Health Care Dive
JUNE 7, 2022
Pharmacy groups cheered the news, which reversed a vote earlier this year by FTC commissioners not to investigate PBMs' pricing and contractual practices.
Healthcare It News
JUNE 7, 2022
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 7, 2022
The value-based primary care network also plans to enter additional cities in existing states with new centers in Augusta, Georgia; Lexington, Kentucky; and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Bill Of Health
JUNE 7, 2022
By Gwendolynne Reid, Cherice Escobar Jones, and Mya Poe. Biases in scholarly citations against scholars of color promote racial inequality, stifle intellectual analysis, and can harm patients and communities. While the lack of citations to scholars of color in medical journals may be due to carelessness, ignorance , or structural impediments , in some cases it is due to reckless neglect.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 7, 2022
Median nursing tenure fell 19.5% across the U.S from March 2021 to March 2022, according to an analysis by Epic.
Meditech
JUNE 7, 2022
When we decided to switch our EHR vendor at our rural 25-bed hospital, our executives and clinical staff sought value, sophistication, and flexibility, knowing that those qualities would improve care and enhance the patient experience.
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Home Health Care
JUNE 7, 2022
The ability to deliver higher-acuity care in the home is now table stakes. That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2020. Eventually, though, the public health emergency is going to go away – with the waiver possibly ending not too long after.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 7, 2022
Pear shared real-world data that linked its digital therapeutic for substance use disorders to an estimated $3,591 reduction in per-patient costs.
Home Health Care
JUNE 7, 2022
The private equity-based HomeFirst Home Healthcare is cognizant of the sub-par rates that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans pay for home health services, as are nearly all other home health agencies in the country. It’s also one of the reasons behind its most recent acquisition. What may make HomeFirst a bit different from others is how they plan to go about MA over the next few years.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 7, 2022
Incoming CEO Frank Harvey is a pharmacist who has held numerous senior leadership roles in his more than three decades in the health sector.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Eleos Health , a behavioral health tech company and Ontrak Health (NASDAQ: OTRK), a healthcare company are teaming up to integrate their respective AI platforms to support behavioral health care for Ontrak’s members. – Ontrak specializes in serving the most vulnerable members of the behavioral health population who would otherwise fall through the cracks of the healthcare system.
Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted Transmittal 11448 – Change Request 12723 on June 6, 2022. The red ink is found on pages 5 and 6 of the 7-page Transmittal: Effective July 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated the Medicare coverage requirements to align with the ACIP recommendations.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 7, 2022
What You Should Know: Bicycle Health, a Boston, MA-based provider of virtual opioid addiction treatment raises $50M in Series B funding led by InterAlpen Partners , bringing the company’s total funds raised to $83 million. Other participants in the round include existing investors Questa Capital , Frist Cressey Ventures , and City Light Capital. Evidence-based, online suboxone treatment for opioid addiction.
Home Health Care
JUNE 7, 2022
The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) has announced a leadership change. Daniel Walker, the company’s CEO, will step away from his role and be succeeded by the current president of Pennant, Brent Guerisoli. Walker will continue to serve as the chair of the board of directors. Walker has served as the company’s CEO since it spun off from The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) in 2019.
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Healthy Debate
JUNE 7, 2022
The post Sharing is caring – app aims to fill gaps in health-data infrastructure appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 7, 2022
Interesting study from Hegland et al. (2022) in HSR. The authors used data from Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), American Hospital Association Survey, Hospital Compare, and American Community Survey data and find that: Non-Hispanic Black individuals live in zip codes supplied, on average, 0.11 more beds per 1000 population (SE = 0.01) than places where non-Hispanic White individuals live.
Osf Healthcare
JUNE 7, 2022
Whether it’s not having access to the right foods or having enough money to pay for medications, these types of social and economic drivers keep marginalized populations from being healthy. The OSF Innovation Data Science and Advanced Informatics Lab, a part of OSF HealthCare, has developed an all-encompassing solution not only to identify people at risk for poorer health outcomes but to help connect them to resources and ongoing monitoring.
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Health Dialog
JUNE 7, 2022
In our over 20 years of managing a 24-hour Nurse Advice Line, one thing we’ve learned is there are a variety of reasons why people call in. It ranges from some callers not being sure if their symptoms warrant being seen by a doctor or an emergency department visit to wondering if services are covered by their insurance. Others are worried about disturbing their doctor after hours or just want to understand more about their medications, diagnosis, lab results or treatment options.
Etactics
JUNE 7, 2022
50% of Americans failed to consistently pay all of their bills on time in 2022 according to Consumer Affairs. Meanwhile, Intuit found that 64% of small businesses have recieved a late fee specifically due to cash flow issues. In other words, it doesn’t matter what side of the coin you’re on, whether you’re a business owner or an average consumer, the odds that you’re affected by debt aren’t in your favor.
Health Recovery
JUNE 7, 2022
As a healthcare practitioner who’s getting started with telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) , you understand that the key to success lies in having a systematic approach to every component of the program. Typically, the components of RPM services that your team would provide include the initial equipment setup and installation, virtual visits as needed, and condition monitoring based on biometric data and information collected in real time.
Baird Group
JUNE 7, 2022
In today’s talent market, smart hiring often goes out the window, and it can be tempting to hire the next applicant with a pulse. Regardless of a dwindling talent pool leaders still need a crystal-clear picture of their ideal candidate. This may seem obvious. But it isn’t always top of mind when leaders are stressed for time and struggling to get positions filled.
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Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The OIG issued this Press Release on Monday, June 6, 2022 with this subtitle: “America’s taxpayers could recoup nearly $3 billion in misspent Medicare, Medicaid, and other health and human services funds as a result of work by HHS-OIG. The Spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR) highlights nearly $3 billion in expected recoveries as a result of HHS-OIG audits and investigations.
Healthcare Performance
JUNE 7, 2022
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Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted Transmittal 11447 – Change Request 12615 on June 6, 2022, with the same title as this blog. The updated material is found on pages 6, 7 and 8 of this 8-page Transmittal. Look for the red ink. A corresponding MLN Matters (4 pages) was also posted June 6, 2022.
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.
HIStalk
JUNE 7, 2022
Oracle Completes Acquisition of Cerner Oracle has closed its deal.
Healthcare It News
JUNE 7, 2022
The pandemic has amplified the need for behavioral health services and also made it more difficult for people at risk to access care, as noted by the Biden administration. At the same time, the fallout of COVID-19 has accelerated people's willingness to engage with telehealth and telemedicine. So how do hospitals and health systems deal with an influx of mental health patients seeking fast access to high-quality psychiatric care while improving patient throughput?
HIT Consultant
JUNE 7, 2022
Mike Wilkes, Chief Information Security Officer, SecurityScorecard. It’s time to get used to seeing your doctor from a digital screen, as virtual care is projected to expand well into the future. And while telehealth technology has proven to be highly beneficial in supporting the shift to virtual healthcare, it has also introduced a host of new vulnerabilities and opportunities for security breaches.
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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