Wed.Jan 05, 2022

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After years of decline, drugmakers' price hikes may have bottomed out

Health Care Dive

Inflation in 2021 may have offered drugmakers a catalyst for taking slightly bigger increases on a list price basis. But rebates to insurers are still keeping net price rises lower.

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Several EU nations set to mandate vaccination for COVID passes

Healthcare It News

As the omicron variant spreads across Europe, leaders are tightening COVID restrictions and bringing in new rules to increase vaccination uptake. In December the European Commission reduced the validity period of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) to nine months to encourage people to have boosters, based on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s recommendation that the third jab should be given within six months.

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Hospitals' labor expenses rose again just before omicron arrival, report finds

Health Care Dive

Expenses outpaced revenue growth as hospitals continued grappling with nationwide staffing shortages in November, according to Kaufman Hall.

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Magellan Healthcare, NeuroFlow team up on digital mental health program for members

Fierce Healthcare

Magellan Healthcare, NeuroFlow team up on digital mental health program for members. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 18:58.

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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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Centene closes $2.2B acquisition of Magellan Health

Health Care Dive

The deal is designed to broaden Centene's ability to provide "whole person" care, as the pandemic has highlighted the need to increase access to behavioral health services.

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Vera Whole Health to merge with healthcare navigation company Castlight Health in $370M deal

Fierce Healthcare

Vera Whole Health to merge with healthcare navigation company Castlight Health in $370M deal. rtorrence. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 14:55.

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Health tech funding snapshot—Found lands $100M for weight care management; GV's latest healthcare bets

Fierce Healthcare

Health tech funding snapshot—Found lands $100M for weight care management; GV's latest healthcare bets. hlandi. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 12:29.

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Medtechs brace for hit as hospitals warn of omicron impact on surgeries

Health Care Dive

Healthcare staff shortages and rising COVID-19 admissions are forcing hospitals to cancel elective surgeries and postpone diagnostic and imaging procedures.

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Industry Voices—An innovation engine for virtual care: 4 lessons from The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—An innovation engine for virtual care: 4 lessons from The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic. hlandi. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 11:02.

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Consumers Embrace Tech But Privacy Remains a Concern – The Morning Consult Poll of Consumers and Tech

Health Populi

With the collective pandemic-era pivot of people working from home, remote schooling at home, repurposing our homes for entertainment and fitness, and showing off home-baked goods on Instagram, has consumers’ comfort with new technologies accelerated? Morning Consult assessed this question in a poll timed to coincide with CES 2022, the annual conference dedicated to innovations in consumer electronics. “Is the public ready for the innovations coming out of the 2022 Consumer Electroni

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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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Highmark Health, Bosch partner on study that will use AI to identify lung conditions in children

Fierce Healthcare

Highmark Health, Bosch partner on study that will use AI to identify lung conditions in children. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 14:37.

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What Sounds Do a Million Random Digits Make?

The Rand Blog

The title of RAND's 1955 classic, A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates, doesn't exactly dance off the page. But Paul Dunham, a sound artist in New Zealand, thought the work could make its own kind of music.

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Unions go to court to get OSHA to release permanent COVID-19 protection standard

Fierce Healthcare

Unions go to court to get OSHA to release permanent COVID-19 protection standard. rking. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 15:05.

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NASHP’s Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship Information and Application

NASHP

New Application Coming Soon. To help shape more equitable systems and policies, NASHP’s Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship aims to empower emerging state health policy leaders from communities of color to lead the development and administration of state health policy informed by their lived experiences. NASHP connects ELC Fellows with a community of support, guided learning opportunities, and hands-on experience in state government. .

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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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AMA pans CDC's 'confusing' COVID-19 isolation guidance, calls for negative test requirement

Fierce Healthcare

AMA pans CDC's 'confusing' COVID-19 isolation guidance, calls for negative test requirement. dmuoio. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 16:00.

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COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster: National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call … January 6, 2022

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Date/Time: Thursday, January 6, 2022- 3:00 pm ET. Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General for a National Stakeholder Call providing updates on COVID-19, infection control practices, the vaccine and the importance of boosters.

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NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst's 9-hospital merger creates Illinois' third-largest system

Fierce Healthcare

NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst's 9-hospital merger creates Illinois' third-largest system. dmuoio. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 11:45.

