Health Care Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
The bill is best known for its signature achievement, but there are lesser known requirements that are difficult to put into practice, experts told Healthcare Dive.
The Rand Blog
APRIL 7, 2022
Since the start of Russia's increasingly brutal war in Ukraine, the West has ramped up pressure on the rest of the world to condemn Moscow's belligerence and join sanctions against Russia and its regime. In the vast Indo-Pacific region, however, the West's message has fallen flat.
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
This is the fourth transaction for the newly minted Advocate Aurora Enterprise, which launched last year with the aim of building a portfolio of companies beyond acute medical care.
Cloud Blogs
APRIL 7, 2022
The 2022 HIMSS conference wrapped up in Orlando and experts from around the world attended to share their perspectives and key learnings from the last two years of the pandemic, which have transformed healthcare and made a lasting impact. Trends that are changing the industry have emerged, including the growing need to create more personalized experiences for patients, the opportunity to implement virtual health solutions to unlock new avenues of care for providers, and the challenge of reducing
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
Among the top five telehealth diagnoses in January, COVID-19 tied for second with acute respiratory diseases and infections. Mental health conditions were by far the most common diagnosis, coming in at nearly 60% of all claims.
The Rand Blog
APRIL 7, 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions will likely devastate Russia's economy. If the country had taken a more productive economic course over the past two decades, it might be looking toward a different future—one in which economic reforms had more tightly integrated Russia with the economically advanced countries, enhanced Russian influence and power, and built global trust.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Bill Of Health
APRIL 7, 2022
(Clockwise from top left: Alma Beltrán y Puga, Luciano Bottini Filho, Ana Lorena Ruano, María Natalia Echegoyemberry). By Alicia Ely Yamin and Chloe Reichel. Leer en español. In the years before the pandemic, and especially since the pandemic began, there have been increasing calls to decolonize global health. Setting aside what ???y? Abímb??lá rightly characterizes as the slipperiness of both the terms “decolonizing” and “global health,” these calls speak to the need to
Health Care Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
While the guidance encouraged the use of electronic communications in recalls, a change experts have advocated for, some questioned why the agency did not address more problems with the system.
Healthcare Associates
APRIL 7, 2022
Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Reversed? Type 2 diabetes is a serious medical condition that affects over 35 million Americans. Though it is most common in adults, more and more children are diagnosed with the condition each year. Long believed to be lifelong and chronic, type 2 diabetes can be managed or even reversed with the right treatments and lifestyle changes.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
About half of eligible Americans haven't received a booster and may be less protected should cases surge. Health officials hope to soon ready an updated shot, but experts on the committee struggled to identify the best approach.
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Home Health Care
APRIL 7, 2022
For home health providers looking to reduce confusion, increase patient and staff satisfaction and improve quality metrics, honing in on the case management model is the best way to do so. This is especially true in the wake of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), and in the lead-up to the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model’s expansion, J’non Griffin, a principal at SimiTree, noted during a presentation at the annual Illinois HomeCare & Hospice Council (IHHC) conference o
HIT Consultant
APRIL 7, 2022
Travis Richardson, Chief Strategist at Flywheel. Healthcare providers and their patients stand to benefit dramatically from AI technologies, thanks to their ability to leverage data at scale to reveal new insights. But for AI developers to perform the research that will feed the next wave of breakthroughs, they first need the right data and the tools to use it.
Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Just a few minutes this morning (April 7, 2022), CMS issued QSO-22-15-NH & NLTC & LSC. CMS is ending the specific emergency declaration blanket waivers for SNFs/NFs, inpatient hospices, ICF/IIDs and ESRD facilities listed below. The termination of these blanket waivers will have no effect on other blanket waivers that remain in place such as those for hospitals and CAHs.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Viz.ai , a San Francisco-based AI-powered disease detection and care coordination platform raises $1000M in Series D funding led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners. The round also included participation from Scale Ventures , Kleiner Perkins , Threshold , GV (formerly Google Ventures) , Sozo Ventures , CRV , and Susa. – The new funds will be used to support Viz.ai’s significant growth trajectory, expand the Viz Platform to detect and triage additional disease
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Home Health Care
APRIL 7, 2022
Last week, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) revealed that it’s buying aging-in-place giant LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) and combining the provider with its Optum business. In the aftermath of that announcement, one of the most interesting questions to ponder has been: How will LHC Group fit alongside the rest of Optum’s home-focused offerings? Optum is a diversified health services company housed within UnitedHealth Group, the parent of UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance organization
HIT Consultant
APRIL 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – C2i Genomics, a cancer intelligence company launches its C2inform minimal residual disease (MRD) test across Europe, after obtaining CE-IVD marking in the EU, UK and Switzerland. The company also announced the completion of several clinical trials across the globe, including leading cancer centers in Europe, U.S. and Singapore. – The new clinical data will be presented at the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in New Orleans, L
Meditech
APRIL 7, 2022
Community healthcare isn’t just about clinical accuracy; it’s also treating patients with sensitivity and compassion when they are most vulnerable. One of the most difficult situations involves addressing the immediate physical and psychological needs of sexual assault survivors. It’s so important that nurses take the time to give that extra level of patient support in these circumstances, while also documenting carefully and accurately.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Forge Health , a White Plains, NY-based behavioral healthcare provider with a proven, national-payer-validated ability to drive clinical outcomes that span all areas of health, today announced an $11M growth funding round led by HC9 Ventures. – Innovative behavioral health company works with payers and health systems to enable value-based care for mental health and substance use populations.
