Health Care Dive

JULY 28, 2022

The cost of the average breach for healthcare increased by $1 million to $10.1 million. That's up more than 40% since the 2020 report by Ponemon and IBM Security.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 28, 2022

Several new partnerships were announced this week between legacy electronic health record vendors and smaller tech firms offering services and capabilities across a variety of clinical and operational use cases. Allscripts approves third-party referral automation platform for EHR. Allscripts has approved a third-party integration with a patient-provider match tool, ReferralPoint, for use with the Allscripts Professional EHR and Allscripts Practice Management platforms.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 28, 2022

The payer maintains headquarters in Long Beach, California, along with offices in New York City and assorted properties in other states. It employs 14,000 people.

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Pro CRNA

JULY 28, 2022

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. The leader is often a dynamic person who guides a frontline team to the completion of a task or goal. In the traditional scenario, the boss is in a position of authority over the workers, and both know their position on the chain of command. Breaking the traditional hierarchy of leadership, in 1992 coach Chuck Daly found himself with a unique challenge as the coach of the first US Olympic men’s basketball dream team.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 28, 2022

The issues stem from Centene’s WellCare acquisition and plans are already underway to turn the star ratings around, CEO Sarah London said.

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p3care

JULY 28, 2022

Telemedicine and Its Benefits. Telemedicine offers patients and physicians many benefits at a meager cost and accessible ways to access quality healthcare services. In addition, its demand is also increasing among consumers who appreciate the convenience and improved care access. And ultimately, medical billing companies are also adopting new ways to compile claims for that. 2021 – The Peak in Telemedicine Usage. 2021 has been a productive and difficult year for every sector, especially health

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Home Health Care

JULY 28, 2022

The Preserving Access to Home Health Act, which was introduced in the Senate earlier this week, was also introduced in the House on Thursday. The bill would prevent the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from reducing home health payments from now until 2026. The House bill, which was introduced by Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL), is identical to the one introduced to the Senate by Sens.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 28, 2022

States have a wide variety of opinions on how difficult the looming process of resuming annual eligibility reviews after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends might be, according to MACPAC.

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Home Health Care

JULY 28, 2022

During the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) Financial Management Conference this week, a stranger leaned over to me to ask if I could hear the speakers of the particular panel we were listening in to. . I told him yes, but barely. He told me he couldn’t, but that he “probably knew what they were talking about anyway.”. But I’m not sure I believe him.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 28, 2022

The for-profit hospital operator missed Wall Street expectations on revenue and saw admissions decline 3.4% year over year.

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Home Health Care

JULY 28, 2022

When it comes to home health providers, it’s safe to say that the proposed payment rule is the talk of the town. And Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) is no exception. “The topic on everyone’s mind has been the proposed home health rule for 2023,” Amedisys CEO Chris Gerard said during the company’s second quarter earnings call Thursday. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposal for home health care last month.

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Life Qi

JULY 28, 2022

What is Kaizen? In this blog we are going to be taking a look at Kaizen - a quality improvement (QI) method invented by Masaaki Imai - and a systematic approach for continuous improvement in business. In his 1980s book ‘Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success,’ Imai introduced the concept and to this day it is an important quality methodology used across healthcare and other industries.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

What You Should Know: Elevation Oncology, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision oncology products for patients with genomically defined cancers, today announced that it has secured a $50M senior secured loan facility from funds managed by K2 HealthVentures. Elevation plans to use the funding from the facility will primarily support the exclusive license of EO-3021 (SYSA1801) outside of Greater China from CSPC Pharmaceutical Group and the execution of

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The Rand Blog

JULY 28, 2022

The U.S. government should consider offering a public cash bounty to anyone who can crack the new forms of encryption that are being rolled out to defend against quantum computers. If a bounty helps catch a vulnerability before it's deployed, then the modest cost of the bounty could prevent much higher costs down the line.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

What You Should Know: – A new examination of patient perspectives on health data privacy illustrates unresolved tension over the eroding security and confidentiality of personal health information in a wired society and economy. – More than 92% of patients believe privacy is a right and their health data should not be available for purchase, according to a survey released by the American Medical Association (AMA).

