Wed.Jan 11, 2023

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Doctors no longer bound by noncompetes under FTC’s proposed ban

Health Care Dive

The FTC’s sweeping proposal would free physicians to work for a competitor, undermining the status quo in physician-employer relationships, attorneys told Healthcare Dive.

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Verily laying off 15% of workforce, trimming down business lines: 'We've made some hard but necessary choices'

Fierce Healthcare

Verily laying off 15% of workforce, trimming down business lines: 'We've made some hard but necessary choices'. dmuoio. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 16:51.

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Nonprofit hospitals, hammered by soaring expenses, have ‘deteriorating’ outlook: Fitch

Health Care Dive

Labor will remain the largest hurdle for hospitals this year even as they struggle with inflation and spiking COVID-19 admissions that can dent revenue, according to the ratings agency.

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JPM23, Day 3: Clover Health tees up busy day for insurtechs; Hinge Health stretches its reach into at-home care

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23, Day 3: Clover Health tees up busy day for insurtechs; Hinge Health stretches its reach into at-home care. hlandi. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:00.

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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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Key trends for payers and providers in 2023

Health Care Dive

Providers are likely to clash with payers over rate hikes after a year of intense cost pressures.

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JPM23: As the year gets underway, here's what insurtechs have planned

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23: As the year gets underway, here's what insurtechs have planned. pminemyer. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 19:32.

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Becerra renews COVID-19 public health emergency another 90 days, possibly for last time

Fierce Healthcare

Becerra renews COVID-19 public health emergency another 90 days, possibly for last time. rking. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 12:18.

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Hospitals disappointed with court ruling placing HHS in charge of 340B repayment

Health Care Dive

The court’s ruling on Tuesday is the latest update in a yearslong legal dispute between safety net hospitals and the government over payment rates.

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For health equity, risk adjustment should overpredict spending for marginalized groups, Health Affairs study says

Fierce Healthcare

For health equity, risk adjustment should overpredict spending for marginalized groups, Health Affairs study says. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 17:08.

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Walmart and Avanlee Care Launches Program to Aid Caregivers

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Avanlee Care , a digital health tool for today’s caregivers, has announced a partnership with Walmart to support the 65 million Americans currently caring for aging family members. As a part of Walmart’s “New Year Reset” program, the Avanlee Care app will be displayed and promoted at supercenter locations throughout Florida in the pharmacy and grocery sections of the stores. – This collaboration is the first of its kind for both brands.

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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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JPM23: Intermountain Health, UCHealth launch joint venture to accelerate value-based care in Colorado

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23: Intermountain Health, UCHealth launch joint venture to accelerate value-based care in Colorado. hlandi. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 10:02.

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M&A: OpenLoop Acquires Reliant.MD’s Practice Group

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – OpenLoop Health , a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced its acquisition of Reliant.MD’s practice group. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – The acquisition enables OpenLoop to continue to expand the depth of its clinical services and further confirms its place as a leader in digital and hybrid healthcare delivery. – For Reliant Immune Diagnosti

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UCSF Health received fewer patient portal messages after letting clinicians choose when to charge

Fierce Healthcare

UCSF Health received fewer patient portal messages after letting clinicians choose when to charge. dmuoio. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 12:08.

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Enhabit Set To Go Big On De Novos, Medicare Advantage In 2023

Home Health Care

The last year or so at Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has been about finding its footing – as a stand-alone company, and one that’s publicly traded. But moving forward, growth will be a priority, according to President and CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer. “We’ve kind of spent the last two years blocking and tackling all the various challenges that arose from the pandemic,” Jacobsmeyer said at the 23rd annual “New Ideas for the New Year” Investor Conference on Wednesday.

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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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A record 15.9M people enrolled in ACA marketplace plans so far, CMS says

Fierce Healthcare

A record 15.9M people enrolled in ACA marketplace plans so far, CMS says. fdiamond. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 10:36.

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A New Chief Medical Officer Joins Elara Caring; Enhabit Names General Counsel

Home Health Care

Elara Caring adds Dr. Kevin Henning to its leadership team. Elara Caring — one of the largest home health providers in the U.S. — has named Dr. Kevin Henning as its chief medical officer. “Dr. Henning joins Elara at an incredibly exciting time,” Elara Caring COO Ananth Mohan said in a press statement. “We are embarking on a momentous effort to align the historically conflicting interests of patients and payers and are thrilled to add such a seasoned, experienced medical leader with a focus on ev

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Elsevier introduces more expansive 3D human anatomy to increase racial representation in education

Fierce Healthcare

Elsevier introduces more expansive 3D human anatomy to increase racial representation in education. aburky. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:53.

