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DEA temporarily extends COVID-19 telehealth prescribing flexibility for controlled substances

Health Care Dive

The agency said on Wednesday that it needs additional time to parse through the 38,000 public comments it received in response to a proposal to reintroduce stricter limits around telehealth prescribing.

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Horizon taps AI provider Solera Health in effort to offer more customized care to members

Fierce Healthcare

Horizon taps AI provider Solera Health in effort to offer more customized care to members fdiamond Thu, 05/04/2023 - 14:16

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Does ChatGPT really outshine doctors? Or just on social media?

Healthcare It News

According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine this past week, artificial intelligence chatbot assistants can provide responses to patients' health questions that are of comparable quality – and empathy – to those written by physicians. A team of licensed healthcare professionals compared physicians' and the chatbot’s responses to patients’ questions asked publicly on the social media forum Reddit’s r/AskDocs in October 2022, but were summarily won

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Hospital margins continue to stabilize but remain below pre-pandemic levels

Health Care Dive

Rising expenses and thin operating margins have left hospitals vulnerable to a potential recession or a new public health emergency.

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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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Cloud-based EHR helps NorthSight Recovery make big strides on SDOH

Healthcare It News

NorthSight Recovery is an evidence-based behavioral health agency in Arizona specializing in complex mental health diagnoses, co-occurring problematic substance abuse and social determinants of health. It approaches treatment through data-driven modeling powered by analytics. THE PROBLEM "Northsight Recovery was founded with the intent of prioritizing technology and tools alike," said Jeremy Bloom, CEO of NorthSight Recovery.

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Telehealth declined nationally in February, Fair Health finds

Health Care Dive

COVID-19 dropped out of the top five telehealth diagnoses nationally, with mental health conditions claiming the top spot.

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Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

Healthcare It News

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. Led by Flinders University, the safe@home project has received nearly $1.1 million (around $700,000) in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. HOW IT WORKS The project will provide patients with chronic conditions, especially those living in low-income communities, with access to daily/regular integrated primary care services through virtual car

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Telehealth company Amwell hit with $330M impairment charge as share price declines

Fierce Healthcare

Telehealth company Amwell hit with $330M impairment charge as share price declines hlandi Thu, 05/04/2023 - 07:40

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IT-enabled urgent aged care service expands to Western Sydney

Healthcare It News

More residential aged care residents in Western Sydney can now access an IT-enabled urgent care service by the New South Wales government following its expansion. The inTouch urgent care service provides patients with less urgent conditions with access to comprehensive health assessment via video conferencing and direct support from GPs and aged care staff.

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One killed, 4 injured in Atlanta medical office mass shooting

Fierce Healthcare

One killed, 4 injured in Atlanta medical office mass shooting dmuoio Thu, 05/04/2023 - 14:22

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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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Novo reveals another setback in obesity drug’s launch

Health Care Dive

U.S. supply of Novo’s Wegovy will be “reduced temporarily,” while the Danish drugmaker gets a new contract manufacturer up and running, executives said Thursday.

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Sutter Health opens 2023 with $194M gain, 2.3% operating margin

Fierce Healthcare

Sutter Health opens 2023 with $194M gain, 2.

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How AI can Help Resolve the Issues in Medical Billing and Coding?

p3care

Do you know what the key is to a smooth RCM? Which thing assures successful reimbursement promptly? If you’re thinking about medical billing and coding services, then you’re guessing right. We especially emphasize the role of medical billing outsourcing companies in making it possible. From the very beginning, the healthcare sector suffered from complexities in its bills.

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Option Care Health to pick up home health and hospice firm Amedisys in $3.6B deal

Fierce Healthcare

Option Care Health to pick up home health and hospice firm Amedisys in $3.

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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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Inpatient virtual care can help hospitals manage the nursing shortage

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Carbon Health, Anthem BCBS publicly spar over contract negotiations

Fierce Healthcare

Carbon Health, Anthem BCBS publicly spar over contract negotiations pminemyer Thu, 05/04/2023 - 16:42

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Can Stress Cause a Stroke?

Healthcare Associates

A stroke is a common and dangerous health condition. When you have a stroke, blood cannot flow to the brain, which can damage the delicate brain tissue. This can result in brain damage, disability, or death. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in America and the leading cause of disability. Multiple factors can lead to a stroke. Many health conditions can increase your risk of stroke.

