Wed.Sep 22, 2021

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How artificial intelligence is making health care more human

Health Care Dive

Health-care institutions have been anticipating the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on the performance and efficiency of their operations and their workforces—and the quality of patient care.

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Trilliant Health rolls out predictive analytics tool to forecast healthcare demand down to local level

Fierce Healthcare

Trilliant Health rolls out predictive analytics tool to forecast healthcare demand down to local level. hlandi. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 08:10.

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Payers double down on population health programs amid COVID-19

Health Care Dive

Keys to successful interventions include good data, local connections and realistic ROI expectations, payer executives said Tuesday at AHIP's annual conference on Medicare, Medicaid and dual eligibles.

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These are the top 10 socially responsible hospitals in the U.S.: report

Fierce Healthcare

These are the top 10 socially responsible hospitals in the U.S.: report. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 19:44.

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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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OIG flags potential $5B overpaid to Medicare Advantage plans

Health Care Dive

The watchdog calls out 20 private insurers, which it does not name, and urges CMS to conduct greater oversight.

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Staffing shortages force long-term care facilities to limit admissions, hire agency workers

Fierce Healthcare

Staffing shortages force long-term care facilities to limit admissions, hire agency workers. dmuoio. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 12:23.

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Pager raises $70M to scale its turnkey care coordination platform

Fierce Healthcare

Pager raises $70M to scale its turnkey care coordination platform. dmuoio. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 14:47.

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What Instability at the Top Means for Japan's Alliance with the United States

The Rand Blog

Having shorter-serving prime ministers tends to minimize Japan's ability to operate as a strategic player. The longer the tenure, the greater the confidence in exercising a broader set of foreign policy tools. If Suga's resignation is the start of revolving-door prime ministers, the implications for Japan's security and foreign policies, and the U.S.

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OIG calls for more oversight as MA insurers bank $9.2B on the back of chart reviews, risk assessments

Fierce Healthcare

OIG calls for more oversight as MA insurers bank $9.2B on the back of chart reviews, risk assessments. pminemyer. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 16:54.

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Future Leader: Sofia Koshevatsky, HealthFlex Home Health & Hospice CEO and Founder

Home Health Care

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit [link]. Sofia Koshevatsky, CEO and founder of Oakland, California-based HealthFlex Home Health & Hospice, has been named a 2021 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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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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Senate Dems try to mend fences over drug price reform divide as moderates seek slimmed-down proposal

Fierce Healthcare

Senate Dems try to mend fences over drug price reform divide as moderates seek slimmed-down proposal. rking. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 14:39.

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NOCD Raises $33M for OCD Treatment Platform & Address Global OCD Crisis

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – NOCD , a Chicago-based provider of obsessive compulsive-disorder (OCD) treatment raises $33M in Series B funding led by F-Prime Capital , with Eight Roads Ventures , and Kaiser Permanente Ventures participating along with existing investors including 7wireVentures , Health Enterprise Partners (HEP) , and Chicago Ventures. – The funds will be used to expand NOCD’s community, reach people earlier in their treatment journey, and offer additional services to assis

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Blue Shield of California, Venus Williams team to tackle bias in healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

Blue Shield of California, Venus Williams team to tackle bias in healthcare. pminemyer. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 13:28.

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Hospital at Home: Aligning Provider Needs with Patient Wishes

HIT Consultant

Arik Ben Ishay, CEO & Co-Founder of Biobeat. 2020 saw three factors combine to define the future of “Hospital at Home” care in a way that will become a new care reality over the coming years. Changing Patient Attitudes. Patients became more reluctant and concerned about going to hospital s. The fear of contracting illnesses such as Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs), like sepsis, is a real and legitimate concern.

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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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Humana: Former exec was fired after sending suggestive text messages to subordinate

Fierce Healthcare

Humana: Former exec was fired after sending suggestive text messages to subordinate. pminemyer. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 11:15.

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Clearsense Acquires Plug-and-Play AI Analytics Firm Compellon

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Clearsense , an AI-powered data analytics platform company that translates healthcare data into highly consumable insights, today announced the acquisition of Compellon , a privately-held, plug-and-play AI analytics company. – The multi-patented Compellon technology uses AI to re-engineer predictive modeling, removing the technical burden from users.

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HRSA intends to fine 6 drugmakers over 340B contract pharmacy violations

Fierce Healthcare

HRSA intends to fine 6 drugmakers over 340B contract pharmacy violations. rking. Wed, 09/22/2021 - 17:21.

