Health Care Dive
JANUARY 7, 2022
Competition for members was "very aggressive" as Humana's competitors came in with lower-priced plans and spent more on marketing to attract customers away, CEO Bruce Broussard said.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
CMS issued over 300 warnings, but no fines, to hospitals falling short on price transparency last year. dmuoio. Fri, 01/07/2022 - 17:39.
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Healthcare It News
JANUARY 7, 2022
ThedaCare is a seven-hospital health system in Wisconsin with 180 locations and 7,000 employees. To succeed in its mission, ThedaCare is on a path to population health – aiming to go above and beyond treating a particular condition to make care easy and accessible to help achieve better health for life. The health system's goals include providing high-quality care, access for everyone in the community, a great patient experience and affordable care.
Health Care Dive
JANUARY 7, 2022
The key question in both cases is whether the agencies enacting federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates — OSHA and CMS — had the authority to do so, or whether that power falls to the states.
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Healthcare smashed venture funding records in 2021 despite poor market performance. rtorrence. Fri, 01/07/2022 - 11:34.
Healthy Debate
JANUARY 7, 2022
The post Granola bars, gift cards and phone chargers: The little extras nurses carry to get colleagues and patients through tough times appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 7, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on the parallels between extremism and addiction, a better way to measure recidivism risk, global vaccine diplomacy, and more.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Here are the hospitals postponing elective surgeries amid the omicron surge. agliadkovskaya. Fri, 01/07/2022 - 15:49.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Eying a 'new normal,' former Biden health advisors call for sweeping pandemic policy changes. dmuoio. Fri, 01/07/2022 - 12:03.
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Bill Of Health
JANUARY 7, 2022
This post was originally published on the Verfassungsblog as part of our joint symposium on international pandemic lawmaking. By Ilja Richard Pavone. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised unprecedented challenges for the global health framework and its long-term consequences are not yet in full sight. The legal and institutional regime aimed at preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases, grounded on the International Health Regulations (IHR) was heavily criticized.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Key industry partners funnel Medically Home another $110M to deliver acute care at home. dmuoio. Fri, 01/07/2022 - 16:29.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 7, 2022
What You Should Know: Nomi Health , a direct healthcare provider, announced its acquisition of healthcare analytics provider Artemis Health — the partner of choice for more than 500 U.S. employers and benefits advisors to make health benefits higher quality and more affordable using data. – The acquisition gives Nomi Health customers actionable, data-driven insights to materially lower costs and improve the quality of care they deliver to their communities.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Industry Voices—The case against excluding specialty coverage. pminemyer. Fri, 01/07/2022 - 12:01.
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Vie Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
In these audiograms, taken from Episode 25 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by Rich Dormer from VIE Healthcare to discuss why you should prioritize purchased services in your hospitals. Hospitals Have the Biggest Cost Savings When They Prioritize Purchased Services. While there are still cost savings opportunities with Physician Preference Items (PPIs), the greatest potential lies in purchased services spend.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. OSHA is reminding employers must electronically submit 2021 injury and illness data from OSHA Form 300A by March 2, 2022 if they have: • 250 or more employees and are currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records. • 20-249 employees classified in specific industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses.
Vie Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
In these audiograms, taken from Episode 24 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter to discuss how important it is to measure spend analytics in healthcare systems. Spend analytics measures your spend every month. When you measure spend analytics you are using one of the most powerful tools available to hospitals.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted an updated Nursing Home Visitation Frequently Asked Questions on Thursday, January 6, 2022 during the COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster: National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. The 5-page FAQ document contains this introductory statement: Watch for the red ink within this FAQ as that denotes the updated information.
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Etactics
JANUARY 7, 2022
If you have a leadership role with a company, you might’ve heard of a tabletop exercise before. No, I’m not referring to the strength training exercise that will get you washboard abs. What I’m actually talking about are the discussion-based collaborations where team members go over their roles and steps of an emergency response plan. They simulate an emergency scenario that would disrupt business operations, so that team members know how to handle and remedy the situation.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending December 26, 2021. This latest data set shows these changes from the December 19 th report: Resident vaccination rate increased 0.1% Staff vaccination increased 0.7% (increase same as previous week) Resident confirmed cases increased 5,965 Staff confirmed cases increased 11,142 (increased 4,766 the previous week) An additional 420 resident deaths An additiona
Health IT Analytics
JANUARY 7, 2022
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Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. If you vaccinate or administer monoclonal antibody treatment to patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans on or after January 1, 2022, submit claims to the MA Plan. Original Medicare won’t pay these claims.
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HIT Consultant
JANUARY 7, 2022
Ed Ikeguchi, MD, Chief Executive Officer, AiCure. Over the last decade, AI has transformed from a futuristic, hype-driven tool, to now being a daily part of our lives. We use AI for everything from unlocking our smartphones, to evaluating our credit scores, to helping clinicians make patient care decisions. In particular, the potential of AI to transform drug development and patient care is unparalleled – its ability to gather objective insights can help elevate a clinical trial’s data and bring
Home Health Care
JANUARY 7, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday listened to arguments regarding the issue that has been top of mind for most home-based care providers for the past several months: vaccine mandates. No decision has been made on whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule, nor the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) mandate, can legally remain in place either temporarily or indefinitely.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Castlight Health and Vera Health announce merger, the combined company will integrate Castlight’s market-leading navigation technology with Vera’s best in class advanced primary care model to expand access to care, reduce healthcare costs, and improve outcomes. Castlight Health, Inc. (“Castlight”) (NYSE: CSLT), a healthcare data and navigation company, and Vera Whole Health, Inc.
Health Care Dive
JANUARY 7, 2022
CMS is looking to hold Medicare Advantage plans to a higher standard as their rolls swell, targeting their networks, marketing practices and spending; while improving dual-eligible and Part D costs and patient input.
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.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JANUARY 7, 2022
Calorie labeling: supply-side effects. Top fiscal policy charts of 2021. Lottery-based COVID-19 vaccination incentives don’t work. Will this trend persist long-term ? Who should be vaccinated first ? Mental health and same-sex marriage legislation. Panacea and Hygeia. US-Europe chronic condition gap narrowing. COVID-19 and older worker’s employment rates.
Bill Of Health
JANUARY 7, 2022
This series, which will run in four parts, has been adapted from “ A year in, how has Biden done on pandemic response? ” which was originally published on January 5, 2022 on Medium. Read the first and second parts here. By Justin Feldman. Over the summer of 2021, concern grew that the vaccines were not providing the near-perfect protection against symptomatic disease and transmission that had first emboldened the administration to jettison other public health measures.
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