Mon.Nov 14, 2022

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Google Cloud to launch healthcare data capabilities in bid to improve health equity, patient management

Health Care Dive

The accelerators, announced Monday at the HLTH conference, were developed in tandem with several Google customers, including LifePoint Health and Hackensack Meridian Health.

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New AMA blueprint seeks to tap the full potential of digital health

Healthcare It News

The American Medical Association's had offered a blueprint as a call to action to address the divide between the unprecedented levels of digital health funding, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions – and their underwhelming impact, thus far, on healthcare quality improvement. WHY IT MATTERS. The report, Closing the digital health disconnect: Blueprint for optimizing digitally enabled care is composed of six foundational actions recommended by the AMA: Build for patients and clinician

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HHS cybersecurity center warns of new ransomware threat

Health Care Dive

The ransomware has attacked targets worldwide, including at least one U.S. health group, since it was first identified in mid-August.

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Microsoft, Wolters Kluwer partner to improve patient engagement

Healthcare It News

Virtual care companies and payer care management also have access to Wolters Kluwer, Health content on Azure. WHY IT MATTERS. The first phase of the partnership focuses on leveraging Wolters Kluwer’s healthcare information products – UpToDate, Lexicomp and Emmi, a personalized education tool – into new applications, like Digital Health Architect.

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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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Google, Epic partnering to allow Epic hospital clients to run EHRs on Google Cloud

Health Care Dive

Signing a large EHR vendor as a partner allows cloud companies to expand their reach with providers.

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Salesforce launches Patient 360 for Health

Healthcare It News

Salesforce this past week announced the launch of a new customer relationship management product that works with existing electronic health records. WHY IT MATTERS. The Patient 360 for Health CRM platform is designed for cost efficiency and productivity, according to Salesforce. The company boasts of several of its features: Behavioral Health, which it says gives clinicians and case managers tools like interactive health timelines populated with patient health milestones and behavioral events, c

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Cigna’s MDLive will add chronic care program to virtual primary care plans

Health Care Dive

Initially, the program will be available for patients with hypertension, but will expand throughout the year to other common chronic conditions.

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HLTH22 news flash—Walgreens, VillageMD take Las Vegas; Wolters Kluwer taps Microsoft for cloud tech

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22 news flash—Walgreens, VillageMD take Las Vegas; Wolters Kluwer taps Microsoft for cloud tech. hlandi. Mon, 11/14/2022 - 09:06.

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What is ERA in Medical Billing & Why it Should be Integrated?

p3care

Medical Healthcare Providers wish to have the claim accepted in the first go, and the providers need to reduce the errors in their claims. Medical billing experts believe that there’s always an error in medical billing claims which can be the reason behind denial claims. Get to know how ERA and EOB can efficiently improve reimbursements and collection rates.

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Long COVID's effects on children and adolescents under the microscope

Fierce Healthcare

Long COVID's effects on children and adolescents under the microscope. fdiamond. Mon, 11/14/2022 - 15:33.

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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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At-Home Care Provider DispatchHealth Raises Over $330 Million In Latest Funding Round

Home Health Care

The in-home medical company DispatchHealth has raised more than $330 million in yet another funding round, according to the company. Overall, that brings its funding total to well over $700 million since it was founded in 2013. The equity raise was led by Optum Ventures, with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital.

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HLTH22: Highmark teams with Google Cloud, League on new member app, portal

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: Highmark teams with Google Cloud, League on new member app, portal. pminemyer. Tue, 11/15/2022 - 00:32.

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What are we waiting for? Nurse Practitioners can fill gaps in our ailing health-care system

Healthy Debate

The post What are we waiting for? Nurse Practitioners can fill gaps in our ailing health-care system appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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AHA: Drugmaker 340B restrictions are harming safety net hospitals financially

Fierce Healthcare

AHA: Drugmaker 340B restrictions are harming safety net hospitals financially. rking. Mon, 11/14/2022 - 16:42.

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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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Ambulance CPT Codes and Modifiers: A Complete Guide

p3care

It is stated that the ambulance service is covered, and can be reimbursed through Medicaid using ambulance modifiers. However, with so many medical billings and claims changes, how are ambulance modifiers utilized properly to avoid strenuous or legal situations? The use of ambulance modifiers and their meaning will be discussed in more detail in the following section of the article.

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HLTH22: How CMS can sustain record-breaking growth on ACA exchanges

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: How CMS can sustain record-breaking growth on ACA exchanges. pminemyer. Tue, 11/15/2022 - 00:59.

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GV and GW Modifiers for 2022 & 2023: A Comprehensive Guide

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Codes and modifiers simplify the billing and coding process and help medical providers at every level. In addition, GW and GV are HCPCS Level II Medicare Hospice Modifiers. You Need to know everything regarding GV and GW modifiers. Read the whole article to know what they are and what defines them. What Does Hospice Mean, And How Is It Related to GV vs GW Modifier?

