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Judge questions surprise billing ban implementation during court hearing

Health Care Dive

A federal judge tested the government’s defense concerning a rule designed to help third parties resolve payment disputes between healthcare providers and insurers.

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How community-based organizations are taking a tech-driven approach to connect health services to social care

Fierce Healthcare

How community-based organizations are taking a tech-driven approach to connect health services to social care. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:18.

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Centene reaches $44M settlement with Iowa

Health Care Dive

It’s the latest deal in a string of settlements to resolve allegations the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care organization overcharged states for pharmacy services.

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'It's finally here': States have long sought Medicaid eligibility redetermination deadline

Fierce Healthcare

'It's finally here': States have long sought Medicaid eligibility redetermination deadline. rking. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 16:58.

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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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HHS releases ownership data on nation’s hospitals

Health Care Dive

“We are pulling back the curtain and letting the sunshine in on hospital and nursing home ownership because it is what the public deserves,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Tuesday in a statement.

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Editor's corner: Fierce Healthcare's 10 most-read stories tracked Amazon's latest moves, COVID variants and the labor crunch

Fierce Healthcare

Editor's corner: Fierce Healthcare's 10 most-read stories tracked Amazon's latest moves, COVID variants and the labor crunch. hlandi. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:39.

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Prolonged ED stays more common among kids with behavioral health diagnoses since COVID began

Fierce Healthcare

Prolonged ED stays more common among kids with behavioral health diagnoses since COVID began. dmuoio. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 16:48.

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Stakes are high in California’s Medicaid market shakeup

Health Care Dive

Four insurers that lost out on lucrative contracts in the state’s first-ever competitive process are challenging the managed care provider selections.

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Editor's corner: Fierce Digital Health's 10 most-read stories of 2022 tracked a market cooldown

Fierce Healthcare

Editor's corner: Fierce Digital Health's 10 most-read stories of 2022 tracked a market cooldown. hlandi. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 16:16.

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High-intensity billing in ERs has increased, but not only due to upcoding, research suggests

Health Care Dive

The proportion of emergency room visits billed as “high intensity” that don’t result in a hospitalization has grown, reflecting the ER’s shifting role in the acute care ecosystem, according to a Health Affairs study.

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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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Omicron infection should be taken more seriously: study

Fierce Healthcare

Omicron infection should be taken more seriously: study. fdiamond. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 13:08.

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Healthcare CEOs’ top concern is their financial viability.

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What Is Financial Viability? A company’s ability to generate vital cash flow to meet the ongoing operational costs and debt payments is known as Financial Viability. It also can continue growing by giving exceptional customer experience. Every organization wants to be in limelight in the higher competition of the business environment for this the organizations.

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Editor's corner: Fierce Health Payer's top 10 stories of 2022

Fierce Healthcare

Editor's corner: Fierce Health Payer's top 10 stories of 2022. pminemyer. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 11:41.

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Real-time patient journey data – architecting a 360-degree view

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Home Health Care Serving ‘Older, Sicker, Poorer’ Patient Populations

Home Health Care

Almost half of Medicare beneficiaries utilizing home health care services have five or more chronic conditions. This is also true when looking at Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries, according to data from the Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC). RIHC recently released its 2022 Home Care Chartbook , a detailed overview of the home health landscape that includes data on demographics and organizational trends.

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Ukraine Soldiers Get Prosthetics and Care From 5K Miles Away

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Protez Foundation , the non-profit helping Ukrainian children, soldiers and civilians who have lost their limbs during the war to get free quality prosthetics in the US, today announced they have partnered with OneStep , an innovative platform for digital physical therapy using pioneering science that turns any smartphone into a clinical-grade motion analysis lab, to provide remote care for their patients. – Protez Foundation is committed to helping rehabilita

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The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories Of 2022

Home Health Care

Despite the hope that COVID-19’s effect on the world would wane in 2022, the year started with the highest case counts that home health and home care providers had seen, both among patients and staff. But as Home Health Care News’ top stories of the year suggest, COVID-19 did not define what went on in home-based care in 2022. Instead, a trend that had been bubbling under the surface for years – perhaps even prior to the pandemic – came to fruition.