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 28, 2022

That is the conclusion from a recent report from some of my colleagues at FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy. In the report titled “ Protecting the Pipeline: How a Public Option Could Impact Our Nation’s Health Care Workforce “ An excerpt and some empirical findings are below. …government rate setting under a public option may exacerbate health care workforce shortages.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

What You Should Know: – Linus Health launches the first iPad-based cognitive screening platform able to detect cognitive decline such as dementia years before the human eye could ever do so. – Linus is now offering a solution to empower PCPs to not only pinpoint cognitive issues in just minutes but also leverage AI to provide patients with evidence-based early interventions.

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HIStalk

JULY 28, 2022

Top News Teladoc Health reports Q2 results: revenue up 18%,

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

What You Should Know: – Caption Health and Heartbeat Health today announced a partnership that will enable providers to offer their patients earlier access to cardiovascular care than ever before possible. – Together, the partners are increasing access to early cardiac evaluations and care by providing these two innovations as a value-based bundle for health providers, payers, and value-based care organizations.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1767-F) on July 27, 2022 that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for facilities under the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) for fiscal year (FY) 2023.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

What You Should Know: This week, AmerisourceBergen announced plans to launch DTx Connect , a fully integrated ordering, dispensing and fulfillment platform that aims to facilitate patient access to physician-ordered digital therapeutics and diagnostics. – Several developers plan to pilot DTx Connect, which aims to reduce barriers that physicians and patients face across the ordering and fulfillment of digital therapeutics and diagnostics.

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Bill Of Health

JULY 28, 2022

The Journal of Law and Biosciences , a co-venture between Duke University, Harvard Law School, and Stanford University, offers high-quality, open-access scholarship at the intersection of the biosciences and law. The Journal , which is published by Oxford University Press, is the first fully open-access, peer-reviewed legal journal to focus on these issues.

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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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Health Policy News

JULY 28, 2022

Last summer, Health Policy News provided coverage of early planning at the state level to implement Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) related to Home.

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Health Dialog

JULY 28, 2022

This is the third installment of our blog series, “The Top Five Reasons People Call the Nurse Advice Line.” Read our introductory blog post and the article on the fifth most common reason why people call in, fevers and chills.

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Sequence Health

JULY 28, 2022

Healthcare businesses have a lot of competition. To stay ahead, they need to use every tool at their disposal. Animated explainer videos are one such tool that can be highly beneficial for healthcare businesses. They can help you educate patients, attract new customers, and increase brand awareness. Learn how animated explainer videos can benefit healthcare businesses with examples. 1.

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Health Policy News

JULY 28, 2022

The earliest Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers are reaching their expiration dates, marking a key milestone under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This article explores the next.

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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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Health Advances

JULY 28, 2022

Our recent AACC Reception and Panel (Chicago) was a great success. Our panel, representing both strategic and investment leaders across the diagnostics industry discussed where we go now as we look beyond COVID. You can view this dynamic discussion above. Many thanks to all our distinguished panelists (listed below) and our many attendees that helped make this event both fun and insightful!

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Home Health Care

JULY 28, 2022

Deloris Witcher, caregiver (PCA) for Care Advantage, has been named a 2022 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of seniors and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for seniors, their industry, and their pe

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

What You Should Know: – General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics has been awarded the Omnibus IV Medical Research and Development contract by the Defense Health Agency (DHA). The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (IDIQ) has a total ceiling of $10B with a five-year base period and one five-year option. . – The DHA enables the U.S.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Today (July 27, 2022), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1773-F). For the Hospice Quality Reporting Program, the final rule provides an update on the development of a patient assessment instrument, titled Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE).

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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.