Mon.Dec 20, 2021

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FDA warns about Log4j cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical devices

Health Care Dive

The bugs in Apache's Java-based open source logging library could potentially allow unauthorized users to remotely impact the safety and effectiveness of device functionality, according to the agency.

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Oracle snags Cerner in $28B deal to gain a foothold in healthcare cloud market

Fierce Healthcare

Oracle snags Cerner in $28B deal to gain a foothold in healthcare cloud market. hlandi. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 12:09.

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Cerner acquired by Oracle for $28B

Health Care Dive

The deal further pushes Oracle into the healthcare market, where its presence is mostly in data use efficiency for payers and providers. Oracle's areas of focus include database software and cloud systems.

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Industry Voices—Inside the most challenging data problem in healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Inside the most challenging data problem in healthcare. hlandi. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 15:28.

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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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Hospitals clamp down on elective surgeries as COVID-19 surges

Health Care Dive

Cleveland Clinic, Banner Health and other hospital systems are pausing nonessential procedures, while provider groups issued a joint statement Friday declaring that doctors and nurses are exhausted and heartbroken.

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Healthcare execs trust AI to automate administrative processes, advance health equity: Optum

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare execs trust AI to automate administrative processes, advance health equity: Optum. rtorrence. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 11:19.

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'You can’t have healthy people on a sick planet': How healthcare is correcting its role in climate change

Fierce Healthcare

'You can’t have healthy people on a sick planet': How healthcare is correcting its role in climate change. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 23:09.

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Nurses, Tenet hospital reach deal 9 months into strike

Health Care Dive

The two sides reached an agreement after two weeks of discussions with federal mediators, including a final in-person session mediated by U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.

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Drug price reforms, Medicaid coverage gap in balance after Manchin opposition to Build Back Better Act

Fierce Healthcare

Drug price reforms, Medicaid coverage gap in balance after Manchin opposition to Build Back Better Act. rking. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 15:20.

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After intense pushback, Biogen to cut price of Alzheimer's drug

Health Care Dive

Effective Jan. 1, the average list price for Aduhelm will drop about 50% to just over $28,000 a year. It's a move the company hopes will appease insurers and lower out-of-pocket costs for patients.

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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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Goldman Sachs forecasts positive outlook for insurers in 2022, buoyed by shift to value-based care

Fierce Healthcare

Goldman Sachs forecasts positive outlook for insurers in 2022, buoyed by shift to value-based care. hlandi. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 16:54.

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State Policies to Strengthen the Direct Care Workforce

NASHP

State Policies to Strengthen the Direct Care Workforce. 1-2 PM EST, Tuesday, February 8. REGISTER NOW. Funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation and the RRF Foundation for Aging, NASHP’s RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center is hosting this webinar to discuss state policies to improve the quality and supply of the direct care workforce, which are featured in its RAISE State Policy Roadmap for Family Caregivers.

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HHS preps for launch of 3-digit nationwide suicide prevention hotline by July

Fierce Healthcare

HHS preps for launch of 3-digit nationwide suicide prevention hotline by July. rking. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 11:56.

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Top Improvement Strategies for Social Determinants of Health Programs

Lexis Nexis

Using multi-level evaluation approaches for communities, health systems, and payers. A two-part blog series on using evaluation data to assess social determinants of health program effectiveness. As organizations begin assessing the impact of newly launched Social Determinants of Health programs (SDOH) or developing innovative strategies to improve longstanding initiatives, a comprehensive evaluation plan will play an important role towards demonstrating a return on investment (ROI).

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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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The True Benefit of Using Clearwave as Your Patient Engagement Platform

Clearwave Inc

Reading Time: 3 minutes Engaging with your patients is a critical part of running a healthcare practice. Many practices may mismanage it without realizing it. Many moving parts go into keeping your patients engaged and continuing to deliver quality care simultaneously. If you want to amplify your practice’s productivity while driving patient engagement to an all-time high, look no further than Clearwave.

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Telehealth vs. Remote Patient Monitoring: Which Is Better for Your Patients?

HIT Consultant

Jeff LeBrun, Optimize Health Chief Strategy Officer. Are Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and telehealth the same thing? If virtual visits replace in-person visits, will that negatively impact my practice? Will I lose reimbursement and the in-person connection with patients? These are questions and concerns that we frequently hear as practices consider if a Remote Patient Monitoring program is right for their patients.

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RAND Video Highlights of 2021

The Rand Blog

The best RAND videos from the past year brought our research to life in new ways. From the sidewalks of Pittsburgh to preschools in the Middle East, see how people around the world are using RAND research to make their communities safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. And hear RAND experts describe how they're tackling some of the critical issues of our time.

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States Plan for the End of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement

NASHP

State officials are actively planning for the eventual end of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement that is currently associated with the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and enhanced federal Medicaid matching funds. The continuous coverage requirement has ensured that individuals enrolled in Medicaid throughout the pandemic are not at risk of losing coverage.

