Mon.Dec 12, 2022

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Progressive lawmakers call on CMS to cull companies with history of Medicare fraud from ACO REACH

Health Care Dive

At least 10 organizations with records of healthcare fraud and abuse prior to 2021 participated in the direct contracting program last year despite CMS screening requirements, the letter said.

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House and Senate Dems want CMS to drop ACO REACH members due to fraud concerns

Fierce Healthcare

House and Senate Dems want CMS to drop ACO REACH members due to fraud concerns. rking. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 16:08.

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400 healthcare workers wage strike at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Southern California

Health Care Dive

Those striking include nursing assistants, surgical technicians, pharmacists and other front-line employees who want staffing, safety and wage concerns addressed in new contracts.

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Healthcare companies' default risk steadily rising, with most owned by private equity: Moody's

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare companies' default risk steadily rising, with most owned by private equity: Moody's. hlandi. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 22:05.

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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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5 hospital shipping oversights that create financial waste

Health Care Dive

Shipping and receiving may not get much attention in busy healthcare environments, but there are untapped efficiencies that can come from a more robust and centralized strategy.

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ED docs offer better care than nurse practitioners, research finds

Fierce Healthcare

ED docs offer better care than nurse practitioners, research finds. fdiamond. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 16:05.

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CommonSpirit ransomware attack exposed personal information of 623K people, system says

Health Care Dive

This is the first time that the health system has disclosed the number of people potentially affected by the cyberattack earlier this year.

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Home ovulation diagnostic startup Proov brings hormone insights to Google Health Connect

Fierce Healthcare

Home ovulation diagnostic startup Proov brings hormone insights to Google Health Connect. aburky. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 13:11.

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How to get Texas Medical Board License?

p3care

Texas ranks 2nd for its largest population in the United States. Its economy is flourishing over time with the healthcare industry playing a dynamic role in this growth. The precursor for this increase in Taxes growth rate is its expansion of existing hospitals and other medical facilities. As a result, 8 out of the 25 largest employers in Texas belong to hospitals or research facilities.

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Federal appeals court strikes down Biden admin's transgender care mandate

Fierce Healthcare

Federal appeals court strikes down Biden admin's transgender care mandate. hlandi. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 06:58.

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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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Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in year’s biggest biotech deal

Health Care Dive

After outlasting rival suitors Sanofi and J&J in deal talks, Amgen agreed to a deal that values the Ireland-based maker of rare and inflammatory disease drugs at about $28 billion.

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CMS proposes cap on non-standard ACA plans, network adequacy standard changes for 2024

Fierce Healthcare

CMS proposes cap on non-standard ACA plans, network adequacy standard changes for 2024. rking. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 17:34.

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North Korea's Version of 'Take Your Daughter to Work Day' Went Out with a Bang—Literally

The Rand Blog

With the spotlight having long been fixed on the nuclear issue, the public debut of Kim Jong-un's “most beloved” child seems as though it could be an impeccably timed distraction to keep the international community from focusing on seeking an enduring solution to Pyongyang's rapidly advancing weapons systems.

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The Multi-Generational Guide to Healthcare Marketing

Fierce Healthcare

The Multi-Generational Guide to Healthcare Marketing. ncapone. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 13:08.

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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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AI/ML Used for Clinical Trial-Site Identification Simultaneously Improves Enrollment Rates and Diversity

HIT Consultant

Lucas Glass, VP of the Analytics Center of Excellence (ACOE), IQVIA. Ethnic and racial minorities are commonly underrepresented in clinical trials. This problem is so severe that in April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded upon existing guidance to further emphasize recommendations to sponsors developing treatments to increase enrollment from underrepresented populations in the U.S., including African-American, Hispanic, Asian and other persons of color, in clinical trials.

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Joseph Betancourt tapped as new president of the Commonwealth Fund

Fierce Healthcare

Joseph Betancourt tapped as new president of the Commonwealth Fund. aburky. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 16:08.

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Primary Care Shifts to Pharmacy and Retail Clinic Settings, Survey Reveals

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Primary care is continuing to decentralize with more decisions made outside of primary care offices, according to a recent report by Wolters Kluwer. – The Pharmacy Next: Health Consumer Medication Trends survey explores consumer sentiment amid this shift, and offers insight into what safeguards are needed to address their top concerns around medication-related care. .

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Nonlethal Weapons Can Play a Growing Role in U.S. Defense

The Rand Blog

Overcoming the web of factors inhibiting the use of nonlethal weapons will take sustained effort over time, but can have a powerful impact on the United States' ability to achieve its national security goals while avoiding unnecessary conflict.

