Fri.May 27, 2022

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HHS asks for more information blocking authority from Congress

Health Care Dive

If Congress grants regulators the expanded authority, actors could be protected from steep fines for data-sharing practices the HHS previously said were acceptable under complex information blocking regulations.

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The Gun Laws That Work, and the Gun Laws That Don't

The Rand Blog

Are certain gun laws and regulations likely to improve or worsen public safety? At a time when many Americans are searching for solutions to our country's intolerably high rates of gun violence, social scientists can help provide answers.

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Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted COVID-19 data for the week ending May 15, 2022. Comparing the May 15 th data to the previous May 8 th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate again remained the same as the 3 previous weeks Residents with booster doses increased by 0.5% this past week Staff vaccination rate remained unchanged from the previous week Staff with booster doses increased by 0.4% again this past week An additional 6,321 r

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Survey Reveals 44% of Consumers Avoided Healthcare Due to Cost

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: New price transparency government mandates are on the horizon, but how much does cost really impact consumers? HealthSparq published its Annual Consumer Sentiment Benchmark report, which found that 44% of respondents have avoided getting healthcare services because they were unsure of the costs (compared to 25% last year). The survey of 1,000+ healthcare consumers unveils their opinions on price transparency in healthcare and how cost influences care.

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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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IRF and LTCH Updated Guidance Virtual Training Program

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. TRAINING MATERIALS AVAILABLE: The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Updated Guidance Virtual Training Program – Prerecorded Training Videos. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing a virtual training program that will review the updated guidance for the IRF Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) 4.0 and the LTCH CARE Data Set (LCDS 5.0) for providers in the

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Komodo Health Appoints COO, Transcarent, Vytalize Health, RxBenefits, Other Digital Health Appointments

HIT Consultant

Komodo Health has named Dr. Aswin Chandrakantan as its Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Chandrakantan will also continue to serve as the firm’s Chief Medical Officer, a role he has held since 2016. Dr. Chandrakantan was one of Komodo Health’s earliest employees – following leadership roles at McKinsey and Google – and has played a central role in the company’s rapid-fire growth.

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Solv CEO Diversifies Cap Table, Adds 75 Female Investors as Part of $45M Series C

HIT Consultant

Heather Fernandez, CEO & co-founder at Solv Health. What You Should Know: – Today, Heather Fernandez , CEO and co-founder of healthcare on-demand app Solv Health shared her diversity plans for bringing on more women and first-time investors to the Cap Table as part of the company’s $45M Series C round. As a Filipino-Iranian woman, Heather knows “people like me” don’t get funded – or hired or invited to the table.

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Emergency Preparedness Training and Testing Program Exemption 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS revised and reposted QSO-20-41-ALL on May 26, 2022. This QSO was “revised to provide additional guidance and clarifications due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).”. The red ink (denoting the revised verbiage) begins on page 4 of this 14-page Memorandum and continues through page 5.

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Gun Policy, China and Taiwan, Russian Propaganda: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on reducing America's unacceptably high rates of gun violence, what would happen if China “quarantines” Taiwan, and Russia's “firehose of falsehood.

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Health Policy News – May 2022

Health Policy News

This month’s edition of Health Policy News includes a summary of the final 2023 Health Insurance Exchange and Qualified Health Plan rules and guidance—updated from our summary of the proposed.

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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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Taking the Pulse on eCME – What’s Next for Continued Medical Education

HIT Consultant

Matt Titus, VP & Chief Commercial Officer at epocrates. Over the past two years, we’ve witnessed the massive digital disruption in healthcare that was spurred by the pandemic. The most frequent example tends to be in the rapid adoption of technology like telemedicine, but this disruption has touched even the most seemingly small pieces of the healthcare ecosystem and will have long lasting consequences.

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Hospice QRP Care Compare Quarterly Refresh – May 2022  

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The May 2022 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. Hospice Item Set (HIS), Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey, and Claims-based measure scores exclude Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of calendar year 2020.

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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare It News

CVS on Thursday announced the launch of its new CVS Health Virtual Primary Care service. WHY IT MATTERS. The new offering integrates patient engagement tools, telehealth, electronic health record data and more on a single platform that can connect consumers with clinicians at CVS or other providers. The tool enables patients to choose care in either retail or community-based settings, through at-home health services or virtually, according to CVS Health, which is selling the service to Aetna ful

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Nurse Staffing & Recruitment With Matthew Mawby| Ep. 46

Vie Healthcare

In Episode 46 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Matthew Mawby, co-founder of StaffHealth.com. Together they discuss the challenges faced by healthcare organizations in nurse staffing and recruitment. Episode Introduction. Healthcare is facing a crisis in nursing recruitment. A combination of burnout, high workload, low wages, and retirement means staffing levels are falling.

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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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Phenomix Sciences Launches Obesity Biobanking Registry Studying Personalized Treatment Options Based on Genetics

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Biotech company Phenomix Sciences launches its biobanking registry, marking the first obesity registry to study the impact of personalized treatment based on phenotyping. The impact of this biobanking registry and the data it will yield has the potential to change the entire system’s approach to obesity, from a treatment recommendation to the way payers determine coverage and how the industry combines diagnostics testing with drug therapy. – The data collected

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Nurse Staffing & Recruitment With Matthew Mawby| Ep. 46

Vie Healthcare

In Episode 46 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Matthew Mawby, co-founder of StaffHealth.com. Together they discuss the challenges faced by healthcare organizations in nursing staffing and recruitment. Episode Introduction. Healthcare is facing a crisis in nursing recruitment. A combination of burnout, high workload, low wages, and retirement means staffing levels are falling.

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1 in 5 Adults Have a Health Condition Related to Previous COVID-19 Illness 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. An early post on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 will be posted officially in CDC’s MMWR on Friday, May 27, 2022. Post–COVID Conditions Among Adult COVID-19 Survivors Aged 18–64 and ?65 Years — United States, March 2020–November 2021 is a serious and sobering read. The article highlights the analysis of a large EHR-based database of surviving U.S. adults.