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Who doesn’t text in 2022? Most state Medicaid programs

Healthcare It News

West Virginia will use the U.S. Postal Service and an online account this summer to connect with Medicaid enrollees about the expected end of the covid public health emergency, which will put many recipients at risk of losing their coverage. What West Virginia won’t do is use a form of communication that’s ubiquitous worldwide: text messaging.

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Latest CMS, CDC & NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending April 3, 2022. Comparing the April 3 rd data to the March 27 th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate increased 0.1% from the previous week (same as past 3 weeks) Residents with booster doses increased by 1% this past week Staff vaccination rate increased 0.2% this week (same as previous week) Staff with booster doses increased by 1.3% this past week

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How To Revolutionize Your Nonprofit Health Center’s Tech Stack To Support Your Community

HIT Consultant

Neil Taurins, General Manager of Nonprofit Solutions with MIP Fund Accounting. Whether a Federally Qualified Health Center or a nonprofit health clinic that’s self-sustaining, you work tirelessly to provide primary care services in your communities. As the tech leaders in your healthcare organization, you’re positioned to evaluate your center’s technologies and ensure they are contributing to your mission.

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Trends in Revenue Cycle Management

Advanced Data Systems

In the aftermath of the massive numbers of COVID-19 infections from the global coronavirus pandemic, medical practices large and small are reassessing their revenue cycle as they begin to see more patients coming back. After years of social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, you can assume that more of your patients will be entering your doors once again for appointments that they canceled or procedures and tests that they put off.

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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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Therapeutic Alliance: Building Relationships With AI Therapy Chatbots

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Can we build relationships with AI therapy bots as well as we can with other human beings? This research says yes. – A recent peer-reviewed study in Frontiers of Wysa , an advanced conversational AI for mental health, shows people develop an emotional bond with its chatbot in much the same way people bond with a human therapist.

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The Economics of Foster Care

Healthcare ECONOMIST

This is something I knew very little about and thus Bald et al. (2022) NBER working paper was fascinating to read. They describe the key tension of foster care: failing to put at risk children in foster care may expose them to abuse or neglect; however putting too many at risk children into foster care leads to a dismantling of families. Some interesting excerpts are below: Prevalence/Incidence : “5 percent of US children are placed in foster care at some point during childhood, and simila

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Russian Mercenaries, Online Extremism, the Commercial Space Market: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on Russia's use of mercenaries, understanding how extremist movements operate online, trends in the commercial space market, and more.

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Midwife Medicaid Reimbursement Policies by State

NASHP

Midwife Medicaid Reimbursement Policies by State April 15, 2022. Access to maternity care is key to addressing the maternal mortality crisis. Midwife services can bridge gaps in health care, reduce health disparities, and support maternal and neonatal wellbeing. This interactive map summarizes state Medicaid reimbursement policies for all types of midwives including certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and midwives who pursue alternative pathways to licensure, often referred to as certified professio

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A Proportionate Response to Microdosing

Bill Of Health

By James Fadiman. Law and policy around microdosing of psychedelic substances should reflect its proportionally low risks. “Microdosing” refers to the practice of consuming very low doses of psychedelic substances, about 1/10 th to 1/20 th of a typical dose, primarily of psilocybin-containing mushrooms or lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Doses typically are taken intermittently, over several weeks, and they do not interfere with normal daily activities, unlike the powerful consciousness-alterin

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CalAIM: Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care for Housing and Homelessness Supports

NASHP

CalAIM: Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care for Housing and Homelessness Supports April 15, 2022 / by Allie Atkeson. Driven by challenges facing individuals with complex care needs, states are increasingly working to address the physical, behavioral, and social needs of their Medicaid beneficiaries. For many with complex care needs, research shows supportive housing services are essential for exiting homelessness and staying successfully housed.

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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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Surveyor Guidance for New and Modified CLIA Requirements Related to SARS CoV-2 Test Result Reporting Revised

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS just posted QSO-21-10-CLIA with revision date of April 15, 2022. The Memorandum is 35 pages in length with the last 32 pages consisting of the FAQ document. Look for the verbiage in red. COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Laboratory Data Reporting: CARES Act is the document referenced in the 5 th bullet of the QSO Memorandum Summary (above).

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Cynerio Discovers Vulnerabilities to Remotely Control Hospital Robots

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Cynerio , a provider of healthcare IoT security solutions, announced the discovery, exploitation, and disclosure of five zero-day vulnerabilities collectively known as JekyllBot:5 , that affect commonly used robots found in hundreds of hospitals worldwide. – Vulnerabilities found in Aethon Tug hospital robots could allow attackers to circumvent security and remotely surveil and interact with patients, obstruct medication distribution, and disrupt day-to-day ho

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National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator – April 26, 2022

Briggs Healthcare

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 provide updates on the CMS Strategic Vision and key accomplishments during the first quarter of 2022. The Administrator’s vision is for CMS to serve the public as a trusted partner and steward dedicated to advancing health equity, expanding coverage, and improving health outcomes

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Substance Abuse Disorders: The Truth About Alcohol Addiction

Healthcare Highways

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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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Voices: Andrew Brooks, Chief Medical Officer, TigerConnect

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by TigerConnect. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Andrew Brooks, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of TigerConnect, to learn about the industry’s increasing demand for patient-centric, provider-friendly tools — and how tech companies are delivering. Brooks also shares how new technologies are bringing otherwise displaced family members into a loved one’s health care conversation, and why operators must continue to bring health care into the digit

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2022 World Immunization Week - Long Life For All

Healthcare Highways

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HonorHealth Deploys Loyal’s Symptom Checker to Improve Patient Triage/Experience

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Phoenix-based HonorHealth has deployed Loyal ’s Symptom Checker chatbot solution to assist with patient intake and triage. Symptom Checker leverages machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) to identify which clinical symptoms may be affecting patients – with the ability to handle multiple health conditions and access a clinical database of over 1,200 symptoms, 660+ conditions and 130+ risk factors. – The virtual care tool is now available to all

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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Future for Diagnostics

Bill Of Health

By Matthew Bauer and Nicole Welch. Diagnostic tests have changed in the eyes of many Americans across the COVID-19 pandemic. The traditional site of diagnostic testing, the doctor’s office, has taken a back seat during the COVID-19 pandemic. We can now receive at-home antigen tests in the mail , drive through PCR tests at local sports stadiums, and our workplace cafeteria may serve as a de facto COVID-19 testing site.

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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!