Healthcare It News

JANUARY 12, 2023

A new study, led by health policy researchers from Rand Corporation, and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, surveyed pediatric nurses at an urban children's hospital to assess the factors that may or may not be contributing to feelings of burnout. WHY IT MATTERS. The research – controlling for role, location and unit – found that higher levels of nurse burnout were linked to a greater workloads around quality improvement efforts.

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Healthcare Success

JANUARY 12, 2023

It’s easy to find detailed guides on how to respond to reviews. However, most aren’t written specifically for healthcare, meaning they don’t consider HIPAA or other compliance issues. Responding to patient reviews can be tricky. According to HIPAA, hospitals and doctors aren't allowed to share any protected health information (PHI) about reviewers—including whether they're patients.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Cancer death rate declined by 33% since 1991 as treatment advances, study finds. rking. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 16:36.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 12, 2023

About 7,000 nurses at two New York hospitals returned to work Thursday after a three-day walkout.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

JPM23: As the conference closes, here are the trends payers need to watch. pminemyer. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 13:15.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 12, 2023

Omada expects to reach “thousands” of known patients in the new partnership, CEO Sean Duffy told Healthcare Dive.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 12, 2023

The company, which has more than 1,600 employees, will stop work on some products including its healthcare analytics software program.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Transcarent inks another major hospital partnership to expand access to medical specialists. hlandi. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 13:52.

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Bill Of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

By Aparajita Lath. Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. In their initial August 2022 complaint , Moderna alleged that three of its mRNA patents were infringed by Pfizer/BioNTech. Interestingly, as of January 12, 2023, Moderna has listed 10 patents covering Spikevax (its mRNA vaccine) on its website.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

MedPAC calls for slight pay update to 2024 Medicare rates for hospitals, physicians. rking. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 14:33.

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Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has just posted the COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending January 1, 2023. CMS took a break for 2 weeks over the holidays. Comparing the January 1, 2023 data to the December 18, 2022 data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% during the last 2 weeks of 2022; Residents up to date with vaccines increased 1.5% during the last 2 weeks of 2022; Staff primary vaccination compl

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

'Megamerger' flurry caps off another year of low-volume, high-value hospital M&A. dmuoio. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 16:20.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

Vijay Kedar, Co-Founder and CEO at Tomorrow Health. Health systems will realize their challenges are not transitory but systemic: This year saw health systems facing a myriad of compounding threats – from historic inflation exacerbating their cost structures, front-line clinician burnout driving widespread labor shortages, and increased capacity issues that left patients in hospital facilities one full day longer than in the prior year.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Walmart rolls out its partnership with Avanlee Care using technology to support millions of unpaid caregivers. aburky. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 16:25.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

What You Should Know: – Higher prices across most health-related goods and services have consumers reeling to find better options to save money. – Starting today, these consumers have access to SmartRx , the newest prescription discount card. While designed to compete directly with GoodRx, SingleCare, Carecard, SmartRx (a division of Smarty ) acts as a premium health savings that goes beyond prescription drugs.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Chutes & Ladders—Rite Aid names interim CEO, begins search for 2nd CEO in 4 years. aburky. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 17:28.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

d’Artagnan Osborne, GM of Payment Solutions at Kareo, a Tebra Company. Staffing shortages, cost of care delivery and reimbursement changes have put more pressure on healthcare practices to do more with less. Recent technology advancements have come to the rescue and enabled healthcare organizations to simplify processes, improve communication efforts and ultimately support staff and patients alike.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 12, 2023

In a unanimous vote Thursday, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that the Medicare base payment rate for home health care be reduced by 7% for CY 2024. This recommendation is in line with previous recommendations by the commission over the years. The implications of a 7% reduction would mean, among other things, a decrease in government spending by $750 million to $2 billion over one year, according to the commission’s members.

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Solution Reach

JANUARY 12, 2023

We’ve all been there. You're trying in the most professional way to assist a patient who (no matter what you say or do) is irritated, flustered, and exasperated at every turn of their care journey. Despite your best efforts, the patient expresses frustration, complains, and threatens to take their business elsewhere. Yes, a slam dunk candidate for patient of the year honors!

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 12, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. On Thursday, the American Journal of Infection Control released a troubling study on home infusion delivery. The study’s findings seem – at the surface – like bad news for care-at-home progress. But after speaking with one of the study’s co-authors, what I’ve found is an opportunity for home-based care providers. .

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Health Populi

JANUARY 12, 2023

An over-arching theme of the 2023 CES conference was Human Security for All, abbreviated as HS4A. And what, you might ask, do “human” and “security” have to do with the largest annual consumer technology conference, held last week in Las Vegas? Here’s what. “This is the first CES not only in the new post-pandemic or live-with-pandemic era.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

Jody Beaverson, Chief People Officer at ModMed. What You Should Know: – Practice-technology leader ModMed appointed Jody Beaverson as its Chief People Officer and will further commit the company to its people as it grows in the healthcare specialty-specific software space. – As ModMed’s chief people officer, Ms. Beaverson will be a central member of the executive leadership team and she will have responsibility for all aspects of the working experience of ModMed’s employees, includin

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Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will highlight CMS’ key 2022 accomplishments and look ahead to how our 2023 priorities will advance the CMS Strategic Plan. CMS serves the public as a trusted partner and steward dedicated to advancing health equity, expanding coverage, and improving health outcomes as we engage the com

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Etactics

JANUARY 12, 2023

What is a HIPAA violation? How does it happen? What are some HIPAA violations examples? If these questions are running through your head, then you’ve come to the right place! HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The federal government created this law to protect something called Protected Health Information, or PHI.

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Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Due to the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) quarterly deadline * , the iQIES Service Center is projecting an increase in the volume of calls and emails between now and February 14, 2023. Live phone and email support for the Monday , February 14, 2023, PBJ Deadline will be available until Monday, February 14, 2023, at 8:00 PM ET.

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Patient Safety Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

The PRISMA (Prevention and Recovering Information System for Monitoring and Analysis) incident analysis method is a widely used method for analyzing and uncovering the root causes of incidents. The PRISMA method is designed to help healthcare organizations identify and address problems that may impact patient safety , and to implement effective solutions to prevent future incidents.

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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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Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program website has 2 resources that you may be interested in: FY 2023 SNF VBP Program Fact Sheet (PDF). FY 2023 SNF VBP Program Timeline (PDF). The Fact Sheet is 2 pages in length while the Timeline is 1 page. There is no date on either document however the website page was last updated on December 22, 2022 so that may be a clue.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social return on investment. Economic impact of health inequity. CDC’s $3 billion investment. 2022 AEA Awards. Health Affairs: top podcasts of 2022.

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Health IT Analytics

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Massachusetts AI and… read more

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HIStalk

JANUARY 12, 2023

Top News Alphabet’s Verily health sciences unit will lay off.

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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.