Tue.Mar 07, 2023

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Atrium, Best Buy partner to co-develop hospital-at-home programming

Health Care Dive

The multi-year partnership combines Atrium’s hospital-at-home program and existing telemedicine infrastructure with Best Buy’s at-home care business, along with the retailer’s home installation and supply chain capabilities.

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Biden administration urged to take more aggressive steps to relieve medical debt

Fierce Healthcare

Biden administration urged to take more aggressive steps to relieve medical debt dmuoio Tue, 03/07/2023 - 10:09

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FTC pushes back deadline for public to weigh in on noncompete ban

Health Care Dive

FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson said she would have supported an even longer extension since the proposed rule is “a departure from hundreds of years of precedent.

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Providers join insurers in calls for changes to controversial Medicare Advantage pay rule

Fierce Healthcare

Providers join insurers in calls for changes to controversial Medicare Advantage pay rule rking Tue, 03/07/2023 - 14:23

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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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Insurers, trade groups ask CMS to delay MA rule

Health Care Dive

Insurance lobbyists argue that the 1.03% plan increase is insufficient and, in combination with other changes, would actually result in payment cuts.

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Mercy overhauls its systems for a better patient experience

Healthcare It News

Mercy, a massive health system based in St. Louis, Missouri, has a special patient experience project coinciding with the opening of the Mercy Center for Performance Medicine and Specialty Care. The organization is bringing new capabilities to improve patient experience, lower cost and improve outcomes. Mercy took an experience design approach and developed new capabilities using both its Epic EHR foundational capabilities along with custom-developed systems from its development teams and vendor

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Consequences of the War in Ukraine: The End and Beyond

The Rand Blog

We don't know yet know how the war in Ukraine may end. Despite heavy casualties, neither side is visibly falling apart or appears ready to back down. While no scenario can be excluded, the unequal strategic situation pushes future war scenarios toward variations of a stalemate.

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#FierceMadness: Help us select the healthcare leaders for this year's face-off

Fierce Healthcare

#FierceMadness: Help us select the healthcare leaders for this year's face-off pminemyer Tue, 03/07/2023 - 13:26

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Moving to the Cloud: Three FSI Examples

CiscoHealth

“To the cloud and beyond,” well that’s not exactly what Buzz Lightyear said in the beloved Toy Story movie but when I think about financial services institutions shifting workloads to the cloud it m… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Biden proposes increasing taxes on wealthy, expanding drug negotiations to shore up Medicare

Fierce Healthcare

Biden proposes increasing taxes on wealthy, expanding drug negotiations to shore up Medicare rking Tue, 03/07/2023 - 09:06

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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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Long-Term Care Insurtech Assured Allies Nabs $42.5M to Power Successful Aging

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Assured Allies , an insurtech company for evidence-based successful aging raises $42.5M in Series B funding round co-led by FinTLV Ventures and existing investor Harel Insurance, and was joined by new and existing investors including Lumir Ventures, Funds managed by Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE), New Era Capital Partners, MS&AD Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Poalim Equity, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, Akilia Partners, and Samsung Next.

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Elsevier launches 'Year of the Zebra' campaign to spread awareness of rare diseases, partnering with YouTube Health

Fierce Healthcare

Elsevier launches 'Year of the Zebra' campaign to spread awareness of rare diseases, partnering with YouTube Health agliadkovskaya Tue, 03/07/2023 - 14:05

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NTT DATA Survey Reveals Lack Of Awareness Around Healthcare-At-Home Options & Preference for Telehealth

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new NTT DATA survey reveals that 52% of U.S. adults did not know that healthcare providers are testing or working towards providing in-home medical care as opposed to requiring an in-office or hospital visit. Of those respondents, more than one out of three (35%) noted they currently would prefer to receive care in their home. – Garnering responses from 1,000 U.S.

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'Podnosis' celebrates International Women's Day: Post-Rowe maternal health, and spurring diversity in healthcare leadership

Fierce Healthcare

'Podnosis' celebrates International Women's Day: Post-Rowe maternal health, and spurring diversity in healthcare leadership tcarey Tue, 03/07/2023 - 15:07

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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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How Home Health Tech Can Solve a Stubborn $290B Healthcare Challenge

HIT Consultant

Trenholm Ninestein, Director of Product and Digital Health Lead at Rightpoint The good news on the medical front is that with advances in therapy, people with chronic diseases are able to remain in their homes and even live active lifestyles, which improves their quality of life and can save them, the government (Medicaid/Medicaid), and the insurance industry money.

