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Senate scrutinizes MA payment denials, including use of algorithms

Health Care Dive

“Insurers are in effect denying Americans necessary care in order to fatten and pad their bottom lines, and that phenomenon is unacceptable,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said at a subcommittee hearing.

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Unions ask DOJ to investigate UPMC for alleged anticompetitive worker suppression

Fierce Healthcare

Unions ask DOJ to investigate UPMC for alleged anticompetitive worker suppression dmuoio Thu, 05/18/2023 - 10:20

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Suki integrates generative AI assistant in Epic EHR software

Health Care Dive

Suki incorporates generative AI to “listen” to clinician-patient encounters and auto-generate clinician notes, but says clinicians maintain ultimate control.

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Government stats show number of uninsured declined in 2022, though experts question methodology, conclusion

Fierce Healthcare

Government stats show number of uninsured declined in 2022, though experts question methodology, conclusion fdiamond Thu, 05/18/2023 - 15:06

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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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Rapid AI adoption could cause medical errors, patient harm, WHO warns, urging oversight

Health Care Dive

The World Health Organization warned that caution is not being exercised with the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, and called for rigorous oversight of the new technology.

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FTC steps up scrutiny of digital health apps with proposed changes to data privacy rule

Fierce Healthcare

FTC steps up scrutiny of digital health apps with proposed changes to data privacy rule hlandi Thu, 05/18/2023 - 16:28

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A key House panel approved a slew of health policies. Here's a look at 4 of them

Fierce Healthcare

A key House panel approved a slew of health policies.

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House committee centers blame on PBMs for rising healthcare costs

Health Care Dive

Conversation about pharmacy benefit management consolidation dominated a Wednesday House hearing, with lawmakers pointing to the middlemen as drivers of high health costs.

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FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data

Fierce Healthcare

FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data aburky Thu, 05/18/2023 - 12:23

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On heels of Amgen lawsuit, FTC broadens investigation of PBMs

Health Care Dive

The regulator is probing the business practices of two more drug purchasing organizations, deepening an investigation that began last year.

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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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HCA Healthcare acquiring 41 Texas urgent care centers from FastMed

Fierce Healthcare

HCA Healthcare acquiring 41 Texas urgent care centers from FastMed dmuoio Thu, 05/18/2023 - 13:39

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VA renegotiates tougher EHR modernization contract with Oracle Cerner

Health Care Dive

The Department of Veterans Affairs said the new contract includes stronger performance metrics and larger credits to the VA if Oracle Cerner doesn’t meet expectations.

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Mayo Clinic reports $433M net gain, rising volumes for Q1 2023

Fierce Healthcare

Mayo Clinic reports $433M net gain, rising volumes for Q1 2023 dmuoio Thu, 05/18/2023 - 16:17

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Healthcare Supply Chains Still in Survival Mode, Report Finds

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Three years after COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency, many healthcare supply chain leaders and frontline professionals are operating in survival mode, according to new industry research from Deloitte Consulting LLP. Ongoing challenges include economic pressures, multiple resource shortages, data visibility and labor issues.

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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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Parsley Health rolls out comprehensive women's health program as company rapidly builds out employer-focused business

Fierce Healthcare

Parsley Health rolls out comprehensive women's health program as company rapidly builds out employer-focused business hlandi Thu, 05/18/2023 - 07:18

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KLAS: 5 Best Practices For Effective EHR Education

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: A new report by KLAS d elves into many of the questions posed to clinicians in the Arch Collaborative’s User Experience and Trainer Quality Benchmark surveys to help further demystify the specific characteristics of EHR education that led to clinician success with the EHR. The report also provides guidance on how organizations can generate clinician enthusiasm around EHR training to better help them thrive in their EHR environment.

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Chutes & Ladders—Sword Health taps chief legal officer with background in fintech

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Sword Health taps chief legal officer with background in fintech aburky Thu, 05/18/2023 - 16:30

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Dealmaking Experts Expect M&A To Tick Up Toward The Back End Of 2023

Home Health Care

Dealmaking experts predicted health care M&A activity would drop in 2023 due to a number of headwinds. The first quarter of the year proved them right – and then some. Overall, annualized transaction activity for 2023 is down 32% compared to 2022 levels. Home health, home care and hospice M&A activity was down on a year-over-year basis, though private equity investors and strategic buyers remain optimistic that the market will level itself out.

