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Companies see a future for smart implants. Doctors are waiting for proof.

Health Care Dive

Zimmer Biomet and Canary Medical are rolling out the first knee implant with an integrated sensor, though it will take time to learn how to incorporate that data into patient care, experts say.

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The Higher Cost of Cookouts – Happy, Healthy Independence Day 2022

Health Populi

On this July 4th holiday, Americans aren’t feeling quite so financially independent on Independence Day 2022. The cost of a cookout for your family and friend group of 10 rose over $10 this year, 17% higher than in 2021, based on the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual assessment of BBQing Economics on the Fourth of July. This estimate is based on a market-basket menu that includes cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, homemade potato salad, strawberries and ice cream.

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HHS to send out more monkeypox vaccines as CDC activates emergency center

Health Care Dive

The distribution will take place on a four-tier basis with areas that have the highest case rates coming first. Within the tiers, priority will be based on the number of people at risk for monkeypox who have preexisting conditions.

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ACAP Launches Center for Social Determinants of Health Innovation

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) announced the launch of The ACAP Center for Social Determinants of Health Innovation. The center will encourage and empower other stakeholders to support SDoH initiative. – The center offers tailored resources, including policy reports, market research, and roundtable educational events, to help health plans, policymakers, and other stakeholders address social issues that impact health and wellbeing,

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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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HHS issues guidance on when providers may be forced to share patient information

Health Care Dive

The HHS Office for Civil Rights issued privacy guidelines Wednesday clarifying how to protect patient health information following the Supreme Court's ruling ending the constitutional right to an abortion.

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Regard Raises $15.3M for AI Co-Pilot to Diagnose Medical Conditions

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Regard (formerly known as HealthTensor), a L.A.-based software company developing an artificial intelligence (AI) co-pilot for physicians to help diagnose medical conditions, announced its $15.3 million in Series A funding led by Calibrate Ventures and Foundry Group , with participation from additional investors. – The funding will be used to help grow the Regard team to support more clients, reduce integration time and expedite reach to new physicians and hos

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Adult Skills Scholarship Recipient: Carolyn Critchelow

American College of Healthcare Sciences

“ Don’t quit don’t give up on what your dreams are. Surround yourself with like minded people !” ~ Carolyn Critchelow. Discovering Holistic Health. Carolyn Critchelow is a recipient of the ACHS Adult Skills Scholarship. Carolyn is currently a nurse but has become passionate about integrative health and wants to learn more about the holistic approach to care rather than Western medicine.

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Biden signs law requiring VA be more transparent about EHR rollout costs

Health Care Dive

The new law received bipartisan support as lawmakers become increasingly frustrated with the VA’s management of the seven-year-old program, which has been dogged by delays, growing spending and operational issues.

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Why the Proposed Rule Could Hinder the Home Health Public Market’s Strategic Visions

Home Health Care

At the very beginning of this year, I wrote an HHCN+ Report on the home health public market and how it sets the pace for the rest of the industry. At the time, the public companies were all doing well, though things have certainly changed since then. Among my takeaways, I wrote about how larger providers were focused on building geographic density in 2022 and how new public players were shaking things up.

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Aetna rolls back prior authorization requirement for cataract surgery

Health Care Dive

The payer said its decision came after analyzing real-time data when the requirement was in place and that it will continue to perform retrospective reviews.

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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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Why Understanding CMS’ Proposed Rule Logic Is Key to Combating It

Home Health Care

In order for the home-based care industry to push back against the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2023 proposed payment rule , industry leaders must understand where CMS’ intentions and motivations are coming from. Industry leaders also need to focus mainly on the behavioral adjustments that CMS is targeting and planning to change.

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CVS long-term care unit Omnicare taps new president

Health Care Dive

Ahmed Hassan, who will assume the role Friday, will be tasked with leading CVS’ long-term care business and formulating business strategy.

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Analysis: How Will The Roadmap for Diagnostic Cardiology Devices Develop?

HIT Consultant

Like most healthcare markets, the diagnostic cardiology market has had a bumpy ride in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic saw global revenues for Resting ECG devices increase in 2020, whilst ECG Management Systems, Stress ECG and Traditional Holter ECG solutions saw a market decline. Country lockdowns resulted in reduced cardiology services during the peak of the pandemic, as non-urgent appointments were delayed. 2021 showed relief for cardiac facilities as providers started to deal with the pa

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UHS lowers financial outlook on 'unfavorable' operating environment, making good on April warning

Health Care Dive

UHS is not the first system to slash guidance this year citing adverse operating conditions, trailing peers HCA and CHS.

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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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Home-Focused Matter Health Raises $35M in Series A Funding Round

Home Health Care

Matter Health — a primary care services provider with a focus on affordable housing communities — has secured $35 million in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by the Jordan Park Group, an investment management company. “The primary purpose of the funding is just to allow us to expand our reach to serve more patients,” Mason Mercy, co-founder and CEO of Matter Health, told Home Health Care News.

