Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Epic's plan for the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition next month is to showcase all the ways the company is helping health systems and other care providers, says Erika Koch, project manager on the company's events team. In paying homage to its Wisconsin campus in the booth – including some of its artwork and penchant for fireplaces and cozy seating – the goal is to welcome any and all to not only learn about the latest product innovations, but to come and t

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

The groups argue the expansion of the FCA would threaten the “legitimate business activities of every government contractor, hospital, healthcare provider, health insurance provider, and grant recipient in the nation.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Dr. Shelly Nash will offer more details during the HIMSS23 session "Creating Technology to Empower Patients and the Home Dialysis Experience." It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, at 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT at the South Building, Level 4, room S406 A.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

UnitedHealthcare to begin reducing prior authorizations this summer pminemyer Wed, 03/29/2023 - 17:02

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Health IT company Personify Care has bagged a A$5.6 million ($3.7 million) contract from SA Health to extend its digital patient pathways project across the entire state over the next two years. THE LARGER CONTEXT The project started in 2021 as a proof of concept between Personify Care and the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) with support from the SA government's Go2Gov programme.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Signify Health CEO says CVS deal will 'turbocharge' home health provider's roadmap hlandi Wed, 03/29/2023 - 19:57

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Survey Shows the Terrifying Truth About America’s Healthcare Affordability Crisis: Patients Put off Care for Years due to Costs mteefey Wed, 03/29/2023 - 19:41

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

Amazon Pharmacy is currently offering coupons for eight brand name medications treating diabetes, asthma, obesity, emphysema and others, and said it plans to add more coupons over time.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to take on Medicare Advantage up-coding practices rking Wed, 03/29/2023 - 17:02

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

Insurance and provider lobbies called on the CMS to delay the rule earlier this month, saying the methodology was flawed and arguing the 30-day comment period didn't give them enough time to analyze the proposed changes.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Parsley Health inks deals with California, New York insurers, now in-network for 10M patients hlandi Wed, 03/29/2023 - 06:36

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Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2023

The U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation in the world. Yet Americans’ health outcomes rank relatively low compared with other wealthy peer nations on Planet Earth, manifesting a low return-on-investment for this huge financial spend. Nowhere is this more evident than in America’s place in equity compared with nine countries, shown in the graph on health care system performance from The Commonwealth Fund’s perennial study, Mirror, Mirror – the latest versi

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

House lawmakers blast Becerra for blaming docs for surprise billing arbitration backlog rking Wed, 03/29/2023 - 15:06

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

What You Should Know: – Inato , a technology platform that connects pharma companies (trial sponsors) with community-based trial sites raises $20M in new funding (A2) led by Cathay Innovation with participation from existing investor Obvious Ventures and new investors La Maison and Top Harvest Capital. Inato works with many of the top 30 pharmaceutical companies worldwide to make clinical trials more inclusive. – The new funding will fuel Inato’s continued product innovation, interna

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Cost management that meets the moment jpiatt Wed, 03/29/2023 - 08:32

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Home Health Care

MARCH 29, 2023

The acquisition of technology-enabled home health company CareLinx continues to pay off for Sharecare (Nasdaq: SHCR). Under Sharecare ownership, CareLinx has seen “explosive growth,” Sharecare Chairman and CEO Jeff Arnold explained Wednesday during a fourth-quarter earnings call. The growth includes adding 1.8 million new members to CareLinx in 2022 while outpacing revenue expectations.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Blues plans push OMB to collect more diverse data to back health equality efforts fdiamond Wed, 03/29/2023 - 10:01

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

Andrew Miller, CTO at Elucid What You Should Know: – Elucid, Inc. , a medical technology company providing physicians with AI-powered imaging analysis software to assess cardiovascular disease, has hired Andrew Miller as its chief technology officer (CTO). – As CTO, Andrew will lead the technology strategy and oversee the engineering team’s execution.

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Healthy Debate

MARCH 29, 2023

The post ‘Technology to help bridge the gap’: Smart homes and sensors ease caregiver burden appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

What You Should Know: – From 2020 to 2021, telehealth utilization declined 76 percent nationally while, during that same period, retail clinic utilization increased 51 percent nationally. – Retail clinic growth had the greatest increase among all alternative places of service studied—retail clinics, urgent care centers, telehealth and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)—as well as emergency rooms (ERs), in a new FAIR Health white paper containing the sixth annual edition of FH® Healthc

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Home Health Care

MARCH 29, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The Helper Bees (THB) is smack dab in the middle of home care providers and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. As its network of providers and plans grow, its gaining insight into what makes these relationships work, other than its own technology platform. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

What You Should Know: CareRev , a technology platform reimagining healthcare staffing by connecting hospitals and health systems with local nurses and other healthcare professionals for daily shifts, announced its expansion into Delaware with a partnership with Beebe Healthcare. Beebe will utilize CareRev’s technology to identify and hire qualified local Delaware talent to support their full-time hospital staff and ultimately improve patient safety and outcomes.

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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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HIStalk

MARCH 29, 2023

News OpenAI implements initial support for ChatGPT plugins that can.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MARCH 29, 2023

Gaining insurance through Medicaid is likely to have diverse impacts in terms of how likely disabled individuals are to work. On the one hand, having access to health care may improve health outcomes and better enabled disabled individuals to recover (if they are short-term disabled) or better manage their disability (if they are long-term disabled).

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Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2023

Admin March 29, 2023 How Orthopedic Medical Billing Works? Orthopedic medical billing and coding involve complex musculoskeletal disorders like fractures, arthritis, and dislocations. The medical billing of orthopedic services has to cover all aspects of the skeletal system, including joints, muscles, soft tissues, ligaments, and tendons. Secure your claims from an intermittent refusal by accurately filling bills.

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NCQA

MARCH 29, 2023

On this episode of Inside Health Care, we hear from a digital entrepreneur who’s dedicated to getting the most out of health tech. Dr. Liz Kwo Dr. Liz Kwo is Chief Medical Officer of Everly Health and an upcoming speaker at NCQA’s 2023 Quality Talks event. Dr. Kwo is an expert in development and implementation of digitalization to improve diagnostics-driven health care.

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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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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted Transmittal 11932 on March 29, 2023 – same title as this blog. I. GENERAL INFORMATION A. Background: This Change Request (CR) implements changes to correct claims processing edits. This CR is applicable to the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) and the Common Working File (CWF).

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Health Advances

MARCH 29, 2023

By Michael Davitian; Viren Makhijani, PhD; Drew Attar; Xiang Yu Taking Stock of 2022 2022 was an eventful year in the CNS space. Several new therapeutics launched including Leqembi, the second of a new class of amyloid-targeting agents for Alzheimer’s, and Relyvrio, which is only the third treatment for ALS, a devastating neurodegenerative disease. The CNS space also witnessed two of the largest biopharma deals of the year, including Pfizer’s acquisition of Biohaven for $11.6B in May and UCB’s a

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Clearwave Inc

MARCH 29, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Practices choose online scheduling platforms to bring in more patients, provide 24/7 scheduling options and reduce staff time spent fielding appointment bookings (including cancellations and rescheduling.) When you invest in a scheduling solution, you expect it to deliver results, not create overbookings and patient frustration that leads to an influx of staff work.

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Health Recovery

MARCH 29, 2023

Telemedicine software enables doctors and patients to communicate and manage care remotely. It is used for teleconsultations, remote diagnoses, telemonitoring, telecare, teletherapy, and other similar applications.

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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.