Wed.May 11, 2022

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Rising Google searches for procedures suggest recovering demand, analysts say

Health Care Dive

Searches for surgeries like orthopaedics, general surgery and cardiovascular procedures are above pre-pandemic levels, providing another data point to indicate that demand is recovering, according to a Needham report.

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Reducing administrative challenges for patients

Healthcare It News

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Advocate Aurora, Atrium Health to merge, creating $27B system

Health Care Dive

The combination brings together two separate regional health systems, one with operations in the Midwest and the other with a four-state reach in the South.

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Leapfrog Group hospital safety grades highlight decline in patient experience

Healthcare It News

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Oscar Health withdraws from 2 states

Health Care Dive

Leaving Arkansas and Colorado won't have a material effect on the company's income, and should reduce the insurtech's overhead in areas like compliance work and statutory reporting, executives said.

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Intermountain names first chief equity officer

Health Care Dive

Tiffany Capeles' "leadership and her strong record of achieving greater health equity have earned her the respect of our peers in healthcare along with well-deserved national acclaim," Intermountain CEO Marc Harrison said.

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Striving Towards Ethical Adoption Practice

Bill Of Health

By Susan Dusza Guerra Leksander. In the United States, the practices of adoption are rarely oriented towards the goals of anti-racism, child-centeredness, and reproductive justice. In this article, I present a model that strives to fulfill these goals. At Pact, an Adoption Alliance , the non-profit organization where I work as agency and clinical director, our mission is to serve adopted youth of color, and our approach to domestic infant adoption emerges from 30 years of serving Black, Latinx,

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Hyundai Motor Group to Pilot Autonomous Vehicles for Medication Delivery

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group), the global scale mobility provider including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation has partnered with tech-powered pharmacy NowRx on a pilot project to explore autonomous vehicles for medication delivery. – The pilot project will test and develop automated dispatch, fleet management, and other last-mile optimization technologies for same-day prescription delivery, with the possibility of testing autonomous vehicle technolog

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Reducing Return to Work Anxiety: Let’s Climb This Mountain Together

GoMoHealth

Guest blog by Erica Piancone. After two years of navigating through a pandemic, its variants and its ever-changing restrictions, many companies have decided that it’s time to have their staff return to the office as cases decrease and life starts to return to its previous state. For many this can be quite scary! It’s one thing to leave your established safe zone to quickly run an errand.

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From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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Bon Secours Mercy Health Launches Digital Holding Company Accrete Health Partners

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) today announced the launch of Accrete Health Partners , a digital holding company, that will function to further expand the organization’s digital health services as well as new and ongoing programs and partnerships. – New digital holding company will coalesce a continuum of leading solutions and services to connect the technology, data and people needed to streamline healthcare and ultimately help improve outcomes.

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Demand for US Travel Nurses Plunges

Healthcare ECONOMIST

In the past months, many hospitals and other health care providers have noted the steep rise in the cost of hiring nurses. Many providers saw double digit year-on-year growth of nurse wages. For instance, some health systems in Louisiana saw a 16% rise in labor costs between 2021 and 2020. In large part, much of the additional cost was due to the rise of travelling nurses.

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Signs Suggest Elective Procedure Admissions into Home Health Are Reaching Pre-Pandemic Levels

Home Health Care

The average age of an Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) patient is about 78. The current age of the oldest baby boomer is about 77, which suggests that a whole new population could be entering its census in the near-term future. On top of that, elective procedures are returning to pre-pandemic levels, representing about 8% of the company’s home health admissions.

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The Academy and Nuance Partner to Launch The AI Collaborative

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The Health Management Academy (The Academy) has partnered with Nuance , a Microsoft company, to launch The AI Collaborative, which brings together senior leaders from the nation’s Leading Health Systems (LHS) who are deploying these technologies in the clinical and operational settings, as well as planning for future use-cases. – The collaborative brings together physician executives from leading hospital systems and other key stakeholders across the healthcar

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

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Claims-Based Quality Measure Tip Sheets 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. TMF Networks has posted 2 Claims-Based QM Tip Sheets: Percentage of Short-Stay Residents Who Have Had an Outpatient Emergency Department Visit. This claims-based measure tip sheet provides an overview of the measure, including questions to ask, monitoring ideas and resource links.

