Health Care Dive
AUGUST 23, 2022
New filings in a class action lawsuit allege that Philips waited years to disclose the risk of foam used in its sleep apnea machines and respirators, causing illness and injuries.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 23, 2022
Despite the much-needed push toward technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI), a Presido survey found healthcare IT leaders are still struggling with cloud adoption issues. Path to cloud slowed by turnover. The push for digital transformation was accelerated by the pandemic, thrusting healthcare IT leaders into the spotlight and forcing them to fast-track their plans over the past few years.
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 23, 2022
A disproportionate number of those who stand to lose coverage are children and young adults, according to the agency.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 23, 2022
Following several major healthcare organizations expanding into advanced home-based care , Philadelphia-based Sena Health will help deliver the Salem Acute Care at Home for patients of Salem, New Jersey-based Salem Medical Center. The hospital-at-home startup has the capacity to provide up to 23 hospital-level services at home for medical conditions that would typically require hospital stays as well as care coordinators that are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 23, 2022
The organizations allegedly pocketed Medicaid adult expansion program funds meant to be returned to the state, according to a DOJ release.
Bill Of Health
AUGUST 23, 2022
By Daniel Goldberg. Too often throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers have justified controversial policy choices by stating that the world is not arranged in a way to make certain actions feasible. While practical difficulties matter, permitting such difficulties to exhaust the scope of our ethical obligations is a grave mistake that moves us farther away from a just and equitable world.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
NASHP
AUGUST 23, 2022
Webinar: National Family Caregiving Strategy: A State Roadmap for Supporting Family Caregivers. Monday, October 3, 2022, 2–3 p.m. ET. Register Now. NASHP is hosting this webinar to discuss the opportunities within the newly released National Family Caregiving Strategy and how it can provide a roadmap for states that are interested in developing and expanding supports for family caregivers.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 23, 2022
What You Should Know: – Cedars-Sinai Accelerator , today announced its eighth accelerator class of ten new digital health startups. – From digital health mental health services to wearable devices to manage chronic asthma, these innovative healthcare-focused startups are working to transform health and healthcare delivery as part of the Los Angeles-based accelerator program.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 23, 2022
Demand for home-based care continues to rise. Thus, more workers are needed. What sounds like a simple equation to solve theoretically is far more complex in practice – getting “more workers” is easier said than done. Still, in order to satisfy that demand, home care agencies are getting creative. Whether by leveraging certain training or using unique recruitment practices, home care agencies are figuring out different ways to recruit and retain employees.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 23, 2022
What You Should Know: – Oak Street Health , a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare and the only primary care provider to carry the AARP name, is now welcoming patients at the new Rolling Hills Square center at 7040 East Golf Links Road in Tucson. – This is Oak Street Health’s ninth center in Arizona. Oak Street Health Background.
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Home Health Care
AUGUST 23, 2022
As home health providers wait for the finalized version of the proposed payment rate rule, it’s important to get familiar with the coding changes the proposal makes, and how it will directly impact Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) calculations. When coding, the primary diagnosis of the patient should be driven by the primary focus of care for that time period.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 23, 2022
What You Should Know: – David Larsen, healthcare IT and digital health analyst at BTIG published a note highlighting his preview for health-tech Q2 earnings. – Given high inflation rates, costs for traveling nurses, and light volumes in 2Q:22, he is cautious on stocks that sell into the acute care market in the near term. An Overview. According to the report, there are many macro headwinds that continue to affect the HCIT sector and the broader market, including inflationary pricing
Healthcare ECONOMIST
AUGUST 23, 2022
Fortune Magazine had 3 articles providing an overview of the labor market for nurses. Here’s what nurse salaries look like in 2022 Is a master’s degree in nursing (MSN) worth it? ‘They’re making big money’: How to earn $139,000 as a nurse. In each article, I am quoted. For instance, I discuss the previous trend of increased use of traveling nurses and why this led to higher wages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 23, 2022
What You Should Know: – Plume , a provider of virtual care services purposefully designed for the health care needs of the transgender community raises $24M in Series B funding led by led by Transformation Capital with participation from General Catalyst and Townhall Ventures. – Plume plans to use the latest round of funding to fulfill its mission to transform health care for every trans life by creating access to high-quality, safe gender-affirming care.