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Pfizer seeks full FDA approval of Paxlovid as questions about its benefits grow

Health Care Dive

A standard clearance could further broaden Paxlovid’s fast-rising use. But weaknesses are emerging too, among them unclear benefits in vaccinated people and a potential lack of potency against new variants.

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VA vs. private hospitals

Healthcare ECONOMIST

How do efficiently is care provided for patients at Veteran Affairs’ hospitals as compared to private hospitals? This is not an easy question to answer as the composition of patients differs between these hospitals. Even among dually-eligible individuals–those with both VA and commercial insurance–individuals treated at VA hospitals are generally more severely ill.

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Five-Star State-Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table – June 2022 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the June 2022 Five-Star State-Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table. “This document – Five Star Quality Rating System Technical Users’ Guide: State Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table – provides the data for the state-level cut points for the star ratings included in the health inspection domain.

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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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Celebrating red, white and blue? Here are some safety tips for you

Michele Late

By Lostinbids, courtesy iStockphoto The Fourth of July is almost here! Whether you’re going to see fireworks, spending time with loved ones or just enjoying the sun, it’s important to stay safe in the summer heat. Follow these tips to get ready for summer fun! COVID-19 When heading out for the Fourth, remember to bring a mask and hand sanitizer. As people gather to celebrate, crowds will form.

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Disrupt Podcast #58: Raman Brar, CEO and co-founder of Pathwell

Home Health Care

The 58th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News caught up with Raman Brar, the CEO and co-founder of Pathwell. During the conversation, Brar touched on the company’s transition from a technology company to a home-based care provider, Pathwell’s growth goals and how the company plans to navigate the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. .

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Science and Security: Setting the Direction for the UK's Research Relationship with China

The Rand Blog

UK-China research has the potential to sustain the very forms of academic excellence that a more-isolationist approach sets out to protect, while also raising the possibility of bridge-building and tackling shared problems. For this to become a reality, knowledge and understanding of China in the United Kingdom must improve.

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Supreme Court To Review DOJ’s Authority to Dismiss Qui Tam FCA Suits Over Objections From Relators

Sheppard Health Law

On June 21, 2022 the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Polansky v. Exec. Health Res. , 17 F.4th 376 (3d Cir. 2021), allowing the Court to review the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) authority to dismiss qui tam suits brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), over objections by the relators. The case invites the high Court to decide two key issues: (1) whether the DOJ has the authority to dismiss qui tam suits where it declined to intervene, and (2) what standard of review applies to such requ

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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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How Can Biopharma Companies Sustain Growth & Innovation?

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The traditional approach to fostering biopharma growth is no longer sustainable, according to Accenture research and analysis. The new research reveals perspectives on the life sciences industry based on an extensive analysis of over 300 M&A deals made by the top 30 biopharma companies between 2010–2021. – The analysis reveals multiple factors are eroding the sustainability of an inorganic growth strategy, such as rising costs of M&A, declining abilit

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QSEP Training: Long Term Care Regulatory and Interpretive Guidance and Psychosocial Severity Guide Updates – June 2022

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. You may have noticed in yesterday’s news from CMS that there is publicly available guidance training for nursing home providers in the Quality, Safety and Education Portal (QSEP) to explain these updates and changes to regulations and guidance. Today, that training is now available here.

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How to Implement RPM Systems

Health Recovery

Telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) are becoming widely accepted as a means for improving access to care and reducing hospital readmissions. If you’re looking to implement RPM systems at your healthcare facility, here’s a list of questions to guide you through the step s.

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News 7/1/22

HIStalk

Top News A NEJM perspective piece says that today’s care.

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

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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How patient-facing apps can help support specialists – who are in short supply

Healthcare It News

Today there are just 33,368 cardiologists in the U.S. They can't possibly care for 30.3 million adults with heart disease in the U.S. right now. On a related note: About 647,000 people die every year in the U.S. from heart-related issues. And it's not just cardiologists. The U.S. is lacking most medical specialists today. That's where technology can step in – to help scale and magnify the impact of specialists to manage chronic disease.

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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 6/30/22

HIStalk

I’m still in the woods.

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How Data Enables Payers to Improve Member Access and Experience?

Lexis Nexis

Consumer experience and access to care are set to become major focal points for payers. The federal government is preparing to implement more rigorous benchmarks for health plan quality ratings based increasingly on how members perceive their interactions with the healthcare system. For payers, this requires a shift in thinking about data. Consider the highly competitive Medicare Advantage space.

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Morning Headlines 7/1/22

HIStalk

HealthMark Group Announces a Series of Strategic Acquisitions to Elevate.

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Top 12 Telehealth KPIs Every Health Tech Leader Should Know

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.