Health Care Dive
APRIL 14, 2023
Across the board, physician salaries rose by about 4% last year compared to 2021, according to Medscape. The rise in wages was partly attributed to a shortage of doctors and clinician burnout.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Google, Microsoft and startups test out generative AI in healthcare hlandi Fri, 04/14/2023 - 08:04
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 14, 2023
UnitedHealth’s growth, which resulted in a profit of $5.8 billion in the quarter, was “stronger than normal,” one analyst said.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
About 800,000 nurses planning to leave the profession by 2027, data show dmuoio Fri, 04/14/2023 - 14:25
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 14, 2023
Salesforce announced updates for healthcare providers in Customer 360 for Health that automate manual processes like prior authorizations, intake and patient scheduling. The company has also unified home health workflows. WHY IT MATTERS Salesforce says with the array of new features announced Thursday, the company is focusing on powering patient-centric experiences and addressing healthcare's need to improve operational efficiencies, according to the announcement.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Fitch Ratings says Medicaid disenrollment will pinch revenue for not-for-profit hospitals fdiamond Fri, 04/14/2023 - 14:26
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
UnitedHealth Group execs bullish on Medicare Advantage growth amid risk adjustment overhaul pminemyer Fri, 04/14/2023 - 07:47
Healthcare It News
APRIL 14, 2023
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Gender pay gap narrowing among physicians, particularly in primary care, new Medscape survey finds agliadkovskaya Fri, 04/14/2023 - 12:01
Healthcare Associates
APRIL 14, 2023
Does High Blood Pressure Make You Tired? Feeling unusually tired is occasionally expected, especially after an intense workout or a busy day at work. However, extreme tiredness and fatigue that frequently occur over a long period could indicate that you have high blood pressure. High blood pressure doesn’t always cause symptoms, though it does cause fatigue in some people with this condition.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Humana puts $40M toward affordable housing pminemyer Fri, 04/14/2023 - 15:52
Icanotes
APRIL 14, 2023
As a therapist or behavioral healthcare clinician, you may counsel many patients with low self-esteem or self-confidence. Patients with depression or anxiety are found to have the lowest self-esteem , which means certain mental health conditions or disorders may be a significant factor in the negative thoughts or feelings one may have about themself.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Spring forward: Mental health benefits company nabs $71M, propels to $2.
Home Health Care
APRIL 14, 2023
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) laid out its plan to adapt to the changing needs of Americans that are 65 years old and above on Thursday. One of the pillars of that plan is a comprehensive home-based care strategy, one that will be bolstered by its recent $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health. “We’re envisioning a new landscape for the delivery of health care,” Jamie Sharp, VP and Medicare chief medical officer at Aetna, said.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Abortion pill maker turns to Supreme Court to overturn appeals court ruling rking Fri, 04/14/2023 - 11:09
HIT Consultant
APRIL 14, 2023
What You Should Know: Biomarker testing is a necessary tool in the advancing world of precision cancer treatment. According to a new survey released by CancerCare, a leading national cancer support organization, biomarker testing helped doctors tailor therapy for nearly all the respondent patients (93%) whose cancers were tested over the past three years.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
UPMC taking major steps to tackle climate change.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 14, 2023
What You Should Know: The COVID-19 pandemic put the medical device industry front and center, especially with the demand for essential products like diagnostic tests, ventilators, and respiratory assistant devices. A new report outlining the state of medical device service showcases problems the industry must overcome, purporting solutions powered by emerging technologies to overcome these obstacles and ensure service accuracy.
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Home Health Care
APRIL 14, 2023
Home-based care is more important than ever at UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). There are a few ways this is showing up — most notably through its $5.4 billion purchase of LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG). The transaction officially closed in February. “Our recent combination with LHC Group expands in-home capabilities,” Dirk McMahon, president and COO of UnitedHealth Group, said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call Friday.
The Rand Blog
APRIL 14, 2023
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HIT Consultant
APRIL 14, 2023
What You Should Know: Patient violence is a top safety concern for healthcare workers, according to recent Motorola Healthcare Worker Safety report. Overall, the data shows that healthcare workers feel safe in their respective medical environments, but are grappling with safety issues that have dominated headlines in recent years. Those that have healthcare professionals most concerned include: patients becoming violent (72%), the impacts of burnout/mental health (61%) and active assailants (42%
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APRIL 14, 2023
PRGMD April 14, 2023 10 Challenges of Medical Credentialing Medical credentialing makes your healthcare services widely acceptable and known among several payors. Keeping your healthcare practice compliant with multiple payer attributes can be challenging. Streamlined credentialing protects providers from legal complications, payment delays, and registration withdrawal.
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Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS quietly provided updates to the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v15.0 on March 22, 2023. Here’s what you’ll see when you access the hyperlink above and open the.zip file: Note: the Appendix and Nursing Home Compare Claims-based Measures Technical Specifications 2023 are the updated components.
NASHP
APRIL 14, 2023
This informal state-only call will consider the potential state implications of HR 485, The Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023. HR 485 passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 24, 2023, and may be brought to the House floor for a vote soon. This bill would prohibit all federal agencies and states from using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) — and similar measures — to determine relevant thresholds for coverage, reimbursements, or incentive programs.
Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the latest COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending April 2, 2023. Comparing the April 2, 2023 data to the March 26, 2023 data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate remained unchanged this past week; Residents up to date with vaccines increased 0.1% this past week; Staff primary vaccination completion rate remained unchanged this past week; Staff up to date remained unchanged th
HIT Consultant
APRIL 14, 2023
What You Should Know: Glytec, the only provider of cloud-based insulin management software across the continuum of care, today announced the next evolution of GlucoMetricsⓇ to provide new analytics, dashboards and data visualizations that give hospitals and health systems new insight into glycemic outcomes. The enhanced visibility this provides is essential as hospitals prepare for new measures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on severe hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia
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 ECONOMIST
APRIL 14, 2023
The future of nursing homes. FDA and digital health technologies. Explaining corporate America’s aggressive investment in primary care Full vs. partial choice set design in DCEs. VC funding slow-down for biotech.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 14, 2023
What You Should Know: Operational and financial pressures drove mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector in Q1 2023, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. In total, there were 15 announced transactions in Q1 resulting in $12.4 billion in total transacted revenue. The trend of fewer but larger transactions that characterized 2022 was maintained—the average size of the seller or smaller party in Q1 was $827 million, just below last year’s historic year-end average of $852 million.
Health IT Analytics
APRIL 14, 2023
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Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Q4FY22 release of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with statistics through September 2022 is now available for download through the PEPPER Resources Portal. To obtain your CAH PEPPER , the Chief Executive Officer, President, Administrator, Compliance Officer, Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Officer, or other authorized user within your organizat
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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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