Tue.Jun 14, 2022

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Most Medicare Advantage enrollees like their plans, survey finds

Health Care Dive

As the program has soared in popularity, it has attracted the attention of federal investigators, including an HHS OIG report finding inappropriate prior authorization and claims denials.

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Hospital-at-Home Advocates Believe the Model Can Stave Off Staffing Burnout

Home Health Care

Advocates of the hospital-at-home model are continuing to make a strong push for the extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. Specifically, hospitals that have taken advantage of the waiver are saying it needs to stick around because it is actively driving both patient and provider satisfaction. “One of the focuses of [the Mayo Clinic’s] 2030 plan is ‘the patient will see you now,’” Dr.

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HCA opening eighth nursing campus

Health Care Dive

The new campus in North Carolina comes as health systems across the country deal with heightened turnover and staffing challenges spurred by the pandemic.

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CNA Week: June 16 – 22, 2022

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. “This year, CNA Week 2022 is from June 16 to June 22. With the theme of “I’m Still Standing,” NAHCA created this toolkit for CNAs and for the skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, and staffing and home health agencies they work for so that everyone can celebrate, recognize, and pay their respects to the incredible work that the nearly 1 million-strong contingent of frontline heroes does every day for elders an

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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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Kaiser Permanente, Arizona hospital hit with cybersecurity breaches

Health Care Dive

The two cyberattacks, which affected almost 770,000 patients, continues a dizzying trend of healthcare security breaches this year.

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Can You Develop Asthma As An Adult?

Healthcare Associates

Can You Develop Asthma As An Adult? Many people with asthma develop it during childhood, though it is possible to develop asthma later in life as an adult. Knowing symptoms of adult-onset asthma can help you recognize when it may be time to see your doctor for treatment. Can Adults Develop Asthma? Asthma can develop in anyone at any age—including adults.

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ResMed Acquires MEDIFOX DAN for $1B, Expands Healthcare SaaS Business

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – ResMed acquires MEDIFOX DAN , a German leader in software solutions for home health, nursing home, and outpatient therapy providers, for $1 billion. This acquisition marks ResMed’s largest SaaS acquisition to date and expands its SaaS business outside of the U.S. for the first time. – As part of the acquisition, MEDIFOX DAN will integrate into ResMed’s SaaS business, allowing ResMed to serve new settings: outpatient therapy services, and youth and disabled car

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What Support Do Officers Need to Perform at Their Peak?

The Rand Blog

Police1's second annual survey on “What Cops Want” shows both major strengths and substantial challenges in the profession. Law enforcement leadership can use the findings to better support and engage their officers.

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Invoca Raises $83M to Optimize Contact Center Experience

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Invoca , the cloud leader in AI-powered conversation intelligence for revenue teams” has raised $83M in its Series F at a $1.1B valuation led by. – With 6 of the top 10 U.S. health systems, 3 of the top 8 U.S. physical therapy clinics, and 4 of the top 6 U.S. dental service organizations already using Invoca, this recent round of funding will help improve the contact center experience for healthcare organizations.

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Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Settings 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities can take steps to assess and improve their preparedness for responding to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Each facility will need to adapt this checklist to meet its needs and circumstances based on differences among facilities (e.g., patient/resident characteristics, facility size, scope of services, hospital affiliation).

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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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Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Closes $64M Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Startups

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health (Wavemaker 360 ), the nation’s leading venture fund focused on early-stage (primarily seed) healthcare disruptors and innovators, recently announced its Fund II news, closing at $64M, surpassing its first fund nearly four times over. – The goal for Fund II is to invest into 40-50 early-stage companies, with several investments already made into some of the most compelling healthcare start-ups in the areas of health-tech, digital he

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News 6/15/22

HIStalk

Top News Oracle says in its earnings call that it.

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Syapse and Pierian Partner to Power Precision Oncology

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Syapse , a real-world evidence company is teaming up with Pierian ®, a provider of advanced clinical genomics technology on a new joint collaboration that will benefit patients of the AdventHealth Cancer Institute in Central Florida. – The collaboration combines Syapse’s real-world evidence solutions designed to improve outcomes for patients with cancer, Pierian’s leading-edge clinical genomics workflow, and precision medicine services that provide the most re

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Positivity Too Far?

Healthcare Leadership

Photo by Perry Grone on Unsplash. Blog by Joe Babaian. “ It doesn’t take an instant more, or cost a penny more, to be empathetic than it does to be indifferent.” – Brian Lee. Let’s talk and think about #empathy and its value – both in terms of its subjective value and its return on (emotional) investment. The quote I selected for the lede of the blog makes the argument that employing empathy costs nothing more and the alternative is indifference.

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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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Surveys for Compliance with Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted QSO-22-17-ALL the afternoon of Tuesday, June 14, 2022 with the same title as this blog. Note the change from previous survey oversight – 2 nd bullet above and verbiage from the QSO below. “The staff vaccination requirement for all CMS-certified providers and suppliers has been in effect (in all states) since February 20, 2022.

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5 Chiropractor Invoice Templates That Stretch Your Bottom Line

Etactics

65% of US adults seek care for neck and/or back pain in their lifetime. To put that statistic more simply, there’s a massive need for chiropractors and the services that they provide. But you already knew that. According to Better Health Alaska, the average national cost for services provided by a chiropractor is between $100 - $150 per session. The same source states that the average length of each treatment is around 20 sessions.

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“That’s so cute!” (if there’s a HIPAA authorization)

Healthcare Performance

Are you on TikTok? I’m not (although I hear it’s worth it for the air fryer recipes). But everyone else is, including an increasing number of healthcare professionals and healthcare providers. Social media use increased during the early pandemic days as a way to connect with the world from inside locked down facilities. It also brings a healthy dose of levity.

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HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Audio-Only Telehealth

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. (On June 13, 2022), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), (issued) guidance on how covered health care providers and health plans can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services when such communications are conducted in a manner that is consistent with the applicable requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabil

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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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Morning Headlines 6/15/22

HIStalk

ResMed to Acquire Medifox Dan, a German Leader in Out-of-Hospital.

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Proscia Raises $37M for AI-Enabled Pathology Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Proscia , a Philadelphia-based provider of digital and computational pathology solutions raises $37M to advance the way we understand and treat diseases like cancer. The round includes participation from Highline Capital Management, Triangle Peak Partners, and Alpha Intelligence Capital as well as existing investors including Scale Venture Partners, Hitachi Ventures, ROBO Global, Emerald Development Managers, and Razor’s Edge Ventures.