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NANI Makes Equity Investment in Strive Health for Risk Payment

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Strive Health, the national leader in value-based kidney care, and Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana (NANI) , the nation’s largest independent nephrology group, today announced a strategic partnership to jointly pursue and manage global risk payment models. – This partnership will benefit people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage kidney disease (ESKD) through a “whole patient” approach that enhances lives and communit

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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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Charting a Strategic Path Forward for DHS in an Evolved Threat Landscape

The Rand Blog

Twenty years have passed since 9/11 and the establishment of DHS. During that time, fundamental and profound changes have occurred in the threats and risks confronting the United States. When updating the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review report and the department Strategic Plan, it may make sense to consider a new operational and organizational path forward.

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Matternet Launches World’s First City-Wide Medical Drone Network in Abu Dhabi

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Matternet announced the launch of the world’s first city-wide drone delivery network for the rapid transport of medical goods in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DoH) and logistics company Skygo. The network will significantly increase the connectivity of the Emirate’s health ecosystem and position it as a global leader in advanced air mobility.

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Everything old is new again

Nordic

There are many ways to describe the concept that humans seem to be reliving the same problems with the same bad solutions over and over. Jonathan Swift (or maybe it was Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain) said that “everything old is new again.” Writer and philosopher George Santayana wrote that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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Matternet Launches World’s First City-Wide Medical Drone Delivery Network in Abu Dhabi

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Matternet announced the launch of the world’s first city-wide drone delivery network for the rapid transport of medical goods in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DoH) and logistics company Skygo. The network will significantly increase the connectivity of the Emirate’s health ecosystem and position it as a global leader in advanced air mobility.

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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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Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members

The Rand Blog

Over one million U.S. military service members are members of the National Guard or reserves. These troops are being tested like never before, but they do not receive the same physical and mental health care coverage provided to their active-duty counterparts. It may be time to explore policy solutions to ensure that these service members have access to high-quality mental health care.

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What's missing from ONC guidance on the 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule?

Bookzurman

Last week, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Micky Tripathi, published a blog post outlining new and existing resources offered by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to address questions related to the ONC Cures Act Final Rule. The Final Rule went into effect on April 5, 2021 , with penalties and enforcement actions starting on July 1, 2021 for those who aren’t in compliance.

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With Demand for Home Care Rising, The Helper Bees Launches ‘Aging-in-Place Provider Marketplace’

Home Health Care

The Helper Bees (THB) announced Wednesday the launch of its aging-in-place provider marketplace. Austin, Texas-based THB is a full-service insurtech company that works to create innovative aging-in-place solutions for both payers and consumers. THB’s new marketplace — the next evolution of its “Care Concierge” program — is designed to give individuals in need of home care and other aging-in-place services direct access through a self-serve portal.

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Pearl Health Raises $18M to Support Independent Primary Care Physicians

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Pearl Health , a New York City-based primary care physicians (PCP) group today announced it has raised $18M in Series A funding led by a16z , with AlleyCorp and Kevin Ryan participating. – Co-founded by Dr. Jeffrey De Flavio (founder of Groups: Recover Together), Michael Kopko (Oscar Health, Bridgewater Associates) and Ankit Patel (CMS Innovation Center, Clover Health), Pearl offers PCPs a fixed per-member-per-month payment for each Traditional Medicare member

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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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How Seniors Helpers, ComForCare and 24 Hour Home Care Are Building Great Places to Work

Home Health Care

At a time when the home care industry is plagued with workforce shortages, Senior Helpers, 24 Hour Home Care and ComForCare have made a name for themselves as best-in-class employers. Among common retention tactics, all three organizations actively elicit feedback by surveying staff on a regular basis. Senior Helpers, 24 Hour Home Care and ComForCare have all carved out company-specific methods for becoming successful employers as well.

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10 Steps to Maximizing Patient Loyalty and Effecting Positive Change within a Physician Group Practice

Medical GPS

How to Effectively Use Real-time Patient Feedback to Effect Positive Change within a Physician Group Practice. Since 1995 I have had the privilege of working with physician practices to help improve the patient experience. Between 1995 and now many things have changed in healthcare, however many things have remained the same. Technology for example has dramatically changed.

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Student Highlight: Meet Our Fall 2021 Scholarship Winners!

American College of Healthcare Sciences

The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) is committed to helping students achieve their academic goals. ACHS is glad to be able to support our students by awarding up to 10 one-time $1000 tuition scholarships each year. Meet our students who were awarded the ACHS Adult Scholarship for Fall 2021, and hear their tips for prospective students!

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Balancing Innovation & Optimization

Vie Healthcare

I recently spoke about innovation versus optimization and how we tend to overlook optimization in healthcare. One comment suggested we risk missing out on new ideas if all we do is focus on squeezing just 1-2 percent in cost reduction. Now, I believe in innovation, it’s important for hospitals to think differently and expand. At VIE Healthcare®, we have a track record of innovation in areas, including our patented spend technology Invoice ROI.

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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.