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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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Complex Calculations Shape Pakistan-TTP Negotiations

The Rand Blog

Pakistan sees the Taliban as a facilitator of discussions with the TTP, as an ally in persuading the TTP to negotiate, and as a guarantor of whatever agreement is reached. And given the Taliban's diplomatic isolation and desperate economic situation, Pakistan can in return assist Afghanistan's new rulers in gaining acceptance and aid.

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Delivering quality and value from hybrid learning

Health Care Leader News

Leadership training should be a priority, especially now, and can be delivered in a vibrant and effective way as a hybrid between virtual and face to face sessions, says Dr David Mathew, Learning and Development Manager at NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit. Leadership skills are in high demand in the NHS. The combination of challenges facing new and existing leaders includes building teams and managing people effectively in a new world of hybrid working, as well as developing the pa

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Complex Claims Vendor Argos Health Merges with EnableComp

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Argos Health (“Argos”) , a rapidly growing provider of complex claims solutions to the country’s leading healthcare providers announced today it has merged with EnableComp. Argos Health is. – Argos works with hospitals, health systems, and physician groups to increase revenue recovery across workers’ compensation, motor vehicle accident, out-of-state Medicaid, and Veterans Affairs claims, as well as ERISA appeals.

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Delivering quality and value from hybrid learning

Health Care Leader News

Leadership training should be a priority, especially now, and can be delivered in a vibrant and effective way as a hybrid between virtual and face to face sessions, says Dr David Mathew, Learning and Development Manager at NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit. Leadership skills are in high demand in the NHS. The combination of challenges facing new and existing leaders includes building teams and managing people effectively in a new world of hybrid working, as well as developing the pa

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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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KardiaMobile ECG Integrates with Epic EHR via App Orchard Marketplace

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AliveCor , the global leader in FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram (ECG) technology, today announced that KardiaMobile 6L, the most clinically-validated six-lead personal ECG device, is now available via KardiaPro on Epic’s App Orchard Marketplace for hospitals, health systems and providers. – The integration will enable even more healthcare providers around the world to seamlessly prescribe and deliver the physician-preferred remote ECG monitoring s

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LHC Group Aims to Make Value-Based Purchasing Home Health Care’s Version of ‘Moneyball’

Home Health Care

Many home-based care workers saw pay bumps this year due to labor shortages and skyrocketing demand. In part, providers increased compensation to strengthen internal retention and minimize the use of costly contract labor. Bruce Greenstein, chief strategy and innovation officer at LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG), believes hiked wages are simply the market working the way it’s generally supposed to.

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Zing Health Secures $25M to Accelerate SDOH-Driven Medicare Advantage Plans

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Medicare Advantage provider Zing Health raises $25M from Town Hall Ventures and Leavitt Equity Partners, two leading investors focused on growing innovative healthcare businesses. Zing Health Holdings , a Chicago-based physician-led Medicare Advantage insurance company focused on serving vulnerable populations underserved by traditional insurance models, today announced that Town Hall Ventures and Leavitt Equity Partners, two leading investors focused on growing inn

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Beware the Holiday Hospital

Baird Group

It’s almost Christmas which means your already-hard-working staff is now working holiday shifts. It’s always a balance between maintaining high-quality care and leaving a little space and time for some lighthearted festivities. Years ago, I heard a healthcare leader talk about the four hospitals within every hospital. He said that there was the daytime hospital, the nighttime hospital, the weekend hospital, and the holiday hospital.

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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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Voices: Mark Snodgrass, Sales Vice President, Post-Acute, McKesson Medical-Surgical, Inc.

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by McKesson Medical-Surgical, Inc. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Mark Snodgrass, Vice President, Post-Acute at McKesson, to learn about the opportunities created by a shift to the care-at-home model. He explains how providers are adjusting to this movement from a clinical, operational and technological standpoint.

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Oracle Acquires Cerner for $28.3 Billion in Historic Health IT M&A Deal

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Oracle Corporation and Cerner Corporation today jointly announced an agreement for Oracle to acquire health IT leader Cerner through an all-cash tender offer for $95.00 per share, or approximately $28.3 billion in equity value. The acquisition of Cerner will be a huge additional revenue growth engine for Oracle as it immediately grabs significant market share in the healthcare space.

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Transactions: Aveanna Completes Comfort Care Purchase; Interim Announces Third Acquisition of 2021

Home Health Care

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) has completed its acquisition of Comfort Care, an adult home health and hospice company with operations in Alabama and Tennessee. The $345 million deal included $55 million in estimated net tax benefits. Comfort Care is expected to be fully integrated into Aveanna during 2022, with the majority of the integration process occurring in the first 180 days of next year.

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How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing Orthotics for Patients and Providers

HIT Consultant

Philipp Jung,?GM of Arize and Global Head of Orthotic Solutions at HP Inc. For the 77% of Americans who suffer from foot pain, 1 seeking relief has included a litany of options: medications, exercises, insoles and even surgery to name a few. But relief is often hit-or-miss, and insoles that are customized traditionally include a very time-consuming process for patients.

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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.