Wed.Nov 09, 2022

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Profits continue to climb for payers as possible recession looms

Health Care Dive

Despite talk of a recession, all major insurers expect a rosier end to 2022 than earlier predictions. On the other hand, profits fell for large hospital operators faced with pricier labor and lower volumes.

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Google Cloud to power virtual care delivery at Manipal Hospitals

Healthcare It News

Manipal Hospitals has tapped Google Cloud to improve its virtual and remote care capabilities while leveraging AI to enhance patient experience. The partnership involves the deployment of the Amwell telehealth platform to enable virtual visits. Since 2020, Amwell has been Google's preferred telehealth partner to expand access to virtual care delivery worldwide.

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Experts urge polio vaccination to ward off any major resurgence

Fierce Healthcare

Experts urge polio vaccination to ward off any major resurgence. fdiamond. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 15:06.

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Changi General Hospital developing AI algorithms to predict patient deterioration

Healthcare It News

Changi General Hospital in Singapore is now developing and validating AI algorithms to predict the likelihood of patient deterioration as part of its smart remote health monitoring system. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The hospital has been collaborating with A*STAR medtech spinoff Respiree to develop a remote patient monitoring (RPM) system. It is one of the projects that CGH, Respiree and A*STAR are working on, backed with SG$1.35 million (over $950,000) in funding from the National Research Foundation

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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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Providers urge Biden to tackle 'gridlocked' hospital EDs and life-threatening care delays

Fierce Healthcare

Providers urge Biden to tackle 'gridlocked' hospital EDs and life-threatening care delays. dmuoio. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 13:55.

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Personalizing the patient care experience through data

Healthcare It News

Patients interact with different organizations in the patient care continuum, from when they discover they are ill to when they receive care and follow-up. Only through positive, personalized experiences across these touchpoints can an otherwise emotional and overwhelming experience be made easier. Health data within these touchpoints is siloed, locked across members of the healthcare value chain.

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Industry Voices—Telehealth is dead. The era of hybrid care has arrived

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Telehealth is dead. The era of hybrid care has arrived. hlandi. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 11:43.

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Children’s hospitals ask Congress to address mental health, staffing concerns

Health Care Dive

The requests come as hospitals face an influx of patients with respiratory illnesses and mental health conditions.

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Rural NY health system working with Silicon Valley to expand access, digital transformation

Healthcare It News

The Andreessen Horowitz Bio + Health fund this week announced a new strategic partnership that aims to give an upstate New York health system access to digital health technologies that can help it address access challenges for its patient population. WHY IT MATTERS. The partnership aims to advance the patient experience, assure financial sustainability and position Bassett Healthcare for long-term growth.

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CMS' disproportionate share hospital payment formula structurally disadvantages Black communities, study finds

Fierce Healthcare

CMS' disproportionate share hospital payment formula structurally disadvantages Black communities, study finds. dmuoio. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 17:17.

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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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Elevance Health to acquire specialty pharmacy BioPlus

Health Care Dive

BioPlus will complement the payer’s existing pharmacy benefit manager, IngenioRx, providing patients with specialty drugs and a whole-health approach.

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LAN report: Medicare Advantage plans increased spending on 2-sided risk models in 2021

Fierce Healthcare

LAN report: Medicare Advantage plans increased spending on 2-sided risk models in 2021. rking. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 15:13.

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Abortion rights, Medicaid expansion win in state midterms

Health Care Dive

Voters in California, Michigan and Vermont passed measures codifying abortion rights, while those in conservative Kentucky rejected an anti-abortion measure.

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Customization vs. Configuration in Healthcare Fraud Detection

Fierce Healthcare

Customization vs. Configuration in Healthcare Fraud Detection. mteefey. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 16:55.

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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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Building out virtual behavioral health for Medicaid patients

Healthcare It News

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South Dakota becomes latest state to expand Medicaid; abortion weighs on voters' minds

Fierce Healthcare

South Dakota becomes latest state to expand Medicaid; abortion weighs on voters' minds. rking. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 10:48.

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Cannabis Legalization in Europe: Planning Ahead

The Rand Blog

Since 2012, multiple jurisdictions have changed their laws to legalize the production, possession, and use of cannabis for nonmedical purposes. While most of these changes took place in the Americas, there are signs that the European legal landscape might be changing too.

