Tue.Mar 14, 2023

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Physicians say prior authorization rules harm patients, AMA survey finds, as CMS works toward new policy

Health Care Dive

Over a third of physicians said the requirements led to a serious adverse event for one of their patients, such as hospitalization, permanent impairment or death, the survey found.

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'Podnosis': Trends that should be on every hospital exec's radar, and the outlook for rural hospitals in 2023

Fierce Healthcare

'Podnosis': Trends that should be on every hospital exec's radar, and the outlook for rural hospitals in 2023 tcarey Tue, 03/14/2023 - 12:38

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VA to cover Leqembi for veterans with early Alzheimer’s

Health Care Dive

The agency’s decision on Eisai and Biogen’s newly approved drug contrasts with a stringent Medicare policy that limits coverage to only patients in clinical trials.

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SXSW 2023: How retailers like Walgreens and healthcare startups aim to make inroads in underserved markets

Fierce Healthcare

SXSW 2023: How retailers like Walgreens and healthcare startups aim to make inroads in underserved markets hlandi Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:49

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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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Veterans get virtual access to no-cost therapy

Healthcare It News

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Speech disorder diagnoses in children doubled during COVID, Komodo Health finds

Fierce Healthcare

Speech disorder diagnoses in children doubled during COVID, Komodo Health finds agliadkovskaya Tue, 03/14/2023 - 16:11

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Nonprofit hospitals’ tax exemptions paid off big once COVID relief began flowing in

Fierce Healthcare

Nonprofit hospitals’ tax exemptions paid off big once COVID relief began flowing in dmuoio Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:32

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North Korea Is Forcing U.S. Military Counters

The Rand Blog

If the U.S. military shoots down a North Korean ICBM fired in the direction of the United States and its territories, North Korea will regard it as an act of war. Even in the realm of North Korean rhetoric, this is extreme.

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CMS not likely to follow the VA's example and cover Alzheimer's medication lecanemab, say experts

Fierce Healthcare

CMS not likely to follow the VA's example and cover Alzheimer's medication lecanemab, say experts fdiamond Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:51

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Why Amedisys And Its Next CEO Chose Each Other

Home Health Care

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow hit it off right away with Richard Ashworth, the man who will be taking over the CEO role from him in April. That was at – at least in part – a reason why Amedisys was able to deliver on what Kusserow called a surprisingly “quick” hiring turnaround. The company began looking for a new CEO in November.

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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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Surveyed physicians say prior authorization harms patient outcomes, burns healthcare resources

Fierce Healthcare

Surveyed physicians say prior authorization harms patient outcomes, burns healthcare resources dmuoio Tue, 03/14/2023 - 11:55

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Why Can’t I Sleep? 6 Reasons Why You’re Tired and Can’t Sleep

Healthcare Associates

Why Can’t I Sleep? 6 Reasons Why You’re Tired and Can’t Sleep Not being able to sleep even when you’re tired can be extremely frustrating — especially if you need to wake early the next morning. Certain behaviors you practice during the day often make it harder to fall asleep at night. Identifying and correcting these problem behaviors may help you benefit from a better night’s sleep.

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AbbVie's Humira among 27 drugs subject to Medicare drug price inflation cap rebates

Fierce Healthcare

AbbVie's Humira among 27 drugs subject to Medicare drug price inflation cap rebates rking Tue, 03/14/2023 - 19:50

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How Hospitals Can Safely & Effectively Continue Patient Care Amid Rising Cybersecurity Risks

HIT Consultant

Andrew Brooks, M.D., Co-Founder and CMO at TigerConnect The world we live in is becoming increasingly integrated, and as it does, the amount of data also increases. It is estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes – that’s 2,500,00,00,000 million, for perspective – are created, captured, and shared every day, and experts predict that number will grow exponentially in the coming years.