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Top Home Care Trends For 2023

Home Health Care

While the home health sector deals with rate cuts, the home care industry is fighting its own monetary battle: the rising cost of services. That’s just one dynamic that could change the way home care agencies do business in the new year. At the same time, providers are also investing in what they believe to be differentiators, whether that’s through Medicare Advantage (MA) business, technology, care coordination or alternative home-based programs.

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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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CMS plans to announce first Part D drugs subject to price negotiations this fall

Fierce Healthcare

CMS plans to announce first Part D drugs subject to price negotiations this fall. rking. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 10:33.

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How Big of a Fleet? A Look at the U.S. Navy's Size and Readiness Needs

The Rand Blog

Congress is trying to nudge the Navy to expand the size of the fleet. But without comparable levels of funding for personnel, maintenance, technology upgrades, logistics and other support functions, a larger fleet could come at the cost of readiness.

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Veteran Status: An Under-Recognized Social Determinant of Health

Fierce Healthcare

Veteran Status: An Under-Recognized Social Determinant of Health jpiatt Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:54

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“I’m Concerned About Sepsis!”

CDC

This blog is a part of a series that CDC launched to highlight the importance of patient safety by providing educational information and simple ways to help people stay informed on public safety topics. Read the blog below, authored by Dr. Carl Flatley, to learn more about sepsis and the importance of voicing your concerns as a patient. I graduated from dental school, served in the United States Navy Dental Corps for two and a half years, and was in private practice for two years before going to

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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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Reducing the bias from on the inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW)

Healthcare ECONOMIST

When using observational data, assignment to a treatment group is non-random and causal inference may be difficult. One common approach to addressing this is propensity score weighting where the propensity score is the probability that a person is assigned to the treatment arm given their observable characteristics. This propensity is often estimated using a logistic regression of individual characteristics on a binary variable of whether the individual received the treatment or not.

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Individuals that Lose Medicaid Coverage May Enroll in Medicare Part B Nationally and Medicare Supplement Coverage in Some States including Soon in Ohio

Triage Health Law

Pursuant to federal regulations that took effect on January 1, 2023, individuals who lose Medicaid coverage will be granted a special enrollment right to enroll in Medicare Part B coverage. [1] This special enrollment right was created in part because the COVID health emergency order may soon end, resulting in many people losing Medicaid coverage. In this regard, under federal law enacted in response to COVID, the federal government gave states increased Medicaid funding and, in exchange, stat

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What's Korean About South Korea's Indo-Pacific Strategy?

The Rand Blog

The Korean Indo-Pacific Strategy may not be a sign of South Korea pivoting or leaning toward the United States over China. That conclusion could present a false dichotomy.

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Researchers Investigate When, How Healthcare AI Models Will Fail

Health IT Analytics

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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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COVID-19 PHE Declaration Renewed

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra has renewed the COVID-19 PHE declaration for another 90 days. The renewal can be viewed here.

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3 Common Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Frameworks and Their Importance

Etactics

Statista’s Cybersecurity Outlook estimates that the global cost of cybercrime will rise from 8.44 trillion in 2022 to 23.84 trillion by 2027. That is almost triple the original cost in just five years! Organizations in public and private sectors depend on information systems to guard data. When assessing cybersecurity risks, a company must consider these systems as an asset to protect.

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Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit  

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. IHI’s Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit includes the tools and templates you need to launch a successful quality improvement project and manage performance improvement. Each of the ten tools can be used with the Model for Improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma, and includes a short description, instructions, an example, and a blank template.

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Earn CEUs with MPA's FREE Compliance & HIPAA Webinars!

Healthcare Performance

Sign up for MPA's FREE Compliance & HIPAA webinars: All webinars start at 11:00 a.m. CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. HIPAA Security Update. January 25, 2023. 90 minutes. 1.8 CCB CEUs. Healthcare is the #1 target of cyber-attacks, and the threat continually increases. Your HIPAA security program is your defense, and the key to maintaining continuity of care.

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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.