Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 4, 2023
A silent and grossly underserved epidemic of loneliness is affecting 60% of all America | Numerous experts have called attention to our loneliness epidemic, describing its negative health impact as similar to “smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 4, 2023
Payers didn’t reimburse doctors in more than half of arbitration award cases, according to a survey from clinician group Americans for Fair Health Care.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 4, 2023
State officials are urging members of the Oregon Health Plan to monitor their credit accounts as personal data on nearly 1.7 members was exposed as part of a massive data breach into a contractor.< | State officials are urging members of the Oregon Health Plan to monitor their credit accounts as personal data on nearly 1.7 members was exposed as part of a massive data breach into a contractor.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 4, 2023
A recruitment problem may be one source of the racial and gender compensation gap in medicine, according to a new JAMA study.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 4, 2023
LGBTQ+ adults are less likely than cisgender, heterosexual adults to have had health screenings in the past year and are more likely to have skipped care, a new survey has found. | In the past year, 25% of LGBTQ+ adults did not have any health screenings, compared to 20% of cisgender, heterosexual adults.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 4, 2023
Patrick Conway is replacing Heather Cianfrocco as CEO of UnitedHealth’s pharmacy benefit manager as part of a chain reaction of executive moves.
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 4, 2023
A string of states and cities have filed recent suits against PBMs and drug manufacturers alleging they work in tandem to raise the cost of insulin.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 4, 2023
Between 2010 and 2022, U.S. | A recent analysis of 2010-2022 data found that the year before and after closing a merger are risky for hospitals, due to their higher public profile and the marriage of mismatching data systems.
Bill Of Health
AUGUST 4, 2023
By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer On May 25, 2023 , merely six weeks before the Wuhan Biosafety lab lost its NIH funding amid the controversy of possible lab leaks and connection with COVID-19, the United States proudly opened the doors of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), the 14th biosafety level 4 lab in the U.S., and the first here that is capable of handling large animals.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 4, 2023
Physician enablement company Privia Health continued to chart profitable growth in the second quarter as it expanded its provider network into Washington, its 13th state. | Physician enablement company Privia Health continued to chart profitable growth in the second quarter as it expanded its provider network into Washington, its 13th state.
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The Rand Blog
AUGUST 4, 2023
Evidence suggests that stackable credentials in college are promising. But we continue to see disparities in rates of stacking across institutions, fields, and race/ethnicity, suggesting states and colleges have more work to do to ensure strong stackable credential opportunities for all students.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 4, 2023
American Oncology Network (AON), a network of community oncology practices, announced it is participating in the Enhancing Oncology Model, a new value-based cancer care framework. | American Oncology Network (AON), a network of community oncology practices, announced it is participating in the Enhancing Oncology Model, a new value-based cancer care framework.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 4, 2023
Kevin Keenahan, Chief Product Officer, Net Health In recent years, the healthcare industry has seen an explosion in the availability of big data , creating new avenues for growth, opportunity, and innovation across the field. Catalyzed by this influx of new data, healthcare analytics is driving the next generation of digital innovation in healthcare.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 4, 2023
Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) continues to see personal care and remote patient monitoring as key tenants to its strategy to unlock value-based care arrangements. “This is evidenced by new contracts,” Modivcare CEO L. Heath Sampson said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call Friday. “This makes us more enthusiastic about the long-term prospects, and we anticipate that performance will surpass our initial expectations.
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HIT Consultant
AUGUST 4, 2023
What You Should Know: Walgreens Boots Alliance announces the sale of shares of AmerisourceBergen Corporation valued at $1.85B for debt paydown and general corporate purposes. Walgreens Boots Alliance’s ownership stake of AmerisourceBergen’s common stock has not been impacted but is expected to decrease by to approximately 16 percent.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 4, 2023
In July, CMS released a guide to new and updated frequently asked questions around the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model. Yet while home-based care providers certainly have many excellent, technical questions, one sits above all others: How will the expansion of HHVBP affect their reimbursement? The good news: the answer lies more with providers than perhaps they realize.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 4, 2023
What You Should Know: Biobeat , a global provider of wearable remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions for the healthcare continuum, announced its Epic EHR integration completion. The Epic EHR integration allows patient’s vital signs to transfer from the Biobeat RPM devices directly to the EHR, reducing the medical staff’s burden and enhancing their workflow.
The Rand Blog
AUGUST 4, 2023
In Delete the Adjective: A Soldier's Adventures in Ranger School , Lisa Jaster recounts her experience as one of the first three women to graduate from U.S. Army Ranger School. Her book is a compelling argument that “adjectives are descriptors, not limiters” of what people can accomplish.
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Home Health Care
AUGUST 4, 2023
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Almost all home health providers want to get into value-based care. Many don’t know where to start. Performance-based benchmarks like patient satisfaction, timeliness of care and staff efficiency are all metrics they should begin to track diligently. That will come in handy when negotiating value-based care deals in the future.
Medi Leadership
AUGUST 4, 2023
I was in a meeting recently with a prominent physician leader who wanted to learn more about our coaching firm and what we offer for healthcare leaders. He made a provocative statement: “You’ve got a branding problem.” It struck me profoundly: Here was a highly successful physician executive who’s led multiple national corporations, and yet he perceived executive coaching as a last-ditch effort to help someone change their ways before being asked to leave.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 4, 2023
Braff Group hires former Amedisys M&A expert The Braff Group has hired Kris Novak to become the firm’s new managing director of home health, hospice, home care and pediatrics. The Braff Group is an M&A advisory firm that specializes in senior care dealmaking and has completed nearly 400 transactions since the company was founded in 1998. Novak is joining the Braff Group after serving as the vice president of mergers and acquisitions at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys Inc.
Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 4, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the NH data for the week ending July 23, 2023. For a listing of vaccination rates for individual nursing homes, click here. The information comes up in an Excel spreadsheet entitled: Recent Facility Resident and Staff Vaccination Rates and Other Data, as reported for week ending 07/09/23.
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Etactics
AUGUST 4, 2023
On average, the global cost of a data breach in 2023 is about 4.45 million USD. This number is actually a 15% increase since 2020. Ensuring the security of protected health information (PHI) can shield your company from financial losses, as well as losing the trust of your clients. Luckily, we have the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The Rand Blog
AUGUST 4, 2023
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