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Sequence Health
AUGUST 23, 2022
Stories can touch our hearts and change our minds. It is especially true in healthcare, where narratives can be used to transform patient care. Stories can be used to educate and engage patients and caregivers alike. A patient-centered approach to care requires that we treat the whole person, not just the illness. And stories are a powerful way to do that.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 23, 2022
Wes Wright, Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata. From the development of the EMR to the growth of telehealth, the digital environment for healthcare has evolved tremendously over the last few years. So, it’s no surprise that IT spending is set to increase by 12.3% for cloud computing, 9.7% , for digital transformation, and 9.7% for security software this year.
NASHP
AUGUST 23, 2022
Improving Insurance Access, Affordability, and Equity: Updates on the Colorado Option August 23, 2022 / by Johanna Butler. In late June 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Colorado’s Section 1332 waiver to implement the Colorado Option, moving the state closer to implementing the standardized health plan for individual and small group markets – aimed at lowering premiums and improving the affordability of health care in Colorado.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 23, 2022
Sridhar Nemala, co-founder and the Head of AI at Curie AI. There are an estimated 16 million Americans who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Patients with COPD are frequently prescribed respiratory medication and given at-home treatment strategies designed to improve general wellness and improve airflow. These strategies may include smoking cessation, air quality control, exercise, and stress management.
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Baird Group
AUGUST 23, 2022
Even the youngest patients know when their healthcare workers truly listen to them. When my youngest daughter, Hillary was nine years old, I told her I’d be scheduling her back-to-school physical with the pediatrician. She stopped me and asked, “Will you please make the appointment with the nurse practitioner, Jeannie?” I was shocked that she even knew what a nurse practitioner was.
Etactics
AUGUST 23, 2022
The introduction of the electronic claims process revolutionized healthcare forever. In the past, paper-based systems plagued healthcare organizations with inefficiencies and inaccuracies. The paper claim process was so clunky that the average cost of submitting just one of them was $6.63. For comparison, the average cost of submitting a claim electronically is $2.90.
Health Dialog
AUGUST 23, 2022
Increasing your members’ engagement in their healthcare and lifestyle decisions can lead to better health outcomes and lower healthcare costs.
HIStalk
AUGUST 23, 2022
Top News Struggling Babylon Health cancels its last NHS contract.
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Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 23, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Version 1.01 of the HQRP QM User’s Manual and an HQRP QM User’s Manual V1.00 to V1.01 Change Table are now available. These documents reflect updates to the language in the manual to add clarity based on hospice provider questions about the quality measures finalized in the FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Update Final Rule, which was published on July 30, 2021These documents are available in the Downloads section of th
HIStalk
AUGUST 23, 2022
Babylon Disrupted the UK’s Health System. Then It Left Struggling.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 23, 2022
True to its word, BrightStar Care is investing in company-owned locations with the acquisition of eight agencies in Florida and Alabama. The eight locations will now operate as BrightStar-owned agencies, marking the largest purchase the company has made since launching the corporate-owned focus program in February. Over the past few months, BrightStar Care has committed to buying back agencies and operating them in-house.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 23, 2022
What You Should Know: – Intuity Medical, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology and digital health company focused on making life with diabetes easier, today announced that the POGO Automatic® Blood Glucose Monitoring System is now available at the more than 2,200 U.S. pharmacies of Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Co. – With POGO Automatic Monitors and Cartridges now available at all Kroger Health pharmacy locations, the simplicity of One-Step testing is eas
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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.
Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 23, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. HHS posted this Press Release on August 22, 2022. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), awarded approximately $25 million in planning grants to five new states and territories to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) through Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program.
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