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Industry pushes for more time before surprise billing ban enforced

Health Care Dive

Payers and hospitals say with the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing and key elements still unreleased, it will be difficult to comply by Jan. 1. Key sticking points include arbitration and qualified payment amounts.

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Chutes & Ladders—Allina Health's CEO to retire; Centene refreshes its executive team

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Allina Health's CEO to retire; Centene refreshes its executive team. dmuoio. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:52.

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Pandemic relief funds were unevenly distributed, didn't account for community burden: Health Affairs

Health Care Dive

Researchers analyzed HHS data on the Provider Relief Fund and found hospitals serving fewer patients with employer-sponsored insurance received less funding.

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Employers put focus on integrating wellbeing into benefits, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Employers put focus on integrating wellbeing into benefits, survey finds. pminemyer. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 13:21.

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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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Telehealth claim lines drop to lowest level since before pandemic, Fair Health finds

Health Care Dive

Virtual care claims fell from 5% of all medical claims in May to 4.5% in June, according to a tracker maintained by the nonprofit.

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Hospital telehealth visits leveling off at 10%-20% of appointments as claims hit lowest level since pandemic

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital telehealth visits leveling off at 10%-20% of appointments as claims hit lowest level since pandemic. hlandi. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 12:42.

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SCAN Health Plan eyes expansion into Nevada, Arizona for 2022

Fierce Healthcare

SCAN Health Plan eyes expansion into Nevada, Arizona for 2022. pminemyer. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 14:36.

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#LoveThyNeighbor – A Faith-Based Call for Vaccination

Health Populi

The Catholic Health Association (CHA) is urging Americans to “love thy neighbor” by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Sister Mary Haddad wrote in an editorial published in Modern Healthcare, published on September 3, 2011. Sister Mary is CEO and President of CHA. “Some may suggest that there are moral and religious concerns to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine,” Sister Mary observed. “We strongly affirm the position of the leaders of the Catholic Church: the vaccines are m

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UnitedHealth report: Shifting common outpatient procedures to ASCs could yield significant savings

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealth report: Shifting common outpatient procedures to ASCs could yield significant savings. pminemyer. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 15:25.

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Healthcare finds itself at an inflection point

Healthcare It 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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Health workers' licenses at risk if they spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Fierce Healthcare

Health workers' licenses at risk if they spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 13:11.

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Cedars-Sinai Cancer Launches ‘Molecular Twin’ Initiative for Precision Cancer Treatment

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Tempus , a provider of artificial intelligence and precision medicine, are harnessing the power of big data and AI to design personalized cancer treatment options by creating virtual replicas of patients’ DNA, RNA, protein and other information to help identify the most effective approach to each individual’s disease. – By creating these “molecular twins,” scientists can genetically classify cancer genes and prot

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HHS aims to use value-based care payment models to lower drug prices

Fierce Healthcare

HHS aims to use value-based care payment models to lower drug prices. rking. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 10:56.

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Neuroglee Raises $10M to Develop Virtual Neurology Clinics with Mayo Clinic, Others

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Neuroglee , a Boston, MA-based provider of personalized evidence-based digital therapeutics (DTx) and virtual care solutions, today announced it has raised $10M in Series A funding led by OpenSpace Ventures with participation by EDBI. – Neuroglee Therapeutics discovers, develops and commercializes personalized evidence-based digital therapeutics (DTx) and virtual care solutions to treat and manage patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

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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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Cigna, Oscar Health expanding cobranded plans into Illinois

Fierce Healthcare

Cigna, Oscar Health expanding cobranded plans into Illinois. pminemyer. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 11:50.

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Closing the Digital Divide in Healthcare & Equitable Telehealth Access

HIT Consultant

Dessiree Paoli, Sr. Solution Marketing Manager at Interlace Health. We live in an era of rapid innovation and digital transformation in healthcare. According to Accenture’s 2021 Digital Health Tech Vision report, 93% of health executives said their organizations are prioritizing urgent innovations this year; meanwhile, 81% said the pace of innovation is picking up in their organizations.

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CMS to require staff at hospitals and other facilities to get COVID-19 vaccine or risk funding loss

Fierce Healthcare

CMS to require staff at hospitals and other facilities to get COVID-19 vaccine or risk funding loss. rking. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:40.

