Wed.Nov 03, 2021

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Notable nabs $100M to automate administrative tasks in healthcare, boosts valuation to $600M

Fierce Healthcare

Notable nabs $100M to automate administrative tasks in healthcare, boosts valuation to $600M. rtorrence. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:07.

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CMS finalizes plans to hike price transparency penalties, extend telehealth flexibilities

Health Care Dive

The agency is also moving forward with a plan to stop the elimination of the Medicare inpatient-only list, which is a win for hospitals.

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Former Livongo exec launches women's health startup that uses data for personalized care

Fierce Healthcare

Former Livongo exec launches women's health startup that uses data for personalized care. hlandi. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:24.

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How hospitals leveraged on-site child care during the pandemic in a bid to drive retention

Health Care Dive

An overwhelming amount of healthcare jobs are held by women, and on-site child care can drive better retention amid a "Great Resignation," as burned out employees across all industries reevaluate their roles and workplaces.

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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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AMIA 2021: Understanding how technology impacts patients and providers

Fierce Healthcare

AMIA 2021: Understanding how technology impacts patients and providers. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 12:10.

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COVID-19 medical costs drag Aetna's commercial business, but CVS still posts $1.6B in Q3 profit

Health Care Dive

Though the pandemic continues to stress CVS' payer segment, drugstores continue to benefit from COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, particularly as a greater number of employers begin to mandate the shots.

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Humana cuts outlook after delta surge raises utilization expectations

Health Care Dive

Hospitalization trends were on par with January 2021, the height of the pandemic. As a result, Humana expects utilization to run higher than its original forecast, cutting into earnings expectations for the full year.

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The vast majority of data engineers are burnt out. Those working in healthcare are no exception

Fierce Healthcare

The vast majority of data engineers are burnt out. Those working in healthcare are no exception. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 15:23.

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CDC panel unanimously backs use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in young children

Health Care Dive

CDC director Rochelle Walensky signed off on the committee's recommendations Tuesday night, allowing kids to start receiving the vaccine.

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Combating COVID and a workforce crisis, hospitals call for more financial relief from Congress

Fierce Healthcare

Combating COVID and a workforce crisis, hospitals call for more financial relief from Congress. dmuoio. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 15:07.

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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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How employee wellbeing is smart business

Healthcare It News

Accenture’s multi-industry “Care to do Better” study shows how it unlocks workers’ full potential, with significant positive business impact. The study references the Accenture “Net Better Off” framework, which quantifies human well-being in terms of six dimensions. On this podcast, Sig Shirodkar, Managing Director, Jennifer Hammond, Sr.

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Slavitt to lead office of the CEO at Cityblock Health as co-founder takes leave of absence

Fierce Healthcare

Slavitt to lead office of the CEO at Cityblock Health as co-founder takes leave of absence. hlandi. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 17:52.

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CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Late afternoon of November 2, 2021 (filed at 4:15pm ET), CMS announced “actions that will advance its strategic commitment to drive innovation to support health equity and high quality, person-centered care. CMS’ Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule will promote greater use of telehealth and other telecommunications technologies for providing behavioral health care services, encourage growth in the

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Part D, Medicare Advantage drug plans must install cost-sharing cap by 2025 in new drug price bill

Fierce Healthcare

Part D, Medicare Advantage drug plans must install cost-sharing cap by 2025 in new drug price bill. rking. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 17:25.

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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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What's in store for healthcare tech?

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Hospital leaders agree COVID revealed 'significant' supply chain issues. Less than half say they've plugged the gaps

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital leaders agree COVID revealed 'significant' supply chain issues. Less than half say they've plugged the gaps. dmuoio. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 17:04.

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State of Healthcare IT/EHR Staffing in a World with COVID-19

HIT Consultant

Seann Mulligan, Vice President, Strategic Delivery, HCTec. After a year dominated by COVID-19, and even with the rising challenges of the delta variant, Healthcare IT staffing is rebounding. To complicate matters more, the rising number of vaccine mandates across hospital systems has the potential to put the entire industry in a serious bind. Throughout 2020, the majority of US hospital systems were stopped in their tracks.

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CVS Health boosts guidance as it reports $1.6B in profit for Q3

Fierce Healthcare

CVS Health boosts guidance as it reports $1.6B in profit for Q3. pminemyer. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 07:20.