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Trinity Health logs $298M operating loss along with merger-fueled revenue growth in H1 2023

Fierce Healthcare

Trinity Health logs $298M operating loss along with merger-fueled revenue growth in H1 2023 dmuoio Tue, 03/07/2023 - 13:47

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Wave Life Secures $6M to Increase Mental Health Access For Gen Z

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Wave Life , the science-backed mental health platform aimed at supporting Gen Z raises $6M in seed funding led by Santé Ventures. The seed round also included participation from Hannah Grey, Joyance Capital , Gaingels , and Telocity Ventures. – Created and led by clinical psychologist Dr. Sarah Adler , Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, the Wave Life platform takes the best of science-backed traditional therapy and delivers it i

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Consequences of the War in Ukraine: The Economic Fallout

The Rand Blog

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, projections estimated global economic growth in 2022 would be around 5 percent. But the war in Ukraine contributed to slowed economic growth in 2022 and a slowed recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the broader consequences for the global economy?

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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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WeightWatchers Acquires Clinical Weight Management Platform Sequence for $106M

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – WeightWatchers has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weekend Health, Inc., d/b/a Sequence , a subscription telehealth platform offering access to healthcare providers specializing in chronic weight management. – Sequence seamlessly integrates the patient and clinician experience for ongoing, clinical care and medication management while providing high-touch support in navigating the insurance approval process. – As part of the acquisition, W

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Home Care Companies Are Making Unique Acquisitions To Diversify Revenue, Differentiate Themselves

Home Health Care

In an attempt to branch out, more personal home care agencies are looking to acquire companies in other sectors. Those additions, the companies believe, will allow them to unlock opportunities and stand out among their peers. A prime example is Best of Care Inc., which purchased Moving Mentor Inc. – a move management, organizing and consulting company – at the start of the year.

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There is no miracle cure to the health crisis – but here’s where to start  

Healthy Debate

The post There is no miracle cure to the health crisis – but here’s where to start appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Atrium Health, Best Buy Hope To Scale Hospital-At-Home Care Through Partnership

Home Health Care

While acknowledging that it is not a major revenue driver yet, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has publicly committed to the further expansion of its home-based care capabilities. Its most recent move in the area is a big one: a partnership with Atrium Health, one of the biggest health systems in the country. That news was officially announced on Tuesday. The new partners will be developing “new hospital-at-home offerings that will enhance the patient experience of receiving hospital-level care in the home

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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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Your Customers Need Better Security

CiscoHealth

What are you waiting for? For years, Cisco partners have been at the forefront, advising our mutual customers on everything networking by leveraging Cisco’s broad portfolio of networking products.

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Humana CEO Bruce Broussard: CenterWell Provider Assets Are Doing ‘Quite Well’

Home Health Care

In late February, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced that it would be exiting the Employer Group Commercial Medical Products business, meaning it would further focus on Medicare Advantage (MA), Group Medicare, and, of course, its CenterWell health care services arm. The company offered up the rationale for that move – as well as its future-facing strategy – at Cowen’s 43rd Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday.

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Southcoast Health Reduces In-Home Care Costs and Hospital Readmissions with Virtual Visits and Remote Patient Monitoring

Health Recovery

Southcoast VNA saves an average of 4 in-home nursing visits leveraging virtual visits & remote patient monitoring with a 7% 30-day rehospitalization rate for 2,621 patients over the last 16 months

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A can't-miss opportunity awaits you at our 2023 Home Care Symposium

Meditech

MEDITECH’s 2023 Home Care Symposium is shaping up to be precisely what our customers have asked us for. The three-day event will feature industry thought leaders, customer successes, and insight into what is coming next for our home health and hospice customers.

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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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Ukraine Should Not Close Off Routes to the Negotiating Table

The Rand Blog

Ukraine and Russia will probably eventually return to the table—perhaps not this month or even this year—and therefore it is important to debate ideas for how to get there, not to dismiss them.

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Office of Generic Drugs 2022 Annual Report

Healthcare ECONOMIST

FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs issued their 2022 Annual Report. Generic drugs play a vital role in saving patients and payers money. To give an example, pregabalin capsules cost $450 for a 30-day supply during the end of its market exclusivity period, but priced dropped to $23 (a 95% decrease) during the first 12 months after generic entry. For this drug alone, savings to the healthcare system was $6.6 billion. experienced a 95% price reduction during the first 12 months of generic sales.

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Cisco Is My Constant in a Lifetime of Growth and Change

CiscoHealth

I have grown and changed quite a bit through my life and career, but Cisco? It is the one thing that has remained a constant for me, especially over the past ten years.

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New Artificial Intelligence-Based App Detects Mpox Rashes

Health IT Analytics

Researchers from Stanford… read more

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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.