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Medicare finalizes higher 2.9% inpatient payment rate for 2025

Health Care Dive

Hospitals still weren’t happy with the final rule despite the bump from the CMS’ proposed rates, citing cuts to long-term and disproportionate share facilities.

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NAACOS worries new ACO REACH changes could force exits

Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quietly released changes to the ACO REACH Model, prompting one industry group to react to the modifications. | Accountable care organizations are evaluating the impacts of the new requirements for the ACO REACH program. So far, the changes are a mixed bag, says NAACOS.

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Revenue cycle management firm R1 RCM to go private in $8.9B acquisition

Health Care Dive

The deal with private equity firms TowerBrook and Clayton, Dubilier and Rice comes months after New Mountain Capital announced its own takeover bid, which some analysts thought undervalued the company.

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Industry Voices—They key to successful health-focused AI tools? Quality data

Fierce Healthcare

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the healthcare industry through advancements in predictive modeling and ana | AI tools can only be effective if served with the right kind of data, Elevance Health's Ashok Chennuru argues.

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From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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Respite Care Provider Training Webinar: Lessons from the States

NASHP

Respite is planned or emergency care provided to a child or adult with special needs to provide temporary relief to family caregivers. To recruit and train the respite workforce, ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center , in partnership with NASHP and the Respite Care Association of Wisconsin , piloted a competency-based respite provider training and recruitment initiative in 10 states.

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How Virtual Primary Care Can Enrich Your Practice

HIT Consultant

Mike Battista, Director, Science & Research at Creyos The COVID-19 pandemic made the word “virtual” a part of our everyday lexicon. Many services that were previously done in person—even schools—quickly made the transition to being virtual. Today, our world is forever changed as many services that once were only in-person continue to be virtual due to convenience, accessibility, and technological advancements that enable everything online.

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Chutes & Ladders—Nevada BCBS Medicaid taps president; Cleveland Clinic hires AI officer; Bamboo Health brings on executives

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Nevada BCBS Medicaid taps president; Cleveland Clinic hires AI officer; Bamboo Health brings on executives ebeavins Fri, 08/02/2024 - 09:57

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BrightSpring Touts ‘Integrated’ Value Of Its Home-Based Care Services

Home Health Care

Leaders at BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) believe that the foundation for the company’s success has been its ability to deliver preventative care to seniors, and specialty patients, in the home. “We serve large and growing markets, and complex patient populations in lower cost home and community settings, which has significant intangible quality and cost benefits,” BrightSpring President and CEO Jon Rousseau said Friday during the company’s second-quarter earnings call.

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Epic EHR Now Enables Direct Patient Access to Health Data

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Epic Systems announced a development that will empower patients to have greater control over their health information, CNBC first reports. Patients will soon be able to directly share their health data with various apps of their choice, marking a significant step forward in data interoperability. – This new capability is made possible through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a federal initiative aimed at facilitating secure and seam

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

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Inside the New World of Telehealth: 4 Keys to Success

Home Health Care

When Enhabit Home Health & Hospice needed to better manage their fast-evolving, complex patient population, they got serious about patient engagement and virtual visits. The benefits came quickly. “We saw an increase in clinician capacity, allowing us to do more with less,” says Vice President of Care Management Shelley Baker of Enhabit, which provides care annually to 228,000 patients.

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Shifting the U.S.-Japan Alliance from Coordination to Integration

The Rand Blog

Agreements announced last spring represent a significant evolution of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Washington and Tokyo are likely to confront several challenges. But successfully addressing these challenges could fundamentally change the nature of the alliance.

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Where Honor, Home Instead Want AI To Take Home Care

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Three years after Honor acquired Home Instead, its goal is not to grow through franchise expansion or acquisition. Instead, it’s trying to find ways for current locations to double, triple and quadruple their current censuses. In part, it plans to open up that opportunity through advanced technology, including artificial intelligence.

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KONZA Launches Birth Connect to Improve Maternal and Infant Health

HIT Consultant

KONZA National Network What You Should Know: – KONZA National Network , a leading health information exchange (HIE), announced the launch of Birth Connect, a groundbreaking solution designed to enhance the care of mothers and newborns. – By providing timely alerts to obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYNs) about the birth of their patients’ babies, Birth Connect aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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Building a Value-Based Future with Patient Engagement & Virtual Visits

Home Health Care

Shelley Baker had a problem. Fortunately, she also had a solution. In business and health care, the term “solution” has become a stand-in for any piece of tech that business owners can use to solve problems. It’s so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget the reason for the name: it quite literally is a solution to a problem. As the Vice President of Care Management at Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, Baker knew that success in a value-based landscape required an efficient operation that empowers

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Spring Health Raises $100M for Mental Health Platform, Reaching $3.3B Valuation

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Spring Health, a mental healthcare platform raises $100M in Series E funding round, bringing its valuation to $3.3B. The round was led by Generation Investment Management, with participation from existing investors Kinnevik , William K Warren Foundation , RRE , and Northzone. – The new funding will enable Spring Health to expand its reach, enhance its technology platform, and deepen its commitment to delivering exceptional mental healthcare.

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Gen Z mental health is pretty bad. Dr. Sarah Adler is doing something about it

Health Business Group

Dr. Sarah Adler , founder and CEO of Wave and clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, shares her journey from childhood through an eclectic academic path at Columbia University, a brief stint in medical school, and an unexpected career turn at a hedge fund. Her story offers a unique perspective on how personal experiences --in Sarah's case a diagnosis of ADHD at age 40 --can ignite a passion for mental health and drive innovative approaches to care.

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Respite Care Provider Training Webinar: Lessons from the States

NASHP

Respite is planned or emergency care provided to a child or adult with special needs to provide temporary relief to family caregivers. To recruit and train the respite workforce, ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center , in partnership with NASHP and the Respite Care Association of Wisconsin , piloted a competency-based respite provider training and recruitment initiative in 10 states.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.

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Phishing Simulations: Everything You Need to Know

Etactics

In the sitcom “The Office”, one of the episodes mentions the negative effects of falling for a phishing scam. Toby Flenderson, who works in the company’s human resources team, asks Michael Scott, “Didn't you lose a lot of money on that other investment, that one from the email?” To which Michael passionately replies, “You know what, Toby? When the son of the deposed King of Nigeria emails you directly asking for help, you help.

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Circle of Trust: Six Steps to Foster the Effective Development of Tools for Trustworthy AI in the UK and the U.S.

The Rand Blog

Alongside its great potential, Artificial Intelligence (AI) also introduces considerable risks. Tools for trustworthy AI help bridge the gap between AI principles and their practical implementation, providing resources to ensure AI is developed and used responsibly and ethically.

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The Helper Bees Launches Flex Card To Streamline Home Care For Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries

Home Health Care

The Helper Bees has introduced a flexible benefit card called helpful, which grants access to over-the-counter (OTC) products, groceries and a nationwide network of vetted Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) providers through a unified card experience. Helper Bees, based in Austin, Texas, is the developer of an aging-in-place platform that connects families with services in and around their homes.

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NATO Can't Be a One Trick Pony: The Future of NATO Crisis Prevention and Management

The Rand Blog

An enhanced commitment to crisis management for a new age of great power rivalry could better position NATO to promote stability by preventing emerging crises from becoming full-blown military conflicts.

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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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Fueled by New Attacks, the Houthi Information Campaign Is Thriving

The Rand Blog

Despite U.S.-led coalition efforts to curb their aggression, the Houthis' adept use of propaganda and low-cost technology has allowed them to continue their attacks and gain regional support. Attacks will persist as long as they see benefits. A U.S. counterinformation campaign could substantially reduce those benefits.

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