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Home Health Care
APRIL 7, 2022
Although Congressional support continues to grow for the Choose Home Care Act of 2021 in Washington, D.C., the legislation remains in limbo. Other pieces of legislation for lawmakers have pushed the Choose Home bill down the priority list, but National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A. Dombi is hopeful something will come of it soon.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 7, 2022
Echo Health Advisors Principal Hayley Hovious. What You Should Know: – Echo Health Ventures , a healthcare strategic venture capital and growth equity investment firm, today announced it is establishing a local presence in Tennessee led by Echo Health Advisors Principal Hayley Hovious, who joined the company in March following seven years as president of the Nashville Health Care Council. – Echo Health Ventures CEO Rob Coppedge expects the new location to drive innovation by developi
NASHP
APRIL 7, 2022
Webinar: Strategies to Increase Access to PACE: Findings from the NASHP State PACE Action Network. Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 2–3 p.m. ET. Register Now. The goal of the Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is to enable frail elders to stay in their communities for as long as safely possible by providing PACE members a comprehensive, integrated package of Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
Bill Of Health
APRIL 7, 2022
(Clockwise from top left: Kwasi Adusei, Ismail Lourido Ali, Jonathan Perez-Reyzin, Dustin Marlan.). We are excited to welcome our inaugural group of affiliated researchers for the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR). Through regular contributions to Bill of Health , as well as workshops and other projects, POPLAR affiliated researchers will share their expertise and perspectives on developments in psychedelics law and policy.
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.
NASHP
APRIL 7, 2022
On March 24, 2022, Washington state joined five other leading states in establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) when Governor Inslee signed SB 5532 , sponsored by Senator Karen Keiser, into law. Washington’s PDAB, like those already established in Maryland and Colorado, has the authority to limit what payers in the state will pay for certain high-cost drugs following an affordability review.
Cloud Blogs
APRIL 7, 2022
The 2022 HIMSS conference wrapped up in Orlando and experts from around the world attended to share their perspectives and key learnings from the last two years of the pandemic, which have transformed healthcare and made a lasting impact. Trends that are changing the industry have emerged, including the growing need to create more personalized experiences for patients, the opportunity to implement virtual health solutions to unlock new avenues of care for providers, and the challenge of reducing
Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. “Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes.
Nordic
APRIL 7, 2022
Healthcare has been on the innovation treadmill for decades. And it is exhausted. Every change is “cutting edge,” “revolutionary,” or “disruptive.” In reality, very little of the industry’s investment in “digital health” is innovative – it hasn’t radically changed healthcare delivery. In truth, much of the $91.7 billion spent globally on digital health between 2010 and 2020 (including the $35 billion jumpstart in the U.S. that followed the 2009 passage of the HITECH Act) has been about one thing
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.
Medi Leadership
APRIL 7, 2022
Leadership can be a lonely experience. That loneliness is a common reason why many healthcare leaders turn to executive coaching. You see, leaders are always in the spotlight in their own organizations. They have few safe places to turn and share their misgivings, their quest, and just be themselves. The coaching relationship provides a safe space to think out loud.
Spok Inc
APRIL 7, 2022
IT departments shouldn’t underestimate the importance and value of their hospital’s contact center. Why? Because, with the right technology that integrates with your hospital enterprise directory, you have the power to bring together many critical communication functions to improve patient access, support care team collaboration, influence patient satisfaction, and much more.
Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 7, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS issued a Press Release this afternoon after this morning’s posting of QSO-22-15-NH & NLTC & LSC : “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking steps to continue to protect nursing home residents’ health and safety by announcing guidance that restores certain minimum standards for compliance with CMS requirements.
HIStalk
APRIL 7, 2022
Top News UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare extend their merger.
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.
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