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Illumina and Syapse Partner on Biomarker Testing Research Across Oncology Practices

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Syapse , a real-world evidence company that informs cancer care, announced a partnership with Illumina aimed at assessing the real-world uptake and actionability of comprehensive genomic profiling in the community oncology health system setting. – Together, the two companies will work to better understand biomarker testing patterns among clinicians, which have become foundational in identifying treatment options for cancer patients.

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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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Addus Lands JourneyCare for $85 Million

Home Health Care

Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) had intended to focus largely on home health and personal care acquisitions in 2022. But when a good hospice deal comes along, it’s difficult to pass up. The Frisco, Texas-based Addus announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire “substantially all the assets of” Glenview, Illinois-based JourneyCare for a purchase price of about $85 million.

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Taiwan and Six Potential New Year's Resolutions for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance

The Rand Blog

How might the United States and Japan prepare for possible conflict with China over Taiwan, and ensure forces are postured to operate together? The alliance could benefit from greater clarity, and practical conversations could make a better and stronger alliance in the new year.

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Top 6 Healthcare Business Trends for 2022 Ebook Recap

Advanced Data Systems

The following is a recap from our ebook, "Top 6 Healthcare Business Trends on Track to Affect your Bottom Line and Efficiency in 2022.".

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Growing Home-Based Primary Care Market Creating Risk-Sharing Opportunities for In-Home Care Providers

Home Health Care

Home-focused primary care providers have proved to be the next emerging faction of an ever-expanding home-based care ecosystem in the U.S. Unlike other emerging trends such as hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home models, which have largely been driven by traditional home health players or health systems, these providers are emerging on their own. Sign up for HHCN + to read this exclusive content.

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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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Behavioral Health Case Management Best Practices

Icanotes

Behavioral health case management is a multifactor job. This comprehensive field requires an in-depth understanding of your patients, potential providers, various conditions and community resources. How do you keep a pulse on these different topics and offer your patients the best care possible? We've compiled some best practices for behavioral health case management so you can set patients up for success and make your workday smooth and efficient.

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Compassus Names New CEO, Doubles Down on Building a ‘Full Continuum of Home-Based Care’

Home Health Care

Compassus announced Wednesday that David Grams will be taking the helm as the company’s next CEO. Grams succeeds Jim Deal, who will stay on as the company’s chairman of the board. “I am confident David is the right leader to steer Compassus through the evolution of home-based care while focusing on increasing access to quality health care services and improving patients’ quality of life,” Deal said in a press release.

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What Affects Hospital Supply Chain Success

Vie Healthcare

In these audiograms, taken from Episode 26 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by Bryan Covert from VIE Healthcare to discuss what affects hospitals supply chain. Building Relationships Affects Hospital Supply Chain. Cost management is vital in hospital supply chain , but there are other areas to consider. For instance, managing inventory and engaging with clinicians.

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The impact of drug innovation on disability and medical care

Healthcare ECONOMIST

New pharmaceutical products aim to help individuals live longer, healthier lives. However, when new drugs come to market, they are typically indicated for a specific disease. In the real world, however, many individuals face multiple conditions. In fact, 57% of Americans have 2 or more medical conditions and 27% have 5 or more medical conditions. To estimate the impact of new pharmaceuticals, a recent NBER paper by Lichtenberg (2021) uses 1998- 2015 waves of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

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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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Verily, Sosei Heptares Collaborate to Generate Novel Drug Candidates Against GPCR Targets for Immune-Mediated Diseases

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Verily and Sosei Heptares announced a new research collaboration combining Verily’s Immune Profiler platform , a next gen immune mapping platform, with Sosei Heptares’ world-leading StaR (stabilized receptor) platform , with the goal of rapidly identifying novel drug candidates across multiple immune-based disorders. – Together, the collaboration will focus on accelerating the development of new drug candidates against G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) target

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2022 Congressional Outlook and Top 10 Federal Health Policy Issues to Watch

HKLaw

Miranda A. Franco, Robert H. Bradner, Lisa Hawke, Michael J.

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Data Analysis Indicates Preeclampsia Risk

Health IT Analytics

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Morning Headlines 1/6/22

HIStalk

Castlight Health and Vera Whole Health to Combine to Pioneer.

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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.