Thu.Mar 09, 2023

article thumbnail

California cancels $54M Walgreens contract over company’s decision to not sell abortion pills

Health Care Dive

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is making good on his threat to no longer do business with Walgreens over abortion pill access, illustrating how the drugstore industry is struggling to navigate shifting state abortion laws.

312
312
article thumbnail

Prior authorization reform vital to combat nationwide clinician burnout crisis, US surgeon general says

Fierce Healthcare

Prior authorization reform vital to combat nationwide clinician burnout crisis, US surgeon general says dmuoio Thu, 03/09/2023 - 15:03

264
264
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Biden’s proposed HHS budget aims to make pandemic-era subsidies permanent

Health Care Dive

Released Thursday, the budget also proposes to extend Medicare solvency and give the federal government more power to negotiate prescription drug prices.

Medicare 279
article thumbnail

What Biden's proposed budget means for Medicare Advantage

Fierce Healthcare

What Biden's proposed budget means for Medicare Advantage rking Thu, 03/09/2023 - 16:16

Medicare 321
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Roundup: New online mental health, addiction support portal goes live in NZ and more briefs

Healthcare It News

NZ eases access to mental health, addiction support New Zealand's Ministry of Health has officially launched an online portal for accessing the services provided by the Access and Choice programme. The said website puts all Access and Choice primary mental health and addiction services in one place, according to Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.

Hospitals 215
article thumbnail

Georgia lawmakers, NAACP ask HHS, IRS to investigate Wellstar's Atlanta hospital closure

Fierce Healthcare

Georgia lawmakers, NAACP ask HHS, IRS to investigate Wellstar's Atlanta hospital closure dmuoio Thu, 03/09/2023 - 16:35

Hospitals 264

More Trending

article thumbnail

Former fintech engineers launch startup that aims to tackle insurance verification for virtual care

Fierce Healthcare

Former fintech engineers launch startup that aims to tackle insurance verification for virtual care hlandi Thu, 03/09/2023 - 09:47

246
246
article thumbnail

Biden Administration Calls For $150 Billion For Home- And Community-Based Services

Home Health Care

The Biden Administration, as part of its 2024 proposed budget , plans to allocate $150 billion for home- and community-based services over the next 10 years. That, and a plan to keep Medicare from becoming insolvent in the near-term future, were the most relevant home-based care takeaways. Allocating resources to HCBS is a way for the federal government to support older Americans and those with disabilities who wish to receive personal care services in the comfort of their homes, the administrat

Medicare 126
article thumbnail

Flowly, VR-enabled app to manage chronic pain and stress, rolls out program for providers

Fierce Healthcare

Flowly, VR-enabled app to manage chronic pain and stress, rolls out program for providers agliadkovskaya Thu, 03/09/2023 - 18:16

246
246
article thumbnail

Preventing Violence in Schools: How to Encourage Students to Report Threats

The Rand Blog

One of the most consistent findings in research on school shootings is that someone knew an attack was possible but didn't report it. There are ways schools can better encourage students to come forward when they see or hear something concerning: tip lines, training, and a lot more trust.

article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports

Fierce Healthcare

DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports pminemyer Thu, 03/09/2023 - 11:07

article thumbnail

Can Allergies Cause a Fever?

Healthcare Associates

Can Allergies Cause a Fever? It’s not always easy to tell if you’re coming down with a cold or a case of hay fever from seasonal allergies. The sneezing, runny nose, headaches, and fatigue feel similar because, in both cases, your body is fighting off an unwelcome intruder. Your immune system fights a viral or bacterial infection if you’re sick.

Doctors 105
article thumbnail

Capital Rx CEO: PBM industry needs to be repaired, not ditched

Fierce Healthcare

Capital Rx CEO: PBM industry needs to be repaired, not ditched fdiamond Thu, 03/09/2023 - 16:35

264
264
article thumbnail

What Will Putin Do Next?

The Rand Blog

Vladimir Putin faces no elections, no party or state institutions that threaten his rule, no domestic political opposition. He is not moved by humanitarian crises or overly concerned about international condemnation. The longer the war drags on, the more risks Putin might be willing to take to meet his objectives. What might he do next?

