Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 6, 2022
As of Thursday, the amount of data that healthcare entities must share to comply with sweeping information blocking regulations has increased, despite providers saying they’re not ready for the change.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Incorporating diversity into channels and platforms like Emmi, Wolters Kluwer Health's patient-facing personalized education tool leveraged by providers, payers and partners, is about empowering and encouraging patients to be part of their healthcare decision-making, said Evan Heigert, brand and creative director overseeing patient engagement across Wolters Kluwer Health.
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Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The refunds come after a New York Times investigation found Providence pressured qualified Medicaid patients to pay for care, even though they were entitled to free services.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers created a motion and muscle engagement monitoring system for unsupervised physical rehabilitation, which could help with injuries and better mobility for the elderly and athletes, they say. WHY IT MATTERS. Disability conditions benefit from physical rehabilitation, but there aren’t enough physical therapists to go around.
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Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The payer will pick up 13,000 members from New York-based AgeWell who are chronically ill or disabled and covered by its long-term care services.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 6, 2022
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has named Dr. Amar Desai the president of its newly formed Health Care Delivery organization. Desai’s appointment is effective Oct. 17. In recent years, the company has been in the spotlight due to a number of strategic moves that have signaled a deeper investment in health care services, including home-based care. Along these lines, this announcement is indicative of CVS Health’s continued efforts in this space.
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Briggs Healthcare
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted updates to the LTCSP on October 4, 2022. The direct link to each of these files/folders: Revision History for LTC Survey Process Documents and Files Updated 10/04/2022 (PDF). Survey Resources with Staff Vaccine Documents 10/04/2022 (ZIP). Appendix PP State Operations Manual (Revised 10/04/2022) (PDF).
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2022
What You Should Know: – Google Cloud launches Medical Imaging Suite that addresses common pain points organizations face in developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning models. – Google Cloud enables the development of AI for imaging to support faster, more accurate diagnosis of images, increased productivity for healthcare workers, and improved care access and outcomes for patients.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Starting this month, the Care Synergy network will become the national hub for CAPABLE sites around the country through a partnership with the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Care Synergy is a Colorado-based network for community-based home health care, hospice and palliative care providers. With the new agreement, the company will take over the management functions from Johns Hopkins, which initially launched the CAPABLE program in 2009.
NASHP
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Palliative Care in Medicaid. Costing Out the Benefit: Actuarial Analysis of Medicaid Experience October 6, 2022/ by Elrycc Berkman, ASA, MAAA; Tim Doyle, FSA, MAAA; and Ryan Brancati. Key Findings. Effective administration of a Medicaid palliative care benefit for the highest service utilizers could produce cost avoidance savings ranging between $231 and $1,165 per Medicaid member per month, with potential return on investment ranging between $0.80 and $2.60 for every $1 spent on palliative care
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Healthy Debate
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The post Exodus in health care begs the question: ‘What will make you stay?’ appeared first on Healthy Debate.
The Rand Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Future quantum computers could create a significant national security risk by enabling attackers to break a foundational element of security in America's networked communication infrastructure. The United States is taking strides to address national security risks from quantum computing, but there is a long road ahead.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study. Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 6, 2022
This marketing content will be shown in place of your protected content to anyone who is not allowed to read the post… The post Why Private Equity Wants To Be ‘In The Home’ For The Long Haul appeared first on Home Health Care News.
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Life Qi
OCTOBER 6, 2022
In this series of blogs, we’ve been looking at the Plan-Do-Study-Act or PDSA cycle. In this article, we’re going to look at how you can ensure that you are executing a PDSA effectively and how you go about planning for this eventuality.
Solution Reach
OCTOBER 6, 2022
If you’re a medical practice, chances are you rely really heavily on your physician assistants to deliver care and ensure your patients have a satisfying experience. Their efforts and dedication to giving your patients the best care possible is probably a key factor in building strong patient relationships that have returning patients coming back to you year after year.
Medi Leadership
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Nurse leaders are positioned to be powerful changemakers in healthcare. And yet, they often struggle to influence decisions, behaviors, and events. It’s a challenge they can overcome with the right guidance and habits. My mother was a combat medic in the Army. I saw early on how meaningful her work was; it inspired me to pursue a career in nursing. However, when I started working in the field, I was distressed to find that nurses often weren’t viewed as leaders and influencers. .
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Medi Leadership
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Nurse leaders are positioned to be powerful changemakers in healthcare. And yet, they often struggle to influence decisions, behaviors, and events. It’s a challenge they can overcome with the right guidance and habits. My mother was a combat medic in the Army. I saw early on how meaningful her work was; it inspired me to pursue a career in nursing. However, when I started working in the field, I was distressed to find that nurses often weren’t viewed as leaders and influencers. .
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2022
What You Should Know: – Galileo , a tech-enabled primary care provider seeing patients in all 50 states, today announced a partnership to roll out Elation Health’s EHR. – Through the Elation Health application programming interface (API), Galileo clinicians are now seamlessly able to automate and customize alerts at the point of care to maximize their value-based contracts. – Elation’s clinical-first approach means its API gives customers the ability to build proprietary
HIStalk
OCTOBER 6, 2022
CMS has released a Request for Information on the idea.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2022
What You Should Know: – MEDITECH announced today the expansion of MEDITECH Greenfield , now providing two collaborative environments that fuel innovation: Greenfield Alliance and Greenfield Workspace. – Greenfield Alliance is a new partner engagement initiative for organizations with proven, interoperable products that complement, enhance, or extend the Expanse EHR. – Greenfield Workspace – an established development ecosystem that enables our API community to test and en
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HIStalk
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Call it data liberation day: Patients can now access all.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2022
What You Should Know: – Nordic Consulting , a global health and technology consulting company, has acquired Hygeian , a healthcare consulting company supporting public and private sector clients across the United Kingdom and the Middle East with advisory services, change management, flexible resourcing, and filling fixed-term and specialist roles.
Bill Of Health
OCTOBER 6, 2022
By Katie Gu. History recently repeated itself when technicians from two major laboratories refused to accept blood samples from patients testing for monkeypox. . This August, the U.S. saw the largest increase in monkeypox cases in the world. In the midst of a nearly 80% increase in U.S. cases, phlebotomists from Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics reportedly turned away potential monkeypox samples.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today, Memora Health announced a partnership with Luma Health to offer health systems a combined wholesale digital front door and patient engagement tool – which have traditionally been separate offerings. – Together the digital health companies will offer a tool that streamlines patient communication, increases access, and ensures patients are following care plans – all while unburdening care teams from routine administrative tasks.
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.
Etactics
OCTOBER 6, 2022
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HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2022
What You Should Know: – Emcara Health and Aetna Better Health , which announced that the two companies will be partnering to deliver primary care in the home to more than 240,000 Medicaid patients in the Miami/Dade and Tampa, Florida regions. – The relationship extends Emcara Heath’s comprehensive primary care model – which includes behavioral health and social determinants of health assessments – to adult Aetna Medicaid members.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Republicans abandon Obamacare repeal ? “…children with Medicaid coverage in Oregon will be able to keep their coverage until the age of 6 ” 2023 AEA Officers. Physician burnout. Should we move on from readmissions reduction measure ?
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Joyce Gomes-Osman, PT, PhD. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD. There are differing views on the value of cognitive screening of older adults in a primary care setting. Many providers point to the lack of disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s Dementia and related dementias (ADRD) as a reason to not universally screen older adults for cognitive deficits.
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.
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