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Cybersecurity leads ECRI's list of top medtech hazards for 2022

Health Care Dive

Cyber incidents can compromise patient care and attacks against hospitals have become more prevalent in recent years. However, ECRI said the worst consequences are preventable.

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Fierce JPM Week: Women are the 'power buyers' of healthcare. Here's how to serve them better

Fierce Healthcare

Fierce JPM Week: Women are the 'power buyers' of healthcare. Here's how to serve them better. hlandi. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 13:54.

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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Healthcare It News

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. Between March 24 and June 23, researchers found that Latinx patients were significantly less likely to have video telemedicine compared with audio-only visits.

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Bullish on growing use of telehealth, Wheel banks $150M to expand white-labeled virtual care services

Fierce Healthcare

Bullish on growing use of telehealth, Wheel banks $150M to expand white-labeled virtual care services. hlandi. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 16:26.

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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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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

Healthcare It News

Maimonides Medical Center is an academic medical center located in Brooklyn, New York. It is Brooklyn's largest hospital, with more than 600 beds, 6,500 staff, 43,000 annual inpatient discharges and 600,000 annual outpatient encounters. It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations.

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As enrollment on the ACA exchanges surges, insurer participation growth is more modest: study

Fierce Healthcare

As enrollment on the ACA exchanges surges, insurer participation growth is more modest: study. pminemyer. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 15:00.

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CMMI taking hard look at Medicare Advantage coding practices and impact on payment models

Fierce Healthcare

CMMI taking hard look at Medicare Advantage coding practices and impact on payment models. rking. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 16:10.

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AHIP backs HHS in surprise billing suit, pushes back against provider claims

Health Care Dive

Relying on the qualifying payment amount, or median in-network rate, helps center the payment dispute, creating a starting point for when payers and providers may need to turn to a third-party arbiter, the lobby argued.

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Big Health hauls in $75M to ramp up commercialization, launch new digital mental health therapeutics

Fierce Healthcare

Big Health hauls in $75M to ramp up commercialization, launch new digital mental health therapeutics. dmuoio. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 11:18.

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UnitedHealth reiterates MA growth expectations for 2022 as profits eclipse $4B

Health Care Dive

"Big picture, really positive," CEO Andrew Witty said about the fruitful MA market, despite dismal projections from some of UnitedHealth's peers about slowing enrollment.

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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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In its 2nd deal in 2 weeks, Babylon picks up DayToDay Health to bolster its remote care portfolio

Fierce Healthcare

In its 2nd deal in 2 weeks, Babylon picks up DayToDay Health to bolster its remote care portfolio. rtorrence. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 15:28.

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Telehealth use can reduce no-show rates

Healthcare It News

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Lyra Health gets $235M, soars to $5.85B valuation with new acquisition for global expansion

Fierce Healthcare

Lyra Health gets $235M, soars to $5.85B valuation with new acquisition for global expansion. rtorrence. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 11:22.

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Why In-Home Care Providers Shouldn’t Scrap MA Strategies Over Lagging Results

Home Health Care

Medicare Advantage (MA) has been viewed over the last few years as a new space for home-based care providers to generate revenue. Changes have allowed MA plans to pay for additional at-home services, whether through primarily health-related benefits or Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI). Those changes aren’t major on the surface, and adoption hasn’t been as swift as some would like.

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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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UnitedHealth Group reports $4.1B in profit for Q4, $17.3B for full-year 2021

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group reports $4.1B in profit for Q4, $17.3B for full-year 2021. pminemyer. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 07:23.

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[Updated] Encompass Health Moving Forward with Spinoff Plans, to Rebrand New Home Health Business ‘Enhabit’

Home Health Care

In December 2020, Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC) announced that it was “exploring strategic alternatives” for its home health and hospice segment. The company doubled down on its preferred option on Wednesday. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company announced it intends to spin off the segment into a new publicly traded company under the name “Enhabit Home Health & Hospice.”.

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Mark Cuban's drug company launches pharmacy, promising striking savings on generic drugs

Fierce Healthcare

Mark Cuban's drug company launches pharmacy, promising striking savings on generic drugs. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 12:09.