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Oscar bullish on individual market as it largely ditches Medicare Advantage

Fierce Healthcare

Oscar bullish on individual market as it largely ditches Medicare Advantage. pminemyer. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 15:09.

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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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Book Review: ‘Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public’s Trust’ by Mikkael A. Sekeres

Bill Of Health

By Matthew Chun. In Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public’s Trust , oncologist Mikkael A. Sekeres tells a captivating story of how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration became the agency it is today and how it makes some of its toughest decisions regarding the regulation of potent drugs. Sekeres centers his narrative on the controversial 2011 Avastin hearings , in which the FDA reconsidered and ultimately withdrew the breast cancer indication for Genentech’s Avastin dru

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For patients with Type 2 diabetes, medical expenses, mental stress just as debilitating as the condition, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

For patients with Type 2 diabetes, medical expenses, mental stress just as debilitating as the condition, survey finds. aburky. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 16:12.

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New Day Nursing Home Education Summit

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Nursing homes do extraordinary work every day. At the same time, you may be seeking opportunities to learn and grow, to be on the cutting-edge of best practices, especially now. Join the IPRO QIN-QIO for a dedicated day of learning just for you. Stream New Day in your conference room so interdisciplinary team members can catch presentations throughout the day.

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Hims & Hers notches partnership with ChristianaCare to expand in-person primary, specialty care

Fierce Healthcare

Hims & Hers notches partnership with ChristianaCare to expand in-person primary, specialty care. hlandi. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 22:31.

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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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TytoCare Launches the Home Smart Clinic, the First Remote Primary Care Offering for the Entire Family

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – TytoCare , a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, today announced the launch of the Home Smart Clinic, a multi-pronged offering delivering health plans and providers a comprehensive range of elements required to launch a truly successful virtual care program without compromises. – The Home Smart Clinic is proven to reduce the total cost of care (TCC) for health plans by 10% on average, to deliver 59% more accurate diag

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Elevance Health to acquire specialty pharmacy BioPlus

Fierce Healthcare

Elevance Health to acquire specialty pharmacy BioPlus. pminemyer. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 12:36.

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Fathom Secures $46M for AI Medical Coding Automation Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Fathom , an AI-powered medical coding automation platform raises $46M in Series B funding co-led by Alkeon Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Vituity’s Inflect Health , Cedars-Sinai , ApolloMD , Jonathan Bush, and other healthcare executives. – The company plans to use the funding to advance the standard in automated medical coding in response to critical challenges facing providers.

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6 ways to develop an authentic DEI program for your healthcare organization

CHQ Healthcare

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) isn’t just the latest organizational craze. It’s an important workplace initiative that requires real change and intentional action to create a positive, lasting impact for your employees. Whether you’re looking to enhance your DEI program or just starting your DEI journey, here are six practical tips from leaders in healthcare on how to effectively implement meaningful DEI initiatives in your organization. 1.

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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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Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Provides Updates On Health Care Strategy

Home Health Care

On Monday, VillageMD officially confirmed its plan to acquire Summit Health-CityMD. On Wednesday, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) — one of VillageMD’s chief inventors — opened up about how the deal fits into its overall strategy. VillageMD – which has an at-home division, Village Medical at Home – is a primary care provider that has a home- and community-based focus.

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How to Use a Healthcare Support Staff QA Checklist to Identify Opportunity and Celebrate Success in Your Practice

Medical GPS

We’ve all heard the timeless adage: “You’ll never get a second chance to make a great first impression.“ In healthcare, this is true perhaps more than in any other environment. Experts say it takes on average only 7 seconds for an individual to form their opinion of you. So, what do your patients experience when they arrive at your practice? You can use our Quality Assurance Observation Checklist and the guidance in the video below to quantitatively and easily observe the front-line suppor

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Enhabit Wants To Be Back At The Table With Aetna Following Amedisys Contract

Home Health Care

Even given the home health reimbursement environment, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) still plans to be acquisitive in the home health market as a way to stay on its growth strategy track. It may still be too early to tell if the industry will see continued consolidation, but Enhabit COO Crissy Carlisle believes the home health company will use its cash flow to acquire sooner rather than later.

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ICB leaders need to pause and reset old assumptions to be successful

Health Care Leader News

The creation of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) is designed to deliver collaborative healthcare services driven by population needs and patient outcomes – a much more formal approach to partnership working underpinned by statutory responsibilities and funding. In practice, however, the success of this new structure depends on a significant shift in the culture of how NHS and social care organisations operate.

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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.