Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Formed in 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health, CommonSpirit Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S. It has more than 1,000 care sites serving 20 million patients in 21 states. At CommonSpirit, the acceleration of new mediums of care delivery enables patients to live healthier via virtual asynchronous care and evidence-based, digital-enabled therapies.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Part B premiums set to rise in 2022 as Medicare braces for potential high-cost therapies like Aduhelm. pminemyer. Fri, 11/12/2021 - 18:06.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

"You saw how groups tightened their belts and there was some learning from this that you're not going to let go of," Elizabeth Siemsen, one of the report's authors, said.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Nominations open for Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2022. pminemyer. Fri, 11/12/2021 - 10:15.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General released a report this week examining whether the VA's new scheduling system, implemented as part of its electronic health record modernization contract with Cerner, had been effectively deployed. The watchdog acknowledged that the new system has the potential to transform scheduling at the Veterans Health Administration.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The pay increase will affect roughly 41% of the health system's more than 75,000 employees. Workers set to see a boost in pay include food and environmental service workers, pharmacy techs and licensed practical nurses.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Overview. ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Ultimately, these add up to clinician’s MIPS reporting services, ACO reporting, or Quality Payment Program.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The biotech claimed its NIH partners were involved only after a key discovery was made "by Moderna scientists using Moderna technology." The dispute over who invented a critical part of the vaccine could end up in court.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Overview. ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Ultimately, these add up to clinician’s MIPS reporting services, ACO reporting, or Quality Payment Program.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Infinitus Systems pulls $30M to automate provider calls with insurers. rtorrence. Fri, 11/12/2021 - 13:55.

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Bill Of Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

By Matt Bauer. In academia, many of the scientists who are recognized as inventors on patents see little economic gain from these agreements. Instead, royalties are primarily assigned toward their home institutions. The scientists who drive discoveries within the walls of academia are not receiving an equitable share of the benefits of their innovations.

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American College of Healthcare Sciences

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

By ACHS Founding President Dorene Petersen, BA, Dip.NT, Dip.Acu, RH (AHG). In this blog post, ACHS Founding President Dorene Petersen shares her expertise with valuable safety tips for six essential oils. In part 2 next week, she will share tips for seven more essential oils. 1. Essential Oil of Lavender. Lavandula officinalis (Chaix.), L. vera (DC.), L. angustifolia (Mill.), or Lavandula vera (DC.) are considered a source of the essential oil.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted nursing home data for week ending October 31, 2021. This latest data set shows these changes from the October 24 th data set: Resident vaccination rate remains unchanged from the previous week Staff vaccination increased 0.7% from the previous week Resident confirmed cases increased 3,097 from the previous week Staff confirmed cases increased 3,445 from the previous week An additional 285 resident deaths from t

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This article is sponsored by AlayaCare. The panel took place during a live Q&A session with James Graff, Director of Quality and Value of Elara Caring, and Jennifer Gentzlinger, COO of Premier Home Health Care, moderated by Brady Murphy, Partner & Chief Revenue Officer of AlayaCare at the HHCN FUTURE event in Chicago held on September 30, 2021.

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This weekly recap focuses on helping veterans experiencing homelessness, better care for veterans with brain injuries and PTSD, and easing transitions to the civilian workforce.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. This is a reminder for all long-term care facilities that your 4 th quarter PBJ data is due this Sunday, November 14, 2021. Submissions must be received by the end of the 45th calendar day (11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time) after the last day in each fiscal quarter to be considered timely.

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Leaders in Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 17:15 Thank you to all of the wonderful delegates, staff, sponsors and speakers at Leaders in Healthcare 2021. The feedback has been very positive so far, we are really pleased that so many delegates seemed to have an interesting, fun, and engaging time. We remind delegates that we are very keen to hear their full feedback in our survey, which is being circulated.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Just a few minutes ago, CMS issued/posted 2 QSO Memorandums that you need to review with your team ASAP. I’m in the process of reviewing/digesting them myself. There’s a great deal of new information. QSO-20-39-NH … Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19 (REVISED 11/12/21).

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Bill Of Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

By Jennifer S. Bard. Over the past two weeks, the news coming in about the spread of COVID-19 has been eerily familiar. Cases are rising all over Europe, not just in under-vaccinated Eastern European countries, but in England, the Netherlands, and Germany — all of whom have much higher rates of vaccination than the U.S. At the same time, cases across the U.S., including in cities like LA, DC, and Chicago have stopped falling, and are rising rapidly in the Mountain West , including the Navajo Nat

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare . The submission deadline for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) is approaching. MDS assessment data for April 1 – June 30 (Q2) of CY 2021 (is) due with this submission deadline. All data must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on November 15, 2021.

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Vie Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In Episode 22 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group , and Rich Dormer and Bryan Covert from the VIE Healthcare® team. Together they discuss the challenges hospitals face in vendor negotiations. As Lisa comments: ‘’Your vendors are highly trained negotiators. They are highly skilled… trained in negotiation, influence, pricing strategies, several times a year…your employees are negotiating with pros.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Section 1: Definitions. (A) As used in [this Act], the following words shall have the following meanings: “Health care entity” means a health care provider, health care facility, or provider organization. “Health care facility” means a licensed institution providing health care services or a health care setting, including, but not limited to, hospitals and other licensed inpatient facilities, ambulatory surgical or treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, residential treatment centers, dia

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“ CMS ”) announced that it will be taking actions to advance its strategic commitment to drive innovation to support health equity and high quality, person centered care. CMS’ 2022 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (the “ Final Rule ”), will focus on, amongst other things: promoting greater use of telehealth and other telecommunication technologies to provide behavioral healthcare services; encouraging growth in the diabetes pr

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A comprehensive and growing body of evidence demonstrates that health care consolidation leads to higher health care costs with little to no increase in quality. Federal antitrust enforcers have historically focused on horizontal mergers, or mergers involving two hospitals in the same geographic area, but health care consolidation increasingly occurs through transactions that evade antitrust scrutiny.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If confirmed by Congress, the cardiologist would return to lead an agency taxed by a heavy workload reviewing COVID-19 drugs and vaccines.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. ?“The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) have released a report showing long term care facilities are suffering from the worst labor crisis and job loss than any other health care sector. Nursing homes alone have seen their industry’s employment level drop by 14 percent, or 221,000 jobs, since the beginning of the pandemic and more than any other health sector.

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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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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

CMS rescinds Trump-era rule expediting Medicare coverage of breakthrough devices. dmuoio. Fri, 11/12/2021 - 12:36.

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