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Merck Invests in Gesund, Launches Medical AI Platform on AWS

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Gesund, the company ensuring that medical artificial intelligence (AI) is safe and effective for all, today announced the securing of a strategic investment from Merck as well as a launch of a new commercial platform on Amazon Web Services Marketplace. – While terms of the investment are not being disclosed, the news signals support for the company’s approach as it launches a first of its kind commercial platform on Amazon Web Services Marketplace, immed

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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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New Zealand Is Done with Speaking Softly to China

The Rand Blog

In three short years, New Zealand has gone from saying next to nothing about China to saying quite a lot. What has prompted New Zealand to suddenly take a firmer stand on China?

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Kahun Taps MediOrbis to Offer AI-Powered Digital Intake and Triage Services

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – MediOrbis , a multi-specialty telehealth company today announces a strategic partnership with Kahun , the clinical reasoning tool that performs dynamic clinical assessments at scale. – The strategic partnership will enable MediOrbis to offer Kahun’s proprietary AI-driven digital intake tool as a part of its comprehensive telehealth platform. – By offering Kahun’s proprietary AI-driven digital intake tool as a part of its comprehensive telehealth platform

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Carallel Secures $8.2 Million In Series A To Expand Support Tools For Family Caregivers

Home Health Care

Carallel, a digital health startup that provides support tools for family caregivers, has landed $8.2 million in a Series A. Carallel has a team of advocates that can be reached by phone, email or chat for family caregivers who are taking care of loved ones at home. The company contracts with health plans to then help with their members who rely on family caregivers.

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Allogeneic Cell Therapy: ASH 2022 Takeaways and Future Outlook

Health Advances

By Emmanuel Toroitich, Alfonso Barrios, Ned Wydysh, and Vivek Mittal. Introduction. With 2022 wrapping up and several allogeneic companies presenting their data at the recently concluded ASH conference, Health Advances reviews the current state and outlook of allogeneic cell therapy. Allogeneic (allo) cell therapy has attracted a lot of interest due to its potential to address some of the shortcomings associated with autologous (auto) cell therapy, such as long manufacturing turn-around time, co

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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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4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

HIT Consultant

Ankit Kumar Agarwal, Director – IT Delivery Services at NewWave Telecom & Technologies Inc. The healthcare industry has always been a prominent target for cybercriminals worldwide. They can access high-value patient PHI/PII data and use it maliciously to disrupt the patient’s treatment routine and bring down uptime, which is critical. It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem.

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5 Resources for Herbal Beginners

American College of Healthcare Sciences

Interested in learning about herbalism? Here are some free and low-cost resources to get started! 1. Learn about herbal teas An easy place to start is by learning to prepare herbal teas! Download the Preparing Herbal Teas eBook for free to get started. 2. Learn about herbs in the kitchen Learn from ACHS Alumna Lisa […]. The post 5 Resources for Herbal Beginners appeared first on American College of Healthcare Sciences.

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2024 Draft Marketplace Rules

Health Policy News

Draft Marketplace Rules & Guidance for Health Issuers On December 12, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024.

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5 Resources for Learning More About Aromatherapy

American College of Healthcare Sciences

What is Aromatherapy? As aromatherapy as a healing modality has evolved, it has taken on a wide range of definitions, perspectives, and applications. Today, aromatherapy is known as the use of aromatic plant materials in the form of essential oils and extracts to support and promote the balance of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. If […].

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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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4 Ways to Prioritize Health Equity In Your Care-At-Home Program

HIT Consultant

Chemu Langat, Chief Operating Officer, Best Buy Health. The healthcare industry is in the middle of navigating two major trends: technology is moving into healthcare, and healthcare is moving into the home. As providers, payers, vendors, and industry newcomers scramble to figure out “who’s on first,” we all sense the possibility of this quantum leap moment for healthcare.

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Readers Write: Netflix and Reed Hastings: Ghost of Christmas Past

HIStalk

Netflix and Reed Hastings: Ghost of Christmas PastBy Chuck Dickens.

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Biomica Raises $20M to Advance its Pipeline of Microbiome-based Therapeutics

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Biomica , a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microbiome-based therapeutics and a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd raises $20M led by Shanghai Healthcare Capital (SHC). – The financing round will enable Biomica to forge ahead, developing its pipeline of microbiome-based therapeutics. Biomica plans to use the proceeds to complete its current BMC128 phase 1 immuno-oncology study and advance to phase 2 clinical trial; scale up and complete G

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HIStalk Interviews Elad Benjamin, VP, Philips

HIStalk

Elad Benjamin, MBA is VP and business leader of clinical.

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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.