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Uncover Hidden Consumer Insights & SEO Opportunities with Google Trends

Healthcare Success

Google Trends is a powerful but underutilized tool that helps healthcare marketers. Conduct search engine optimization (SEO) research, Identify current trends, Find out what people are interested in, And build better, more relevant campaigns. It also allows marketers to analyze search term popularity over time, explore related keywords, and compare how search terms vary across different geographical areas.

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Healthcare lobbying rose 70% over past two decades

Health Care Dive

U.S. healthcare lobbying expenditures totaled almost $714 million in 2020, compared to $358 million in 2000, according to new research.

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ONC launches SDOH interoperability pilot

Healthcare It News

This new group can use various Fast Health Interoperability Resources resources as they pilot how to best adopt the SDOH Clinical Care FHIR Implementation Guide (SDOH CC IG) in screening, diagnosis, goal setting and interventions. WHY IT MATTERS. The pilot, funded under a cooperative agreement by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and Health Level Seven International (HL7), focuses on applying FHIR Gravity social risk terminology – to exchange information.

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Walgreens-backed VillageMD in talks to merge with Summit, Bloomberg reports

Health Care Dive

The report, citing unnamed sources, said a deal could emerge in the coming weeks.

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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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Telehealth summit debrief: staffing shortages, wider acceptance but expansion barriers

Healthcare It News

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing.

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Implementation of 72 Hour Rule in Medical Billing

p3care

“Medicaid Services” & “The Centers for Medicaid Services” has rigged the three-day rule against the combat fraud related to the “False Claims Act,” that rule is known as “the 72-Hour Rule” As a result, all the outpatient diagnostic or other medical services delivered within 72 hours of hospital admission are billed collectively instead of individually.

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How to Start & Grow Your Medical Billing Business in 2023

p3care

If you are thinking of starting a Medical Billing Business, you must be worried about how to start & grow it immediately; well, it’s not so easy to get a large number of clients & generate revenue right off the bat, but some strategies will help you succeed fast in a particular field. Things you faced at the start of a Medical Billing Business.

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HHCN FUTURE Conference: Fireside Chat with nVoq

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by nVoq. This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Jason Banks, Vice President of Post-Acute Development at nVoq. The discussion took place on September 15, 2022 during the Home Health Care News FUTURE Conference in New York City. The article below has been edited for length and clarity. Home Health Care News: Can you give a brief background of nVoq to the audience?

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How Should the U.S. Military Share Secrets?

The Rand Blog

For security cooperation to work, allies may need access to details of U.S. military plans and activities. But does the need for a clearly defined U.S. advantage prevent sharing information that may be broadly in the U.S. interest? Who should evaluate this advantage, and at what level?

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What Home Health Providers May Change Due To Final Rule

Home Health Care

Now that the final payment rule for the home health care industry is officially out, providers and advocates will take the long-awaited next step. For advocates, that will mean continuing legislation efforts. Although the final rule includes a 0.7% aggregate payment bump for home health agencies , behavioral adjustment cuts are still being implemented.

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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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Accessing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Research: The Re-emergence of the Tragedy of the ‘Anticommons’

Bill Of Health

By Aparajita Lath. Some COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers in the US have refused to share vaccine samples for research purposes , creating an access issue with the potential to delay comparator studies, follow-on research, and new vaccine / drug development. This issue may be the latest example of the tragedy of the “ anticommons ” in biomedical research.

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VillageMD Reportedly In Talks To Merge With Primary Care Provider Summit Health

Home Health Care

Home-focused primary care provider — and key Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) investment target — VillageMD is said to be eyeing a potential merger with Summit Health. The merger would value the combined companies at an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion, according to a Bloomberg News report. Chicago-based VillageMD, through its subsidiary Village Medical, provides primary care services across 22 markets to more than 1.6 million patients.

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The world is getting safer

Healthcare ECONOMIST

…well, at least fewer people are dying from natural disasters. This is from a recent New York Times article.

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How Digital Prehab for Musculoskeletal Conditions Can Improve Engagement While Reducing Costs

Medbridge Education

What is prehabilitation? Prehabilitation, also commonly known as prehab, is participation in therapy-based exercises to avoid injury, decrease pain, or to prepare for a surgery. When it comes to prehab, there are generally two approaches: surgical prehab and preventative prehab. Surgical prehab is used before a surgical procedure to prepare the body for the upcoming […] The post How Digital Prehab for Musculoskeletal Conditions Can Improve Engagement While Reducing Costs appeared first on

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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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Tips for Improving Customer Service in a Healthcare Call Center

Sequence Health

Healthcare customer service is a critical aspect of the industry. Patients and their families rely on call center agents to provide accurate information and support during difficult times. Call centers should constantly improve their customer service for better patient experience and fewer complaints. Read more: How To Use Healthcare Call Centers To Provide A Better Patient Experience?

