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10 rural states launch lawsuit against CMS' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

Fierce Healthcare

10 rural states launch lawsuit against CMS' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. dmuoio. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 12:57.

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Siemens software vulnerabilities potentially put millions of medical devices at risk

Health Care Dive

A U.S. cybersecurity agency issued an alert about the weaknesses, one of which was scored 9.8 on a 10-point risk scale, which could allow hackers to disrupt the operation of anesthesia machines and bedside monitors.

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Majority of surgeons in new survey warn of longer wait times, care delays if Medicare cuts go through

Fierce Healthcare

Majority of surgeons in new survey warn of longer wait times, care delays if Medicare cuts go through. rking. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 15:30.

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Family premiums rise as employers boost virtual, mental health benefits, KFF finds

Health Care Dive

About half of employers with at least 200 workers reported healthcare utilization among their plan enrollees was in line with expectations for the most recent quarter, while 32% said it was below estimates.

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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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AppliedVR nabs $36M to scale up virtual reality platform to support more health conditions

Fierce Healthcare

AppliedVR nabs $36M to scale up virtual reality platform to support more health conditions. hlandi. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 10:26.

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GE unveils plan to spin off healthcare business

Health Care Dive

The independent company, expected to be completed in early 2023, is being positioned as having more flexibility to pursue acquisitions as it sharpens its focus on precision health and struggles with supply chain shortages.

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Delta surge spurs Amwell's urgent care growth as specialty, behavioral visits drop off

Health Care Dive

Urgent care visits are lower revenue, so the shift in mix had an unfavorable impact on total revenue per visit. Amwell's revenue was down 1% year over year to $62.2 million, lower than analyst expectations.

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Urban Institute: Benefits of closing Medicaid coverage gap outweigh proposed DSH cuts

Fierce Healthcare

Urban Institute: Benefits of closing Medicaid coverage gap outweigh proposed DSH cuts. rking. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 13:01.

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Top 5 Digital Transformation Priorities for Healthcare Leaders

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, released the 2021 edition of “ The Science of Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Why It’s Vital for Payer-Provider Collaboration.”. – The survey report assessed more than 4,000 survey responses from healthcare professionals over the first six months of 2021 for their insights into healthcare organizations’ progress toward digital transformation.

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Hims & Hers launches mobile app for subscription members on Q3 revenue surge

Fierce Healthcare

Hims & Hers launches mobile app for subscription members on Q3 revenue surge. rtorrence. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 10:56.

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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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Healthcare will have to keep pace with majority minority population change

Healthcare It News

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Oscar Health posts another loss in Q3 even as revenue soars

Fierce Healthcare

Oscar Health posts another loss in Q3 even as revenue soars. pminemyer. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 15:01.

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‘Nurses Are Horrified’: Hospital-at-Home Programs Taking Flak, But Model’s Long-Term Growth Is Undeniable

Home Health Care

“Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act.” The quote, a line from American horror author Stephen King, perfectly describes the situation in which hospital-at-home programs find themselves. As of Nov. 11, 83 health systems and 187 hospitals in 34 states were participating in the Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative rolled out by the U.S.

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Amwell narrows 2021 revenue outlook due to delta variant impact on telehealth visit volume

Fierce Healthcare

Amwell narrows 2021 revenue outlook due to delta variant impact on telehealth visit volume. hlandi. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 19:33.

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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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COVID-19 Toolkit for Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. TMF has provided a COVID-19 Toolkit for Nursing Homes that looks to be a great resource. This 5-page toolkit contains many informational websites. Here’s a snippet of that: I hope you’ll check it out!

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Carbon Health's new hospital, specialist partner program will help its patients transition to higher acuity care

Fierce Healthcare

Carbon Health's new hospital, specialist partner program will help its patients transition to higher acuity care. dmuoio. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 09:32.

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The Best Diet for Blood Pressure Control

Healthcare Associates

The Best Diet for Blood Pressure Control. Medications are a standard treatment for high and low blood pressure, but certain foods can also be highly effective at helping you control blood pressure. In some instances, making just a few changes to your diet can go a long way toward helping you achieve healthy blood pressure numbers. Keep reading to learn more about the best diet for blood pressure and which foods you can eat to maintain good heart health.

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Chutes & Ladders—Surescripts CEO announces retirement; Ochsner appoints first chief digital officer

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Surescripts CEO announces retirement; Ochsner appoints first chief digital officer. dmuoio. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 16:15.

