Tue.Oct 26, 2021

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UHS profit down in Q3 as behavioral health segment struggles

Health Care Dive

The chain posted higher acute care revenues that helped offset lower volumes at its behavioral health facilities during the third quarter, though labor shortages remain a key challenge.

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Google taps Headspace executive to lead tech-driven mental health efforts

Fierce Healthcare

Google taps Headspace executive to lead tech-driven mental health efforts. hlandi. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 11:58.

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RPM helps lower A1c below 9% for 84% of patients at Leon Medical Centers

Healthcare It News

Leon Medical Centers serves Medicare patients in South Florida. The center also is the only HIMSS Stage 7 Outpatient Medical Care Institution in Miami-Dade County. The healthcare organization drives toward a standard of care that focuses on personalized patient-physician relationships and quality-driven medical care. (HIMSS is the parent organization of Healthcare IT News.).

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Apps, devices not enough to manage chronic care without patient-doc relationships, Omada Health research finds

Fierce Healthcare

Apps, devices not enough to manage chronic care without patient-doc relationships, Omada Health research finds. rtorrence. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 10:21.

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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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Cigna expands telehealth benefits for employer-covered lives, including new virtual-first plan

Health Care Dive

The virtual-first plans will initially be available to large, self-insured employers, though the insurer is looking to expand to smaller sized and fully insured clients over time.

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Most healthcare executives don't trust their organization's data, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Most healthcare executives don't trust their organization's data, survey finds. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 19:46.

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Jack Stoddard's Patina Health raises $57M to reimagine primary care for older adults

Fierce Healthcare

Jack Stoddard's Patina Health raises $57M to reimagine primary care for older adults. rtorrence. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 12:57.

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The Great Resignation: American Workers Suffering a Crisis of Meaning

The Rand Blog

Americans are quitting their jobs in record numbers, creating significant shortages of workers for businesses. To understand and address this issue, policymakers might need to pay attention to noneconomic factors in addition to economic ones.

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Startup Brave Health picks up $10M to expand access to behavioral health care for Medicaid patients

Fierce Healthcare

Startup Brave Health picks up $10M to expand access to behavioral health care for Medicaid patients. hlandi. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 07:03.

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Still Struggling with Stress in America in 2021

Health Populi

“Americans remain in limbo between lives once lived and whatever the post-pandemic future holds,” the American Psychological Association observes in their latest read into S tress in America 2021, with this phase of the perennial study focused on Stress and Decision-Making During the Pandemic. The top-line: people face a daily web of risk assessment, up-ended routines, and endless news about the coronavirus locally and globally.

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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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Humana: How Medicare Advantage helps deliver value-based senior care

Fierce Healthcare

Humana: How Medicare Advantage helps deliver value-based senior care. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 17:56.

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Innovaccer Unveils Population Health Analytics Solution on Health Cloud

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Health Cloud company Innovaccer , today unveiled its new Population Health Analytics solution , now available on the Innovaccer Health Cloud. – The new solution helps risk-based providers improve care management and delivery with AI-enhanced predictive analytics; performance assessments and benchmarking; and comprehensive, customizable dashboards that drive evidence-based decisions in real-time. – Among Innovaccer Population Health Analytics’ late

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A look at Anthem, Kroger's new co-branded Medicare Advantage plans

Fierce Healthcare

A look at Anthem, Kroger's new co-branded Medicare Advantage plans. pminemyer. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 15:06.

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Arine Raises $11M to Scale AI-Driven Medication Optimization Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Arine , a San Francisco-based AI-driven platform that optimizes medication management, reduces costs and improves outcomes for health plans and providers today announced that it closed $11 million in an oversubscribed Series A round co-led by 111° West Capital Partners and Katalyst Ventures , with strategic investments from Magellan Health Inc. and SCAN Group. – Medication mismanagement unnecessarily costs healthcare $1 in every $6 spent.

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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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LifePoint Health to create new 79-hospital company upon close of Kindred Healthcare acquisition

Fierce Healthcare

LifePoint Health to create new 79-hospital company upon close of Kindred Healthcare acquisition. dmuoio. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 16:10.

