Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
This year is likely to be another big one for telemedicine. The technology-enabled form of healthcare delivery has huge momentum coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. But at the same time, the pandemic public health emergency is scheduled to end in May, which means action is needed by lawmakers to keep reimbursement going in 2023. There's lots going on, to say the least.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Regulators are continuing to work on new guidance in light of a court decision that ruled against the government and threw a wrench in the third-party process to resolve payment disputes between payers and providers.
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Healthcare Success
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot that can have human-like conversations, translate, and provide users with information. It can also write good content. Like, really good. And now that Google has openly stated, “Appropriate use of AI or automation is not against our guidelines,” it begs the question: Should we use it to produce healthcare content?
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
DEA's proposed telehealth rules pull back COVID-era remote prescribing flexibilities aburky Mon, 02/27/2023 - 14:17
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of four current and former Illinois nurses, alleges that Ascension failed to properly pay employees and that the health system engaged in “improper” cost-cutting practices.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
UPMC, DOJ settle whistleblower suit alleging 'world-renowned' surgeon performed, billed simultaneous surgeries dmuoio Mon, 02/27/2023 - 14:14
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Mayo Clinic income dips in 2022 after facing higher labor and supply expenses rking Mon, 02/27/2023 - 15:19
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Lucira filed for bankruptcy protection last week, saying the “protracted” authorization process caused it to miss out on test sales in the latest flu season.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Antibiotic misuse during COVID underscores importance of stewardship programs, says CDC fdiamond Mon, 02/27/2023 - 08:22
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Digital Mining for increased production, safety, and sustainability In this new era of digitized mining, the industry has repeatedly relied on Cisco to help increase production, improve safety, and… Read more on Cisco Blogs
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
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The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Whatever may happen in Ukraine or in Russia, things will never be the same. A Russian failure in Ukraine could lead to escalation and a world-changing wider war, or it could lead to dramatic changes within Russia. Either outcome would make for a very different world.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
UPMC closes 'difficult' 2022 with trimmed $238M operating income, $1B net loss dmuoio Mon, 02/27/2023 - 16:12
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Gentiva – the company comprised of the hospice and personal home care assets of what was formerly Kindred at Home – has reportedly agreed to acquire ProMedica’s Heartland home care and hospice assets for $710 million. Led by the former CEO of Kindred, David Causby, Gentiva is backed by both Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R).
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Hims & Hers buoyed by record revenue growth in 2022, defying broader health tech market trends hlandi Mon, 02/27/2023 - 21:33
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Home-based care leaders are constantly looking to other industries to find inspiration. Take the airline industry, for example. Despite some of its warts, the convenience of looking up and booking a flight is an immediate process. There is no window of time where a hopeful traveler requests a flight and has to wait a certain amount of time to see which flights are available.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
UHS beats the street with profits of $175M in Q4, $675.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
What You Should Know: – Portfolia , the world’s most powerful community of women investors, has officially announced a significant investment in Xandar Kardian from the firm’s Active Aging I and Active Aging II funds. Portfolia’s investment represents a core contribution to Xandar Kardian’s $10 million Series A Funding round. – Portfolia sees Xandar Kardian’s impact extends well beyond the traditional hospital room, with impressive potential growth opportunities into a wider breadth
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Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. In part, this pattern is occurring because the New Roberts Court — the post-Ruth Bader Ginsburg composition of U.S. Supreme Court justices — is led by jurists who rely on “clear statement rules.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
What You Should Know: – Healthy.io , the global leader in transforming the smartphone camera into a medical device, and Reset Kidney Health , a hybrid care platform that offers gold-standard multidisciplinary care to patients with kidney disease, have announced a partnership that will give patients the option to utilize at-home, smartphone-powered kidney testing. – As part of the partnership, Reset will provide eligible patients with Healthy.io’s Minuteful Kidney™ test to compl
The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
If Russian forces remain unable to defeat Ukraine, and Putin remains unwilling to back down, what escalation options does Russia have left?
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Brian Selfridge, Healthcare Cybersecurity & Risk Leader at CORL Technologies In recent years, a wave of high-profile cyber attacks has shaken the healthcare industry to its core. Sensitive data has been breached; essential services have been forced offline; and healthcare providers have found themselves faced with unhappy customers and unsympathetic regulators.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Contributing author: Rohan Naggi , Manager, Product Management Enterprise Cloud, and SD-WAN Managing network and security needs of a modern enterprise Today’s digital transformation is fostering the m… Read more on Cisco Blogs
Medi Leadership
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
When healthcare executives excel in their field, they are often encouraged to seek executive coaching to unlock the next level of their potential. In fact, most high-potential performers enlist coaches to develop their professional capabilities, reports the Harvard Business Review. In my own experience as a healthcare executive, coaching was transformational for my professional progress.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Sharecare Inc. (Nasdaq: SHCR) has expanded its home care offerings. The company will now bring its care management and transitional care programs for high-risk populations to more than just Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. “We are going to leverage our homegrown network of around 450,000 caregivers – combined with our technology wrapper – to manage the transition for both chronic and episodic nature,” Sharecare COO Jaffry Mohammed told Home Health Care News.
Healthy Debate
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The post Transitioning to inclusivity: Why OB/GYNs need trans care training appeared first on Healthy Debate.
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.
Healthcare Leadership Council
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The Healthcare Leadership Council hosted a webinar entitled, “ Cybersecurity Playbook for Healthcare ,” in conjunction with the Confidentiality Coalition. The discussion brought clarity to the current federal infrastructure around cybersecurity, existing tensions around breach notifications in the healthcare industry, and recommendations to improve cybersecurity practices within and beyond healthcare.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to brainstorm omnichannel health care for people to enable better health care for all, anywhere and everywhere, with Team Microsoft. Key opinion leader Molly McCarthy and I covered a lot of ground in this webcast conversation as part of Microsoft’s series of three “Expert perspectives on trends driving change in healthcare.” Molly and I covered a lot of ground here , starting with the key forces shaping and accelerating virtual
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
I have not always ‘felt’ like a security professional.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
An ambitious paper by Chen et al. (2023) published last week aim to estimate the economic burden of cancer across 204 countries between 2020 and 2050. The authors find that cancer’s economic burden is equivalent to an annual tax of 0.55% of global GDP. The full results are below. The estimated global economic cost of cancers from 2020 to 2050 is $25.2 trillion in international dollars (at constant 2017 prices), equivalent to an annual tax of 0.55% on global gross domestic product.
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.
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