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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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Rad AI Nabs $25M to Automate Radiology Impressions, Save Time, Reduce Burnout, Improve Patient Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Rad AI , a Berkely, CA-based radiologist-led AI company, today announced $25M in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures with participation by several existing investors, including OCV Partners , Kickstart Fund , and Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused fund). – Rad AI Omni automatically generates a customized impression from the findings and clinical indication dictated by the radiologist, using the most advanced neural networks.

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Telehealth unicorn Thirty Madison goes brick-and-mortar with in-person hair restoration clinic

Fierce Healthcare

Telehealth unicorn Thirty Madison goes brick-and-mortar with in-person hair restoration clinic. rtorrence. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 13:16.

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AppliedVR Secures $36M to Scale Therapeutic Virtual Reality Platform for Pain Management

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AppliedVR , a Los Angeles, CA-based company advancing the next generation of immersive therapeutics, today announced $36 million in series B funding, bringing its total funding to $71M. The round, which included investments from F-Prime Capital , JAZZ Venture Partners , Sway Ventures and SVB Ventures , set up AppliedVR for rapid growth as it prepares for its decision from the FDA on its first de novo submission. – Virtual reality provides an immersive experien

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Saluting our Veterans, Today and Every Day

Bookzurman

BookZurman is grateful on this day and every day to those who serve or have served in the United States Armed Forces. President Brian Book and other members of the BZ family are honored to work alongside fellow veterans in the standards and interoperability community. As a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), our work that has supported the U.S.

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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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Decentralized Clinical Research Will Be A Paradigm-Shifting Trend

HIT Consultant

Zeenia Framroze, Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Sharecare. The field of clinical research is on the precipice of change, and for good reason. Traditional clinical trials and processes are primarily confined to sterile, isolated clinical settings that are often narrow in scope and provider-centric. Researchers of tomorrow, however, already are identifying accurate and effective new methods to conduct and draw meaning from their work, after concluding that current models for clini

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CMS Finalizes New Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Codes

Health Recovery

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (MPFS). The MPFS provides information on the new Remote Therapeutic Codes (RTM). This is a major victory for the RPM and RTM Home Health Community. This approval will expand the clinicians able to bill for RTM services.

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Notable Labs Launches by Acquiring Rights to Volasertib – Will Use Data, AI to Fast-Track Cancer Treatment

HIT Consultant

Thomas Bock, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Notable. What You Should Know: – Coming out of stealth, Notable Labs , a pioneer and developer of predictive precision medicines, is acquiring worldwide development and commercial rights to volasertib, a PLK-1 inhibitor in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from Oncoheroes. – Notable will leverage its high-fidelity Predictive Precision Medicines Platform to identify and select volasertib-responsive patients prior to their treatment and fast-tra

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On Veterans Day, There Are Still Thousands of Homeless Vets in L.A. We Followed 26 to Find Out Why

The Rand Blog

An estimated 3,900 veterans live unhoused in Los Angeles. The city has the largest VA medical center in the nation. There are federal housing programs exclusively for veterans. So why hasn't Los Angeles been able to make a dent?

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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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The Cost to Cover Health Insurance for a Family in America Is $22,221

Health Populi

Even with growing inflation in the U.S. and post-pandemic job growth in 2021, the cost of health insurance premiums rose faster than either the price of goods or wages. That family health plan premium reached $22,221, an increase of 22% since 2016, we learn in the annual report from Kaiser Family Foundation, 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey. This report is our go-to encyclopedia of statistics on health insurance year-after-year, surveying companies’ annual health insurance strategies f

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Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) October Forum Materials Available Now

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. On Tuesday, October 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted the October 2021 HQRP Forum to provide information on the new Quality Measure (QM) Specifications User’s Manual v1.00 and the two new claims-based measures included in the Manual. Materials from this HQRP Forum, including a recording of the presentation, are now available in the Downloads section of the Provider and Stakeholder Engagement p

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The Surprising List of Disadvantages of Patient Portals

Etactics

As of 2020, nearly 40% of adults in the United States access their health records through a patient portal. This is up from the 25% of adults who used these portals in 2014. Since digital options are becoming more available in the health industry, it’s no surprise that there was an increase. It also may not come as a shock since younger, tech-savvy people are now adults with control over their healthcare.

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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.