Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The Government Accountability Office is urging the CMS to resume certain eligibility checks on providers whom they consider at high risk of fraud to the Medicare program.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus. rking. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:29.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Lawmakers are rushing to speed passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package as they near a Friday deadline for government funding.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
2023 forecast: Why digital health is ripe for a new wave of M&A, including more 'disruptive' deals. hlandi. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 16:33.
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Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The Rise to Health Coalition seeks to catalyze individuals and organizations committed to health equity and justice. WHY IT MATTERS. Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, announced the new coalition at the recent IHI Forum 2022 in Orlando. Joined by Dr. Aletha Maybank, chief health equity officer and senior vice president of the American Medical Association, and Glenn Harris, president of Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines, the three healthcare lead
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Epidemiology group no longer recommends universal asymptomatic COVID screening at healthcare facilities. dmuoio. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 16:07.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Medicare-certified hospitals must supply ownership data. fdiamond. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 16:46.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Ted Hill, SVP Sales and Marketing, SSG. From reducing IT backlogs and accelerating app development, to empowering citizen developers and enabling “fusion” dev teams of programmers and business technologists, the private sector has been enjoying the benefits of low-code development for some time now. For those unfamiliar with the concept, “low-code” generally refers to app development platforms in which users can input information and get the results they need through graphical user interfaces,
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Industry Voices—Healthcare's burnout crisis affects caregivers, too. pminemyer. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 14:08.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
David Hollander, Sr. Director of Marketing at Bluetooth SIG. In August, the Food and Drug Administration established a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical exam, prescription, or a fitting adjustment by an audiologist.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Down $2.6B over 9 months, struggling Washington hospitals hope state legislators can help prevent more service cuts. dmuoio. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 14:05.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Diabetes prevention is one of the biggest challenges in the healthcare industry as more than 37 million Americans (11.3% of the population) suffer from this debilitating chronic disease. As we close the year out, we sat down with Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of diabetic healthcare tech company Podimetrics to learn how the industry and his company are working to implement health equity change to serve patients living with advanced diabetes.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
'Podnosis': 2022's digital health unicorns and tapping population health for better care delivery. qanderson. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:45.
Bill Of Health
DECEMBER 20, 2022
By Matthew Chun. A scientist’s high-tech approach to assisted suicide is already available for use in Switzerland and is actively being campaigned for in the United Kingdom. Could the United States be next? Dr. Philip Nitschke — nicknamed “Dr. Death” by some — has made it his mission to “ demedicalize death ” by removing doctors from the process of assisted suicide and bringing suicide devices directly into the hands of individuals seeking to end their own lives.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
8 Ways to Modernize Your Medicaid Program in the New Year. mteefey. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 17:18.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
What You Should Know: – Carallel , a Chicago, IL-based provider of human-centered guidance and digital tools for family caregivers raises a $8.2M Series A funding round led by FCA Venture Partners , with participation from prominent regional payers including 450 Ventures, as well as Create Health Ventures, Gratitude Railroad, Loud Capital, and Wanxiang Healthcare Investments. – Carallel uses expert guidance and digital tools to identify and empower caregivers so they can confidently
Life Qi
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In this series of blogs, we’ve already had a look at what driver diagrams are, how they can be used and the benefits of using them. In this piece, we’re going to be drilling down into the detail to find out how you can most efficiently use driver diagrams within your Quality Improvement (QI) project. We’re going to take a look at various activities that can help feed into your driver diagram, including brainstorming, prioritising ideas and how you might go about creating a Plan Do Study Act (PDS
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Data examinations are beginning to shed greater insight on just how much better value-based payment models are for quality of care. When comparing two-sided risk models in Medicare Advantage (MA) versus fee-for-service Medicare programs, the former performed better in all eight quality-of-care metrics. That is at least according to a new study published this month in JAMA.
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Meditech
DECEMBER 20, 2022
It’s no secret that the modern healthcare system is facing a unique set of challenges that require unique solutions to address them. EHR tools lead the progress of digital innovation and excel best when developed with the needs of the user in mind, which makes user conferences like MUSE essential to bridging the divide. Open to all MEDITECH customers, MUSE (Medical Users Software Exchange) welcomes thousands of participants every year and offers year-round networking opportunities.
The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The next public health emergency or large-scale disaster may be looming. It may be time to rethink the way federal relief funds are sought and allocated so that aid is more rapidly, accurately, and fairly distributed to hospitals and health systems. This could help ensure patients and communities get the care when and where they need it when crisis hits.
Healthcare Performance
DECEMBER 20, 2022
What is Rackspace? Rackspace Technologies is a tech company that provides cloud-based servers, data storage and data backup services. What Happened? On December 2, 2022, at 2:49 a.m. EST, Rackspace posted a message stating that customers that used their hosted exchange email servers did not have email access. The Hosted Exchange services include mailboxes (up to 100GB), Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Web Access, mobile device synchronization, anti-spam and anti-virus protection.
Health IT Analytics
DECEMBER 20, 2022
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HIStalk
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Top News Fujifilm acquires Tampa-based Inspirata, which offers the Dynamyx.
HIStalk
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions.
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.
NASHP
DECEMBER 20, 2022
States are taking steps to provide additional prevention, treatment, and recovery services to higher-risk individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), including those in contact with the criminal legal system. These individuals often require specialty services, intensive care coordination, and other interventions that go beyond traditional OUD services.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Strong referrals can be the lifeblood of a thriving home-based care business. However, providers need to be sure they’re not running afoul of the federal laws, or the state law equivalents, that regulate the financial relationships between agencies and their referral sources. If a provider receives funding under the Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, Veterans Health Administration or Indian Health Services, they are subject to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law and the Civil Monetary Pen
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
What You Should Know: – In the summer of 2022, WittKieffer emailed an online survey to thousands of healthcare C-suite executives of a range of titles at leading hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, medical groups and other provider organizations. The survey asked questions about feelings of burnout in leaders’ lives and at work as well as the professional impact of the global pandemic. – A total of 233 healthcare executives, including 63 CEOs, completed the survey.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The proposed $1.66 trillion omnibus government funding bill – which is expected to pass through the U.S. House and Senate this week – includes multiple home-based care provisions of importance. Among those is new home health payment transparency language, an extension of the rural add-on, a separate extension of the Money Follows the Person program and more.
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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.
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