Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Digital pathology technologies, already popular in Europe, are primed for growth in the U.S., according to a report from KLAS research.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The idea of a unified post-acute care payment system has captured the imagination of home health industry stakeholders for years. One question that has always loomed large, however, was how one payment system could be applied to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), in-patient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and, of course, home health providers.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A closed deal would be a major setback for the DOJ, which lost another merger case this year, antitrust legal experts told Healthcare Dive.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

When students or others don't know how to report a threat or aren't willing to do so, important opportunities to protect students may be missed. Schools receive comparatively little guidance about how to implement an effective reporting program or how to build a robust reporting culture. A recent research effort helps to fill this gap, highlighting seven key implications for school safety planning.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Positive results from a late-stage clinical trial of the drug, called lecanemab, were a surprising success for a field used to setbacks. But doctors and researchers point out that the reported benefit appears relatively modest.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

What You Should Know: – Epicore Biosystems, a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, today announced a new collaboration with 3M’s Health Care Business, a manufacturer and distributor of medical products and solutions, and Innovize Inc.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Thinking about the social determinants of prescription drugs, how people take medicines in real life in my latest post in Medecision’s Liberate Health blog. I had one of those special lightbulb moments when listening to Mauricio Gonzalez-Arias, M.D. of NYC Health + Hospitals and Suvida Healthcare discussing medication adherence and what prevents us from taking our meds as prescribed.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. Last summer, the home care technology company Honor acquired Home Instead. It was one of the largest – and perhaps surprising – deals in the non-medical home care space in recent memory. It’s been just over a year since the deal was officially announced and a company worth over $2 billion was formed. .

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GoMoHealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

NEWS RELEASE : September 28, 2022. GoMo Health Shelley Schoenfeld, Chief Marketing Officer E-mail: sschoenfeld@gomohealth.com Phone: 732-484-9144. GoMo Health + Diet ID Bring Innovation in Personalized Meals for Medicare Advantage Members. Integrating Food and Nutrition with Chronic Condition Management for Improved Overall Wellbeing. Asbury Park, NJ, September 28, 2022: D iet ID, an evidence-based nutrition well-being platform, Healthrageous , a health experience company focused on combining pr

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Solution Reach

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A good barometer of how well your healthcare practice is measuring up versus competitors can often be the extent to which “your phones are ringing and your doors are swinging.” In other words, what kind of job are you doing to market your practice and consistently bring new patients through your door?

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol; also known as AMX0035), which is indicated for the treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Most people with ALS die within 2-5 years of diagnosis. In justifying the approval, FDA’s press release stated: “This approval provides another important treatment option for ALS, a life-threatening disease that currently has no cur

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

What You Should Know: – Behavioral health company, Grow Therapy secures $75 million in series B funding to expand insurance coverage including Medicare and Medicaid in all 50 states. – This round of funding was led by TCV , co-led by Transformation Capital , with support from existing backers SignalFire and SVB. Medicare/Medicaid Coverage Expansion.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Two months after the death of al Qaida leader Aymin al-Zawahiri, experts continue to debate potential contenders for his replacement while waiting for al-Qaeda to make an announcement. A dark horse contender with long ties to Osama bin Laden could upend predictions and threaten to revive one of history's most lethal terrorist groups.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As we emerge from a public health crisis that magnified and exacerbated health disparities, the need to address social determinants of health (SDOH) has reached a pivotal moment. In both social and healthcare, the pressure is mounting to address key drivers of health and amplify value-based care models. . To succeed, these models need to be effective and measurable as we work to build trust with all stakeholders (e.g., at-risk individuals, health plan members, community partners).

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Health Policy News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Health Policy News Conference Roundup   This month’s edition includes health policy highlights from conferences that our Health Policy News team attended during the past two months. First up is the.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Weighing Policy Trade-offs: Overview of NASHP’s Model Prohibiting Anticompetitive Contracting September 29, 2022 / by Johanna Butler , Katherine L. Gudiksen, and Erin Fuse Brown. Selecting the Right Policy Tool to Lower Costs. Efforts to make health care more affordable can target several problems that lead to high and rising hospital costs. Hospital and physician costs make up the majority of medical expenditures in the U.S. and rising hospital prices directly contribute to higher insurance pre

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending September 18, 2022. Comparing the September 18 th data to the September 11 th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.2% from previous week. Residents with booster doses decreased 1.1% from previous week.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

NASHP Receives New Three-Year Serious Illness Grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation September 29, 2022. The National Academy for State Health Policy is proud to announce the receipt of a new three-year grant beginning fall 2022 from The John A. Hartford Foundation, to expand and further build upon NASHP’s body of work in state serious illness policy.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

By Katie Gu. An April 2021 data privacy bill sponsored by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has taken on new urgency in the post- Roe Digital Age. The bipartisan bill, The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, would close the current legal loophole through which the FBI, Department of Homeland Security , Department of Defense , Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement , and the Internal Revenue Service , have repeatedly purchased Americans’ personal and consumer information from

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HIStalk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Top News The Wall Street Journal exposes lax patient identification.

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Health Policy News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Highlights from the 2022 National Association of Medicaid Program Integrity Conference; Advancing Medicaid Program Integrity – Chris Richter Several members of Public Consulting Group’s (PCGs) Health Payer Services team recently.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The September 2022 Release of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) data is now available on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC). The data are based on quality assessment data submitted by IRFs to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from Quarter 1, 2021 through Quarter 4, 2021.

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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HIStalk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Cerebral Treated a 17-Year-Old Without His Parents’ Consent. They Found.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing a statement on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) V4.0 and compliance with the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) to address concerns brought forth by the IRF provider community.

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HIStalk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

I spent some time in the wilderness this week, in.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS’ intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection o

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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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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Catholic Health, a health system serving the Long Island region in New York, has 16,000 employees across six acute care hospitals, three nursing homes, a home health service, hospice and an extensive network of physician practices. THE PROBLEM. The health system was preparing for a revenue cycle transformation centered on Epic Revenue Cycle as the core technology and knew that meant there would be new opportunities to digitally engage patients and modernize the financial experience for patients.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

What You Should Know: – Kahun, an evidence-based clinical reasoning tool for physicians, raises $8 million in a seed funding round led by LocalGlobe with the participation of European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund as part of the EIC Accelerator program and The Founders Kitchen (TFK). – Kahun will leverage the funding to continue building the largest ever map of evidence-based medical knowledge powered by AI.

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Etactics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

When someone files a complaint regarding a hostile work environment, the employer must investigate. The complaint could be about harassment, discrimination, retaliation, safety, or even the ethics of the company. Even if the reported incident seems trivial, the situation must be thoroughly analyzed. The employer must investigate complaints regardless if the complainant wants an investigation to take place or not.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

By Jasmine E. Harris. Some have suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic could be a moment of what critical race theorist Derrick Bell called “ interest convergence ,” where majority interests align with those of a minority group to create a critical moment for social change. It would be easy to think that interests indeed have converged between disabled and nondisabled people in the United States.

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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.