Wed.Apr 20, 2022

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Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity

Healthcare It News

At this point, it's not a surprise to say that data is power – particularly when it comes to advancing clinical research, furthering innovation and improving patient care. Tools such as wearables can provide a holistic view of a patient's care journey beyond information gathered in a clinical visit. Still, experts say that network-wide availability of patient-generated health data is still lacking.

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Corporate employment of physicians surged during pandemic

Health Care Dive

A study by Avalere found that hospitals or other corporate entities are buying up independent physician groups at a rapid clip, raising concerns about increasing pressures on doctors.

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Merging informatics and empathy in nursing

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Traveling Kaiser members get access to Cigna providers under new deal

Health Care Dive

Under the five-year agreement, Kaiser members will be responsible for the cost-sharing within their plan, and not have to pay out-of-network rates for visiting Cigna providers outside of the eight states covered by Kaiser.

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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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The Color of Care – Oprah and The Smithsonian Channel Partner on Health Equity

Health Populi

A new documentary and educational campaign on health equity will be launched on May 1st, 2022, from Oprah’s Harpo Productions studio partnering with The Smithsonian Channel. The Color of Care documents stories of people who have lost loved ones in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as expert interviews with frontline workers and public health experts and researchers sharing data on systemic racism in health care that has underpinned racial health disparities since slavery was instituted in Ame

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Healthcare worker training org aims to root out bias in care

Health Care Dive

The heightened racial unrest of 2020 revealed unmet needs and windows of opportunity to challenge structural racism.

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Larger, less profitable hospitals more likely to have ownership change

Health Care Dive

In data released for the first time Wednesday, HHS also found changes in ownership over the past six years have been much more common in nursing homes than hospitals, with wide variations in ownership by state.

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mPharma & TytoCare Integrate to Offer Telehealth to Pharmacies in Africa

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – TytoCare , an all-in-one modular device and examination solution for AI-powered , on-demand, remote medical exams partners with mPharma , a technology-driven healthcare company building Africa’s largest health management organization with a focus on making medications affordable and accessible to every African. -The integration of the TytoCare solution into mPharma’s telehealth offerings enables pharmacies to provide patients with enhanced remote care through

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How Addus, Care Advantage Made Inroads Building Value-Based Care Relationships

Home Health Care

Many home-based care organizations want to rely less on fee-for-service payment models and step into the value-based care space. While this is easier said than done, a few providers have been able to make significant strides in regard to value-based care relationships. At Care Advantage, value-based care makes up roughly a third of the company’s book of business.

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Why a Focus on Behavioral Health is Key to Improving Quality Measures

HIT Consultant

Tom Zaubler, MD, Chief Medical Officer of NeuroFlow. Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services.

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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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Iran: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

The Rand Blog

Iran has faced an uphill battle since the first cases of COVID-19 were found in the country. Despite limited resources, Iran has also had its share of successes and innovations in combating the virus. A RAND study identified several of these common challenges, successes, and innovations.

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PreciseDx’s AI-Enabled Digital Pathology Proven to Detect Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Mount Sinai spinout, PreciseDx , today announced that its AI-enabled digital pathology is the first proven to detect early-stage Parkinson’s disease, according to a recent research study. – The study , conducted in collaboration with Michael J. Fox Foundation, identified that PreciseDx’s technology can accurately diagnose Parkinson’s disease in living patients prior to the severe onset of symptoms.

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Addus Gears Itself for Major Growth As Former Encompass Health Executive Is Hired

Home Health Care

Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) announced Wednesday that it has named a new EVP and chief development officer in Cliff Blessing, who had previously served as the EVP of corporate development for Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice business. The move appears to reflect an aggressive M&A strategy for Addus, which was highlighted in CEO and Chairman Dirk Allison’s comments on the hire.

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Five-Star Preview Reports Available

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on April 20, 2022. To access these reports, select the CASPER Reporting link located on the CMS QIES Systems for Providers page. Once in the CASPER Reporting system, select the ‘Folders’ button, then select ‘My Inbox’ or the Inbox beginning with ‘LTC’ and the state abbreviation followed by a facility ID.

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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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When is full health insurance not optimal

Healthcare ECONOMIST

In many markets, however, we observe that lower income individuals do not purchase the most generous forms of health insurance. For instance, despite the passage of the Affordable Care Act–which provided subsidies to lower income individuals to purchase relatively generous insurance–some individuals preferred the less generous Association Health Plans (AHPs) also known as “skinny” health plans.

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Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – Updated Agenda for April 20, 2022  

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for. Wednesday, April 20, 2022, PM at 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change**. Opening Remarks. Chair – Brian Slater, Center for Medicare, CMS.

