Healthcare It News

JULY 18, 2022

While interoperability and price transparency rules are supporting a movement toward better access to data, the industry is still struggling to transition from sharing information to shared decision-making. Unfortunately, without accurate information embedded in their workflows, providers can’t have meaningful conversations with patients about care costs or covered options, which negatively impacts a patient’s ability to access care.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 18, 2022

HHS cited Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services for multiple HIPAA violations, including failure to disclose in a timely manner that patient data had been compromised.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 18, 2022

The HHS Office for Civil Rights on Friday said it has settled nearly a dozen investigations of allegations of HIPAA Right of Access Initiative violations. WHY IT MATTERS. OCR's enforcement actions, which include some substantial monetary penalties for the following healthcare providers, and compelled them to furnish patients with timely copies of their health records: Peoria and Canton, Illinois-based ACPM Podiatry , failed to provide a former patient with his requested medical records, acco

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Health Care Dive

JULY 18, 2022

The effort to scale up vaccine distribution comes amid concerns about supply constraints with case numbers projected to increase.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 18, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Health Care Dive

JULY 18, 2022

It’s the second-largest health data breach this year after the Shields Health Care Group cyberattack in March, per HHS data.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 18, 2022

The FCC is officially closing the door on analog/copper POTS lines. Read what this means for the healthcare industry.

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Bill Of Health

JULY 18, 2022

By James Toomey. In my paper Narrative Capacity (recently published in the North Carolina Law Review ), I argue, among other things, that the legal system’s recognition of personal decision-making should be a function of personal identity, not (as it currently is) of an individual’s momentary cognitive functioning. One of the arguments on this score is as follows.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 18, 2022

"A much higher update is warranted," the American Hospital Association said in a statement citing increased inflation.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 18, 2022

The U.S. labor market is on track to hit a milestone this month or next: It will have recovered all of the jobs lost in the pandemic recession. But the pandemic recession and its recovery treated men and women differently, and treated women of color differently from white women.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 18, 2022

Currently, 18 drug manufacturers are limiting 340B discounts dispensed through pharmacies that contract with 340B providers, according to a letter from bipartisan House members to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – Sutter Health , a not-for-profit integrated health system that provides high-quality care across Northern California has signed a 10-year agreement with R1 RCM to serve as their exclusive provider of enterprise revenue cycle management services. – The parties believe that the partnership will help improve Sutter’s overall financial performance with an estimated $400M in cost savings over the next 10 years, helping Sutter achieve more sustainable labor costs an

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Life Qi

JULY 18, 2022

In this article we are going to look at Bill Smith, another Quality Improvement (QI) hero – and sometimes known as the ‘father of Six Sigma’. We’ll be finding out about the Six Sigma theory that he invented after having spent 35 years in quality assurance and engineering – a method that is widely used today within Quality Improvement.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

Dan UpDyke, Strategic Marketing Manager Life Sciences at Rockwell Automation. The ability to navigate constant disruption is a prerequisite for success in today’s life science industries. To maintain their competitive advantage, businesses in this sector need to drastically boost their organizational agility and resiliency in the face of unprecedented market conditions and operational challenges.

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Home Health Care

JULY 18, 2022

There is financial inefficiency and waste in home health care, which is highlighted by the variation in spend across the country, according to a new study. The study — published this month in ??the American Journal of Managed Care — examined U.S. counties where at least one home health agency served 11 or more beneficiaries in 2016. In order to see if there were cost inefficiencies, Robert Schuldt, one of the authors of the study from the University of Arkansas, along with his co-authors, looked

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 18, 2022

The Oncology Care Model (OCM) is dead. The Oncology Care Model was a voluntary, alternative payment model (APM), that “ included financial and performance accountability for episodes of care surrounding chemotherapy administration to cancer patients. ” OCM expired at the end of June 2022, and will be replaced by the Enhancing Oncology Model.

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Home Health Care

JULY 18, 2022

Tampa General Hospital has thrown its hat into the home-based care ring. To pull this off, the hospital has formed a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association of Florida (VNA), a home health agency. Together, the two organizations have formed TGH Home Care, powered by VNA of Florida. The joint entity will offer a variety of home-based care services for Tampa General patients and the broader Florida communities of Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Manatee, Hardee and Highlands counties.

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NASHP

JULY 18, 2022

Uncertainty for Marketplace Affordability as Congress Continues to Debate Reconciliation Bill July 19, 2022. On July 19, executives across the 19 state-based health insurance marketplaces (SBMs) sent a letter to Congressional leaders calling for the extension of health insurance premium affordability measures slated to expire at the end of this year.

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Home Health Care

JULY 18, 2022

Anyone working in care knows the challenge of being a home caregiver. For Ilya Vakhutinsky, it’s personal. Born in Ukraine, Vakhutinsky moved to the United States with his family when he was about one year old, with his mother becoming a caregiver and home health aide. “I have early childhood memories of her doing that work, and the difficulty she faced, emotionally, spiritually and physically,” he says.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 18, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. In the July 12, 2022 edition of Innovation in Aging , you’ll find this interesting article – same title as this blog. It’s an interesting read. “After decades of exposés, special commissions, and advocacy, the moment has arrived to commit to making the residential nursing home a good place to live (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2022).

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Health Care Law Blog

JULY 18, 2022

After the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) was tasked with responding to how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) would be affected. Particularly, HHS’s Office for Civil Rights has released guidance regarding how the HIPAA Privacy Rule may or may not permit disclosure of an individual̵

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 18, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the October 2022 release. The data contained within the Preview Reports are based on quality assessment data submitted by SNFs from Quarter 1, 2021 through Quarter 4, 2021.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the future of care delivery, has raised $24M in Series B funding led by M13 with participation from Haystack and previous investors Inspired Capital , IA Ventures , Upfront Ventures , and Irongrey. – In addition to this funding, Canvas has achieved federal certification through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

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HIStalk

JULY 18, 2022

The Changing Dynamics of Today’s Healthcare IT Labor MarketBy Mike.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – Zocdoc , the leading healthcare marketplace that makes it easy for people to find and book in-person or virtual care across +200 specialties and +12k insurance plans, announced the launch of Zocdoc for Developers , Zocdoc’s first-ever public API platform. – The new public API expands Zocdoc’s unique interoperability capabilities beyond its Marketplace, positioning Zocdoc as the default infrastructure for digitizing the nation’s patient flow.

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HIStalk

JULY 18, 2022

Four Keys to Patient Engagement for Complex Care PlansBy Jeff.

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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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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural, and organizational causes—including excessive workloads, administrative burden, and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians predicted by 2033.

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HIStalk

JULY 18, 2022

I spent part of the weekend hanging out with some.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

Mac Bonafede, Ph.D., MPH, VP of Real World Evidence at Veradigm. Data reporting challenges during the current pandemic relate to the lack of connectivity between public health and information technology (IT) reporting systems throughout the country. While access to real-world data (RWD) helps address this situation, the solution goes beyond simple accessibility.

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HIStalk

JULY 18, 2022

Diana Nole, MBA is EVP/GM of the healthcare division of.

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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.