Mon.Nov 08, 2021

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Kaiser's operating margin dwindles as COVID-19 expenses, labor costs rise

Health Care Dive

Along with ongoing pandemic stresses, the California nonprofit is facing rising expenses amid intense workforce pressure as it faces the start of a major strike next week.

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Report ranks 10 most cost-efficient hospitals in the U.S., identifies $8B in potential Medicare savings

Fierce Healthcare

Report ranks 10 most cost-efficient hospitals in the U.S., identifies $8B in potential Medicare savings. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 18:03.

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3 priorities for patient-centric healthcare organizations

Health Care Dive

For decades, most patients have traveled to providers—whether medical offices or hospitals—for care. However, the coronavirus exposed the cracks in this facility-centric paradigm.

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How this telehealth startup aims to address mental illness with ketamine therapy

Fierce Healthcare

How this telehealth startup aims to address mental illness with ketamine therapy. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 13:17.

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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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5 best practices for building a better digital front door

Health Care Dive

Find the keys to your digital front door and build better patient experiences.

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Kaiser profits decline to $1.6B in Q3 due to increased expenses from COVID-19 surge

Fierce Healthcare

Kaiser profits decline to $1.6B in Q3 due to increased expenses from COVID-19 surge. rking. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 15:01.

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Report: Low-income, high-risk patients less likely to close care gaps, benefit most from one-on-one outreach

Fierce Healthcare

Report: Low-income, high-risk patients less likely to close care gaps, benefit most from one-on-one outreach. rtorrence. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 13:50.

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Should Patient Check-In Lines Be a Thing of the Past?

Clearwave Inc

Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that with Clearwave, your patients can check-in for appointments in as little as three minutes or less? In healthcare, low check-in times reflect efficiency, good digital tools and a commitment to the patient relationship. It’s the satisfying first impression that can boost your reputation and support your practice’s success.

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Health tech funding snapshot—Honor pulls in $370M; SoftBank's latest bets in healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

Health tech funding snapshot—Honor pulls in $370M; SoftBank's latest bets in healthcare. hlandi. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 11:12.

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Malaria Vaccine May Not Eliminate Need to Combat Counterfeit Medicines

The Rand Blog

The newly announced malaria vaccine could be a critical tool to combat the tremendous socioeconomic burden malaria causes. But global achievements in reducing malaria cases and deaths in the past decades may be in danger of significant reversal if the problem of counterfeiting continues.

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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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Anthem enters into multiyear kidney care partnership with Somatus

Fierce Healthcare

Anthem enters into multiyear kidney care partnership with Somatus. pminemyer. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 13:01.

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Philips Acquires Cardiologs to Expand Cardiac Diagnostics & Monitoring Portfolio

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Philips today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Paris-based Cardiologs , a France-based medical technology company focused on transforming cardiac diagnostics using artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology. – Cardiologs will further strengthen Philips’ cardiac monitoring and diagnostics offering with innovative software technology, electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis and reporting services.

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Drugmakers get mixed bag in lawsuit rulings over 340B contract pharmacy moves

Fierce Healthcare

Drugmakers get mixed bag in lawsuit rulings over 340B contract pharmacy moves. rking. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 14:17.

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Three Steps to a Successful Health Insurance Exchange

HIT Consultant

Chini Krishnan, co-founder and CEO of GetInsured. Since the launch of the Affordable Care Act, we have seen federal administrations come and go. Yet throughout the changes and enhancements to the law over time and across party lines, one thing has remained constant – and that is, exchanges or state-based marketplaces (SBMs) have and will continue to provide states with the autonomy and flexibility to address the unique needs of health insurance markets and consumers around the country in a way t

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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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200 hospitals sign on to new HHS maternal, infant health collaborative

Fierce Healthcare

200 hospitals sign on to new HHS maternal, infant health collaborative. pminemyer. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 16:14.

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Trustmark Health Benefits. Teladoc Launches Virtual-First Health Plan Services

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Trustmark Health Benefits, Inc. today announced the launch of their first virtual-first health plan design in partnership with Teladoc Health. – Powered by Teladoc Health’s primary care service, Primary360, the virtual care offering is specifically designed to address persistent challenges in cost and access to high-quality healthcare for millions of consumers, especially those who do not have an ongoing relationship with a primary care provider. – The T

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CHS doesn't expect some low-acuity business, emergency room volumes to return to normal after pandemic

Fierce Healthcare

CHS doesn't expect some low-acuity business, emergency room volumes to return to normal after pandemic. rking. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 17:48.

