Wed.Oct 27, 2021

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Regulatory burdens strapped medical practices over the past year, MGMA finds

Health Care Dive

Prior authorization requirements were the most frequently cited hurdle, while requirements for Medicare's Quality Payment Program and COVID-19 workplace mandates tied for second, a survey by the medical practices group found.

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Clover Health: Open networks encourage patient choice, promote health equity

Fierce Healthcare

Clover Health: Open networks encourage patient choice, promote health equity. rtorrence. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 14:48.

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GE Healthcare supply chain woes: Like 'Whac-A-Mole,' to last into 2022

Health Care Dive

"I'm not sure we're yet in a place where we would say that things are stable," GE CEO Larry Culp told investors Tuesday. The healthcare unit took the biggest hit among the conglomerate's business lines due to delays.

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Aetna exec: Retail-based programs connect Medicare members to health resources they trust

Fierce Healthcare

Aetna exec: Retail-based programs connect Medicare members to health resources they trust. dmuoio. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 16:11.

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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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A look at Teladoc's primary care strategy from its head of US group health

Health Care Dive

In an interview, Kelly Bliss teased upcoming clients for a new virtual-first primary care product and parsed out Teladoc's growth strategies for 2022 and beyond.

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How Optum's HouseCalls pivoted to virtual when houses couldn't be visited during the pandemic

Fierce Healthcare

How Optum's HouseCalls pivoted to virtual when houses couldn't be visited during the pandemic. rking. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 16:33.

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CHS earnings, revenue hold steady in Q3 despite 'largest number of COVID-19 cases to date'

Fierce Healthcare

CHS earnings, revenue hold steady in Q3 despite 'largest number of COVID-19 cases to date'. dmuoio. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 17:14.

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Merck agrees to license COVID-19 pill widely through pact with patent group

Health Care Dive

The deal with the Medicines Patent Pool is meant to increase access in lower-income countries to molnupiravir, an experimental drug that could become the first oral treatment for COVID-19.

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Cerner launches new unit focused on data and research for clinical trials

Fierce Healthcare

Cerner launches new unit focused on data and research for clinical trials. hlandi. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 15:14.

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FDA advisers support using Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine in young children

Health Care Dive

The expert panel pressed Pfizer and the FDA on the shot's safety, but ultimately were convinced by the potential for significant benefit in 5- to 11-year-olds.

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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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Precision payments startup Anomaly gets $17M to reduce wasteful spending

Fierce Healthcare

Precision payments startup Anomaly gets $17M to reduce wasteful spending. rtorrence. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 11:36.

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Digital pharmacies on the rise. But who is going to pay?

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Blue Cross Blue Shield, Nemours Children’s and Cityblock Health join cross-industry health equity pledge

Fierce Healthcare

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Nemours Children’s and Cityblock Health join cross-industry health equity pledge. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 16:13.

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FDA 2022's A-list guidance plan hits on software, post-pandemic future

Health Care Dive

The agency's priorities include a much-anticipated final guidance on clinical decision support software, more than five years in the making, meant to clarify when CDS meets the definition of a medical device.

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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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UnitedHealthcare to expand ACA exchange footprint into 7 new states for 2022

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare to expand ACA exchange footprint into 7 new states for 2022. pminemyer. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 14:57.

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Why We Need a Transformative Right-to-Health Pandemic Treaty Now

Bill Of Health

By MartĂ­n Hevia and Ximena Benavides. Acknowledging what went wrong during the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial to any pandemic lawmaking efforts. Chief among these concerns should be the centrality of human rights to global health security. Health systems that lack universality and inclusivity will always fall short on disease surveillance, detection, and response during health emergencies, at the risk of not reaching all populations.

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Blue Shield of California adds Headspace to Wellvolution platform

Fierce Healthcare

Blue Shield of California adds Headspace to Wellvolution platform. pminemyer. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 11:46.

