Healthcare It News

MAY 6, 2022

Health disparities have the potential to negatively impact rural Americans much more than urban Americans. No doubt, rural healthcare currently is facing many challenges, such as lack of bed availability – even as COVID-19 decreases. Dr. Richard Watson is co-founder of Motient, a health IT vendor that equips health systems, accountable care organizations and individual facilities with tools and data designed to help ensure quality in medical transports.

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Health Care Dive

MAY 6, 2022

Black will be replaced with current president Rick Poulton effective immediately. In a note, one analyst said investors will likely react positively to the news, given Poulton's record of deal execution.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 6, 2022

MedTech Europe welcomes launch of European Health Data Space. The European Commission this week launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will allow citizens to access their health data in any EU member state. MedTech Europe CEO Serge Bernasconi, said: “To be successful, the proposed EHDS legislation needs to address the barriers to data sharing, advance investment in infrastructure, and foster the adoption of international interoperability standards.

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Health Care Dive

MAY 6, 2022

The agency is limiting use to adults who either can't or won't take another authorized vaccine after collecting more data on a rare and unusual clotting syndrome that has weighed on the shot's uptake.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 6, 2022

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Briggs Healthcare

MAY 6, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending April 24, 2022. Comparing the April 24 th data to the previous April 17 th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate increased by 0.1% (had remained stagnant for the previous 5 weeks) Residents with booster doses increased by 0.6% this past week Staff vaccination rate increased 0.1% from previous week Staff with booster doses increased by 0.6% this past w

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Home Health Care

MAY 6, 2022

ModivCare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) believes it can leverage its footprint in the home and transportation services to become a major value-based care player in the U.S. Modivcare’s Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) services give patients access to reliable rides to health services. The company is the largest broker of NEMT in the country and works with local, community-based transportation providers, managing more than 75 million trips per year.

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The Rand Blog

MAY 6, 2022

This weekly recap focuses on tapping into Facebook data to help refugees, addressing homelessness in Los Angeles, understanding burnout among health care providers, and more.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 6, 2022

Imagine that you are a policymaker and an academic researcher shows you evidence for a new health intervention that will dramatically improve health outcomes. He shows you the study results, the estimated impact and a p-value that is less than 0.05. How much credibility should you give to this result? What quantiative approach should you take to determine if the government should recommend using this new health intervention?

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The Rand Blog

MAY 6, 2022

In Lebanon, COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and daily deaths continue to decline. This is an accomplishment worthy of celebration in the midst of hyperinflation, all-time high unemployment, nadir purchasing power, and a health sector on the verge of collapse.

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Bill Of Health

MAY 6, 2022

By Bailey Kennedy. As spring continues to bubble into life (even in Massachusetts), people across the country are planting gardens in anticipation of a fall harvest. A few of these happy people will probably be harvesting something else along with their vegetables: a hefty fine from their municipal government. Many state and municipal governments have adopted regulations and ordinances which, while well-intentioned, may discourage people from starting at home gardens — or even force people to ab

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Briggs Healthcare

MAY 6, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS hasn’t posted a reminder of this upcoming deadline yet, but I suspect they will next week. You have a busy week preceding that deadline – Mother’s Day, National Skilled Nursing Week, National Nurses Week. As you prepare for those, don’t forget that your 2 nd quarter PBJ data is due next Sunday, May 15, 2022.

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The Rand Blog

MAY 6, 2022

For the last decade or so, debate has raged among scholars and policymakers about the significance of the post–World War II, rules-based international order. Is it a feeble myth, or is it a powerful influence on state behavior? Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the global response to it has put these competing claims into sharp relief.

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Briggs Healthcare

MAY 6, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. As the title of this blog says, May is indeed a great month for nursing (every month is but I may be biased). May is when we observe National Nurses Day, National Nurses Week, National Skilled Nursing Week, International Nurses Day to name a few. 2020 was designated the Year of the Nurse.

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HIStalk

MAY 6, 2022

Those that follow me on Twitter know what I’ve been.

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Briggs Healthcare

MAY 6, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted Change Request 12723 – Transmittal 11399 on May 4, 2022. Pages 2 and 3 of the 7-page Transmittal speak to the background and the policy. The manual changes are found (in red font) on the last 3 pages: Effective July 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated the Medicare coverage requirements to align with the ACIP recommendations.

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Life Qi

MAY 6, 2022

New Resources at Life QI.

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HIStalk

MAY 6, 2022

Top News Allscripts reports Q1 results: revenue up 7%, adjusted.

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Health Populi

MAY 6, 2022

The rate of people in the U.S. skipping needed health care due to cost tripled in 2021. This prompted West Health (the Gary and Mary West nonprofit organizations’ group) and Gallup to collaborate on research to quantified Americans’ views on and challenges with personal medical costs. This has resulted in The West Health-Gallup Healthcare Affordability Index and Healthcare Value Index.

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