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Beacon Biosignals Secures $27M to Scale EEG Neurobiomarker Discovery Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Beacon Biosignals , a neurotechnology company applying artificial intelligence to EEG (electroencephalography) to unlock precision medicine for any condition affecting the brain, has announced an oversubscribed $27M Series A financing led by General Catalyst and with participation from Casdin Capital. This capital brings Beacon Biosignals’ total funding to date to $30M. – Founded in 2019 by MD/PhDs and engineers from Harvard and MIT, Beacon’s launc

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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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Sirona Medical gets $40M for cloud-based radiology IT platform

Fierce Healthcare

Sirona Medical gets $40M for cloud-based radiology IT platform. rtorrence. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 17:16.

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‘Layer Upon Layer of Regulation’: Breaking Down the CMS Vaccination Mandate

Home Health Care

Since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its interim emergency regulation relating to the federal government’s vaccine mandate last Thursday, more clarity has come to the surface. Specifically, CMS has made clear what health care providers are included, what individuals can be exempt and how the mandate will be enforced.

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On the heels of going public, DocGo aims to expand mobile medical services in the U.S. and overseas

Fierce Healthcare

On the heels of going public, DocGo aims to expand mobile medical services in the U.S. and overseas. hlandi. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 19:53.

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ISPOR Europe Panels

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Mark your calendars and be sure to register: I will be speaking on two panels at the upcoming ISPOR Europe 2021 virtual conference. These panels include: “Addressing Payment Challenges for Alzheimer’s Disease-Modifying Therapies” on December 1, 16:00-17:00 CET and “Challenges in Quantifying the Value of Digital Therapeutics” on December 2, 11:00-12:00 CET.

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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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Walmart Snags Ochsner Executive; Amedisys Names New Hospice Leader

Home Health Care

Walmart’s latest health care hire. Walmart has reportedly snagged Dr. David Carmouche from Louisiana-based Ochsner Health to lead its expansion into retail health care. Walmart officially kicked off its health care strategy in 2019 when it opened its first 10,000-square-foot health center in Dallas, Georgia. That initial location even included an on-site connection to home health giant Amedisys Inc.

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Pregnancy and the COVID-19 Vaccine

Voyage Healthcare

If you are considering pregnancy, are currently pregnant, or have recently given birth, we understand your health and the health of your baby are paramount. We couldn't agree more. Our goal is to help you have a happy, healthy pregnancy and delivery. Over the past 18 months, there have been many questions surrounding COVID-19 and how it will affect your unborn child.

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Next CMS National Stakeholder Call – Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The next CMS National Stakeholder Call to address the Omnibus Vaccine Rule will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 3:30 PM (ET). Register here. If you want to be included in the live call, please register ASAP as the November 4, 2021 call maxed out at the 1 st 10,000 registrants.

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Machine Learning Uses Predictive Analytics For Suicide Prevention

Health IT Analytics

Johns Hopkins University… read more

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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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Effective Health Spending Is An Investment, Not a Cost: the Bottom-Line from OECD Health at a Glance 2021

Health Populi

“The pandemic has shown that effective health spending is an investment, not a cost to be contained: stronger, more resilient health systems protect both populations and economies,” the OECD states in the first paragraph of the organization’s perennially-updated report, Health at a Glance 2021. This version of the global report incorporates public health data from the “OECD35,” 35 nations from “A” to “U” (Australia to United States) quantifyi

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New Data Highlights Complexity of Good Samaritan Overdose Law Landscape

Bill Of Health

By David Momjian. Since 1999, over 800,000 people have died from a drug overdose in the United States, with more than half of those deaths (500,000) resulting from opioid overdose. Additionally, all 50 states have experienced a spike in overdose deaths in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 12-month period ending in May 2020, 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States; the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period.

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Analytical Gaming Could Help the U.S. Coast Guard Address Key Challenges

The Rand Blog

By gradually expanding its gaming efforts, the U.S. Coast Guard might improve both the quality of its decisions and the strength of its relationships, making the service ever more capable as it navigates the formidable challenges of the twenty-first century.

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Healthcare Financial Assistance Transactions Increases by 55%, TransUnion Healthcare Survey Reveals

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The number of financial assistance transactions processed by TransUnion Healthcare increased 55% between September 2020 and September 2021, according to a new analysis from TransUnion Healthcare released at the HFMA Annual Conference indicates hospitals are more proactively working with patients to understand their financial needs and provide appropriate options. – The data reflect millions of financial assistance transactions, from more than 1,000 hospitals a

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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.