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Mass General Brigham Deploys DexCare’s Digital Care Access Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Mass General Brigham (MGB) has partnered with DexCare to improve consumer experiences and outcomes for virtual urgent care. – DexCare’s solution will allow patients to access care from MGB at their preferred time and format through simple, self-directed digital experiences = better patient acquisition, retention and experiences.

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How Digital Prehab for Musculoskeletal Conditions Can Improve Engagement While Reducing Costs

Medbridge Education

What is prehabilitation? Prehabilitation, also commonly known as prehab, is participation in therapy-based exercises to avoid injury, decrease pain, or to prepare for a surgery. When it comes to prehab, there are generally two approaches: surgical prehab and preventative prehab. Surgical prehab is used before a surgical procedure to prepare the body for the upcoming […].

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Accenture Federal Services Awarded Role on $650M VA Healthcare Innovation Contract

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a prime spot on a $650M contract in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL). The Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning (AVAIL) contract provides VHA and the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) with the ability to fast-track the design, development, and testing of healthcare innovations.

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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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Relyvrio Approval: Lessons Learned

Health Advances

By Olivia Novins, Michael Davitian, Carrie Jones. After two years of regulatory back and forth and debates around the drug’s efficacy, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ new Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) treatment, Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol), was approved by the FDA on September 29, 2022. Relyvrio is just the third treatment approved for ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, and so its approval represents an important milestone for that disease.

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CMS Heightens Oversight of TPMO Marketing Programs, Restricts TV Advertisements

Sheppard Health Law

In May, we discussed the final rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Final Rule”) issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”). In the Final Rule, CMS established certain marketing and communication requirements for Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations and Part D prescription drug sponsors (PDPs), intending to address complaints of inappropriate marketing that indicated it CMS

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Understanding locums contracts

CHQ Healthcare

As a healthcare recruiter, you have a lot to juggle on a daily basis. So when your organization has locum tenens staffing needs, it is essential that you not only partner with a trusted agency , but that you also get all the details agreed upon in formal locum tenens contracts. When working with locums agencies, there are generally two legal documents you will encounter: the master agreement and the confirmation letter.

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Preparing for the Transition: Home Health Value-Based Purchasing

Health Recovery

If you operate a home health agency, big changes are coming in the new year. Beginning on January 1, 2023 , all Medicare - certified home health agencies must participate in the ne w Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model. By linking payments to performance, HHVBP reward s your home health agenc y for the quality of your patient outcomes rather than the quantity of the services you provide.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Guillaume de Zwirek, CEO, Artera

HIStalk

Guillaume de Zwirek is founder and CEO of Artera of.

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Nuvance Health Launches Cognitive Care-At-Home Program

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Nuvance Health , a system of nonprofit hospitals and outpatient healthcare services throughout the Hudson Valley and western Connecticut launches a pilot that provides brain-stimulating activities such as gamification and a way to upload family photos and videos for “reminiscence” therapy. – The platform, Neuroglee Connect uses artificial intelligence to track which activities help each individual the most to target the most effective treatment possible.

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CMS Posts CY2023 Medicare Payment Rates for Swing Bed Hospitals

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted Transmittal 492 on Friday, October 28, 2022. This 93-page transmittal provides the CY2023 updates to Provider Reimbursement Manual – Part 1 Chapter 22, Determination of Cost of Services to Beneficiaries, specifically to Section 2231, Regional Medicare Swing-Bed-Rates.

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Morning Headlines 11/1/22

HIStalk

Oracle to close North Kansas City World Headquarters Campus, Realization.

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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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Carrie Zombies: Compliance Lessons from the Bike Rodeo

Healthcare Performance

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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 10/31/22

HIStalk

I spent a good chunk of time this weekend preparing.

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How Does Prozac Feel When it Starts Working for Anxiety

p3care

In the class of Antidepressants, Prozac is a well-known and fast-working medicine. It’s the most sought-after selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug. The question that comes into mind is the same as with the other medication: does Prozac work on the first day? Let’s read the whole article to get the answer. Well, for anxiety, it’s the most helpful remedy.

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Cultivating an Early Warning System in Healthcare Quality Through Bi-Directional Patient-Physician Engagement 

HIT Consultant

David Voccola, Sr. Director of Global Strategy at the RWTS Integrated Health Practice at IQVIA. Angela Kennedy, Director of Strategic Operations at IQVIA. Patient advocacy organizations and medical specialty societies can serve as a liaison between patients and providers in bi-directional engagement, closing gaps in the patient journey and ultimately driving innovation for higher quality care.

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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.