-pay) individuals from many unexpectedly high medical bills. Specifically, effective January 1, 2022, a provider must furnish a self-pay patient with notice and a good faith estimate (“GFE”) of the cost of care prior to all scheduled services.
Etactics
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
If you’re new to working in healthcare, you may be feeling overwhelmed by the complexities of medical billing. Even if you’ve been here for a while, it’s still a challenge. There are so many different rules to properly code for the services you provided so that you can get paid. You need to make sure that you do it right the first time so that you don’t end up with claim denials.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
What You Should Know: Equip , a provider of virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment in the U.S., today announced a $58M Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $75M. The Series B round was led by The Chernin Group (TCG), an early investor in Headspace and was joined by Tiger Global and General Catalyst , as well as existing investors F-Prime Capital , Optum Ventures , and.406 Ventures.
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Etactics
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
If you’re new to working in healthcare, you may be feeling overwhelmed by the complexities of medical billing. Even if you’ve been here for a while, it’s still a challenge. There are so many different rules to properly code for the services you provided so that you can get paid. You need to make sure that you do it right the first time so that you don’t end up with claim denials.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The next year will be a big one for home care. There will be increased opportunities for agencies with a larger national spotlight shone on them. Meanwhile, there are both legal threats and advocacy efforts that should be top of everyone’s mind, Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) CEO Vicki Hoak said during Home Care Pulse’s Growth Summit Monday.
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