98
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Here are the top health items in Biden's new fiscal 2024 proposed budget

Fierce Healthcare

Here are the top health items in Biden's new fiscal 2024 proposed budget rking Thu, 03/09/2023 - 12:39

246
246
article thumbnail

Enabling a Better Future for All by Embracing Healthcare Interoperability

HIT Consultant

Rajesh Sharma, Vice President and General Manager of Systems Integration, Data Analytics and Interoperability Product Offerings, Gainwell Technologies The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has laid the critical groundwork to create a connected healthcare system in which patients, providers, and payers can easily exchange information. This is thanks in part to the release of the Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule.

article thumbnail

Industry Voices—Let's be transparent about hospital price transparency

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Let's be transparent about hospital price transparency pminemyer Thu, 03/09/2023 - 11:28

Hospitals 241
article thumbnail

Clarapath Acquires AI-Powered Digital Pathology Platform Crosscope

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Clarapath , a robotics company aimed at catalyzing change in the way pathology laboratories process human and animal tissue acquires Mountain View, CA-based Crosscope. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – Crosscope is a digital pathology company with a turnkey imaging solution providing best-in-class workflow tools and slide management along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology to assist pathologists with

article thumbnail

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!

article thumbnail

Industry groups form coalition to avoid coverage lapses as Medicaid redeterminations loom

Fierce Healthcare

Industry groups form coalition to avoid coverage lapses as Medicaid redeterminations loom pminemyer Thu, 03/09/2023 - 15:14

Medicaid 214
article thumbnail

Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Expand Home-Based Care Coverage Under Medicaid

Home Health Care

A number of lawmakers – including Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) – introduced a bill Thursday that would expand coverage of home- and community-based services under Medicaid. The HCBS Access Act was introduced by Casey, as a companion bill to the Better Care Better Jobs Act , which was originally unveiled in 2021 and reintroduced in January.

article thumbnail

Chutes & Ladders—CIO moves from Ochsner to Sutter Health; Oshi picks up 2 execs, wins ATA innovators' challenge

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—CIO moves from Ochsner to Sutter Health; Oshi picks up 2 execs, wins ATA innovators' challenge aburky Thu, 03/09/2023 - 15:52

130
130
article thumbnail

When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good

Bill Of Health

By Daniel Goldberg The nirvana fallacy “is the informal fallacy of comparing actual things with unrealistic, idealized alternatives.” Practice and policy guided by the nirvana fallacy discourages any action at all short of a perfect solution. Sound familiar? It’s one justification for pandemic policy inaction in a nutshell. For example, public health officials at virtually every level have resisted implementation or reinstatement of mask mandates in part by arguing that either some percentage of

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

BIPOC-focused telehealth startup ReKlame Health now in-network with Cigna

Fierce Healthcare

BIPOC-focused telehealth startup ReKlame Health now in-network with Cigna agliadkovskaya Thu, 03/09/2023 - 10:56

130
130
article thumbnail

National Kidney Foundation and Healthy.io Partner on Kidney Disease Detection

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) , a non-profit health organization and Healthy.io , a global leader in transforming the smartphone camera into a clinical-grade medical device, announced a new effort to promote the detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD). – Through their partnership, the NKF and Healthy.io will offer Healthy.io’s Minuteful Kidney™ at-home kidney test, free of charge, to people who are at risk for kidney disease.

article thumbnail

The Challenges, Opportunities That Investment Experts See In Home-Based Care

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Shortly after COVID-19 entered our collective lexicon, investments began pouring into the health care industry. The warts on the U.S. health care system that COVID-19 exposed were enough for lenders, backers and buyers to continue to throw money at the companies – or even ideas – that could cover up or eradicate those warts.

article thumbnail

Meet K&K Health Care Solutions, a 2023 Home Care Symposium Keynote Presenter [Podcast]

Meditech

On the latest MEDITECH Podcast, in advance of their participation in the 2023 Home Care Symposium , I enjoyed a discussion with the co-owners of K&K Health Care Solutions , Cindy Krafft PT, MS, HCS-O, and Sherry Teague. K&K is a healthcare consulting company celebrating its 10-year anniversary of providing revenue protection strategies and education to home care agencies.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

CMS Quality Measures to Keep an Eye on in 2023

Advanced Data Systems

Healthcare professionals need to remain aware of any changes that may affect the industry and their responsibilities to respond to requests for information from the government. Specifically, it’s crucial to stay on top of updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, such as CMS quality measures.

article thumbnail

AI Model Enables Alzheimer’s Disease Detection from Brain MRIs

Health IT Analytics

Published in PLOS ONE, a… read more

122
122
article thumbnail

Interview with Kermit CEO Richard Palarea

Health Business Group

Patients get scared when they find out they find out they need an implantable medical device like a pacemaker. That’s understandable, considering the risks of surgery and what it says about their health. But did you know that hospitals get scared too? Implanted devices are pricey and this spend category is notoriously difficult to manage. In an era of super tight hospital finances, implantable devices could mean the difference between life and death for the hospital, too.

article thumbnail

Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Launches March 15, 2023

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Beginning Spring 2023, the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) will provide training and resources to skilled nursing facility staff who care for residents with a variety of behavioral health conditions. This is a three-year cooperative agreement awarded to Alliant Health Solutions from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Nursing 52
article thumbnail

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.