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Mass Incarceration and Parenting from Prison: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia Gomez, and Monica Williams

The Rand Blog

One in 10 Black children in the United States has an incarcerated parent. RAND experts are assessing what could be done to better support these parents and, in turn, improve the well-being of their children and families.

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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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HCA sells off dozens of its newly acquired home care locations to keep the focus on core networks

Fierce Healthcare

HCA sells off dozens of its newly acquired home care locations to keep the focus on core networks. dmuoio. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 13:50.

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Teladoc Integrates with Proximie’s Virtual Operating Room Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Proximie , a health technology platform focused on digitizing operating and diagnostic rooms, announced an integration with Teladoc Health’s Solo platform for hospitals and health systems. The partnership is a global agreement, focused initially on the US market. – As part of the integration, Proximie’s virtual operating room capabilities will become a part of the Solo ecosystem for hospitals and health systems.

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AHA: Tax-exempt hospitals gave $105B in community benefits such as financial assistance in 2018

Fierce Healthcare

AHA: Tax-exempt hospitals gave $105B in community benefits such as financial assistance in 2018. rking. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 15:23.

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Tech Assets Might Help Make Public Health Data More Equity-Centered

The Rand Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified broad societal inequities and trained a spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. public health system. What would more equity-centered, tech-engaged public health data look like?

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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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Modern Health rolls out data tool for employers to better pinpoint workers' mental health needs

Fierce Healthcare

Modern Health rolls out data tool for employers to better pinpoint workers' mental health needs. hlandi. Thu, 09/09/2021 - 09:21.

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SMART on FHIR: How Apps Are Shaping Healthcare’s Future

Eclinical Works

Harnessing technology to meet human needs. In 1969, microbiologist René Dubos won the Pulitzer Prize for “So Human an Animal,” an eloquent exploration of how technology must respect the uniqueness and value of human lives. “Like the evolutionary development of mankind, the experiential development of each individual person consists in an integrated series of responses to environmental stimuli,” Dubos wrote.

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Expanded Reimbursement Codes for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: What This Means for Digital Health

Bill Of Health

By Adriana Krasniansky. New reimbursement codes for virtual patient monitoring may soon be incorporated into Medicare’s fee schedule, signaling the continued expansion and reach of digital health technologies catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed adding a new class of current procedural terminology (CPT) codes under the category of “remote therapeutic monitoring” in its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2022 — with a w

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Achieving Decarbonization and Energy Equity Through Reconciliation

The Rand Blog

The past two years have witnessed increasingly vocal calls for rapid decarbonization of the global economy through a clean energy transition. How can Congress ensure that new costs associated with a clean energy transition do not fall disproportionately on lower-income ratepayers?

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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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I Made Rosemary Gladstar’s Perfect Cream, and Here Are 4 Things I Learned

American College of Healthcare Sciences

By ACHS graduate Laura Bissessar. A good moisturizer can be difficult to come by, especially if you have problematic skin like myself. So when I first made this cream from legendary herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, I tried to manage my expectations after being underwhelmed with the results of so many natural lotions. Happily, I can report that “perfect cream” is not an exaggeration, and I had finally found a beautifully hydrating product that’s not greasy and not full of harmful ch

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Japan's Potential Acquisition of Ground-Launched Land-Attack Missiles: Implications for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance

The Rand Blog

If Japan acquired ground-based strike capabilities, it would have significant consequences for the U.S.-Japanese alliance. American and Japanese policymakers may need to have a new and expanded set of conversations about how such capabilities would be used and how the alliance could adjust to incorporate them.

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Blood Samples, Predictive Analytics Determine COVID-19 Outcomes

Health IT Analytics

A new study of blood… read more

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‘The Fittest Survive’: HHVBP Expansion Could Drive Home Health Consolidation

Home Health Care

In the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed payment rule for 2022, the attention-grabber was the expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, the details of which excited some providers and left others concerned. While the specifics of the expansion plan were being discussed during the public comment period, however, one aspect of HHVBP went under the radar: the effect it may have on the M&A landscape.

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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.