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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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Decentralized Clinical Trials: Keys to Optimizing Diversity and Inclusion

HIT Consultant

The U.S. pharma industry and research intuitions have long struggled with increasing clinical trial diversity in an effective, sustainable, and scalable fashion. Clinical research, in general, acknowledges the universal struggle of recruiting enough participants from various demographic groups. For example, racial and ethnic minorities have been historically underrepresented in clinical trials—a problem that still persists today.

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Centene selling off majority stake in U.S. Medical Management

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Centene selling off majority stake in U.S. Medical Management. pminemyer. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:29.

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Wellinks Secures $25M to Expand Virtual COPD Management Solution

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Wellinks , a digital health company for virtual COPD, announced it has closed a $25M funding round, led by new investor Morningside Venture Investments and joined by returning investors HighCape Capital , Connecticut Innovations , Benslie Ltd., and Stonehenge Capital. – COPD is the third leading cause of death by disease in the U.S. and the fifth most costly chronic condition, with an estimated $49.9 billion spent annually.

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Moving Health Care Home: Insights We’ve Learned in Kidney Care

Fierce Healthcare

Moving Health Care Home: Insights We’ve Learned in Kidney Care. admin. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 12:31.

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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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U of Florida to Deploy DreaMed AI Solution for Type 2 Diabetes

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – DreaMed Diabetes AI , developer of the AI-powered Advisor Pro Clinical Decision Support System and expert-care platform for diabetes, announced today the expansion of its commercial relationship with the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic at the University of Florida in Gainesville. – The clinic will begin using the Advisor Pro Decision-Support System for people with Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes, enhancing its offering to healthcare practitioners and patients. ̵

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10 Healthcare Podcasts You Need to Listen to

Advanced Data Systems

Whether you are already a medical industry professional or have an interest in medicine and would like to expand your knowledge, it pays to make maximum use of your time as you learn. Busy people who want to stay on top of healthcare industry developments, innovations, and the latest news may not be able to devote much attention to reading books or journals, let alone watching lengthy documentaries.

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Improving Patient Engagement and Retention Through Technology

Medical GPS

From the exam room to the home, technology is transforming every facet of healthcare at a pace that’s both exciting and overwhelming. Artificial intelligence systems can accurately create predictive outcome models or design smarter medicine, and remote health technology keeps patients more connected to providers than ever before, despite physically being miles apart.

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Leadership Forum Empowers First Ladies Around the World

The Rand Blog

In many countries, the role of first lady doesn't come with a job description or even a staff. The Global First Ladies Alliance, born at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, helps first ladies lead, often with the assistance of America's own first ladies.

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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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CY 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Final Rule – AND MORE!

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Late in the afternoon (4:15pm ET) on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, CMS filed the public inspection copy of 2021-23993. (This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 11/09/2021 and available online at federalregister.gov/d/2021-23993, and on govinfo.gov.) At first blush, this Final Rule appears to be solely directed at the home health industry, but wait….

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Designing Digital Health for Public Health Preparedness and Equity: the Consumer Tech Association Doubles Down

Health Populi

A coalition of health care providers, health plans, technology innovators, NGOs, and medical societies has come together as the Public Health Tech Initiative (PHTI), endorsed by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) with the goal of advancing the use of trustworthy digital health to proactively meet the challenge of future public health emergencies… like pandemics.

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State, Federal, and Private Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Compliance

Sheppard Health Law

Six months ago , we cautioned health plans and plan sponsors that states, the federal government, and private litigants were laser focused on Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) compliance. The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) investigated and closed 127 health plan investigations related to MHPAEA in FY 2020. Given the changes announced in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”), and subsequent guidance , we expect heightened scrutiny of MHPAEA compliance

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How to Detect and Address Friction in the Healthcare Employee Journey Leveraging the Latest Technology

HIT Consultant

Kristi Roe, Head of Healthcare Experience at Medallia. Whether you call it the great resignation, pandemic burnout, or the great discontent , the medical profession is not immune to the rising wave of employee turnover that’s currently shaking up organizations across industries. In fact, the churn rate for staff nurses has grown by nearly 3% to just under 19%, costing hospitals between roughly $4 million to $6.5 million annually.

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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.