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Hospital labor expenses up 37% from pre-pandemic levels in March

Health Care Dive

Hospitals spent nearly $5,500 in labor expenses per adjusted discharge in March compared to about $4,000 roughly three years ago, according to a report from Kaufman Hall.

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The Indian Child Welfare Act: Preserving Families Is in Children’s Best Interests

Bill Of Health

By Kathryn E. Fort. On February 28, 2022, the Supreme Court accepted one of the most consequential federal Indian law cases in decades, a direct constitutional challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). This challenge, brought by three states and three foster families, intends to not just dismantle a gold standard law in child protection, but all of federal Indian law.

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FTC likely to examine insurer overlap in Advocate Aurora, Atrium merger

Health Care Dive

Mergers with geographic overlap often face challenges. This deal doesn't "raise the same red flags, but it doesn't mean that it gets waved through," said Leemore Dafny, former deputy director of healthcare and antitrust at the FTC.

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Native Reproductive Justice: Practices and Policies from Relinquishment to Family Preservation

Bill Of Health

By Lauren van Schilfgaarde. Adoption can be, and frequently is, a celebrated extension of kinship ties within Native communities. But we cannot ignore the historical context of adoption as a tool to empty tribal communities and delete tribal cultures. Nor can we ignore the historical context of the simultaneous deprivation and weaponization of reproductive health care, both of which deny Native women reproductive self-determination. .

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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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VA, EHR implementation facing patient data, access concerns, audit finds

Health Care Dive

The multibillion-dollar Cerner implementation hasn't improved data exchange as well as some had hoped, as the departments "did not take all actions needed to achieve interoperability," the audit found.

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Voices of Indian Adoption

Bill Of Health

By Susan Devan Harness. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hold a hearing regarding the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act , with one of the main questions being, is it really about race? The anti-ICWA crowd says it is. But remember, race and historical brutality are heavily intertwined. The U.S. government has a long history of violence against American Indian people, in its declaration of wars , removing American Indian people from homelands to free up lands for white settlers

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7 Early Signs of Psoriatic Arthritis

Healthcare Associates

7 Early Signs of Psoriatic Arthritis. Knowing how to spot early signs of psoriatic arthritis can help you determine whether it’s time to see your doctor for treatment. Here’s more about this chronic condition, along with seven early psoriatic arthritis symptoms to watch out for. What Is Psoriatic Arthritis? Psoriatic arthritis is a type of inflammatory arthritis.

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Inflation Forcing Caregivers to Choose Wages Over Mission, Home-Based Care Providers Say

Home Health Care

Strong reimbursement rates for Aveanna’s services in nearly half the states the company operates in have been a welcome change so far this year for the company. Its turnover and retention rates have also been in line with company projections, despite ongoing labor issues. “Although we continue to face near-term caregiver supply constraints like many other health care providers, we have moved past the near-term impact from Omicron,” Aveanna’s CEO Tony Strange said on the company’s first quarter e

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Analysis: Seeking Balance in the Hyperactive Mental Health Tech Market

HIT Consultant

The prevalence of mental and behavioral health conditions has been on the rise in recent decades, further aggravated by the pandemic in the last two years. Social isolation, grief from the loss of loved ones, fear of contracting the virus, and financial worries were all major stress factors that increasingly affected the mental wellbeing of the population, and the resulting statistics are startling: the average share of adults with symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorders jumped from 1 in 10

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Lives in the balance: The pursuit of health equity

Meditech

Genetics presents each of us with a personal health potential and unique set of predispositions , however, the likelihood of falling victim to predispositions or reaching optimal health potential has less to do with genetics and more to do with health equity. Health equity describes the opportunity for all people to reach and maintain their optimal health potential, without any disadvantages that can be ascribed to social, political, and economic circumstances.

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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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How is FDA trying to accelerate development of cures for rare disease ? Health tech due diligence in M&A. Is the FTC anti-trust process unconstitutional ? Does improving energy efficiency save energy? Is workers’ comp overpriced ?

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American Rescue Plan Tax Credits Made Coverage More Affordable and Accessible to Millions

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[avia_codeblock_placeholder uid="0"]. The post American Rescue Plan Tax Credits Made Coverage More Affordable and Accessible to Millions appeared first on The National Academy for State Health Policy.

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PACE Giant InnovAge Undergoes ‘Significant Transformation’ to Address Regulatory Challenges

Home Health Care

More eyes than ever are on the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model due to its proven senior care track record throughout the COVID-19 emergency. Amid this growing momentum, InnovAge (Nasdaq: INNV), one of the sector’s giants, is trying to rebuild after the regulatory challenges the company faced earlier this year. In January, Maureen Hewitt stepped down as the company’s CEO, and InnovAge’s board of directors appointed Patrick Blair to the role.

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How Could the United States Incentivize Investors to Decarbonize the Economy?

The Rand Blog

While mandatory climate-related disclosure may improve information and decisionmaking for investors, it alone is unlikely to accelerate investment in decarbonization at the rate needed. To motivate private investment in climate mitigation, policymakers could explore additional policies.

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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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Nordic's nurses weigh-in for International Nurses Day

Nordic

Happy International Nurses Day! In celebration and appreciation of the many nurses here at Nordic Global, we have gathered nurses from across the Nordic brands to learn more about their experiences as nurses, and gain insights into how they have translated that knowledge to consulting.

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News 5/13/22

HIStalk

Top News Bon Secours Mercy Health launches Accrete Health Partners,

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CMMC SSP: What It Is and Why You Need One

Etactics

A System Security Plan (SSP) defines the boundary of connected components that make up an information system and outlines how you implement security requirements. DoD, GSA, and NASA require all contractors and supply chain partners that handle controlled unclassified information (CUI) to implement the security safeguards defined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171.

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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 5/12/22

HIStalk

There is always a lot of buzz around wearables and.

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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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Morning Headlines 5/13/22

HIStalk

Cerner falls short of contract target for ‘uptime,’ prompting McMorris.

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