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15K nurses on strike across 7 health systems in Minnesota

Health Care Dive

Twins Cities Hospitals Group, which runs four of the affected hospitals, stands to incur more than $20 million a day in extra costs during the three-day strike, according to a statement.

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How virtual reality can help address the mental health professional shortage

Healthcare It News

More people are in need of mental health treatment today than ever before, but there just aren't enough therapists to meet the growing demand. In 2020, it was estimated that around 41.4 million adults in the U.S. received mental health treatment or counseling. Only an estimated 106,500 psychologists possess current licenses in the United States.

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Rural hospitals face ‘precarious’ outlook as expenses climb, AHA says

Health Care Dive

Rapidly rising labor, drug and supply costs could trigger another wave of facility closures, the hospital lobby said.

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How to Deal With Angry Patients

Healthcare Success

10 Ways To Deal With Angry Patients and Why You Definitely Should. By Stewart Gandolf, Chief Executive Officer. When patients take their grievances out on their healthcare provider, it can be frustrating—not only for the provider but also for the administration. More than ever before, healthcare organizations have to worry about the threat of legal action. .

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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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Sharing responsibility for workplace culture

Health Care Dive

Fostering a culture of brilliance takes more than just buy-in at the top level, it takes everyone.

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Debunking Russian Lies About Biolabs at Upcoming U.N. Meetings

The Rand Blog

Before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, its diplomatic missions began circulating some particularly fantastical lies. It's tempting to write off such claims as cartoonish propaganda. But Russia is making similarly outrageous claims to the United Nations and other international forums. Such maneuvers could dangerously undermine international arms control agreements.

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The Future of Telehealth: 6 Key Trends to Watch

Health Recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to confront a new reality when it comes to healthcare. The unprecedented impact of the pandemic has led governments and healthcare providers globally to re-evaluate their preparedness plans. One of the areas that has seen the most change is telehealth. Until recently, telehealth was seen as a niche field with huge potential that remains unexplored.

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UnitedHealthcare fires back, sues Envision for allegedly exaggerating patient claims

Health Care Dive

The insurer filed suit in the latest legal tussle between payers and physician staffing firms.

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Freenome Launches Multi-Cancer Detection Study Pairing Multiomics with Real-World Data

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Freenome, a privately held biotech company, today announced the launch of the Sanderson Study, the company’s latest study of its multiomics platform, in combination with real-world data to detect multiple cancers. – The study will encompass both traditional and real-world data to generate evidence of clinical validation for certain high- and elevated-risk populations while also refining the platform’s cancer classification and risk prediction models.

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AMA’s 2023 CPT code set aims to reduce administrative burdens

Health Care Dive

Cutting back administrative tasks is part of the group's broader effort to help fight physician burnout.

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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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Sanctioning Business Leaders in Russia

The Rand Blog

Western sanctions are ensnaring more Russian business leaders, some of whom say they are unjustly targeted. Can those in the private sector reduce their risks of being designated? Perhaps, if they make difficult choices.

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30% of First-Time Opioid Prescribed Patients Developed Dependency

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Gainwell Technologies , a leading innovator in healthcare technology solutions, has partnered with top academic institutions to drive research addressing some of the nation’s biggest healthcare challenges. – Using Gainwell’s advanced research platform and de-identified Medicaid claims data from select clients, Stanford concluded that 30 percent of patients prescribed opioids for the first time developed a dependency.

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Upside Adds Onto Home-Based Care Services With The Launch Of Upside+

Home Health Care

Upside — formerly known as UpsideH?M — once made waves for disrupting the aging-in-place sector. Now that the startup has cemented its spot in the aging services space, the company is focused on supplementing its offerings with the launch of Upside+. Upside’s business model involves partnering with existing apartment complexes and leasing individual units — or blocks of units — to offer tech-enabled co-living spaces for older adults.

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PurpleLab Secures $40M for No-Code Healthcare Analytics Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – PurpleLab, Inc. raises $40M in Series B funding led by Primus Capital , which joins existing investor Edison Partners. – Founded in 2017, PurpleLab has a strong pedigree in proprietary methodologies for data organization, cleansing, management, and governance to solve key challenges across the healthcare industry.

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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

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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What “healthcare access” are we really striving for?

Healthcare Leadership

This week I’m attending the SHSMD22 conference – an event for healthcare marketers and strategists – so I thought it would be interesting to unpack the term “healthcare access” with the #HCLDR community this week. Over that past year, “improving healthcare access” has become a popular phrase. I see it on company booths. I hear it mentioned on podcasts.