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HLTH22: HCA Healthcare believes its partnerships, transformation agenda will fend off inflation, labor shortages

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: HCA Healthcare believes its partnerships, transformation agenda will fend off inflation, labor shortages. dmuoio. Mon, 11/14/2022 - 04:24.

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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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Rhode Island Looks to Auto-Enrollment to Ease Transitions from Medicaid to Marketplace

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Rhode Island Looks to Auto-Enrollment to Ease Transitions from Medicaid to Marketplace November 14, 2022 / by Gia Gould and Maureen Hensley-Quinn. The looming expiration of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement tied to the federal public health emergency has renewed the urgency for policymakers to address the adverse effects of churn. While the federal public health emergency has been extended again, when it does end millions of Americans enrolled in Medicaid coverage will be required to

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HLTH22: Women's health unicorn Maven Clinic lands $90M to build out its services, expand into Medicaid

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: Women's health unicorn Maven Clinic lands $90M to build out its services, expand into Medicaid. hlandi. Mon, 11/14/2022 - 07:41.

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HLTH22: NuraLogix Researchers Announce the Capability to Assess Type 2 Diabetes and Blood Biomarker Health Issues Using Any Video-Enabled Device

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Researchers at NuraLogix , a global pioneer of contactless health monitoring through its patented Transdermal Optical Imaging (TOI™) technology, have announced that it is adding the ability to perform metabolic and blood biomarker health risk assessments for various chronic conditions to its AnuraTM platform. – As a first for video-based contactless health monitoring, the new capabilities add to the existing health and wellness measurements* Anura™ can assess

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Elation Health integrates Ribbon Health's provider directory data to streamline the referral process

Fierce Healthcare

Elation Health integrates Ribbon Health's provider directory data to streamline the referral process. aburky. Mon, 11/14/2022 - 17:26.

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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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Cyclica Awarded Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Discover Non-Hormonal Contraceptive

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Cyclica Inc. , a neo-biotech that is exploring the entire protein universe to advance a robust and sustainable drug discovery portfolio, has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop new, non-hormonal contraceptives for low-data biological protein targets. – The CAD$2.4M grant from the foundation enables Cyclica to apply its validated, AI-enabled drug discovery platform towards the discovery of expanded contraceptive options that

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HLTH22: General Catalyst adds 10 new health system partners including UHS, Banner Health

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: General Catalyst adds 10 new health system partners including UHS, Banner Health. dmuoio. Tue, 11/15/2022 - 01:42.

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HLTH22: LG Launches Virtual Care Solution with Amwell to Address Hospital Workforce Shortages

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know : – Global innovator LG Electronics announced its first joint solution with digital healthcare enablement leader Amwell® , designed to expand the boundaries of digital health innovation and address a major issue faced by hospitals across the country – workforce shortages. – Showcased at HLTH 2022, a Carepoint™ TV Kit, by LG and powered by the Amwell Converge™ platform, leverages existing LG healthcare TVs in patient rooms to allow providers to remotely engage, mo

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Modernizing Medicaid: Avoiding Pitfalls on the Journey to Modularity

Fierce Healthcare

Modernizing Medicaid: Avoiding Pitfalls on the Journey to Modularity. mteefey. Mon, 11/14/2022 - 16:43.

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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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HLTH22 Day 1 News Summary: Google, Maven, Highmark, LG, Others

HIT Consultant

Venture Capital, Private Equity Funding. Maven Clinic Secures $90M to Advance End-to-End Family Care Platform. Maven Clinic , the largest virtual clinic in women’s and family health raises $90 million Series E funding bringing its total funding to $300M. Maven plans to use the latest round of funding to advance its end-to-end family care platform to enable deeper personalization to meet the diverse needs of women and families everywhere.

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In Search of Clinical Effectiveness, But “Investment Exuberance?” Not So Much. Insights From FINN Partners and Galen Growth at HLTH 2022

Health Populi

While venture funding for digital health technology declined globally by 35% in the first three quarters of 2022 compared with 2021, this marks a “return to normal” based on the assessment in the Global State of Digital Health Report from FINN Partners and Galen Growth, published today and launched during the HLTH 2022 conference. The report analyzes data from over 12,000 digital health ventures tracked by Galen Growth’s HealthTech Alpha platform.

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HLTH22: Maven Clinic Secures $90M to Advance End-to-End Family Care Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Maven Clinic , the largest virtual clinic in women’s and family health, today announced that it has raised a $90 million Series E funding round led by General Catalyst , with participation from CVS Health Ventures , La Famiglia, and Intermountain Ventures , as well as existing investors Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, Icon Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Lux Capital.

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CMS Care Compare To Offer More New Information On Home Health-Physician Relationships

Home Health Care

Care Compare – the all-in-one search tool for consumers seeking home health, hospice and other Medicare-reimbursed health care services – will now include new information on providers’ relationships with doctors and clinicians. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the update on Monday. According to CMS, the new update is meant to “provide additional information to support patients and caregivers as they make health care decisions.

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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.