Health Care Dive
JANUARY 24, 2023
Lawmakers in three states are considering legislation around healthcare worker staffing and nurse-to-patient ratios after the pandemic caused the industry to suffer major workforce challenges.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
With the X-waiver repealed, officials urge providers to begin prescribing buprenorphine for opioid addiction dmuoio Tue, 01/24/2023 - 14:52
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Health Care Dive
JANUARY 24, 2023
Rush University will be the only Chicago-area academic medical center participating in CVS’ first accountable care organization in ACO REACH.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
Hospital, health system boards saw low turnover, slow diversity gains from 2018-2022, AHA finds dmuoio Tue, 01/24/2023 - 10:23
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Health Care Dive
JANUARY 24, 2023
RxPass will run Prime customers $5 per month to fill prescriptions from a list of about 50 generic medications.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
Industry Voices—Key to rural hospital survival: Sustainable solutions for patient financial engagement hlandi Tue, 01/24/2023 - 09:47
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
Blues to press Congress to expand site-neutral payment reforms to more outpatient clinics rking Tue, 01/24/2023 - 11:30
Health Care Dive
JANUARY 24, 2023
The deal will add 2 million members to Elevance’s rolls and push the insurer into its 15th state.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
Providers jostle to lead way if FDA makes COVID vaccination a yearly jab fdiamond Tue, 01/24/2023 - 08:46
Health Care Dive
JANUARY 24, 2023
The new name reflects the system’s mission to keep people healthy beyond the traditional healthcare setting, Intermountain said.
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
Managed care plans, states can now text Medicaid beneficiaries to warn of enrollment changes rking Tue, 01/24/2023 - 13:59
Home Health Care
JANUARY 24, 2023
UCM Digital Health (UCM) and MVP Health Care (MVP) have announced a new program that will give MVP members access to emergency room-level care in the home. The program is dubbed Treatment in Place. “This partnership was really based on the exact concept of keeping people out of the ER, out of the hospital and out of even the urgent cares and pulling them into our platform,” UCM Digital Health CEO Keith Algozzine told Home Health Care News.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
'Podnosis': Fierce's JPM Week panel about big retailers reshaping primary care and Ramita Tandon on Walgreens' drug research plans qanderson Tue, 01/24/2023 - 11:14
Home Health Care
JANUARY 24, 2023
Paul Kusserow was away from his role as CEO of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) for just seven months. After stepping down officially in mid-April, he was back at the helm by mid-November, after Chris Gerard – his replacement – was terminated without cause. He remained chairman during the hiatus. But now he’s back in the weeds, trying to steer the ship of a company with a stock price that has decreased by about 70% since its all-time high point in Jan. of 2021.
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HIT Consultant
JANUARY 24, 2023
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million people dying from this disease each year. Most patients are diagnosed after symptoms have appeared and the disease has progressed to an advanced stage (Stage III or IV), which explains the current worldwide five-year survival rate of just 20 percent. In contrast, the survival rate for small lung tumors that are treated at Stage 1A is as high as 90 percent.
Home Health Care
JANUARY 24, 2023
With the home care industry at a “pivot point,” it’s important for providers to take more control over their near- and long-term futures. Griswold CEO Michael Slupecki told Home Health Care News that his company, while going through a transition of its own, is focused on how it can be better prepared for the changes happening in the industry. “I think where we have an immediate opportunity is in how to partner with skilled home health,” Slupecki said.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 24, 2023
What You Should Know: – MedCrypt , the proactive cybersecurity solution provider for medical devices and manufacturers, will announce the close of a Series B extension round led by Dexcom Ventures , bringing the company’s total to date to $36.4M. – With support from three major investors, Johnson & Johnson Innovations , Intuitive Ventures , and Dexcom Ventures , MedCrypt continues to lead the way in developing cybersecurity technologies and infrastructure for life-saving me
Meditech
JANUARY 24, 2023
A virtual event for established customers and interested prospects alike, the 2023 Expanse Winter Showcase intends to amplify the knowledge of our digital EHR platform. Joining us is Vice President & Chief Health Information Officer of HCA , Dr. Jim Jirjis.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
JANUARY 24, 2023
Paid family leave (PFL) provide paid time off for workers who care for a newborn (parental leave) or care for a sick or temporarily disabled family member (caregiving leave). The US is one of the few countries that does not offer PFL, but a number of State have decided to adopt their own policy. California was the first state to enact PFL and did so in 2004.