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Nonprofit uses cost strategies to improve employee health — and its bottom line

Fierce Healthcare

Nonprofit uses cost strategies to improve employee health — and its bottom line jpiatt Thu, 05/04/2023 - 11:57

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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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A Strategy For Value-Based Drug Pricing Under The Inflation Reduction Act

Healthcare ECONOMIST

This is the title of my Health Affairs Forefront article published today alongside co-authors Darius Lakdawalla, Jalpa Doshi, Louis Garrison, Anup Malani, Peter Neumann, Charles Phelps, Adrian Towse, and Richard Willke. The article begins by discussing some of the pros and cons of different approaches for CMS to set the maximum fair price (MFP). Across these options, we recommend using a combination of generalized risk-adjusted cost effectiveness (GRACE) alongside equal value of life years gaine

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Verizon Inks $448.3M Veterans Affairs Contract to Supply Medical Devices

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Verizon Public Sector announced a $448.3M, nine-year expansion of its existing partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and healthcare facilities to supply mobile devices including mission-critical communications support during the VA’s disaster recovery missions and other emergencies. As part of the agreement, the VA can purchase devices and services for community-based outpatient clinics, field and program offices, and remote users in the U

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What the Drone Strikes on the Kremlin Reveal About the War in Ukraine

The Rand Blog

False flag, special op, or fizzled attack—it may not be possible to get to the bottom of who launched drones at the Kremlin and why any time soon. But the incident and reactions it has elicited from the war's major players reveal just how important weaponized, long-range drones have become in this conflict.

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Patient Square Capital Forms Elevage Medical Technologies to Partner with Growth-Stage Medical Device Companies

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital (“Patient Square”) forms Elevage Medical Technologies (“Elevage”), a new portfolio company to support the growth of promising medical device companies by providing capital and deep strategic expertise. Elevage will deliver financial and strategic growth support to a broad set of medical device technology companies that are at the forefront of transforming health care through cutting-edge devices that

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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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News 5/5/23

HIStalk

Top News The Drug Enforcement Administration, reacting to the record.

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Inbox Health Raises $22.5M for Patient Billing Communications Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Inbox Health , a New Haven, CT-based patient billing communications platform raises $22.5M in a Series B financing round, led by fintech-focused Ten Coves Capital. The Series B announcement follows news that Inbox Health’s billing technology was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in April 2023. The new growth capital will further accelerate Inbox Health’s strategic growth as it continues to improve and modernize the billing, support, and payment

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Modivcare Continues To Grow Personal Care Segment, Unconcerned With Medicaid Rule Proposal

Home Health Care

Despite some concern from industry peers, Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) isn’t sweating the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) latest proposed rule , which includes a provision that would require at least 80% of Medicaid payments to go toward compensation for personal care workers. There are a couple of reasons for this, according to Modivcare President and CEO and L.

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IT Infrastructure: Creating A Culture of Security In Your Hospital & Health System

HIT Consultant

Don Kelly, Manager of the Virtual Information Security Program at Fortified Health Security It’s a fact: More than 80% of data breaches involve a human in some way. That could involve someone falling for a spear-phishing campaign designed to solicit credentials, clicking on a malicious link, or a simple error that leaves a security vulnerability open to bad actors.

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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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A Public Health Wake-Up Call: Reading Between the Lines in IQVIA’s 2023 Use of Medicines Report

Health Populi

Reviewing the annual 2023 report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science discussing The Use of Medicines in the U.S. is always a detailed, deep, and insightful dive into the state of prescription drugs. It’s a volume speaking volumes on the current picture of prescribed meds, spending and revenues, health care utilization trends, and a forecast looking out to 2027.

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Recent Digital Health Strategic Partnerships Roundup: Unite Us, careMESH, CareCloud, Others

HIT Consultant

St. Joseph’s Health Enhances Provider Communications with careMESH’s Healthcare Directory and User-Friendly Messaging Services New Jersey-based St. Joseph’s Health partners with careMESH to significantly expand the health system’s clinical communications reach to all community physicians, including digital access to electronic medical records. Using careMESH, St.

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AI May Improve Clinician Decision-Making Within ICUs

Health IT Analytics

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The Importance of Decoding Health Data to Every Organization

HIT Consultant

Joel Landau, Chairman and Founder of The Allure Group To the observant onlooker, data is everywhere. From spending habits to hospital visits, humans are walking treasure troves of information. As technology has exponentially improved in the last 20 years, so has the collection of data. In 2010, a mere two zettabytes of data were created, captured, copied, or consumed.

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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.