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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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Included Health taps DispatchHealth to bring the treatment of complex conditions all the way home

Fierce Healthcare

Included Health taps DispatchHealth to bring the treatment of complex conditions all the way home aburky Thu, 05/18/2023 - 14:39

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Amedisys, Bayada Taking New-Age Approaches To Age-Old Staffing Problems

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The home health industry is never going to “figure out” staffing. Most providers understand that. They can’t snap their fingers and increase the amount of nurses there are in the country, nor can they make the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pay them the rates they feel like they deserve.

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How Stanford Medicine Showed the Health Impact of AI

Fierce Healthcare

How Stanford Medicine Showed the Health Impact of AI mteefey Thu, 05/18/2023 - 20:47

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Amedisys Reveals Further Details Behind Option Care Health Merger

Home Health Care

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) is answering more questions about its potential merger with Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH), which was first announced earlier this month. The company submitted these responses as part of a 425 SEC filing, which it added to its site for stakeholders, employees and the public to view on Thursday. A number of the responses were directed at questions Amedisys received the most emails about, according to the company.

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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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A Conversation about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with GoMo Health Experts

GoMoHealth

A focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has moved to the top of the agenda across all industries including healthcare. Companies are establishing and hiring DEI-focused leadership positions and teams and implementing DEI-focused policies, but the question remains: is DEI just the newest phase, an industry buzzword or are organizations truly integrating these principles into the fabric of their culture and programs?

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News 5/19/23

HIStalk

Top News The VA and Oracle Cerner complete their scheduled.

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Medical Debt: “The Debt of Necessity” – A Current U.S. Picture from the CFPB

Health Populi

On April 11, 2023, three of the largest U.S. consumer credit rating companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — planned to remove medical bill collections that were under $500 from consumers’ credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) calculated that these medical bill “erasures” under $500 impacted nearly 23 million consumers and eliminated medical collections totally for 15.6 million people in the U.S. according to CFPB’s recently-pub

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5 Big Challenges Medical Practices Can Expect in a Slumping Economy

Advanced Data Systems

Healthcare practice owners and managers are reviewing their budgets and projections amid signs of emerging financial challenges they expect to endure during a slumping economy. Medical organizations that have been taking their billing software and services for granted will be paying closer attention to changes they can make to maintain their bottom line.

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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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ChatGPT summary of Congressional Testimony on “Innovation and Patient Access”

Healthcare ECONOMIST

On May 10, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on “ Examining Policies that Inhibit Innovation and Patient Access “ You can view the testimony here. I summarized submitted Congressional Testimony with the help of ChatGPT below. Actual testimony submitted is also referenced below as well. Mr. Tony Gonzales, National Early-Stage Advisor, Alzheimer’s Association.

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Interview with WellRight CEO Neepa Patel

Health Business Group

Growing up as the daughter of immigrants, Neepa Patel , CEO of WellRight , always knew she wanted to make a difference in healthcare. However, it wasn't until she dove into the business side that she found her true calling. On the latest episode of the HealthBiz podcast, Neepa takes us through her unique journey and shares the invaluable lessons she's learned along the way—including the importance of making decisions quickly when you have enough information and how "done beats perfect.

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Closing Healthcare’s Purpose Gap with Lauren Pasquale Bartlett| E.70

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Lauren discusses how purpose is every organization’s North Star, how it creates passion and reveals the survey that shows people prioritize purpose over profit She also shares Ingenovis’ ACT (Advocacy, Careers, Tools) program, discusses the rationale behind ‘’building a home for healthcare talent,’’ explains why support from the C-Suite is vital to achieve purpose, and outlines how leading by example can impact an entire organization.

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Newsletter, May 2023

Patient Safety Movement

The First Post-Covid In-Person World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit June 1-2, 2023 – Newport Beach, California Please join us at the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit. We have designed an incredible program featuring speakers that include President Bill Clinton, Joe Kiani MS, Dr. Peter Pronovost, Dr.

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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.