Tue.Sep 06, 2022

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Maryland health system conquers the digital divide with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare It News

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an abrupt change to reimbursement of telehealth services, allowing healthcare providers to more broadly expand patient access to virtual care. For the University of Maryland Medical Center health system based in Baltimore, telemedicine services encompass a vast array of tools that help the organization engage patients, monitor symptoms and provide direct care beyond the confines of a physical location.

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Private equity-owned physician groups linked to higher spending in study

Health Care Dive

The findings could be evidence of overutilization designed to drive up profits, the senior author of the study published in JAMA Health Forum said.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare It News

CVS Health announced on September 5 that it will acquire Dallas-based Signify Health, a network of 10,000 clinicians across 50 states with more than 50 health plan clients, including CVS's Aetna division, for $8 billion. In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home.

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Amazon, One Medical receive second request from FTC

Health Care Dive

A second request from the regulator means the two cannot move forward with the deal “until the companies have substantially complied with the additional investigatory request,” according to the FTC.

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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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Improving Media Literacy in Middle School

The Rand Blog

Middle schoolers can be savvy users of news and information—when they know where to look. But they're also easy marks for misinformation, disinformation, and trolls. Helping them find their way in today's media landscape is important both for their futures and for the future of democracy.

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How virtual care connects members to the right doctor

Health Care Dive

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit research organization, suggests members tend to choose healthcare systems in which their doctor is employed to avoid care interruptions.

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Ezekiel Emanuel on the state of COVID-19 in the US and the ‘major issue’ of healthcare burnout

Health Care Dive

The bioethicist and Affordable Care Act draftsman talked about the nation’s new attitude toward the pandemic and what we know about long COVID-19.

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CVS To Acquire Signify Health In $8 Billion Blockbuster

Home Health Care

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has landed its home health company. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based CVS announced Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) for “a total transaction value of approximately $8 billion.” The health care giant’s interest in Signify had been widely reported leading up to the deal.

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CVS nabs home healthcare company Signify for $8B following bidding war

Health Care Dive

CVS beat out rivals Amazon and UnitedHealth in the latest big-ticket deal for a home health company.

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SNF, IRF and LTCH QRP Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manuals V4.0 and Accompanying Documents Now Available

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare . The Long-Term Care Hospital ( LTCH ) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 4.0, Change Table, and Risk Adjustment Appendix File are now available. These documents serve as an update to the specifications used to calculate quality measures that are included in the LTCH QRP effective October 1, 2022.

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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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5 Key Payment Trends Healthcare Finance Leaders Need to Know

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article.resource.blog-lead-text p, article.post.blog-lead-text p,block-editor.blog-lead-text p{. line-height: 40px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 100; }. In a fast-moving, unpredictable environment, healthcare finance leaders must stay ahead of the trends most likely to impact their business. Read about the five key payment trends that will influence revenue cycle and treasury strategies for the remainder of the year and into 2023. 2022 has been challenging for healthcare finance leaders.

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The Problem of Intra-Theater Lift: Moving Things Around In the Pacific Area of Responsibility

The Rand Blog

The U.S. joint force's ability to move materiel and people across oceans and continents is unique among militaries. But there are challenges all along the supply chain, addressed by different agencies and military commands in a complicated set of processes, and a collective reluctance to assume responsibility for the mission.

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Upfront Raises Additional $10M for Automated Patient Navigation & Engagement Platform 

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Upfront Healthcare, a leading omnichannel communication, and patient engagement platform raise an additional $10M co-led by Baird Capital , Echo Health Ventures and First Trust Capital Partners , with additional participation from existing investors including LRVHealth , Hyde Park Venture Partners , and Nashville Capital Network. . – As market demand surges for patient engagement solutions, the investment bolsters Upfront’s trajectory of market l

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Letters and Cards Telling People About Local Police Reduce Crime

The Rand Blog

Researchers conducted a large field experiment to deliver cards and letters to residents of a community with information about local police officers. They then evaluated how knowing some information about individuals one has never met can manifest in judgments about them and potentially reduce crime.

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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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Introduction to the Symposium: Health Law and Policy in an Era of Mass Suffering

Bill Of Health

By Chloe Reichel and Benjamin A. Barsky. Last spring, the United States crossed the bleak and preventable 1,000,000-death mark for lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this symposium, our hope is to acknowledge — and mourn — this current era of mass suffering and death. In particular, we want to reckon with the role of health law and policy in shaping, and at times catalyzing, the impact that the pandemic has had on our loved ones and communities.

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Earn CEUs with MPA's FREE Compliance & HIPAA Webinars!

Healthcare Performance

Sign up for MPA's FREE Compliance & HIPAA webinars: All webinars start at 11:00 a.m. CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. Compliance Training for SNFs. September 21, 2022. 90 minutes. 1.8 CCB CEUs. If the OIG walked into your organization and asked the nearest employee about their compliance program, would they reply with an immediate and clear answer?

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CMS Issues a “Roadmap” for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Blanket Waivers

Sheppard Health Law

In response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (the “PHE”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued numerous “blanket waivers” to increase access to medical services, and ease the regulatory burden on providers across the health care industry. In order to help providers understand the current status of the various waivers – some of which have been codified into law or adopted through the regulatory process, and others of which have already been terminated – CMS has iss

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Why Healthcare Needs Tech-Enabled Human Intervention

HIT Consultant

Thomas Ferry, Engooden Health President and CEO. There’s a “perfect storm” facing healthcare today: Chronic disease prevalence, physician shortages, and a growing population aging into Medicare are set to overwhelm our healthcare system if action isn’t taken. Over 133 million Americans have at least one chronic disease, and as that number continues to rise, delivering adequate care to these patients has never been more challenging.

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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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Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 4.0 Now Available

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 4.0 is now available. This document serves as an update to the specifications used to calculate quality measures that are included in the SNF QRP. Additionally, the SNF QRP Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Change Table Version 4.0 is now available.

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KLAS: Post–Acute Care EMR Product Suites 2022 Trends to Watch

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new report from KLAS examines what solutions are offered, how they are being adopted, and how well they meet setting-specific functionality needs (particularly for home health and LTC/SNF). – The KLAS report mainly focuses on vendors specific to post-acute care but also provides a brief look at the post-acute care solutions of enterprise acute care EMR vendors.

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Report: Nearly 7 Million More Direct-Care Workers Will Be Needed Over This Decade

Home Health Care

Home-based care will account for the majority of an estimated 1.2 million new jobs in the direct care workforce sector from now until 2030. That is expected to be the most new jobs for any occupation in the U.S. over that time period. In order to keep up with that growth, industry leaders need to improve financial security and support systems for those new home care workers, according to a report from New York-based advocacy group PHI.

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Olive Diagnostics Raises $7.3M for AI-Powered Urine Analysis Device

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Israeli medical device start-up Olive Diagnostics , which uses an optical sensor and AI-powered device to perform 100% passive real-time urine analysis, is extending its seed funding round to $7.3 million, after raising an additional $1.5 million from existing investors and private investors. – The investors in the pre-seed stage include Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services, Mayo Clinic, eHealth Ventures, Amgen Ventures, The Israel Innovation Authority, alo

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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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Sharecare Launches SaaS for Independent Decentralized Clinical Research

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Sharecare announced the launch of Smart Omix , Sharecare’s new scalable SaaS-based solution to empower independent researchers, clinicians, and academic institutions to conduct digitally enabled clinical research studies. – Smart Omix is made for researchers by researchers and purpose-built to address technological, economic, and talent barriers to remote observational studies more commonly encountered by members of the research community, in part