Fri.Jan 06, 2023

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FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai, Biogen in closely watched decision

Health Care Dive

The agency’s approval comes months after a large clinical trial showed the drug, called Leqembi, could slow the disease’s progression. Yet experts have raised concerns about its safety.

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Could the EU's decision against Meta affect data privacy policies in the U.S.?

Healthcare It News

Facebook parent company Meta this week was fined 390 million euros, or more than $414 million, by European Union regulators in a major decision around its online ad targeting and privacy policies. It's one of the more significant findings so far under EU's General Data Protection Regulation – and could potentially have implications for how the company operates in the U.S.

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New York nurses reach deals with some hospitals, others still plan strike

Health Care Dive

Thousands of nurses across eight hospitals initially intended to begin an open-ended strike on Monday. Three hospitals have averted strikes after reaching tentative agreements.

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Carbon Health announces another round of layoffs, corporate restructuring amid challenging market conditions

Fierce Healthcare

Carbon Health announces another round of layoffs, corporate restructuring amid challenging market conditions. hlandi. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 20:01.

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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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Feds propose ban on noncompetes

Health Care Dive

In the historic proposal, the FTC said noncompetes harm competition, suppress labor mobility and reduce wages even for those not bound by the agreements.

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Researchers crawled search engines and searched the dark web to find out the true extent of healthcare ransomware attacks

Fierce Healthcare

Researchers crawled search engines and searched the dark web to find out the true extent of healthcare ransomware attacks. aburky. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 13:25.

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How FTC's noncompete agreements rule could impact healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

How FTC's noncompete agreements rule could impact healthcare. fdiamond. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 15:55.

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Oak Street names first chief wellness officer

Health Care Dive

Deb Edberg has been a practicing physician with Oak Street since 2019.

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JPM23, Day 1: CVS Health backs $25M investment in Array Behavioral Care

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23, Day 1: CVS Health backs $25M investment in Array Behavioral Care. hlandi. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 16:50.

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Comprehensive IAM helping boost patient access in Florida

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Industry Voices—Pushing toward a new standard in kidney care

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Pushing toward a new standard in kidney care. pminemyer. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 11:13.

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The Heart Health Continuum at #CES2023 – From Prevention and Monitoring to Healthy Eating and Sleep

Health Populi

“Are we losing the battle against heart disease?” asks the lead article featured in the January 2023 issue of the AARP Bulletin. “Despite breathtaking medical advancements since President Harry Truman declared war on heart disease 75 years ago, researchers have observed a disturbing trend that started in 2009: America’s death rate from heart-related conditions is climbing again,” the detailed essay explains.

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Elevance Health rolls out a nutrition tracker in its Sydney member app

Fierce Healthcare

Elevance Health rolls out a nutrition tracker in its Sydney member app. pminemyer. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 15:38.

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Standing-Up to Kim Jong-un's Divide and Conquer Strategy

The Rand Blog

Kim Jong-un is frightened by even the current modest flow of information into the North. He may be prepared to reduce his provocations if those threats lead to the further spread of outside information in the North. At the very least, the ROK and the United States could try such efforts.

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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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Healthcare adds 55K jobs in December, totaling 580K new roles since 2021, federal data shows

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare adds 55K jobs in December, totaling 580K new roles since 2021, federal data shows. dmuoio. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 13:43.

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Virtual Reality to Improve Kidney Education to Dialysis Patients in Rural Mississippi

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Fresenius Medical Care North America was awarded more than $130k grant from the Mississippi Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health and Primary Care to provide local dialysis patients the opportunity to virtually experience a day-in-the-life of a home dialysis patient – helping them to better understand what this form of treatment entails. – The grant allows FKC to provide its dialysis centers in Mississippi with virtual reality headsets and initi

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Study: Medicaid expansion states saw declines in postpartum hospitalizations

Fierce Healthcare

Study: Medicaid expansion states saw declines in postpartum hospitalizations. rking. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 15:49.

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Real-World Data Startup Crescendo Health Launches with $3.2M

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Crescendo Health , a real-world data startup that’s drastically reshaping how clinical researchers get access to hard-to-reach patient data to support their clinical research today officially announced its launch with $3.4M in seed funding from Define Ventures as well as the founders and CEOs of many other well-known organizations. – Founded by the co-founder of Datavant ( merged with Ciox in a $7 billion deal), and a top product-management leader from G

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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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Dual-eligible patients impact hospitals' star ratings, but blanket methodology adjustments aren't the answer, researchers say

Fierce Healthcare

Dual-eligible patients impact hospitals' star ratings, but blanket methodology adjustments aren't the answer, researchers say. dmuoio. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 09:46.

