Fierce Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

Stanford Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) unveiled plans Friday to collaborate on a project that will bring a new National Cancer Institute-designated joint cancer care and rese | Stanford Medicine and the VA unveiled plans on Friday to collaborate on a project that will bring a new National Cancer Institute-designated joint cancer care and research center to the VA Palo Alto campus.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 6, 2023

People who enroll in privately-run MA plans are more likely to be non-white and have lower incomes, according to a white paper from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

Maternal death rates more than doubled over the last two decades, with Black, American Indian and Native Alaskan women being particularly vulnerable to this trend, according to a

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Health Care Dive

JULY 6, 2023

Researchers argue their findings demonstrate that telehealth doesn't require additional visits.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 6, 2023

For Texas health system Houston Methodist, the major challenges to obtaining completed advance care directives included the time constraints of primary care physicians in addressing advance care planning with their patients. THE PROBLEM In addition, patients too often crash during a hospitalization with no advance care directives in place to guide care.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 6, 2023

Stakeholders await final post-pandemic telehealth guidelines after mental healthcare utilization increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

More than 52,000 low-income adults in Sout­­h Dakota are now eligible for Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. | Low-income adults in South Dakota are now eligible for expanded Medicaid access under the Affordable Care Act, while 11 states hold out on approving the expansion.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 6, 2023

Investing in appropriate outreach as states resume eligibility checks is both humane and economically efficient, argues Jackie Leung, a public health researcher and professor at Linfield University.

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p3care

JULY 6, 2023

Every provider has complete awareness of the Quality Payment Program. The MIPS under the framework of QPP promotes the value-based care model for all new and old providers. So, the program awards the performance score after evaluating the reported data. Afterward, the participant either gets an incentive or a penalty. It all depends on the MIPS performance score.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 6, 2023

The QBP is a significant source of revenue for MA insurers, but generally doesn’t translate to higher quality care for beneficiaries, according to the nonprofit’s new report.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

Chutes & Ladders—Talkiatry picks up former DEA admin as CCO; UC Davis brings on inaugural chief AI advisor aburky Thu, 07/06/2023 - 11:26

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Health Care Dive

JULY 6, 2023

The FTC filed an amicus brief because it said Medtronic made “wrong” arguments with “broad implications for antitrust enforcement.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

Baylor Scott & White Health (BSW) is adding dozens of Texas urgent care clinics to its network thanks to a newly announced deal with NextCare Urgent Care. | The deal comes less than two months after for-profit competitor HCA Healthcare opened its purse to acquire dozens of additional urgent cares in the Lone Star State.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 6, 2023

The broader approval is expected to push insurers, namely Medicare, to increase coverage of so-called amyloid-targeting therapies.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 6, 2023

What signal does revoking policies related to improved access to reproductive health care send to young women who are considering the military as a possible path for them? Given an already concerning recruiting environment, can we really afford to further alienate an entire gender when it comes to protecting our national security?

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

Mary Bacaj, President, of Value-Based Care, Conifer Health Solutions Our nation is getting sicker. Research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that the number of people who spend $100,000 or more each year on healthcare increased by 50% between 2013 and 2021. The majority of conditions most represented in these costs included “nervous system disorders, heart disease, respiratory conditions, cancer, and musculoskeletal conditions.

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Health IT Analytics

JULY 6, 2023

Five VA medical centers are working to develop an AI algorithm capable of predicting which patients are at high risk of their prostate cancer spreading.

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Etactics

JULY 6, 2023

In 2022, the cost of cybercrime was $8.44 trillion globally. Experts estimate that cybercrime costs worldwide will exceed $20 trillion by 2026. This means that in four years, cybercrime will increase by almost 150%. If you think this is expensive, you would be right. But many companies don’t have cyber risk insurance. Business owners who don’t have cyber coverage usually say that the price of such insurance is the main reason for not having it.

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Home Health Care

JULY 6, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum snatched Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) away from Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH) at the end of June. If the $3.3 billion acquisition is finalized, Optum will own about 10% of the home health care market. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 6, 2023

CMS released a guidance on June 30, 2023 providing additional detail on on how the maximum fair price (MFP) will be calculated. The document also has nearly 100 pages of public input comments. A summary of some key points are below. Of most interest is that CMS is taking a ‘reference price’ based approach to setting MFP. Setting MFP with reference pricing. “CMS will use the Part D net price(s) (‘net price(s)’) and/or ASP(s) [average sales price] of the therapeutic a

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Meditech

JULY 6, 2023

At the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) National Symposium in Washington D.C. last fall, I served as the moderator to a group of remarkable leaders in genomic medicine. The in-session feedback and post-conference reviews were so overwhelmingly positive that my colleagues and I reassembled for the MEDITECH Podcast to expand on the conversation.

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Home Health Care

JULY 6, 2023

As the retail giant Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) delves deeper into the at-home care space, one of its clinical leaders said the company plans to make fewer strategic investments and acquisitions in the near term future. Instead, the company will look for strategic partnerships and focus on understanding the space from the ground level. That’s according to Dr.

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 6, 2023

That is the title of a study published today with co-authors Sabiha Quddus, Moises Marin, and Dennis Scanlon PhD. The abstract is below. Objective To estimate the incremental health benefits of pharmaceutical innovations approved between 2011-2021 and the share that would surpass the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘size of benefit’ decision weight thresholds.

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Clearwave Inc

JULY 6, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, it’s crucial to leverage automation and technology to stay competitive and optimize your practice’s financial performance. By implementing a patient revenue platform, you can enhance front-desk efficiency, elevate patient satisfaction and retention and maximize revenue capture.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the updated OASIS Error Message User Guide … Version 2.1 with the date of June 15, 2023. This is a 164-page document. The Interpreting Initial Feedback and Final Validation Reports is the companion guide. It was last updated in December 2007 but is still viable and very helpful today.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

What You Should Know: As more healthcare organizations start to leverage population health management (PHM) technology in their journey toward offering value-based care, they are sometimes uncertain about how well vendors can fulfill their unique needs, as PHM programs vary in breadth and complexity. A new KLAS report provides an overview of several PHM offerings to help readers understand (1) what types of organizations typically use the solutions, (2) what the customer experience is like, (3)

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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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Health Business Group

JULY 6, 2023

Milton Silva-Craig studied international relations, then earned a law degree and an MBA. His bilingual skills were helpful in his early success within medical imaging at GE, and his journey took him through leadership roles at public and private companies before joining Q-Centrix. In this episode, Milton shares his perspectives on the evolution of Q-Centrix, an enterprise clinical data management company, and the ways in which the company's call point and customer base have changed over the year

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

What You Should Know: Laudio, the management solution for healthcare, today announced partnerships with new health systems including Northwell Health and Nebraska Medicine. This rollout will add more than 15,000 frontline leaders across clinical and operation functions to the Laudio platform, empowering them to do the best work of their lives, all while improving retention, labor productivity, service, quality, and safety.

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HIStalk

JULY 6, 2023

Top News Sleep management technology company ResMed acquires Somnoware, a.

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JULY 6, 2023

What You Should Know: Accenture Federal Services was awarded a $98 million Defense Health Agency contract to operate and enhance the Joint Medical Common Operating Picture (MedCOP), which provides medical command and control situational awareness for the DoD, combatant commands and the military services. The specific capabilities and services Accenture Federal Services will deliver include cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, agile software development, field service engineering, user adoption, as w

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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.