Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Michael Sanky, global industry lead of healthcare and life sciences at Databricks, outlines how technology and healthcare leaders can harness artificial intelligence to equitably help patients.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
American Telemedicine Association announced 12 telehealth innovators challenge finalists aburky Fri, 02/17/2023 - 11:45
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission, which opposed the tie-up, cheered the news on Thursday. Previously, the agency had warned state lawmakers about the dangers of shielding hospital mergers from antitrust enforcement.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Becerra charges insurer claims of Medicare Advantage pay cuts 'categorically false' rking Fri, 02/17/2023 - 10:13
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Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
By Jane Moriarty One of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s stated “essential public health services” is to “create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health.” Yet, as the U.S. slogs through its third COVID winter, one thing is clear: personal responsibility and autonomy are at the heart of public health messaging.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Optum study: Accountable Medicare Advantage models produce better outcomes, greater efficiency pminemyer Fri, 02/17/2023 - 13:40
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Why Traditional Cybersecurity is Failing Healthcare jpiatt Fri, 02/17/2023 - 16:24
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
This month, the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee removed a provision in the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act that would have increased funding for home- and community-based services. The decision was a disappointing one for home-based care advocates. It came in the final moments before the piece of legislation was finalized. “We started out this new session identifying it as one of our priorities,” Vicki Hoak, CEO of Home Care Association of America (HCAOA), told Home Health Care News.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Urban: Majority surveyed not aware of looming Medicaid eligibility redeterminations rking Fri, 02/17/2023 - 16:40
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership HouseWorks announced earlier this week that it would be acquiring Associated Home Care (AHC), the personal care division of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED). In addition to the two directly involved parties, HouseWorks CEO Michael Trigilio believes that the key winners from the deal are the caregivers and payers.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Adults hospitalized with Omicron die at 1.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Three new hires join Elara Caring Elara Caring announced that it has made three new hires. Matt McClasky joins the company as senior vice president of business development, Chris Corrigan joins as general counsel and Shane LuQuire as vice president of hospice sales. “Elara continues to build and develop its robust bench of talent as we look to again set the pace in the industry, expanding access to compassionate, value-based, high-quality home care,” Elara Caring CEO said in a press statement.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
FTC celebrates after SUNY Upstate, Crouse Health System scrap merger plans dmuoio Fri, 02/17/2023 - 12:32
The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
This weekly recap focuses on the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, regulating the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, improving data collection on gun violence, and more.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Medicare covers largely elderly individuals, the disabled, and individuals with end stage kidney disease. Medicaid covers low-income individuals. So who are dual eligibles, that qualify for both programs? The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) put out a report last year providing a summary of the characteristics, expenditures, and health care utilization of these dual eligibles.
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Our global partner community has made one need clear—to assist them in rationalizing their Cisco business portfolio and highlight the paths to growth.
NCQA
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
NCQA’s public comment period is open and ready for your input. Public comment is your opportunity to weigh in on the relevance, scientific soundness and feasibility of new and revised HEDIS measures. Your feedback helps us determine changes to our content and programs. We seek comments about: Revisions to diabetes measures. Expansion of race and ethnicity stratifications in select HEDIS measures.
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
When faced with the realities of the climate crisis through severe weather events like flooding, hurricanes, and heat waves, we often shut down emotionally due to overwhelming feelings of fear and… Read more on Cisco Blogs
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FEBRUARY 17, 2023
prgseo February 17, 2023 5 Steps to reduce denial rates for medical billing practices Healthcare departments have a significant influence on your practice. They can also cause significant damage to the income revenue stream when facing claims denials. When your practice faces constant rejections, it casts a poor influence on the cash flow and affects the practice as a whole.
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Even today, there is a sizeable U.S. population without internet connectivity.
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Thank you for participating in our first EVV Stakeholder Session last month. This email is to let you know sign up is now available for the February 21, 2023 EVV Stakeholder Session. After registering, a link to join the meeting will be sent to you the day of the meeting. If for some reason you do not receive this email, you can join the session by clicking the Join Meeting link on the EVV Meetings & Trainings webpage.
Healthcare Council
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Healthcare leaders gathered on February 8th, 2023, for Leadership Health Care’s executive briefing event to hear Patrick R. Leddin, Ph.D., Author of The Five Week Leadership Challenge, on becoming an impactful leader. Molly Vice, Vice President of Member Engagement and Programming, Nashville Health Care Council, introduced the conversation, moderated by Drake Jarman, Senior Vice President.
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Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted updated documents pertinent to the LTC Survey Process for the 3 rd consecutive Friday this month. Those documents can be found here. Appendix PP is the February 3, 2023 version posted that Friday while Chapter 7 SOM is the February 10, 2023 version posted the following Friday.
Patient Safety Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The SIRE (Systematic Incident Reconstruction and Evaluation) method is a specialized variant of Root Cause Analysis (RCA). It was developed for use in healthcare, and can help healthcare organizations in uncovering the underlying causes of incidents. There are some key differences between the SIRE methodology and the more generic RCA, however, which we will go into below.
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending February 5, 2023. Comparing the February 5, 2023 data to the January 29, 2023 data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% this week; Residents up to date with vaccines increased 0.5% again this past week; Staff primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% this week after no change during the previous 5 weeks; Staff
Health IT Analytics
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
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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.
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm ET for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers, facility staff and resident advocates are encouraged to attend. This event is open to the public. Registration is required.
Health Recovery
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, or HEDIS, is one of healthcare’s most widely used performance improvement tools, with more than 200 million people enrolled in health plans that report the score.
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