Wed.Oct 20, 2021

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France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

Healthcare It News

French president Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to follow in Germany’s footsteps by making digital therapeutics available on prescription through the statutory health system. In 2019 Germany introduced its DiGA Fast Track process for rapid approval, testing, piloting and evaluation of health apps, which is open to all companies in the European Union (EU).

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HLTH21: Traditional healthcare is missing younger consumers. How can providers win them back?

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH21: Traditional healthcare is missing younger consumers. How can providers win them back? dmuoio. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 17:11.

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Anthem again hikes outlook for 2021 after Q3 medical costs beat expectations

Health Care Dive

Medical costs came in below projections despite the wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases that were fueled by the delta variant during the quarter.

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AHA pushes CMS to include MA plans, tighter turnarounds in proposed prior authorization rule

Fierce Healthcare

AHA pushes CMS to include MA plans, tighter turnarounds in proposed prior authorization rule. dmuoio. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 14:37.

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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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In last ditch plea to save MCIT, medtech groups suggest fixes to CMS

Health Care Dive

AdvaMed and MDMA responded to a call for feedback on the planned repeal of the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology pathway by proposing tweaks and new ideas to salvage it.

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Healthgrades releases 2022 hospital ratings based on patient outcomes from most common procedures

Fierce Healthcare

Healthgrades releases 2022 hospital ratings based on patient outcomes from most common procedures. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 10:54.

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White House says it's prepped to deliver millions of kids' COVID vaccines to pediatricians, children's hospitals, pharmacies

Fierce Healthcare

White House says it's prepped to deliver millions of kids' COVID vaccines to pediatricians, children's hospitals, pharmacies. dmuoio. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:59.

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Biden Administration Shows Unwavering Support for Taiwan

The Rand Blog

Ten months into the Biden administration, it is abundantly clear that the United States will continue to strengthen ties with Taiwan and defend the island if ever attacked by China. Through both word and deed, the United States has continued to demonstrate that Taipei should have no worries about Washington's commitment to the island.

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SonderMind acquires Qntfy to bring machine learning to mental health care

Fierce Healthcare

SonderMind acquires Qntfy to bring machine learning to mental health care. rtorrence. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 16:15.

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NASHP’s Annual Conference Highlights States Taking Bold Action on Drug Prices

NASHP

While Congress continues to consider significant reforms for drug pricing, states have taken bold steps to control drug prices across payers. This legislative session, Colorado followed Maryland’s lead and established a prescription drug affordability board (PDAB) to address high drug prices. PDAB legislation, such as Maryland’s and Colorado’s, that includes authority for a board to set upper payment limits (UPLs) within a state for high cost drugs, represents some of the strongest state efforts

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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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CMMI rolls out strategic refresh to make payment models more equitable and streamlined

Fierce Healthcare

CMMI rolls out strategic refresh to make payment models more equitable and streamlined. rking. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 14:29.

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Using digital tech to drive value-based healthcare

Healthcare It News

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Avalere: More Medicare Advantage plans to offer supplemental benefits in 2022

Fierce Healthcare

Avalere: More Medicare Advantage plans to offer supplemental benefits in 2022. rking. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 16:29.

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Updated Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines is published in an electronic format that can be updated in step with the rapid pace and growing volume of information regarding the treatment of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) is committed to updating this document to ensure that health care providers, patients, and policy experts have the most recent information regarding the optima

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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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Anthem raises outlook after posting $1.5B in Q3 profit thanks to strong membership boost

Fierce Healthcare

Anthem raises outlook after posting $1.5B in Q3 profit thanks to strong membership boost. rking. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 07:27.

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PBJ Data Updated by CMS

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted (October 14, 2021) 2 new PBJ datasets: Payroll Based Journal Daily Non-Nurse Staffing Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing. The Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Nurse Staffing and Non-Nurse Staffing datasets provide information submitted by nursing homes including rehabilitation services on a quarterly basis.