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Lost Opportunities to Contain COVID-19 in China

The Rand Blog

Three years after the SARS-COV-2 virus emerged in Wuhan, China is now facing a tsunami of COVID-19 infections. The unprecedented spread of the disease appears to have been fueled by an ill-timed sudden change in COVID-19 policy and the lack of vaccination and boosting. A rethinking of national strategy could still help.

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$681M SPAC Merger Between DTRT Health, Consumer Direct Holdings Terminated

Home Health Care

One of the deals responsible for self-directed care momentum in 2022 has been axed. In September, it was announced that the special acquisition purpose company (SPAC) DTRT Health Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DTRT) would be merging with Consumer Direct Holdings (CDH). A new aging-in-place public company would be formed, reportedly one worth $681 million.

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Amerigroup Georgia & GoMo Health Lead the Way in Autism Spectrum Early Detection and Intervention for Georgia Children and Families

GoMoHealth

NEWS RELEASE : January 5, 2023. GoMo Health. Shelley Schoenfeld, Chief Marketing Officer. E-mail: sschoenfeld@gomohealth.com. Amerigroup Georgia & GoMo Health Lead the Way in Autism Spectrum Early Detection and Intervention for Georgia Children and Families. More than 89,000 families and caregivers have participated in new program, increasing access to resources and support to help children reach their fullest potential.

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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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FirstLight Home Care Founder Jeff Bevis Joins Caring Senior Service As COO

Home Health Care

In a move to accelerate growth, Caring Senior Service has added home care veteran Jeff Bevis to its leadership team. Bevis joins the company as chief operating officer, a new position at the company. “I see the Caring Senior Service story as kind of a best kept secret,” Bevis told Home Health Care News. “I think that we can grow it, and build awareness to really expand the network across the country and, at the end of the day, help more seniors with our services.”.

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A Potential Russian Attack on NATO, China in the Arctic, Inflation: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on how the West might respond in the case of a limited Russian attack on NATO, what China's Arctic ambitions mean to the United States, how inflation affects middle-class households, and more.

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Call Center Staffing: The Ultimate Guide to Determining How Many Agents You Need

Sequence Health

Medical call centers are responsible for connecting patients with medical professionals, managing the data associated with their visits, and ensuring quality customer service. Having enough staff to meet customer needs efficiently and effectively is essential. Read more: Tips for Improving Customer Service in a Healthcare Call Center. But how do you calculate the number of agents that are needed?

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Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update for CY 2023  

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS issued Transmittal 11777 – Change Request 12957 on January 4, 2023. Also, a corresponding 3-page MLN Matters: Home Health Prospective Payment System: CY 2023 Update.

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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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CipherHealth Partners With SADA to Enable Better Patient Care w/ Enhanced SDOH Data

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, CipherHealth announced it has engaged SADA , a leading business and technology consultancy and award-winning Google Cloud Partner, to deploy Google Cloud’s Looker to collect socioeconomic data to improve patient care. – CipherHealth previously had platform capabilities that provided healthcare providers with robust conversational and clinical data for each patient.

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2022 Medicare Fee-for-Service Supplemental Improper Payment Data

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. HHS has posted the 94-page 2022 Medicare Fee-for-Service Supplemental Improper Payment Data report. This document supplements improper payment information in the annual HHS AFR. PIIA requires improper payment reporting in the HHS AFR. The improper payment rate calculation complies with the requirements of OMB Circular A-123, Appendix C.

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Increase your revenue: 7 ways to improve your locums payor enrollment process

CHQ Healthcare

Many healthcare facilities fail to collect as much revenue as they could for the services rendered by locums, making hiring a locums provider more expensive than it needs to be. You can generate more revenue for your facility by consistently enrolling locums with payors and billing for their services. Here are seven ways to improve your locum tenens payor enrollment process. 1.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

Options for CMS price negotiation. Magic mushroom medicine. CBO’s options for reducing provider reimbursement. Orthopedic surgeons and private equity. New Alzheimer’s drug. Value-based payment and US health spending.

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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.