Fri.Oct 08, 2021

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What's under the hood of a medical device? Software bill of materials hits inflection point

Health Care Dive

For years, FDA has talked about the need for an electronically readable inventory of third-party components in devices, as a way to address the problem of widespread cyber vulnerabilities.

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CMS: Medicare Advantage plans with 4 or more stars skyrocket in 2022 compared to 2021

Fierce Healthcare

CMS: Medicare Advantage plans with 4 or more stars skyrocket in 2022 compared to 2021. rking. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 12:12.

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Optum inks deal with largest health system to date, SSM Health

Health Care Dive

As part of the agreement, about 2,100 SSM employees across revenue cycle and hospital care management will become Optum employees in an outsourcing deal.

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Teladoc takes is primary care service nationwide with Aetna slated to roll out in early 2022

Fierce Healthcare

Teladoc takes is primary care service nationwide with Aetna slated to roll out in early 2022. hlandi. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 07:18.

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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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Molina to buy AgeWell's long-term care business in New York for $110M

Health Care Dive

As part of the deal, Molina will pick up about 13,000 people covered by AgeWell's long-term care services. In 2020, the premium revenue generated from these members was about $700 million.

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Devoted Health closes $1.15B series D funding round

Fierce Healthcare

Devoted Health closes $1.15B series D funding round. pminemyer. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 14:49.

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ONC announces new interoperability program for federal partners

Fierce Healthcare

ONC announces new interoperability program for federal partners. dmuoio. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 15:41.

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Landmark Choose Home Bill Introduced in the House

Home Health Care

The Choose Home Care Act of 2021 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives early Friday morning. The legislation was previously introduced in the Senate at the end of July. If enacted, the landmark Choose Home legislation would create an add-on payment to the traditional Medicare Home Health Benefit, allowing providers to mix in telehealth, transportation, personal care and other services.

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Biden doubles down on vaccine mandates, pointing to increased uptake and limited resignations

Fierce Healthcare

Biden doubles down on vaccine mandates, pointing to increased uptake and limited resignations. dmuoio. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 13:01.

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Toward a Broader Telehealth Licensing Scheme

Bill Of Health

By Fazal Khan. Evidence generated during the first year the COVID-19 pandemic has called into question the need for many of the telehealth restrictions that were in effect prior to the pandemic. The question many policymakers are asking now is: which of the telehealth regulatory waivers enacted during the pandemic should become permanent? My forthcoming article proposes that the federal government use its spending power to incentivize states to adopt a de facto national telehealth licensing sche

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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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Elemy reaches unicorn status boosted by $219M investment from SoftBank, Chelsea Clinton and Ashton Kutcher

Fierce Healthcare

Elemy reaches unicorn status boosted by $219M investment from SoftBank, Chelsea Clinton and Ashton Kutcher. hlandi. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 06:52.

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Why Healthcare IT Must Embrace Full-Stack Observability for an Increasingly Digital Future

HIT Consultant

Gregg Ostrowski, Regional CTO of AppDynamics, part of Cisco. Long before the pandemic, digital applications were already incredibly important to healthcare organizations, but over the last few years, they have become essential. Applications can assist with scheduling appointments, virtual doctor visits, accessing medical records and conducting tests down to the most complex AI-powered technologies such as medical imaging.

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Cigna to sell its life, accident and supplemental benefits business in 7 countries to Chubb for $5.75B

Fierce Healthcare

Cigna to sell its life, accident and supplemental benefits business in 7 countries to Chubb for $5.75B. pminemyer. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 12:46.

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Ensuring Sustainability and Reach of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

NASHP

As part of a comprehensive effort to support state leaders as they navigate the COVID-19 response, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) convened a meeting in July 2021 with a geographically diverse set of state officials and national experts to share best practices and innovative approaches to increase COVID-19 vaccinations.

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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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Healthtech Partnerships Help Hospitals Expand and Thrive

Fierce Healthcare

Healthtech Partnerships Help Hospitals Expand and Thrive. admin. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 13:06.

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Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

Health Populi

A new look into Americans’ views on health privacy from Morning Consult provides a current snapshot on citizens’ concerned embrace of technology — worried pragmatism, let’s call it. This ambivalence will flavor how health citizens will adopt and adapt to the growing digitization of health care, and challenge the healthcare ecosystem’s assumption that patients and caregivers will universally, uniformly engage with medical tools and apps and technologies.

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Tradeoffs of a Four-Day School Week, Domestic Terrorism, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on the trade-offs of a four-day school week, how to counter domestic violent extremism, racial disparities in who is convicted of more-serious speeding charges, and more.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Revenue Cycle Management in Healthcare

Advanced Data Systems

When it comes to improving the flow of revenue in your healthcare organization, it pays to use the latest software and technology. To get the most out of modern revenue cycle management, many are turning to artificial intelligence.

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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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Weekender 10/8/21

HIStalk

Weekly News Recap Virgin Pulse announces that it will.

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Washington Demonstrates Cost Savings and Improved Outcomes from Supporting Family Caregivers

NASHP

Washington has been at the forefront of providing supports to family caregivers, in large part, because state policymakers have been able to demonstrate cost savings and improved quality of life. Washington’s Medicaid Transformation Project proactively supports caregivers of individuals likely to spend down to Medicaid long term services and supports (LTSS).

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Building and Defending Markets; Reflections on Attending DTx and NASS Conferences

Health Advances

By Brandon Wade: Senior Director and Co-Leader of the Health Advances Digital Health and Health IT and Musculoskeletal Committees . This week I attended the Digital Therapeutics (DTx) East and North American Spine Society (NASS) conferences in Boston. While simply exciting to be out of the house and interacting with people, the conferences were also a fascinating contrast to observe.

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Friday Reading

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Favorite paper. Covered California’s out-of-pocket drug max Google moves to first price auction. FDA on RWD for regulatory decision-making. NBA and health care fraud.

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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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September Roundup 2021

Life Qi

Spread, scale and sustainability in quality improvement.

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RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council Releases Report to Congress: September 2021 Meeting Summary 

NASHP

On Tuesday, September 21, the RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council met to discuss the release of the RAISE Initial Report to Congress and recognize the outstanding work of all those who helped make the report a reality. . DOWNLOAD SLIDES Call to Order . Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Alison Barkoff began the meeting by commending the council for their work in completing the report to Congress, especially under the

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Virginia Advances Maternal Health Equity Policy

NASHP

Nationwide, the maternal mortality rate for Black people who are pregnant is three times the rate for White non-Latinx people. In response to calls for Virginia to mitigate disparate maternity outcomes, Governor Ralph Northam announced in June 2019 that his administration would prioritize eliminating the racial disparity in the state’s maternal mortality rate by 2025.