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Essential Tips to Submit Clean Claims

Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

Admin. April 20, 2022. Essential Tips to Submit Clean Claims. Medical Billing is the most significant part of the revenue cycle and it is challenging part of healthcare business. Practices need to submit clean claims for faster reimbursements. As a result, their practice does not lose revenue in the form of denials. Also, being an independent practice, you lose money due to claim rejections and it adversely impacts your overall collections.

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A Whole New, Same World

The Rand Blog

Workers in the United States have emerged from the pandemic with new preferences and demands, but they still lack the power to get what they want. By any meaningful measure, employers are still in charge.

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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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An Empathetic Ear: Strategies for Employer Health and Wellness Negotiations

Bill Of Health

By Stacey Lee, Jacobo Guzman, and Gladys Johnson. Amid federal and state vaccine mandates, labor shortages, and increased requests for remote work flexibility, employers find themselves in an evolving landscape with less latitude over their organization’s workplace. As a result, employers and employees find themselves in conversations about crafting a “new normal” in which worker well-being is featured more prominently than before.

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Transactions: Kendal at Home Expands Footprint; Help at Home’s Expansion to New York

Home Health Care

Kendal at Home Expands its Footprint in Massachusetts, Kentucky. Kendal at Home, an at-home care provider that follows the CCRC-without-walls model, is expanding. The nonprofit announced this week that it has expanded its services to include residents in the Boston area of Massachusetts and Northern Kentucky. “Our presence in Massachusetts and Ohio has built over the years and through this time we’ve come to understand the needs of older adults in these regions.

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Synergy Health Partners Acquires SoCal Anesthesia Solutions, Inc.

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Synergy Health Partners, a hospital services company that improves access to patient care through innovative and custom orthopedic and general surgeon staffing programs, today announced the acquisition of SoCal Anesthesia Solutions, Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. – Founded in 2019 by Dr. Jay Rindenau, SoCal Anesthesia Solutions is one of southern California’s most trusted anesthesiology providers.

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Appendix B – RAI 3.0 User’s Manual Updated

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The April update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members, and CMS locations and contacts. To ensure accurate formatting, use a current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF.

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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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Golden Valley Memorial Goes Live on MEDITECH Expanse Genomics

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – MEDITECH announces that Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) is their first client to go live on Expanse Genomics , opening the organization’s possibilities for delivering precision medicine by allowing them to analyze and parse genetic results into discrete, actionable data, displayed directly in patient charts. – Providers can order genetic testing directly in Expanse, and the results will be received and stored in a codified format along with full PDF r

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Unraveling F888: A step-by-step walkthrough of the new F-tag

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Did you miss the April 19 th webinar? Want to listen again? Want to refer the webinar to a colleague? The new F888 regulation means providers must now ensure all staff are fully vaccinated against COVID. But what exactly does this mean for your organization? What staff need to be included?

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Subscribe to MPA’s Compliance Newsletter and Stay on Top of Compliance

Healthcare Performance

MPA scours OIG, DOJ, FBI, OSHA, & OCR updates so you don't have to. We summarize enforcement trends and deliver the latest compliance and HIPAA developments to your inbox with our Monthly Compliance News Report. Read MPA’s News Report to stay current with compliance news and developments. Then, forward the News Report (or excerpts) to your Board, Compliance Committee, and management team, to keep them informed with little effort.

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User-centered system design can help save lives

Nordic

In my previous blog post , I wrote about the Nashville, TN nurse RaDonda Vaught who was convicted last month of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult after a medication error contributed to the death of a patient in 2017. In it, I described some of the circumstances leading up to the death of the patient, Charlene Murphey. In this post, I’ll discuss some of the systemic issues in healthcare that contributed to this tragedy.

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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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Blackrock Neurotech Acquires Spatial Computing Firm MindX

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Blackrock Neurotech , a provider of Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology, has acquired the spatial computing software house, MindX. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – MindX’s spatial computing technology is used to recognize and interpret the movement of objects in physical space, and in combination with Blackrock’s BCI technology, will unlock additional levels of interaction between patients and their physical environments.

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HIStalk Interviews Steve McDonald, President, Interbit Data

HIStalk

Steve McDonald, MBA is president of Interbit Data of Natick,

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April 2022 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the latest Quarterly OASIS Q&As document. This 3-page Q&A addresses: Completing an RFA 8 – Death at home Transported to the hospital and was placed in observation where they expired. Would we complete the RFA 7 M2020/M2030 M2020 – Management of Oral Medications in ALF GG0130A – Eating.

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Morning Headlines 4/21/22

HIStalk

MetroWest Medical Center Turned Away Ambulances & Patients Earlier Today.

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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.