Efforts to protect health workers from violence on the job ramp up
Health Care Dive
MAY 13, 2022
Renewed efforts to pass federal requirements for healthcare employers come as some systems are implementing their own policies to keep workers safe.
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Providers' best weapon against the 'retail revolution'? Digital health transformation
Healthcare It News
MAY 13, 2022
In recent years, the retail industry has been colliding with the healthcare industry. Some call it the retail revolution. This revolution has been characterized by the rapid advance of large retailers into and across healthcare delivery and technology. Driven in large part by healthcare's move toward consumerism and patient experience, the revolution also is powered by technology innovation – as well as how providers and patients have been responding to the pandemic.
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Flipping the Script: Adoption and Reproductive Justice
Bill Of Health
MAY 13, 2022
By Kimberly McKee. Adoption is a reproductive justice issue. Pretending otherwise ignores how adoption is used as a red herring in anti-abortion arguments. A recent invocation of this faulty logic occurred in Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s questions during the November 2021 oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Coney Barrett’s statements implied that the option to relinquish infants vis-à-vis adoption rendered abortion availability unnecessary.
Most Recent CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
Briggs Healthcare
MAY 13, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted nursing home data for the week ending May 1, 2022. Comparing the May 1 st data to the previous April 24 th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate remained the same as the previous week Residents with booster doses increased by 0.2% this past week Staff vaccination rate remained the same as the previous week Staff with booster doses increased by 0.7% this past week An additional 4,991 resident cases wer
How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp
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Organizing and Activism of Adopted and Displaced People
Bill Of Health
MAY 13, 2022
By Lina Vanegas. I am a transracial and transnational displaced person. I was separated from my country, language, and culture and taken to Michigan, which has no connection to me or my ancestors. I was taken there to create a family for strangers who had the privilege and resources to buy me. I had family in Colombia and I was far from being a true orphan.
Ukraine War Is Motivating Taiwan to Better Secure Its Own Future
The Rand Blog
MAY 13, 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is probably motivating Taiwan to better secure its own future versus China. But many of the challenges currently facing Taiwan, such as shortcomings in reservist training or lingering confusion over its military strategy, are difficult to fix, assuming they are even fixable.
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California Needs 1.2 Million New Homes. How Will It Get There?
The Rand Blog
MAY 13, 2022
Voluntary incentives foster increased production of affordable housing, while mandates alone increase the cost of producing housing, dampening both market-rate and affordable housing production. It is well past time to acknowledge the evidence and focus on the adoption of voluntary programs that incentivize the rapid creation of dense, infill housing available at both affordable and market rents.
Minnesota Nurse Aide Training Program Call – May 16, 2022
Briggs Healthcare
MAY 13, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Join the Nurse Aide Training Program call May 16 at 11 a.m. MDH’s Nurse Aide Registry (NAR) staff will host an informational call on Microsoft Teams for nurse aide training programs registered with the State of Minnesota on Monday, May 16 at 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., central time.
Truth Decay, School Lunch Nutrition, Regulating Space: RAND Weekly Recap
The Rand Blog
MAY 13, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on tackling Truth Decay, how tech experts view the military's use of artificial intelligence, a new approach to regulating outer space, and more.
Update on May 2022 LTCSP and Appendix PP
Briggs Healthcare
MAY 13, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. I have an update on my post 2 days ago regarding the CMS update of the LTCSP documents and files. I reached out to CMS after comparing the “Appendix PP – added 2018 revision” to the November 22, 2017 version. In short, they told me that the identification of 2018 for Appendix PP (and by extension, revision as well) was a “typo”.
5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist
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Meet me at ISPOR 2022
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MAY 13, 2022
I’ll be attending ISPOR 2022 in Washington DC next week. It’ll be great to see a number of my peers in person after two years of virtual meetings. One of my research papers that will be presented is titled “ Economic Impact of Sequential Testing for COVID-19 and Influenza with Molecular Point of Care in 3 European Countries “ The abstract is below.
Expanded HHVBP Model – Achievement Thresholds and Benchmarks Now Available on IQIES
Briggs Healthcare
MAY 13, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The achievement thresholds and benchmarks for each quality measure in the expanded HHVBP Model are now available on the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) portal: [link]. The achievement thresholds and benchmarks were calculated by cohort using quality measure data for the Model baseline year, which is calendar year (CY) 2019 for the CY 2023 performance year/CY 2025 payment year.
Home Health Low Utilization Payment Adjustment Threshold: Bill Correctly
Briggs Healthcare
MAY 13, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. In a report , the Office of Inspector General found that Medicare improperly paid some claims for home health services with 5–7 visits in a payment episode. Review home health prospective payment system (PPS) information to properly bill for services slightly above the low utilization payment adjustment threshold.
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