Wed.Nov 17, 2021

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CMS guides hospitals on co-location of staff, services

Health Care Dive

The agency's final guidance on the practice of sharing resources in an effort to improve provider efficiency drew praise from the American Hospital Association.

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Biden admin finalizes rule that requires insurers to submit data on drug costs, rebates

Fierce Healthcare

Biden admin finalizes rule that requires insurers to submit data on drug costs, rebates. pminemyer. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 16:42.

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Congress, alongside provider and consumer groups, continues spat over surprise billing ban rules

Health Care Dive

While payers and providers must start complying with the No Surprises Act by Jan. 1, the fight over rules implementing the ban is heating up as provider groups object to what they think is a favoring of insurers.

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Another 12 states take CMS to court over COVID-19 vaccine requirements for healthcare workers

Fierce Healthcare

Another 12 states take CMS to court over COVID-19 vaccine requirements for healthcare workers. dmuoio. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:31.

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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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What should interoperability look like in eight years? ONC asked, you answered

Healthcare It News

This past May, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT asked healthcare stakeholders: What should healthcare look like in 2030 , and what should interoperability have enabled by then? According to a blog post published this week by Deputy National Coordinator Steven Posnack, the agency received more than 700 submissions in response over the course of the next few months.

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Healthfirst releases road map to addressing health equity, gaps in care

Fierce Healthcare

Healthfirst releases road map to addressing health equity, gaps in care. pminemyer. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 13:37.

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Amazon Care lands its biggest public customer yet in hotel chain Hilton

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon Care lands its biggest public customer yet in hotel chain Hilton. rtorrence. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 14:20.

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Insurtechs notched feverishly high MLRs in Q3. But it's not necessarily a mark of poor cost management

Health Care Dive

Despite strong year-over-year revenue growth, the finances of Bright, Clover and Oscar were whalloped by coronavirus and risk adjustment headwinds.

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SCAN launches in-home, virtual primary care medical group

Fierce Healthcare

SCAN launches in-home, virtual primary care medical group. pminemyer. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 16:03.

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Pfizer asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 pill

Health Care Dive

Study results released earlier this month showed the pill, when given soon after symptoms start, dramatically reduced the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization or death.

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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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Ro goes all in on weight management with $30M preorder of diet pill, on track to become one of its top performers

Fierce Healthcare

Ro goes all in on weight management with $30M preorder of diet pill, on track to become one of its top performers. rtorrence. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 16:37.

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Alexa, Can You Call My Nurse? Amazon to Build Vocera Skill for Alexa

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Vocera announced a collaboration with Amazon to deliver Vocera skill for Alexa. This HIPAA-compliant solution provides an easy, personal, and direct way for hospitalized patients and aged care residents to connect with their caregivers and more. – Through the hands-free Vocera skill, Alexa clarifies the nature of patient requests, establishes urgency, and updates the patient on the status of the care team’s response in a personalized, conversational manner.

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Jefferson Health, Bayada to ramp up post-acute home care services with new joint venture

Fierce Healthcare

Jefferson Health, Bayada to ramp up post-acute home care services with new joint venture. dmuoio. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 14:05.

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77% of Sponsors, CROs Plan to Run Agile Clinical Trials in Next Months

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today Science 37 published a new report suggesting a momentous shift in the way that clinical trials are conducted. – For the first time, more research sponsors and CROs are planning to run Agile/Hybrid Clinical Trials than ever before. Findings show that the vast majority or 77% of respondents plan to run an agile clinical trial in the next 12 months, compared to 59% for the previous 12 months.

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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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Ambiguities in CMS' final co-location guidance will create 'frustration and confusion' for hospitals, lawyers warn

Fierce Healthcare

Ambiguities in CMS' final co-location guidance will create 'frustration and confusion' for hospitals, lawyers warn. dmuoio. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 16:49.

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Respira Launches AI Wearable for Lung Function for COPD, COVID, Asthma

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Respira is introducing its AI wearable technology to monitor for certain very serious lung conditions. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and COVID-19 were the 3rd and 4th global causes of death during the height of the pandemic. Asthma, according to the World Health Organization, is the most common chronic disease among children. – Chest wearable uses tiny speakers and microphones

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Air ambulance group sues feds over surprise billing rule's arbitration provisions

Fierce Healthcare

Air ambulance group sues feds over surprise billing rule's arbitration provisions. rking. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 16:44.

