Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The association is challenging the implementation of the surprise billing ban, arguing it unfairly benefits insurers. The group will argue before the same judge who previously sided with the association in a separate but similar case.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
2023 forecast: Amid dwindling COVID relief funds, rural hospitals face a 'fiscal cliff'. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 14:42.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Proposed changes target prior authorization holdups and misleading advertising while aiming to expand access to behavioral health care and affordable prescriptions.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
2023 forecast: Providers embrace start of new requirements on health equity. rking. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 15:28.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Kelly Bliss, Teladoc’s head of U.S. group health, makes the case for virtual care’s efficacy in improving MA star ratings.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Epic plans to overhaul its app market, opens new 'connection hub' for developers. Here are key things to know. hlandi. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 11:56.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Former VA secretary's latest venture, Override, emerges out of stealth to tackle chronic pain. hlandi. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 07:59.
p3care
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Who Is An Independent Contractor? Persons such as Doctors, Dentists, Lawyers, Accountants, Veterinarians, Contractors, and Subcontractors who work in an independent trade, or business and provide their services to the public are generally independent contractors and self-employed. Following are a few physician tax deductions that you may be eligible for.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines protect against more than just COVID: study. fdiamond. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 12:03.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The quotes that cracked this Home Health Care News list were not only memorable, frank and informative, but they also paint a complete picture of the home-based care landscape in 2022. The words from the industry leaders highlighted here weigh in on everything from tensions with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to staffing shortages kneecapping industry growth and more.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
CDC: Bivalent vaccine cuts risk of COVID hospitalization by half. fdiamond. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 15:28.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Susan Beaton, VP of Health Plan Strategy at Wellframe. With the swift rise of digital health tools in the last two years, consumers have easier access to more health information than ever before. But for many, the proliferation of digital health tools has done very little to change their level of health literacy. Consumers are still confused about their insurance benefits, the resources they can access, and their options for care management, among other things.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Mass General Brigham says it's cutting costs, advancing integrated care after a financially devastating 2022. dmuoio. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 13:39.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Jamie Hanna, M.D., Medical Director of the Louisiana Coordinated System of Care. The mental health crisis impacting America’s children requires states, parents, guardians, and behavioral health professionals to rethink how we provide treatment. For many young people, high fidelity wraparound programs are the answer. Even before the pandemic, mental health issues were a leading cause of disability for children.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
OIG calls for tighter scrutiny of providers' Medicare bad debt reimbursement claims. dmuoio. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 16:36.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
What You Should Know: – Override , a new multi-specialty, virtual chronic pain solution founded by former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin MD, and his daughter, Jennie Shulkin JD emerges from stealth with $3.5M. The seed round was led by 7wireVentures and Martin Ventures , with SignalFire and Confluent Health joining the round. – In addition, Override has acquired the country’s leading pain management coaching business: Take Courage Coaching.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Blue Cross end nine-month contract dispute. hlandi. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 18:00.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
What You Should Know: – Prescryptive Health , a healthcare technology company on a mission to rewrite the script for the U.S. pharmaceutical market partners with Eli Lilly and Company on a new and first-to-market subscription model to help lower costs for people who pay for their Lilly insulin through their employer-sponsored benefits. – Through a flat, per-member, per-month subscription fee, employers can offer insulin to their employees with predictable, affordable, and transparent
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2022
DEA alleges startup Truepill illegally dispensed Adderall, prescription stimulants. hlandi. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 16:59.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Brian Briggs, VP of Call Center Operations, Stericycle Communication Solutions (Acquired by Carenet Health). In today’s digital-first world, the medical call center still plays a crucial role in connecting healthcare consumers with providers. As an important method of alleviating staffing shortages, elevating the patient experience, and optimizing revenue for healthcare organizations, strategic call center programs covered unique gaps in the patient journey during the early days of the COVID-19
The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
U.S. service members separated from the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine were largely separated with a general discharge under honorable conditions. While they may be eligible for health care and disability compensation from the VA, they are not eligible for G.I. bill benefits. How have they fared as they entered civilian society unvaccinated and with limited benefits?
Healthcare Leadership
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Can you believe that we’ve reached the end of 2022? This year has been a truly unique one. At times this year has felt like it would never end – like when travel restrictions were still in place at the beginning of the year. At other times, I felt like I blinked and a month went by. Since the next HCLDR tweetchat on Tuesday December 20 th at 8:30pm ET will be the last one for 2022.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Home Health Care
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Care Advantage has expanded its reach even further into Northern Virginia with the acquisition of in-home care provider Care Perfections Health Services LLC. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move comes just a week after Care Advantage acquired the Reston, Virginia-based Lighthouse Healthcare Inc., a private-pay personal care company.
Healthy Debate
DECEMBER 19, 2022
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NASHP
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) may be especially vulnerable during the pandemic due to the effects of both opioids and COVID-19 on their respiratory health. Additionally, quarantine and social isolation practices designed to reduce COVID-19’s spread may increase the risk of overdose, as people are more likely to use alone. To reduce the risk of overdose and support individuals with OUD, harm reduction services, such as syringe exchanges and naloxone distribution, have emerged as va
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
What You Should Know: – The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau today announced the opening of a new online portal by which private entities such as hospitals and health systems can alert agency enforcement staff of suspicious robocall, robotext, and spoofing campaigns. For example, a private hospital or small business might use the portal to seek support from the FCC in cutting off or taking enforcement action against robocallers flooding their institution’s phone lines with robocalls or spoofing t
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.
Health Policy News
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Impending Policy Developments 2023 is expected to bring a renewed look at access for both Medicaid and commercial health plans from the regulatory perspective. CMS released a Medicaid Request for.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
What You Should Know: – PatientsLikeMe (PLM), the trusted community health network that empowers patients to take charge of their health, announced its partnership with LetsGetChecked , a global healthcare solutions company. – The partnership will provide PLM’s 1 million members with access to enhanced patient support capabilities for testing.
Health Policy News
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Happy Holidays! As is customary for Health Policy News, our December 2022 edition is a retrospective of 2022, with a quick preview of topics and developments the Health Policy News.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2022
What You Should Know: – In October 2022, Wysa commissioned an independent survey of over 1000 American employees to get an in-depth look at the urgent state of mental health post-COVID. The results are staggering. – There are serious debilitating mental health concerns that our workforces are silently struggling with, leading to impacted individual self-confidence and self-perception about their abilities and identity at work, which further leads to perceived low self-efficacy, leadi
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
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