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Tenet lands $448M in profit in Q3 buoyed by higher volumes

Fierce Healthcare

Tenet lands $448M in profit in Q3 buoyed by higher volumes. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 17:50.

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Future Leader: Kelly Stanley, Senior Director of Clinical Transformation, Medalogix

Home Health Care

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit [link]. Kelly Stanley, senior director of clinical transformation at the Nashville, Tennessee-based Medalogix, has been named a 2021 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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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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FDA contracts Aetion’s real-world evidence platform to assess COVID-19 treatments

Fierce Healthcare

FDA contracts Aetion’s real-world evidence platform to assess COVID-19 treatments. rtorrence. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 16:59.

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Bardavon Health Innovations Secures $90M to Advance MSK Platform Beyond Workers’ Compensation Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Bardavon Health Innovations , a Workers’ Compensation and musculoskeletal (MSK) health company, today announced a Series C funding of $90 million led by investor Matrix Capital Management, a public and private investment firm, joined by WestCap , a growth equity firm. – Bardavon, a privately held, Kansas City-based digital health partner, connects all stakeholders to better manage MSK injuries and health.

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Data privacy solution TripleBlind secures $24M backed by General Catalyst, Mayo Clinic

Fierce Healthcare

Data privacy solution TripleBlind secures $24M backed by General Catalyst, Mayo Clinic. hlandi. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 09:22.

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Why Sutter Health, CVS See the Home as a ‘Mainstream’ Site of Care

Home Health Care

On the same day a CVS Health (TKTK) executive emphasized the company only invests time and resources in its most fervent business beliefs, another exec ambitiously spoke about its at-home care plans. Speaking at HLTH this week, executives from CVS and other health care organizations joined in a discussion about managing chronic conditions in the home.

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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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Navina scores $15M in series A funding for AI-powered primary care platform

Fierce Healthcare

Navina scores $15M in series A funding for AI-powered primary care platform. rtorrence. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 10:45.

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CommonSpirit, Vital Expand Partnership After Successful Pilot to Improve Patient Experience in ED & Patient Care Delivery

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today at HLTH 2021, CommonSpiritHealth announced the results of its pilot with Vital , the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software improving patient experience and follow-up visit loyalty in hospital emergency departments (ED) and inpatient stays. Vital’s digital tool, ERAdvisor, helps keep patients informed and in control of their visit by providing real-time content and text message updates to patients and their families through their smartphone.

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HLTH21: Blue Shield of California, Google Cloud team up to take on claims management

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH21: Blue Shield of California, Google Cloud team up to take on claims management. pminemyer. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 14:17.

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CMS Hopes to Support Home-Based Care with More Payment, Regulatory Flexibilities

Home Health Care

Officials from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its main innovation hub touted a “strategy refresh” on Wednesday. Among its key pillars, the refresh calls for greater payment and regulatory flexibilities supporting the provision of home- and community-based care. CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure discussed the strategy reset during a Wednesday afternoon webinar.

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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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AAFP partners with Elation Health to ease provider burden with new tech

Fierce Healthcare

AAFP partners with Elation Health to ease provider burden with new tech. rtorrence. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 08:38.

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The Pitfalls of Cost Sharing in Healthcare

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Cost sharing is just that, sharing in the cost of providing a health care service. While health insurers often pay for a large share of health care cost (for those covered), individuals also contribute through deductibles, copayments and coinsurance. The goal of cost sharing is to reduce moral hazard. Moral hazard occurs when the price of a good is below its marginal cost, people will consume more of it.

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What doctors wish patients knew about breakthrough COVID infections

Fierce Healthcare

What doctors wish patients knew about breakthrough COVID infections. admin. Wed, 10/20/2021 - 16:15.

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Coaching Emotional Intelligence During Crises

Medi Leadership

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a must for high-performing leaders during regular times, but it is especially important during crises. When times are uncertain and decisions are especially complex, leaders need to tune in to their own emotions in order to better understand and manage them. They also need to be aware of others’ emotions to better understand and manage their relationships with them.

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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.