Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Most healthcare consumers have experienced certain pain points in receiving care for family and friends. THE PROBLEM Patient access is a top priority for AdventHealth, a health system based in Altamonte Springs, Florida. For the health system, improving the way it delivers care to patients starts with meeting them at the place of their needs. "Looking for ways to solve for bringing the right care to the right patient at the right place and time is imperative to stay ahead of the ever-changi

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The process by which health insurers and medical providers hash out payments for surprise bills is still in flux due to a series of lawsuits threatening the dispute resolution process.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

CMS, insurers clash over whether Medicare Advantage is going to be cut in proposed rule rking Mon, 02/13/2023 - 14:25

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Before staffing woes took the top spot last year, financial challenges had previously ranked as the top concern for 16 consecutive years in a survey from the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Providers want more from CMS on prior authorization reform after proposed changes rking Mon, 02/13/2023 - 17:36

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The order suggests the regulator is willing to use every tool in its tookit to tamp down on sensitive data sharing as medical care turns increasingly online.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Learn about the impact ambient clinical intelligence has had on Dr. Mihir Patel and his colleagues — and the value the solution is delivering for their organization.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Cigna launches rebrand as it continues to build out portfolio pminemyer Mon, 02/13/2023 - 14:40

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Kaiser is the latest non-profit to report annual losses as hospital operators face soaring labor costs, investment losses and rising medical expenses driven by inflation.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sanford Health, Fairview Health Services delay merger until May pminemyer Mon, 02/13/2023 - 16:22

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Kaiser Permanente posts $4.

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Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Wendy E. Parmet and Elaine Marshall I. Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. In the past three years, courts, led by the Supreme Court, have endangered reproductive health and handcuffed governments’ capacity to meet a wide array of public health challenges.

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The Rand Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Putin's war in Ukraine is already redefining the entire international order. If the United States acts now, it may be able to influence the shape of the post-war geopolitical terrain.

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CiscoHealth

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Episode 35 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See below for episode notes. Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 35 Fascinating laser research projects you wish you thought of, with Juliet Gopinath.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – BenchSci , a Canadian-based tech company and leader in AI solutions for drug discovery recently launches a Google-backed ‘map’ of biology research platform, ASCEND™ by BenchSci, to understand the underlying biology. – The patented machine learning platform reads millions of published and previously hidden experiment external and internal data sources to create a map that allows scientists to more quickly (50% more) and accurately understand the bio

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NASHP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When state policymakers are considering a new benefit to their state’s Medicaid program, they often ask “how much does it cost?” A new actuarial analysis, written by CBIZ Optumas with contribution from Torrie Fields of TF Analytics under a subcontract with NASHP, answers this question for offering a palliative care benefit to Medicaid enrollees. The actuarial analysis, Palliative Care in Medicaid Costing Out the Benefit: Actuarial Analysis of Medicaid Experience , found that — along with improve

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Luna , a provider of in-home physical therapy, announced that it has been chosen as the exclusive provider of in-home physical therapy for AARP members. – Based on specialty, geography, schedule, and other factors, Luna will match AARP members with local therapists at the time and location of their choosing. For consistency of care, the same therapist will treat AARP members for the entirety of the treatment plan.

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Medbridge Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In early 2022, CMS created new codes for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM), allowing providers to bill for the remote management of their patients with musculoskeletal and respiratory conditions using medical devices (including certain software) that collect non-physiological data. With the new codes, providers can now be reimbursed for collecting “therapeutic data” using the virtual patient […] The post Implementing RTM at Alliance Physical Therapy Partners: Lessons Learned appeared fir

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Today, Veradigm and HealthVerity announced a collaboration to advance research and improve patient care for those with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The collaboration makes Veradigm’s data from their Cardiovascular and Metabolic Registries fully interoperable with de-identified patient data from HealthVerity Marketplace, the nation’s largest healthcare and consumer data ecosystem. – The HealthVerity IPGE platform is an integrated technology and real-wor

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Everyone in the home-based care world hears that Medicare Advantage is becoming the dominant payer. But that’s not always true in certain regions, states or counties. It’s just not always clear how starkly MA is being favored over fee-for-service Medicare. Over the next five years, more than half of Medicare beneficiaries are projected to be underneath an MA plan, for instance.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What Does Long-Term Success in HIV Mean?

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Medicare Part D has had a very odd benefit structure. First, you have a deductible with no coverage; then you get some coverage, then there is a coverage gap or “donut hole” with no coverage and finally there is very generous coverage in the ‘catastrophic phase’ This structure was espeically problematic for patients with high drug costs because they had very high out of pocket costs during the coverage gap phase.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With the shift to Medicare Advantage (MA) in home health care intensifying, some providers are struggling with the operational adjustments required to adapt. Even for the ones that recognize the need for that adaptation, there seems to be inherent road bumps in home health-MA relationship building. “I’m sure Medicare Advantage is full of great people,” Healing Hands Healthcare CEO Summer Napier said during a Home Health Care News webinar last week.

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CiscoHealth

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I grew up 228 miles northwest of New York City in a rural village dotted with small farms. It was in this environment that I felt closest to planet Earth.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With providers, payers, private equity firms and retailers all having an eye on home-based care sellers, industry stakeholders anticipate that 2023 will be another busy year for M&A. Last year, 99 home-based care deals and 38 hospice deals took place. So far, 2023 M&A activity seems to be starting off comparable to 2022, according to Les Levinson, co-chair of the transactional health care practice Robinson & Cole LLP.

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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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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Vida Health is expanding its solution for chronic conditions by adding the ability to prescribe and deprescribe glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists for both type 2 diabetes and obesity for appropriate patients. As part of Vida’s value-oriented treatments for cardiometabolic conditions, patients with obesity and diabetes will now be candidates for GLP-1 therapy within the Vida platform. – With the addition of GLP-1s and other obesity medications in higher

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PDC Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Improves Patient Safety by Switching to Thermal Wristband and Label Printing Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, an integrated healthcare delivery system in South Carolina, is building on its reputation for technological excellence with the recent adoption of thermal print patient identification technology. Spartanburg is one of many health systems across the US that […] The post Health System Adopts Thermal Printing, Builds on Reputation for Technologic

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Healthy Debate

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The post The future of medicine: How ChatGPT can revolutionize health care appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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NASHP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended. Preventing unintended pregnancies is a shared public health goal as unintended pregnancies are significantly associated with adverse maternal and infant health outcomes , including postpartum depression, interpersonal violence, preterm birth, and low birth weight. The Healthy People 2030 family planning objectives include improving pregnancy planning and preventing unintended pregnancy.

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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.