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Nobody told me there’d be days like these

Healthcare Leadership

The following is a guest post from Dr. Lonn Myronuk – the Clinical Documentation Physician Informatics Lead at Island Health. He is also a Consulting Psychiatrist at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (since 1998), a Peer Mentor for the Practice Support Program since 2013 and a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Practice since 2014.

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Industry Fragmentation Has Left Home Health Providers ‘Exploited’ by Medicare Advantage

Home Health Care

The highly fragmented home health industry has turned providers into commodities, at least in the eyes of Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations. Because there are so many providers looking to make managed care inroads, the rates home health operators receive from MA sources are typically far below what they get from fee-for-service Medicare. That sense of parity exists for small and large home health providers alike as well.

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How Can We Reduce Clinician Burnout? Improving Patient and Caregiver Engagement

HIT Consultant

Carina Edwards, CEO of Quil Health. Even as we (hopefully) approach the tail-end of the latest COVID-19 wave, one growing healthcare challenge continues to worsen: clinician burnout. Nurses, physicians, schedulers, and other members of care-provider teams continue to post rising rates of burnout. They’re feeling overwhelmed and underappreciated due to factors such as hectic workplaces and schedules, extended workloads, and excessive administrative tasks.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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State-Based Marketplace Leadership

NASHP

State-Based Marketplace Leadership. NASHP operates the State Health Exchange Leadership Network, a consortium of the state leaders and staff operating the State-based Marketplaces. California. Jessica Altman. Executive Director. Covered California. Colorado. Kevin Patterson. Chief Executive Officer. Connect for Health Colorado. Connecticut. James Michel.

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WHO Launches First Ever Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The World Health Organization (WHO) posted its first ever Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control – Executive Summary on May 6, 2022. This is a 30-page document. “This document provides a detailed summary of the content of the WHO global report on infection prevention and control (IPC).

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David Blumenthal to Step Down as Commonwealth Fund President at End of Year

HIT Consultant

David Blumenthal, M.D. What You Should Know: – David Blumenthal, M.D., will step down as president of the Commonwealth Fund at the end of 2022, after 10 years as head of the health care policy foundation. – Under his leadership, the Commonwealth Fund has implemented several new initiatives, including a major effort to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare practice, policy, and outcomes and an expansion of work in healthcare coverage and access and international health

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Morning Headlines 5/12/22

HIStalk

Health Catalyst Acquires ARMUS; Bolsters Clinical Quality Offering and Outsourced.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.

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Why Eliminating GPS from EVV Could Cost Millions, Force ‘Massive’ Step Backward

Home Health Care

The electronic visit verification (EVV) implementation process could hit a significant roadblock this summer if a Congressional bill that eliminates the use of GPS is passed by federal lawmakers. The next iteration of the landmark 21st Century Cures Act would not allow EVV systems to use GPS in order to protect privacy. If the bill passes as written, millions of dollars already invested by home health providers and state governments is at risk of being wasted.

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HIStalk Interviews Kevin Coloton, CEO, Curation Health

HIStalk

Kevin Coloton, MBA, MPT is founder and CEO of Curation.

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Turquoise Health Raises $20M for Healthcare Pricing Platform, Launches Direct Contracting Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Turquoise Health , an end-to-end healthcare pricing platform, today announced a $20M Series A investment led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Bessemer, Box Group , and new investor Tiger Global. – Turquoise Health will use the funding to continue making transparent pricing ubiquitous for all healthcare stakeholders: payers, providers, and patients.

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Health is Our Most Important Relationship: Inconvenient Truths from MRM/McCann Truth Central

Health Populi

We’ve hit a great “healthcare trust” recession around the world, translating into lower multiple points of medical ‘facts’ and pseudoscience, lower adherence to therapeutic regimens, and clinician burnout that has compromised medicine as the team sport it ideally should be. And that’s just one of five inconvenient truths unearthed in The Truth About Our Relationships with Health , the first in a series of papers that MRM is developing to, in their words, ̶

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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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SimpliFed Raises $6M for Virtual Breastfeeding & Baby Feeding Support

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – SimpliFed , the telehealth platform dedicated to democratizing access to baby feeding services, announced it has closed $6M in its seed round, led by Morningside Ventures and The Venture Collective , with participation from NY Ventures, Elizabeth Street Ventures , Waterline Ventures , and 3CC. – SimpliFed provides virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support fully covered by your health plan from pregnancy to weaning.

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