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Ukraine Needs Help Surviving Airstrikes, Not Just Killing Tanks

The Rand Blog

A Russian large-scale multidomain operation would be devastating for the Ukrainian military and people, and Ukraine should work to prevent that. But steps can also be taken to reduce the effects of the air and missile strikes that would likely lead off such an operation.

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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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Providers more likely to use negative descriptors in Black patients' medical records, study finds

Fierce Healthcare

Providers more likely to use negative descriptors in Black patients' medical records, study finds. dmuoio. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 15:17.

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7 Burning Questions from Life Sciences Companies on Using AI Agents

HIT Consultant

Troy Lase, Associate Director, Commercial Strategic Planning, IQVIA Richard Marcil, Chief Customer Officer, ConversationHEALTH. Each day life science companies respond to numerous medical information inquires – many of which are similar in nature or can be simply addressed. However, as we have seen in the news reports with the Great Resignation and many workers searching for new careers, the number of individuals interested in working in a medical information contact center may be waning.

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How 24/7 remote cardiac monitoring can cut diagnosis time, according to one tech company

Fierce Healthcare

How 24/7 remote cardiac monitoring can cut diagnosis time, according to one tech company. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 16:03.

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What Is Case Management Software and Why Do I Need It?

Icanotes

You're a case manager in the behavioral health field, and you work hard. Something that can make your job easier is case management software. This type of software can help you spend less time filing insurance claims and processing payments and allow you to spend more time with the patients who need you. What is behavioral health case management? It is skilled caseworkers keeping track of a patient's mental health while also helping them problem solve and get set up with appropriate resources fo

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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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Implement Cybersecurity Measures Now to Protect Against Potential Critical Threats

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. This CISA Insights – January 18, 2022 (2 pages) is intended to ensure that senior leaders at every organization in the United States are aware of critical cyber risks and take urgent, near-term steps to reduce the likelihood and impact of a potentially damaging compromise. All organizations, regardless of sector or size, should immediately implement the steps outlined below.

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Twenty years of talk is enough: Digital tools like e-prescribing must become a core part of our health-care system

Healthy Debate

The post Twenty years of talk is enough: Digital tools like e-prescribing must become a core part of our health-care system appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Key Leadership Competencies: Growing Complexity-Fit, Transformational Leaders

Medi Leadership

Along with our experiences as coaches, studies increasingly point to a new reality for leaders: The ways we’ve led and made decisions in healthcare are no longer adequate to lead today’s more complex organizations. Today’s new realities require agile leaders masterful in the art and science of co-creating coordinated movement. With that in mind, we’ve redefined the leadership competencies we’ve found most critical in driving meaningful transformation as conditions c

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Doing what’s right: Expert teams and engaging culture fuel Nordic’s continued growth

Nordic

A culture is not invented. A culture constantly evolves.which is why it must be nurtured. – Simon Sinek.

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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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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill Of Health

By? Ameet Sarpatwari , Alexander Egilman , Aviva Wang, and? Aaron S. Kesselheim. Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Below are the citations for papers identified from the month of December.

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5 Ways to Optimize Revenue Cycle Workflow

Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

Admin. January 19, 2022. 5 Ways to Optimize Revenue Cycle Workflow. The effectiveness of the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) process determines how successful medical practice is. In addition, the success of healthcare practices depends on how efficient the RCM system is operating. In fact, it is crucial to make sure that the financial aspect of the practice is not suffering.

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Healthcare PRM vs. CRM: What’s the Difference?

Sequence Health

If you’re in the healthcare industry, you may have heard of PRM and CRM but not know what they are or how they differ. In this blog post, we will explain the difference between PRM and CRM and help you decide if you need both for your business. Relationship Management in Healthcare. Relationship management might feel like just another buzzword at this point, but in truth, it is at the core of your practice, whether you realize it or not.

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Enhancing Workflow Automation for Healthcare Professionals

HIT Consultant

Hoala Greevy, Founder & CEO of Paubox. Like employers in most industries, healthcare organizations are battling to fill open positions amid the current tight labor market. And new reports show a growing wave of nursing shortages. This widespread scarcity of healthcare workers is forcing providers to cope by having practitioners handle tasks like data entry along with their normal patient care duties.

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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.