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How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Healthcare It News

Healthcare provider organizations and clinicians are fortunate that telehealth has gone mainstream as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes. Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends.

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Only in America: Medical Debt Hits High Income and Insured People, KHN and NPR Report

Health Populi

When high-deductible health plans became part of health insurance design in America, they were lauded as giving patients “more skin in the game” of health care payments. The theory behind consumer-directed care was that patients-as-consumers would shop around for care, morph into rational consumers of medical services just as they would do purchasing autos or washing machines, and shift the cost-curve of American health care ever downward.

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What if Russia's Army Fails in Ukraine?

The Rand Blog

Fighting in Ukraine will likely continue. But battlefield advantages could continue to ebb and flow, too. The West should prudently prepare for Ukrainian success as well as a less favorable outcome.

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We Are Stuck On Band-Aids, Hygiene, and Self-Care: Morning Consult’s Most Trusted Brands 2022

Health Populi

We are stuck on Band-Aids and hooked on hygiene and self-care according to the Most Trusted Brands 2022 study from Morning Consult. In 2022, the most trusted brands in the United States were. Band-Aid. Lysol. Clorox. UPS. CVS Health (pharmacy). VISA. Cheerios. The Weather Channel. Colgate, and. Home Depot. These products and companies sustain t rends I tracked in Years 1 and 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic when several of these were most-trusted, bolstering peoples’ lives living in, working fro

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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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The Metaverse: What It Is and Is Not

The Rand Blog

The metaverse is quickly expanding, but its meaning remains unclear. Until an agreement on a definition of “metaverse” is reached, efforts to manage the technology development and related public policy could be muddled at best.

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FirstLight Home Care Names New CEO; DispatchHealth Hires New Leader

Home Health Care

FirstLight Home Care names new CEO. FirstLight Home Care’s president of one year has also been named as the company’s CEO. Glee McAnanly, named president last year, will serve as the new CEO and will also handle executive leadership duties. “Since her promotion to president more than a year ago, Glee has been building the foundation to help grow our franchise system,” Bernard Markey, managing partner for FirstLight’s board of directors, said in a press release.

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How Home Health Providers Are Training Staff to Improve Patient Survey Scores

Home Health Care

With a number of home health regulatory changes coming once the calendar flips to 2023, agencies are focusing on getting a head start adjusting their staff to changes. Many leaders consider major regulatory shifts as an issue that needs to be dealt with from the top, down. But that’s not necessarily the case. The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, for example, will be implemented on Jan. 1 of 2023.

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Will the New 988 Hotline Be a Game Changer for Mental Health or a Missed Opportunity?

The Rand Blog

Someone dies from suicide in the United States every 11 minutes, a rate that has increased almost 30% since 2000. The 988 mental health hotline will launch on July 16 but states need to clear significant hurdles: funding the expanded crisis response system and making sure people know it's available.

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Words We Should Stop Using in Healthcare

Healthcare Leadership

A couple of weeks ago, I was struck by a tweet from our friends @savvy_coop that encouraged us to stop saying “we are all patients”. It got me thinking about other terms/phrases in healthcare that we should stop using like “non-adherent patient”. This week on the #hcldr tweetchat, I thought we would discuss these types of terms and come up with better alternatives.

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Jordan: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

The Rand Blog

Lockdown restrictions that may have contributed to low COVID-19 case numbers in Jordan early in the pandemic resulted in economic stresses and increased psychological distress in the general population. RAND researchers identified challenges faced by Jordanians during the crisis and the country's innovative and equitable response to mitigate them.

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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 can physicians earn a ‘gold card’?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Prior authorization is a pain. A paper by Howell et al. (2021) found that the total cost of various utilization management schemes is $93.3 billion of which physicians devote $26.7 billion worth of time to navigate utilization management systems. Payers would argue that prior authorization helps to control costs and stop the prescribing of unnecessary medications.

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Supreme Court Saves Hospitals from $1.6B Cut to 340B Program

Sheppard Health Law

On June 15, 2022, in a win for hospitals, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in American Hospital Association et. al. v. Becerra (“ Becerra ”), overturning massive reimbursement reductions in the 340B drug pricing program (“340B Program”). The 340B Program, in which some 40% of U.S. hospitals participate, requires drug manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to participating providers at heavily discounted rates.

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Readers Write: How One ACO Used Analytics to Promote Health Equity: Lessons for the ACO REACH Model

HIStalk

How One ACO Used Analytics to Promote Health Equity: Lessons.

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Office of Civil Rights Publishes Guidance on Use of Audio-Only Telehealth Services

Sheppard Health Law

As telehealth services surged in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, unique compliance challenges likewise developed in unexpected ways. Recognizing these challenges, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) indicated that it would exercise its enforcement discretion by declining to impose penalties against covered health care providers for instances of good faith noncompliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) in connection with the provision of

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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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Members Share Views and Strategies Related to COVID’s Impact

GoMoHealth

The post Members Share Views and Strategies Related to COVID’s Impact appeared first on GoMo Health.

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HIStalk Interviews Todd Cozzens, Managing Partner, Transformation Capital

HIStalk

Todd Cozzens is co-founder and managing partner of Transformation Capital.

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19 Creative Director Secrets for Your Next Photo Shoot

Healthcare Success

Today, healthcare brands have more photography and videography options than ever. For many situations, hiring professionals, such as a professional photographer, a production company, or a videographer, will be best. . In other instances, you and your team can utilize a high-quality smartphone camera, affordable software programs, and inexpensive starter equipment to quickly, cheaply, and easily create excellent photos and videos.

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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 6/20/22

HIStalk

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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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Making Your Own Incense Cones

American College of Healthcare Sciences

Creating your own Incense Cones or Incense Sticks is easy, fun and also makes great gifts! What you need: – Blank incense cones or incense sticks. – Essential oil, fragrance or blend of choice. – Denatured alcohol. – A deep pan, tray or large jar. – Gloves. – Large spoon with holes. – Drying rack. Step 1: Make your fragrance blend.

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Morning Headlines 6/21/22

HIStalk

Orion Health’s 30th Birthday Marks New Era Of Profitability And.

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