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Teladoc Health Appoints First-Ever Chief Health Equity Officer  

HIT Consultant

Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer at Teladoc Health. What You Should Know: – Teladoc Health ?has named Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH, as its first-ever chief health equity officer. Reporting to Teladoc Health chief medical officer, Dr. Vidya Raman-Tangella, Loehrer will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, and will partner, create and drive strategies to expand. equitable access to quality care across the globe. – In her new role at Teladoc Health, L

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Setting Standards for Delivering High-Quality Care to Veterans with Invisible Wounds

The Rand Blog

Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders are common among post-9/11 veterans and can interfere with their employment, family life, engagement with their communities, and overall well-being. A shared definition and standards for high-quality care can help organizations that support veterans to better assist in their recovery from these “invisible wounds.

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State Use of Value-Based Payment in Nursing Facilities

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. HHS and ASPE posted this 7-page Issue Brief on August 18, 2022. “This was a study to explore states’ use of VBP as part of their Medicaid nursing facility payment, including the goals of such programs, the measures used and other key elements. Twenty states and DC use VBP as part of their Medicaid nursing facility payment.

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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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The Wisdom of U.S. Restraint on Russia

The Rand Blog

The United States has been gradually increasing assistance to Ukraine without provoking a wider war. Although this approach has frustrated Ukrainian leaders and many observers, it reflects the best traditions of Cold War–era crisis diplomacy—pursuing U.S. interests while avoiding a direct clash with a rival, always with an eye on the long term.

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Future Leader: Joseph Brence, Head Of Clinical Strategy, MedBridge

Home Health Care

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Joseph Brence, head of clinical strategy at Seattle-based clinical software company MedBridge, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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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. Compliance Training for SNFs. September 21, 2022. 90 minutes. 1.8 CCB CEUs. If the OIG walked into your organization and asked the nearest employee about their compliance program, would they reply with an immediate and clear answer?

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HIStalk Interviews Luke Bonney, CEO, Redox

HIStalk

Luke Bonney is co-founder and CEO of Redox of Madison,

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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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Remote Patient Monitoring

Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

Your RPM partner with real-time monitoring and pliant scalability. Let's Get Started. Patient centric model, powered with real-time monitoring, aimed to conveniently manage patient health outcomes. Remote patient monitoring is a program aiming at the provision of quality healthcare to patients outside the clinical settings. Based on the idea of preventative healthcare, our Remote patient monitoring company in the USA provides real-time monitoring and evidence-based data to manage patients more e

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Monday Morning Update 9/12/22

HIStalk

Top News Former VA Secretary David Shulkin, MD says in.

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Inside ‘Frontpoint Health’: Health System Vet Builds New Home Health Business Around Medicare Advantage

Home Health Care

Brent Korte was the chief home care officer at the Washington-based EvergreenHealth Home Care for more than eight years. During that time, it went all the way from a home health agency that was a financial drag on a hospital system to the point where it was an integral part of it. Now, Korte is embarking on a new adventure as the leader of a brand new home health agency, dubbed Frontpoint Health.

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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 9/12/22

HIStalk

I was glad that Mr. H mentioned Friday’s opinion piece.

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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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Why Health Systems Need a New Transition Strategy to APMs

HIT Consultant

There is an adage that change in healthcare moves at the speed of tectonic plates. The slow adoption of Alternative Payment Models (APMs), the central feature of value-based care , is a good example of constraint despite immense pressure to control costs. Data from 2020 demonstrate almost zero change from 2018 in the proportion of straight Fee-for-Service (FFS) reimbursement.

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Morning Headlines 9/12/22

HIStalk

State lines should no longer be barriers to health care.

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HHS Directive on Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses for Individuals Ages 12 Years and Older

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. HHS Secretary Becerra issue this directive on September 2, 2022: As of September 2, 2022, CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program enrolled providers shall make immediately available and administer, upon request, a single booster dose of: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent for individuals ages 12 and older at least two months after receipt of any monovalent primary series or monovalent booster dose of any COVID-19 vaccine, un

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HHS Joins CFPB to Protect Nursing Home Residents and Their Caregivers from Illegal Debt Collection Practices

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. HHS issued this Press Release on Thursday, September 8, 2022: “Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), doubled down on its work to protect nursing home residents and their caregivers from illegal methods of guaranteeing payment for 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.