Health Populi
JANUARY 24, 2023
Two announcements this week add important initiatives to patients’ growing choices that speak to their consumer-sides’ sense of value and personal healthcare cost-containment: Amazon launched RxPass, a generic medicines subscription service; and, Dollar General promoted its mobile health service powered by DocGo on demand for health visits, “right outside the store.” These two programs come from outside of the legacy health care system of so-called incumbents — hosp
Healthy Debate
JANUARY 24, 2023
The post OurCare survey highlights lack of access to primary care appeared first on Healthy Debate.
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 24, 2023
Multi-domain operations (MDO) can present many challenges for training. Involvement of various disparate organizations and services can exacerbate these challenges and can require balancing centralized coordination with decentralized training objectives. If MDO is to provide new benefits, the training community may need to solve old problems. It may need to communicate more effectively.
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HIT Consultant
JANUARY 24, 2023
What You Should Know: – Carta Healthcare® , a pioneer in harnessing the power of clinical data, have announced the results of a survey regarding patient healthcare data access in the United States. – The results reveal that 60% of consumers don’t have immediate access to their medical records, and another 17% don’t know if they do. Furthermore, 66% of respondents indicate they don’t know where their data goes after they leave their healthcare provider’s office.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare My apologies for missing this important proposed rule! CMS-4201-P was published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2022. The subtitle of this proposed rule is Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Programs o
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 24, 2023
What You Should Know: – Amazon launches RxPass , a new Prime membership benefit from Amazon Pharmacy that offers patients affordable access to commonly prescribed generic medications that treat more than 80 common health conditions. – RxPass enables Prime members can receive all of their eligible medications for one flat, low monthly fee of $5, and have them delivered free of charge.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late last week, AHCA/NCAL posted Long Term Care Jobs Report – January 2023. There are 7 slides. Below are 2 slides excerpted from that report. Please review all slides. “Looking at data from the federal government, nursing homes are still facing historic job losses while other health care industries have mostly rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.
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.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 24, 2023
Dr. Rekha Bhandari, Chief Medical Officer at MedElite Group Interoperability remains the Holy Grail in healthcare, the goal to which all organizations aspire. The urgency to remove silos and improve communication between various systems and organizations is paramount, as it promises to lead to greater efficiency and improved outcomes while at the same time lowering costs – and not a moment too soon, given the fact that the world’s population is aging and there is a growing shortage of clinicians
Etactics
JANUARY 24, 2023
Healthcare fraud is not a victimless crime. The Department of Justice (DOJ) estimates that healthcare fraud generates roughly $100 billion a year. Unfortunately, that means this type of crime happens all the time. What’s worse is that these schemes are hard to detect and understand. Oftentimes, perpetrators will commit one type of healthcare fraud to cover up other parts of the greater scheme.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 24, 2023
What You Should Know: ReviveHealth , a whole health and integrated care company, has acquired SwiftMD , a virtual care services company with a strong physician network. – The acquisition was facilitated by Eir Partners , a Miami based private equity firm that invests in high growth healthcare companies. Eir Partners took a majority interest in ReviveHealth as a part of the transaction.
Baird Group
JANUARY 24, 2023
The difference between mediocre workers and top performers is not the goals they set but rather the accountability they have for achieving their goals. I often find that lack of accountability is the one thing most likely to impede progress. If you want to demonstrate that being a patient-centered organization is a top priority, much of the work is pretty straightforward.
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.
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