Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The new findings published in Health Affairs suggest the quality bonus program doesn't move the needle on quality despite a significant federal investment — hinting the American people may not be getting enough bang for their buck.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Amazon launches new elder care subscription service Alexa Together with emergency assistance, fall detection. rtorrence. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 11:21.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Average doctor pay slipped in hospital employment arrangements even as health systems typically benefit financially from acquiring physician practices.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
SAMSHA offers $30M in grants to boost harm reduction strategies to curb opioid abuse. rking. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 13:33.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Cigna is investing $550 million in an apparent rival, attracted by its clinical network and opportunities to drive value there as more insurers look to snap up doctor's groups.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
AHA, Johns Hopkins, Athenahealth, others launch campaign to make telehealth permanent. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 15:55.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
City of Hope to acquire Cancer Treatment Centers of America for a reported $390M. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 15:19.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Hills Health Solutions has bagged a contract to put up a patient entertainment and engagement system at Kaweka Health's upcoming surgery facility in New Zealand's Hawke's Bay district. Following a tender process, the Victoria-headquartered health technology provider was picked to implement the Get Well patient engagement platform, which it exclusively distributes in Australia and New Zealand.
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Groups like the American Hospital Association came out in support of the legislation, which would mitigate some of the cuts set to soon take effect.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
States with strong antitrust laws challenge more hospital mergers but still fall short on addressing consolidation. dmuoio. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 12:18.
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The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The United States and NATO worry that Russia may be planning an invasion of Ukraine. A renewed crisis could spur the United States and its NATO allies to go beyond, perhaps well beyond, their responses to Russia's 2014 assault.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Urban Institute: Nearly 13M had problems affording prescriptions before COVID-19 pandemic. rking. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 16:31.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A number of organizations – including the top advocacy organization for older Americans – have recently formed relationships underscoring the important roles of home modification and safety in the aging-in-place process. TruBlue Total House Care, for example, has formed a partnership with The Helper Bees. As part of the arrangement, TruBlue’s services will be offered in market areas where The Helper Bees’ health plan partners and members are eligible.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Bright Health banks $750M investment from Cigna Ventures, New Enterprise Associates. pminemyer. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 14:44.
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Home Health Care
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Post-acute care volume trends continue to suggest that the shift to home is here to stay. Other data, however, also suggests there’s a widening gap between hospital referrals to the home health setting and agencies’ ability to accept new cases. “Since COVID began in April of 2020, we have seen amongst our roughly 1,000 acute care clients that referral volume to skilled nursing has yet to recover,” Tom Martin, director of post-acute care analytics at CarePort, a WellSky company, told Home Health
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
SoftBank leads mental health startup Cerebral's $300M round, propelling valuation to $4.8B. hlandi. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 13:10.
Healthy Debate
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The post Restoring dignity: A teenager’s insights into inpatient psychiatric admission appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Jury: UnitedHealth must pay TeamHealth $60M in damages in Nevada case. pminemyer. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 11:38.
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Solution Reach
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Regrettably, the term “patient experience” is often loosely thrown around the healthcare industry to describe a broad spectrum of attributes. It can seemingly include anything from patients’ feelings and expectations about a care visit to the specifics of how practices like yours interact with healthcare consumers.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
3 Healthcare Marketing Tips for 2022. admin. Wed, 12/08/2021 - 13:21.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Check out an event this Friday, December 10, at 10am EST/7am PST on at The Hill on Rare Diseases: A Conversation on Value Assessments. A summary of the topic and the speaker list are below. One in 10 Americans suffers from a rare disease—that’s 30 million Americans who need access to treatment. According o the NIH, a rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States at any given time.
Bill Of Health
DECEMBER 8, 2021
By Matthew Bauer. How should scientists, policy makers, and governments balance efforts to address the current pandemic with initiatives to prevent the next one? We have seen this play out before during the 2003 SARS crisis. A burst of research funding and resources were thrown at tackling the health emergency that spread to 29 different countries. Ultimately, enormous efforts across the globe were able to halt the crisis, but as scientific research continued post-outbreak, it became difficult t
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2021
As competition with China in the developing world heats up, the United States need not repeat the sad legacy of the Cold War with a surge of new efforts at covert regime change and harassment. Instead, America could maximize the systemic advantages it has long enjoyed, meet reformist leaders and movements in the developing world on their own terms, and trust the long-term appeal of American norms and values.
Osf Healthcare
DECEMBER 8, 2021
As we look to 2022, we're taking what we've learned from the last two years and applying it to the future and working to navigate ongoing and new challenges to continue transforming health care for the communities we serve.
The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2021
As competition with China in the developing world heats up, the United States need not repeat the sad legacy of the Cold War with a surge of new efforts at covert regime change and harassment. Instead, America could maximize the systemic advantages it has long enjoyed, meet reformist leaders and movements in the developing world on their own terms, and trust the long-term appeal of American norms and values.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Zeynep Icten, Ph.D., Director of Data Science Solutions at Panalgo. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA ), the term real-world data (RWD) refers to routinely collected data relating to patient health status and the delivery of healthcare services, and real-world evidence (RWE) is the clinical evidence regarding the usage and potential benefits or risks of a medical product derived from the analysis of RWD.
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.
The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Churning—frequent moving in and out of Medicaid due to income fluctuation—increases insurance coverage gaps, disrupts access to health care, increases unnecessary administrative burden, and leads to suboptimal health outcomes. Federal and state policymakers might consider continuous eligibility to help stabilize Medicaid enrollment.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Scott Forshay, VP of Sales and Marketing at MEDL Mobile. As the front door to healthcare organizations becomes increasingly digital, these rules for engagement are fast becoming the keys to unlocking patient loyalty. As healthcare digital innovators, we are witness to a fundamental shift in consumer experience expectations. With rising costs, increased quality of care expectations, and access to an expanding array of choices in care, consumers are demanding greater control of their healthcare ex
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Home health stakeholders that have been on pins and needles about the return of possible Medicare cuts saw the first step toward securing further delay on Tuesday. By a vote of 222-212, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that delays 6% in Medicare cuts set to go into effect Jan. 1. Specifically, the bill seeks to press pause on the 2% sequestration reduction beginning in January, instead enacting a 1% cut starting in April and a 2% cut starting in July.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 8, 2021
What You Should Know: – connectRN raises $76M to support the acceleration of its healthcare workforce platform and address clinician burnout. – connectRN is a tech-enabled platform connecting nurses and aides with opportunities to improve their work-life. connectRN , a Waltham, MA-based tech-enabled platform built to improve clinicians’ lives through access to community, opportunity, and support, announced it has completed a $76M financing round co-led by Suvretta Capital Management
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.
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