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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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Google launches Open Health Stack for app developers, unveils new AI partnerships

Fierce Healthcare

Google launches Open Health Stack for app developers, unveils new AI partnerships hlandi Tue, 03/14/2023 - 11:32

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Lucid Hearing and Independa Launch World’s First Smart TV-Based Hearing Assessment on LG Smart TVs

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Lucid Hearing , a provider of holistic hearing healthcare, and Independa , an award-winning software platform providing remote engagement, education, and care, today announced the launch of the world’s first smart TV-based hearing assessments. The announcement marks the first-of-a-kind offering to improve accessibility and promote better hearing health for all Americans. – The partnership’s breakthrough technology is available on all 2021 or newer

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Here's how much diabetes costs employers each year

Fierce Healthcare

Here's how much diabetes costs employers each year pminemyer Tue, 03/14/2023 - 14:56

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How to implement Statistical Process Control

Life Qi

In this article we’re going to take a look at how you might implement Statistical Process Control (SPC), and how you can use this methodology within your Quality Improvement (QI) projects. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) describes Statistical Process Control as: ‘a branch of statistics that combines rigorous time series analysis methods with graphical presentation of data.

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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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CMMI official: Accelerated approval model isn't stepping on FDA’s toes

Fierce Healthcare

CMMI official: Accelerated approval model isn't stepping on FDA’s toes rking Tue, 03/14/2023 - 17:35

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More than 6.5 million adults in Canada lack access to primary care

Healthy Debate

The post More than 6.5 million adults in Canada lack access to primary care appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Becerra asks insurers for help on getting data as COVID-19 health emergency nears end

Fierce Healthcare

Becerra asks insurers for help on getting data as COVID-19 health emergency nears end rking Tue, 03/14/2023 - 14:11

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An Early Warning System for Landslides Protects Sitka, Alaska

The Rand Blog

A 2015 landslide that killed three people in Sitka, Alaska, changed how residents looked at the steep hills all around them. The community worked with researchers to develop a warning system to prevent such tragedies in the future.

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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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LGBTQ+ provider Folx Health announces new employer partner Chronosphere

Fierce Healthcare

LGBTQ+ provider Folx Health announces new employer partner Chronosphere agliadkovskaya Tue, 03/14/2023 - 12:58

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Enhabit ‘Having Quicker Success’ Contracting With Regional Medicare Advantage Plans

Home Health Care

In order to manage its home health visits appropriately, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) hopes to have anywhere from 0% to 10% fee-for-service discounts when negotiating managed care episodic contracts. Historically, Enhabit has seen an average discount on a per visit basis between 35% to 40%, which is pretty significant, Enhabit CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer said on Tuesday.

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Securing a Grant for a New RPM Program: What You Can Do, How We Can Help

Health Recovery

Many healthcare organizations are interested in creating a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program, but budget pressures sometimes get in the way. However, you could be eligible for funding opportunities that could make your new RPM program a reality. In this blog, we’ll give you an overview of the grant process and show you the multiple ways that HRS can assist you, from initial eligibility assessments to application guidance and support.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

Ten years ago, ECRI named the top 10 health technology hazards for 2013: they were alarm hazards, medication administrative errors using infusion pumps, unnecessary exposure and radiation burns from diagnostic radiology procedures, patient/data mismatches in EHRs and other HIT systems, interoperability failures with medical devices and health IT systems, and five other tech-related hazards.

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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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Healthcare ECONOMIST

The public health effect of legalizing marijuana. Source of cross-country health care spending differences. Sociodemographics and HVBP scores. Nursing homes: Cash flow and COVID-19 cases. Affirmative action in health care ? Plus a few AI links: AI comes to Google Workspace. AI and productivity.

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Meeting patients where they are

Osf Healthcare

OSF Innovation and OSF OnCall leaders successfully launched a new focused strategy by leveraging technology to connect with patients through texting, educational microsites, phone calls and two-way messaging to increase routine screenings and wellness visits.

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Steps for Preventing Medical Malpractice Risks

HIT Consultant

Doctors and other healthcare professionals are entrusted with the responsibility of safeguarding the health and well-being of their patients, ensuring they receive the highest quality of care. While healthcare professionals are expected to provide a certain standard of care, any deviation from that standard that results in harm or injury to a patient may leave them exposed to a medical malpractice claim.

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Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Error Message User Guide

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On January 26, 2023, CMS posted the Outcome and Assessment Information Set-OASIS-Error Message User Guide, version 2.0. This 164-page user guide, dated January 18, 2023, addresses Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) error messages and troubleshooting. My apologies for not posting this earlier!

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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.