Health Care Dive
JUNE 29, 2023
Providers are expected to seek rate increases from payers as they struggle with labor costs, while health plans will face pressure from increased pharmaceutical expenses.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
Value-based care evolved from a pipe dream to a reimbursement code. The “food is medicine” movement is materializing from a pie in the sky into a pie on the table. | As the industry pursues value-based care and payment models, health systems, hospitals, providers and startups are exploring interventions and programs that a generation ago would have not been considered "healthcare.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 29, 2023
Industry groups and the HHS argued the ruling against race-conscious admissions policies could roll back gains in the number of minority physicians and ultimately hurt health outcomes.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
Iodine Software is charging ahead to integrate generative AI technology into its software to make a "quantum leap" in automation and predictive analytics capabilities. | Iodine Software is charging ahead to integrate generative AI technology into its software to make a "quantum leap" in automation and predictive analytics capabilities.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 29, 2023
Primary care doctors have particularly benefited from CMS coding tweaks in 2021, according to a new survey. The gains could help narrow the compensation gap between primary care physicians and other specialties.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the rising tide of mental health concerns—particularly among children and adolescents—has been a major focus in the industry. | Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the rising tide of mental health concerns—particularly among children and adolescents—has been a major focus in the industry.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have less choice when it comes to finding a psychiatrist than Medicaid enrollees or those who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace do, acc | Medicare Advantage continues to grow, and so does the need for beneficiaries to have access to psychiatrists, says a study in Health Affairs.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 29, 2023
The multi-state bust that targeted 78 individuals represents “one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the Justice Department,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
Healthcare costs will balloon 7% next year, as payers hammer out new contracts with providers, the labor shortage stretches on and drug prices continue to increase, according to a new
Health Care Dive
JUNE 29, 2023
Epic is DAX Express’ first native integration, though a Nuance spokesperson stressed the clinical documentation capability remains EHR agnostic.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
The Department of Justice (DOJ) uncorked healthcare fraud charges against 78 defendants whose alleged telemedicine, prescription drug, opioid distribution and clinical lab testing schemes billed fo | Among the charges was an alleged $1.9 billion telehealth conspiracy described by Attorney General Merrick Garland as "one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the Justice Department.
Health IT Analytics
JUNE 29, 2023
Five pilot projects dedicated to the use of artificial intelligence to enhance the aging process received $250,000 each from MassAITC.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
Boston Children’s Hospital and nearby Franciscan Children’s are moving forward with an affiliation agreement that includes hundreds of millions in modernization investments and strengthened medical | The deal closing July 1 comes with a $500 million-plus investment into Franciscan Children's facilities, inpatient and behavioral bed increases, increased staffing targets and a push toward fully integrated pediatric care.
Bill Of Health
JUNE 29, 2023
By Stephen Wood The State of Massachusetts is currently reviewing a new protocol for the pre-hospital (i.e., ambulance) administration of blood products to patients with acute hemorrhagic shock. In the pre-hospital setting, hemorrhagic shock, which is characterized by rapid blood loss that results in potentially fatal oxygen depletion of the vital organs, is traditionally managed by the administration of intravenous fluids.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
My identity as a gay woman isn’t all of who I am. | As a leader touching the healthcare industry for over 30 years, I’ve always felt passionately about not hiding who I am so that others feel empowered to be themselves, at work and beyond.
Health IT Analytics
JUNE 29, 2023
Oxford University and IBM have developed a new AI model that can generate antiviral molecules to target and block multiple virus proteins, including SARS-CoV-2.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 29, 2023
Chutes & Ladders—Elevance welcomes food as medicine director; Mass General Brigham names inaugural chief of infection control aburky Thu, 06/29/2023 - 18:12
HIT Consultant
JUNE 29, 2023
What You Should Know: UnitedHealthcare eliminates out-of-pocket costs for 24/7 Virtual Visits for eligible members enrolled in applicable fully insured employer-sponsored plans, starting July 1st. For UnitedHealthcare members enrolled in eligible fully insured plans, the coverage enhancement becomes available upon renewal and for newly effective plans, enabling more people to take advantage of $0 24/7 Virtual Visits.
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The Rand Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
The more we learn about the war in Ukraine, the more we come to know that drones will play an increasingly important role on the modern battlefield. But how is the U.S. military thinking about what role these aircraft might play in future wars? When paired with modern sensors, could they offer an asymmetric advantage in future competitions?
Home Health Care
JUNE 29, 2023
It has become increasingly difficult for home health providers to ignore Medicare Advantage (MA) plans’ growing reach. Providers looking to thrive will need to learn to navigate this evolving reimbursement landscape. In 2023, MA plan enrollment surpassed traditional Medicare enrollment. There has been a growth of more than 10 million MA plan enrollees over the last decade.
Home Health Care
JUNE 29, 2023
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home-based care providers are constantly looking for new ways to prove their value. One way they’re doing so is through Z-codes. Z-codes – encounter reason codes that document social determinants (SDoH) of health data – are relatively new. They are also seldomly used, appearing in less than 1% of all medical claims.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 29, 2023
Why is it so hard for academic medical centers to succeed in value-based care ? I think the “ Better Care Plan ” is more focused on cost reduction than actually ‘better care’. Peer effects and generic drug purchases. Using cosmic rays. SLR on value-based purchasing. Should there be a sales tax on diapers ? Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action for university admissions.
Home Health Care
JUNE 29, 2023
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) announced Thursday that it has acquired Tennessee Quality Care — a home health, hospice and private duty nursing provider. The price tag was $106 million. Tennessee Quality Care serves an average daily census of about 1,800 patients through 17 locations, and was formerly owned by American Health Partners. The provider’s biggest service line is home health care, but it also provides private-duty nursing and hospice care.
Health Policy News
JUNE 29, 2023
When the COVID-19 federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) ended on May 11th, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) planned to roll-back PHE flexibility related to pre-pandemic restrictions on several prescribing practices.
Sheppard Health Law
JUNE 29, 2023
The FTC announced today a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) [1] proposing extensive revisions to both the rules that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (the “Act” or “HSR Act”), and the Premerger Notification and Report Form (the “Form”) that merging parties must submit under the Act. The NPRM would also implement the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022.
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.
Health Policy News
JUNE 29, 2023
In April 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two notices of proposed rulemaking aimed at transforming the delivery of, access to, and payment for Medicaid programs: Ensuring Access.
Home Health Care
JUNE 29, 2023
This article is sponsored by HEALTHCAREfirst. In this interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Ronda Howard, Vice President, Revenue Cycle and CAHPS, HEALTHCAREfirst , to talk about working through the challenges affecting a home-based care agency’s bottom line. She discusses sequential billing issues, and also explains the top notice of elections (NOE) errors and how to overcome them.
Etactics
JUNE 29, 2023
The average private room in a nursing home is $10,104 per month in the United States. If you break that down, this equals $332 per day. In contrast, the average cost of a semi-private room is $9,167 per month. Once again, broken down this is $301 per day. At the end of the day, annually a semi-private room costs an average of $110,004. A private room costs an average of $121,248.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 29, 2023
Advantus Health Partners forms a new 10-year, $2.9B strategic partnership with Medline to establish agility and scale, supply chain resiliency and enhanced clinical integration with the nurses and physicians who use Medline’s product. This strategic partnership focuses on serving the entire continuum of care and includes highly integrated collaborations with Medline and Advantus’s physician-led clinical integration team that works to improve physician alignment, product implementation, clinical
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.
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