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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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Brightside Health Launches Telehealth Program to Combat Suicide Epidemic

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Brightside Health today announced Crisis Care , a telehealth program treating individuals with elevated suicide risk. With the addition of Crisis Care, the company will expand its services to individuals experiencing acute suicidal thoughts and behaviors. – While telehealth has improved access to mental healthcare, the majority of virtual mental health services only treat patients with low-to-moderately severe conditions.

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Survey Highlights ‘Frustrating’ Care Navigation Process In US

Home Health Care

Nearly one in four U.S. adults aged 50 and above said that they or a loved one needed long-term care over the past year. In addition, as they were trying to navigate that reality, they generally faced significant frustrations. This is according to a new survey commissioned by the senior-focused think tank Nexus Insights. Research was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Physician-Led Advocacy for the Future of Reproductive Health Care

Bill Of Health

By Katie Gu. The American Medical Association (AMA) recently adopted new policies aimed at protecting access to reproductive health care and reducing government interference in medical practice. As the nation’s most prominent professional medical association, the AMA’s unified stance brings a stronger physician-led voice in reproductive health care advocacy in the aftermath of Dobbs v.

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How Large Health Systems Are Integrating Home-Based Senior Care

Home Health Care

Hospital systems are now making a greater effort to collaborate with senior care providers – including those in home-based care – to elevate care delivery. Key players in this larger move to work more closely with senior care providers, or to integrate that care directly, are Kaiser Permanente and Trinity Health. While home-based care always played a role in care delivery at Kaiser Permanente — one of the largest health systems and health plans in the U.S. — last year the company leaned in furth

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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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Site-Shifting: the Consumer-Driven Pressure on Traditional Healthcare Utilization

Health Populi

While overall U.S. consumers’ utilization of health care has been pretty stable, the type of visit encounters is shifting away from hospital inpatient cases to ambulatory care, urgent and retail health care sites, data from Kaufman Hall and Sg2 tell us. The companies shared insights in a session on Building Relationships with the Modern Healthcare Consumer l ast week, warning that hospitals are facing economic challenges with implications on how they should engage and interact with patient

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2023 Executive Forecast: ‘Home Health Companies Must Be Operationally Nimble’

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. In a sense, home health leaders are entering 2023 with many of the same concerns they came into 2022 with. Additional ones may have been added, but not many have been taken away. Staffing continues to be a pain point in a competitive labor market, and both COVID-19 and inflation are still factors. . Sign up for HHCN + to read this exclusive content.

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What is a Driver Diagram?

Life Qi

In this set of articles, we’re going to focus on driver diagrams: what a driver diagram is used for, when driver diagrams are used and how you can use a driver diagram for quality improvement (QI) in your setting.

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In This Together – Don’t Give Up

Healthcare Leadership

Blog Post by Joe Babaian. “Don’t give up” is my message today to you! We are facing unprecedented world strife reigniting more than kindles of the Cold War, our loved #Twitter literally falling about from within, and increased attacks on – just about everyone not firmly rooted in a powerful push for groupthink. You KNOW what I am referring to.

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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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The 4 Most Common Paid Search Mistakes in Healthcare and How to Avoid Them

Sequence Health

If you’re a healthcare marketer, it’s essential to know the most common paid search mistakes and how to avoid them. Paid search can be a great way to reach new patients and grow your practice. A healthcare advertising agency can help you create an effective campaign and ensure that the ads you run are successful. Factors like experience, cost, and services should be considered to choose the right agency.

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Preparing for and Preventing the Next Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. “Since it was established on April 23, 2020, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has been investigating the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Select Subcommittee’s work has produced an extensive investigative record.

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Minding the Gaps: 4 Traditionally Non-IT Roles Necessary for IT Success

HIT Consultant

Elizabeth A. Delahoussaye, RHIA, CHPS, Chief Privacy Officer at Ciox. As healthcare continues to digitally transform, integrating health data among various IT stakeholders demands much more collaboration than our predecessors could have imagined. Once focused intensely on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse and ensuring high-quality patient care, the compliance department is tasked with maintaining programs that meet the regulations and laws of numerous government bodies pertaining to various are

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Recent Developments in Telehealth Enforcement

Sheppard Health Law

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) led to a rapid expansion in the utilization of telehealth. Now, almost three years later, governmental entities have focused their attention on telehealth services and the potential for fraud and abuse. In July 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issue a Special Fraud Alert alerting practitioners to exercise caution when entering into arrangements with telemedicine companies.

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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.