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Army Enlistment Waivers in the Age of Legal Marijuana

The Rand Blog

Army recruits with a history of marijuana use can ask for a waiver like those who have diabetes or insomnia. They are just as likely as others to complete their first term and make sergeant, and are less likely to leave the Army for health or performance reasons.

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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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Truepill's $142M Series D boosts valuation to $1.6B as it expands reach to health plans, providers

Fierce Healthcare

Truepill's $142M Series D boosts valuation to $1.6B as it expands reach to health plans, providers. hlandi. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 11:21.

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Post-Acute Care Staffing Platform ShiftMed Raises $45 Million to Fuel Expansion

Home Health Care

ShiftMed – a mobile platform that acts as a liaison between health care providers and workers – announced Wednesday that it has raised $45 million in funding. The McLean, Virginia-based company has experienced explosive growth of late. While it began 2021 in just 10 markets across the country, it will finish the year in 56. “We think we’re built to be one of the winners in this category,” Todd Walrath, the CEO of ShiftMed, told Home Health Care News.

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Nurse staffing platform ShiftMed raises $45M to fill provider needs on-demand

Fierce Healthcare

Nurse staffing platform ShiftMed raises $45M to fill provider needs on-demand. rtorrence. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 15:35.

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Listening to the patient can save money

Healthcare It News

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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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TransUnion offloads its healthcare business to Clearlake Capital-backed nThrive for $1.7B

Fierce Healthcare

TransUnion offloads its healthcare business to Clearlake Capital-backed nThrive for $1.7B. hlandi. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 16:06.

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NorthShore Integrates with TytoCare to Expand Telehealth Offerings

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – NorthShore University HealthSystem , today announced a new partnership with on-demand, remote medical exam provider TytoCare to expand its telehealth offerings. In May 2021, NorthShore launched an initial pilot with over 280 NorthShore employees that offered them Immediate Care with the TytoCare device and platform. The pilot exceeded target goals and allowed NorthShore employees to share their feedback to help shape the future of NorthShore patient care and refine

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FTC restricts DaVita's Utah dialysis clinic acquisitions, reinstates prior approval policy

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FTC restricts DaVita's Utah dialysis clinic acquisitions, reinstates prior approval policy. dmuoio. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 12:24.

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Bayer, One Drop Launches AI-Enabled Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Solution

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – One Drop , an AI powered chronic condition management platform, and pharma giant Bayer – their strategic partner/investor released their co-developed digital, AI-enabled, cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention module. – The digital-first approach to CVD prevention provides a holistic set of digital tools and coaching placing One Drop members on a healthier path by personalizing care, gathering data, and providing actionable insights, all in a user-frien

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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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Negotiating with TTP—A Different Perspective

The Rand Blog

America's withdrawal and the Taliban's swift return to power in Afghanistan could be a primary force in shaping the trajectory of the continuing armed struggle with Pakistan's Taliban. It may be time for Islamabad to consider whether to renew efforts aimed at reaching a political settlement.

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Healthcare SPAC Deep Medicine Acquisition Announces Pricing of $110M IPO

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Deep Medicine Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses announced today that it priced its upsized initial public offering of 11,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. – The units are expected to be listed on The Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) and trade under the ticker sy

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Beyond the Bottom Line: Why M&A Isn’t Just About EBITDA for The Pennant Group

Home Health Care

Over two years after spinning off from The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG), Eagle, Idaho-based The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) stands at 87 home health and hospice agencies, plus 54 senior living communities. The company has locations throughout 14 states overall. The Pennant Group is, no doubt, a large-scale provider with plenty of resources at its disposal.

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Finding My Voice as a C. diff Patient

CDC

At the age of 31, I knew nothing of patient advocacy; having a voice for my own healthcare simply hadn’t crossed my mind. I’ve since learned that it is essential to include patient voices in the healthcare system. When I was prescribed a preventive antibiotic for a root canal I, like most Americans, thought nothing of it. I was no stranger to antibiotics and considered them perfectly harmless.

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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.