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Patina Emerges Out of Stealth with $50M to Reinvent Primary Care & Aging Experience

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Patina Health Inc. (PatinaTM) came out of stealth today to announced its $57M Series A round from healthcare investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and GV (formerly Google Ventures), who co-led the Seed and Series A rounds, as well as F-Prime , Rock Springs Capital , Viking Global Investors and others. – Patina has created a new model of primary care, in collaboration with Patina Medical Group, to profoundly improve the healthcare and aging experience for adults

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Primary care docs strained by vaccine hesitancy, potential telehealth rollback as COVID-19 pandemic drags on

Fierce Healthcare

Primary care docs strained by vaccine hesitancy, potential telehealth rollback as COVID-19 pandemic drags on. hlandi. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 10:51.

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Characteristics of neighborhoods with high and low COVID-19 vaccination rates

Healthcare ECONOMIST

What do the vaccination rates look like in the largest U.S. cities? In these cities, how do the characteristics of individuals in neighborhoods with low vs. high vaccination rates differ? To answer this question, a paper by Sacarny and Daw (2021) use data from 9 large US cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, and Dallas.

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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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Centene reports $584M in Q3 profit, falling short of Wall Street projections

Fierce Healthcare

Centene reports $584M in Q3 profit, falling short of Wall Street projections. pminemyer. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 07:23.

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Brave Health Raises $10M for Virtual Behavioral Health for Medicaid

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Brave Health , a Miami-based virtual behavioral health provider for Medicaid, today announced it has closed a $10M Series B round ($20.75M in total) led by City Light Capital, Union Square Ventures and Able Partners, bringing its total funding to $20.75M. – Today, access to basic behavioral health services for the nation’s most vulnerable populations is a public health crisis.

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CVS, BCBS venture funds back Workit Health's $118M round to expand virtual addiction treatment platform

Fierce Healthcare

CVS, BCBS venture funds back Workit Health's $118M round to expand virtual addiction treatment platform. hlandi. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 16:14.

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Medable Secures $304M at $2.1B Valuation for Decentralized Clinical Trials Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT) leader Medable , today announced a $304M Series D funding round today – the company’s largest and fourth funding round in 18 months, bringing total capital raised to $521M – and valuation to $2B+. The funding round was co-led by new investors Blackstone Growth and Tiger Global and existing investor GSR Ventures.

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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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Medical practices say regulations adding more red tape that hamstrings patient care

Fierce Healthcare

Medical practices say regulations adding more red tape that hamstrings patient care. dmuoio. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 12:00.

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Taking Precautions for New or Soon to Be Moms During COVID-19

Voyage Healthcare

As a new mom, there are so many questions you likely have in taking care of your newborn. And, you are likely receiving a great deal of advice from friends and family. We want to share with you information that has recently been published by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists that can help you in understanding the relationship between COVID-19, breastfeeding, and your new baby.

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Urban Institute: COVID-19 provider relief fund likely to grow past $26.8B as money gets returned

Fierce Healthcare

Urban Institute: COVID-19 provider relief fund likely to grow past $26.8B as money gets returned. rking. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 15:14.

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Upcoming Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 PM at 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change**. Opening Remarks. Chair – Brian Slater, Center for Medicare, CMS.

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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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Let Doctors Be Doctors With Better Patient Data

Fierce Healthcare

Let Doctors Be Doctors With Better Patient Data. admin. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 20:56.

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Home-Focused Primary Care Startup Patina Health Raises $57M

Home Health Care

Patina Health – a primary care startup focused on delivering care in the home – announced a Series A funding round of $57 million early Tuesday. The company came out of stealth with the announcement, detailing its plans as well as its lead investors: Andreessen Horowitz and GV, the latter of which is Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOGL) venture capital arm. Other investors in the seed and Series A rounds included F-Prime, Rock Springs Capital and Viking Global Investors.

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Short on staff? Efficiency—not hiring—may be the best answer

Fierce Healthcare

Short on staff? Efficiency—not hiring—may be the best answer. admin. Tue, 10/26/2021 - 16:30.

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Medicare Poised to Expand Vision, Hearing, and Dental Benefits

Bill Of Health

By Bailey Kennedy. Though Pres. Biden’s expansive infrastructure and social spending bills remain mired in Congress, it still seems likely that his administration will preside over one of the most dramatic revisions in America’s public safety net since the Great Society. One of the most discussed provisions in the omnibus bill would expand Medicare benefits to include hearing, vision, and dental care.

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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.