Health Care Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

Over the next 12 months in healthcare, we expect AI technology will help organizations withstand increasing pressures and improve their confidence.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 13, 2023

A patient information disclosure has impacted more than 3 million patients who use online virtual mental health platform Cerebral, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights. WHY IT MATTERS Cerebral is a consumer-facing telehealth platform providing mental and behavioral health services for patients with or without insurance.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

Physical and verbal violence against healthcare staff is the second top safety concern for the year, followed by clinician needs in times of uncertainty around maternal-fetal medicine.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 13, 2023

As hearing health moves onto digital platforms, experts emphasize that hearing aids won't be replaced aburky Mon, 03/13/2023 - 17:21

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

While medical debt remains a persistent financial burden in the U.S., a new analysis from the Urban Institute highlights how targeting hospital billing could ameliorate the problem.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 13, 2023

Yes, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. From the comfort, ease and safety of their own homes, patients are seeing doctors of all stripes. But what about what happens with patients between doctor appointments, namely for patients with chronic illnesses? This is where a form of telemedicine – remote patient monitoring – can play a big role.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

The major healthcare and life sciences lender closed Friday in the culmination of a rapid four-day nosedive that left some healthcare companies temporarily locked out of funds.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 13, 2023

Oak Street Health: Medicare Advantage advance notice could divert resources from dual eligibles rking Mon, 03/13/2023 - 17:07

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

Andrea Mazzoccoli shares workforce trends she’s keeping an eye on and advice for future nursing leaders as she exits her role.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 13, 2023

SXSW 2023: Tech innovation in the spotlight, but SVB fallout casts a shadow hlandi Mon, 03/13/2023 - 07:34

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Healthcare Success

MARCH 13, 2023

Google has added an extra “E” to its Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines (SQEG), changing the well-known acronym from E-A-T to E-E-A-T. The new E stands for “experience,” and here’s what this means for your business: Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust (E-E-A-T) Google defines experience as “first-hand or life experience for the topic.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 13, 2023

Patients seek appeal in landmark UnitedHealth mental health parity case pminemyer Mon, 03/13/2023 - 15:36

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NASHP

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2022, the number of individuals in the U.S. without health insurance reached a record low of 8 percent. These gains are largely due to the success of federal and state efforts to connect individuals to health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement, which has provided states with an enhanced federal match with a corresponding requirement to keep individuals enrolled for the duration of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 13, 2023

15% of adults have past-due medical debt.

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NASHP

MARCH 13, 2023

NASHP, in partnership with The John A. Hartford Foundation , has selected six states to participate in its State Policy Institute to Improve Care for People with Serious Illness: Colorado Maine Maryland Ohio Texas Washington The institute will engage these six state teams for two years to receive technical support from NASHP and subject matter experts on serious illness and palliative care policy.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – H1 , the connecting force for global healthcare provider, clinical, science, and research information, today announced the availability of indication-level diversity insights in addition to institution, provider, and patient diversity data within its Trial Landscape solution. – Additionally, H1 has successfully onboarded its first customer – a top 20 pharmaceutical company – onto the H1 Data Network, a new solution that aggregates sponsor-contributed site and

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The Rand Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough recently announced formation of an equity team to examine and address racial differences in disability compensation grant rates. This is encouraging progress, particularly after years of reluctance on the part of the department to acknowledge there might be a problem.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – The pediatric mental health crisis is named the number one patient safety concern, according to ECRI’s 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. – The nation’s largest nonprofit patient safety organization notes that, while rates of depression and anxiety in children have increased since 2017, the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the situation to crisis levels.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 13, 2023

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has its new CEO. After a four-month-long search, the company’s board has named Richard Ashworth to the role. He will also serve as president. Ashworth is new to the company, unlike former CEO Chris Gerard, who was terminated from the company last November. He will officially take over on April 10. Current Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow will remain chairman, and will notably “provide support through the transition, with a continued strategic focus on Contessa Health,”

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Sanofi has agreed to acquire Provention Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company focused on intercepting and preventing immune-mediated diseases including type 1 diabetes (T1D), for $25.00 per share in cash, representing an equity value of approximately $2.9B. – The acquisition is a strategic fit for Sanofi at the intersection of the company’s growth in immune-mediated diseases and disease-modifying therapies in areas of high unme

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Home Health Care

MARCH 13, 2023

There are a number of states where home-based care providers are seeing the cost of employing caregivers and clinicians increase. California, Minnesota and New York are just a few examples of states where legislative changes have brought on higher wages. While most home-based care providers and stakeholders agree that workers need and deserve pay increases, they also point out the importance of actions that will help offset some of these costs and allow them to continue operating.

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Healthcare Leadership

MARCH 13, 2023

Blog post by Joe Babaian Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well. ~ Shakespeare The best is the enemy of the good. ~ Voltaire Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~ Confucius Now more than ever, the people of healthcare shine with their hard work AND successes. We still see the areas needing critical change, innovation, and redesign.

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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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Home Health Care

MARCH 13, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Help at Home expands Georgia footprint The Chicago-based Help at Home continues to grow. Last week, the company announced that it agreed to acquire Prosper Home Care, a home care provider based in Atlanta. Sign up for HHCN + to read this exclusive content. Individual Membership $400 per year Purchase Group 2–5 members $380 per year* Purchase Need more than 5 members?

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Life Qi

MARCH 13, 2023

In this series of blogs we’re going to take a closer look at Statistical Process Control or SPC – something that you may well have encountered in your Quality Improvement (QI) journey thus far. In this article we are going to drill down into SPC or control charts and how you might go about interpreting them. You probably know that measurement is a key element of a successful QI project, so let’s find out how SPC charts can help.

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Bill Of Health

MARCH 13, 2023

By Aparajita Lath When it comes to health-related consumer purchases, buyers surely need to beware. This is because the regulatory landscape of health-related products contains loopholes that allow false or misleading claims to proliferate. This article reviews recent instances of the issue, and discusses relevant regulations. Health claims: regulation and confusion The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MARCH 13, 2023

Some troubling statistics published recently by Woolf et al. (2023) using CDC WONDER data : Between 2019 and 2020, the all-cause mortality rate for ages 1 to 19 years increased by 10.7%, and it increased by an additional 8.3% between 2020 and 202…These increases, the largest in decades, followed a period of great progress in reducing pediatric mortality rates.

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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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NASHP

MARCH 13, 2023

States are grappling with how to maintain access to care in rural areas — including supporting rural hospitals who are facing potential closures. Medicare’s Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation , originally established through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, became effective on January 1, 2023. The new designation is intended to help rural hospitals at risk of financial failure by offering an additional monthly facility payment and requiring certain changes in service delivery

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Pfizer announced it will acquire biotechnology company Seagen for $229 per Seagen share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately $43 billion. The proposed combination enhances Pfizer’s position as a leading company in Oncology. Seagen’s medicines, late-stage development programs and pioneering expertise in Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) strongly complement Pfizer’s Oncology portfolio.

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American College of Healthcare Sciences

MARCH 13, 2023

“Obsessed with food in all the right ways” – Sarah May Edelman Discovering Holistic Health Sarah is the recipient of the ACHS Adult Skills Education Program Scholarship (ASEP). Sarah began her studies at ACHS in the Fall of 2021 after earning her Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production. She has been immersed in […] The post Adult Skills Scholarship Recipient: Sarah Edelman appeared first on American College of Healthcare Sciences.

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Nordic

MARCH 13, 2023

No matter where healthcare systems operate, their mission remains the same – provide the best of care to the patients they serve. Unfortunately, systems across the world currently face a similar set of challenges.

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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.