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100Plus, athenahealth Partner for Remote Patient Monitoring

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – 100Plus partners with athenahealth’s marketplace program to provide remote patient monitoring services for clinicians. 100Plus , a Connect America company and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) platform for clinicians and patients, has partnered with athenahealth, Inc. through the company’s Marketplace program. As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, 100Plus RPM services are now available to athenahealth’s growing network of healthcare providers, empowering them to s

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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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CDC: Record-breaking more than 100K died of overdoses over one-year period

Fierce Healthcare

CDC: Record-breaking more than 100K died of overdoses over one-year period. rking. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:18.

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Overcoming Key Hurdles in Decentralized Trials with Better Education

HIT Consultant

Robert Geckeler, ScienceMedia Product Director. As with countless global industries, clinical trials were forced to move key functions online as COVID-19 swept the world in early 2020. Clinical research operations had to rapidly deploy remote approaches that were previously in the planning or pilot stages. While the uptake was rushed, the results have been largely positive.

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Lawmakers ask White House to clamp down on staff price gouging as hospitals face increased expenses

Fierce Healthcare

Lawmakers ask White House to clamp down on staff price gouging as hospitals face increased expenses. rking. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 12:54.

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What Does Africa Need Most Now: Russian Arms Sales or Good Vaccines?

The Rand Blog

Why is Russia's main export to Africa advanced conventional weapons at a time when other needs are so great? African leaders might think twice about aggressive Russian arms pitches and engagement of mercenaries, and prioritize measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage economic growth.

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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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AI-powered insurance platform banks $65M to cover fertility treatments

Fierce Healthcare

AI-powered insurance platform banks $65M to cover fertility treatments. rtorrence. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:20.

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14% of MA Plans Will Offer Primarily Health-Related In-Home Support Services in 2022

Home Health Care

More Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are offering in-home support services as supplemental benefits. That’s according to a new report from Washington, D.C.-based research and advisory firm ATI Advisory. The report included interviews with health plans, providers and advocates to gauge the progress on uptake for primarily health-related benefits and Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) among MA plans.

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GAO: Fewer providers in rural, underserved areas join advanced alternative payment models

Fierce Healthcare

GAO: Fewer providers in rural, underserved areas join advanced alternative payment models. rking. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 14:29.

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What Is Remote Patient Monitoring, and Why Is it Important?

Advanced Data Systems

The novel coronavirus pandemic causing COVID-19 infections to rampage across the planet has caused the healthcare industry to make some major changes. To help patients and medical staff stay socially distant as much as possible to avoid spreading disease, many organizations have adopted telehealth solutions.

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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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Aptihealth closes $50M series B to scale higher acuity behavioral health services

Fierce Healthcare

Aptihealth closes $50M series B to scale higher acuity behavioral health services. hlandi. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 13:07.

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MedArrive Raises $25 Million, Hopes to Make ‘Tens of Thousands’ of At-Home Care Visits Next Year

Home Health Care

MedArrive – a health care platform that helps payers and providers shift more care into the home – has secured $25 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by the venture capital fund Section 32, which invests in businesses on the frontier of health care and technology. Section 32 also previously invested in Current Health, a home-focused remote patient monitoring platform that was recently acquired by Best Buy (NYSE: BBY).

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aptihealth Raises $50M to Scale Behavioral Health Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – aptihealth raises $50 million in Series B funding to scale higher acuity behavioral healthcare services. – New capital from world-class syndicate will accelerate the growth and expansion of aptihealth’s tech-driven, novel care model for outcomes-based behavioral healthcare. aptihealth , a Boston, MA-based tech-driven behavioral health provider built to transform higher acuity care, today announced a $50 million Series B funding round from Takeda Digital

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Investors Shifting Their Focus to Value-Based Care Businesses

Home Health Care

In 2021 alone, a handful of investment organizations have launched with the objective of operating within the value-based care space. The existence of these companies exemplifies how businesses in value-based care are increasingly becoming attractive commodities. Sign up for HHCN + to read this exclusive content. Individual Membership. $400 per year.

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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.