Health Care Dive
JULY 12, 2022
This year’s trajectory suggests overall funding will fall significantly short of last year’s, as investor confidence is shaken by global conflict and inflation concerns, according to a Rock Health report.
HIT Consultant
JULY 13, 2022
Siddharth Thakkar, VP, Product and Marketing at IKS Health. For the better part of a decade, the shift toward value-based care in the U.S. has been driven by the establishment of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Working to develop, test and evaluate new payment and delivery models in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, CMMI has taken aim at improving the provider experience, generating better patient outcomes and reducing the overall cost of car
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Home Health Care
JULY 13, 2022
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is one of the most influential health care entities in the United States. It having the health insurance giant Aetna underneath its umbrella is no small part of that. . As some of the larger retailers in the U.S. have gotten further into home-based care – including Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and others – insiders have especially kept their eye on CVS because of Aetna.
Healthcare It News
JULY 12, 2022
Health inequity is the result of the behavior of people. It is not the result of anything natural. It involves structural inequalities in the delivery of care – inequalities that are avoidable. Trying to correct health inequity is part of the job for Toni Land, head of clinical healthcare experience at Medallia, a patient and customer experience management company.
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Health Care Dive
JULY 11, 2022
Saying the medicine’s high cost “epitomizes market failures,” California’s governor announced a $100 million budget to create a production facility and develop affordable insulin products.
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Health Populi
JULY 14, 2022
People whose sense of well-being shifted positively in the past two years are finding greater personal purpose and financial health, we see in Sharecare’s Community Well-Being Index – 2021 State Rankings Report. Sharecare has been annually tracking well-being across the 50 U.S. states since 2008. When the study launched, Well-Being Index evaluated five domains: physical, social, community, purpose, and financial.
Healthcare It News
JULY 15, 2022
The avenues of artificial intelligence and machine learning research are expanding widely and rapidly. Meta says it plans to tailor its AI explorations by analyzing the structures and networks of the human brain , hoping to map better deep learning algorithms by patterning them on the neural activities of real human cells. Over at Google, meanwhile, one of its top engineers says he's convinced a chatbot he worked with has achieved human-like sentience.
Health Care Dive
JULY 12, 2022
On Tuesday, abortion became temporarily legal again in Louisiana after a Baton Rouge judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the state’s trigger ban law.
The Rand Blog
JULY 14, 2022
RAND has developed an online educational toolkit to provide practical strategies and guidance on deterring, mitigating, and responding to mass attacks. Research highlights three top ways to mitigate and/or respond to mass attacks right now: through proactive prevention, relentless follow-up, and diligent preparation and training.
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.
Health Populi
JULY 15, 2022
Supply chain challenges, inflation, and plummeting consumer economic sentiment are setting the stage for a decline in consumer electronics revenues for 2022. However, there will be some bright spots of growth for consumer tech spending, for 5G smartphones, smart home applications, gaming, and health technologies, noted in the Consumer Technology Association’s CTA U.S.
Healthcare It News
JULY 11, 2022
Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Smart health systems are realizing that they must think about their sustainable growth strategies in terms of end-to-end user experience. Paddy Padmanabhan Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health. Smart health systems are realizing that they must think about their sustainable growth strategies in terms of end-to-end user experience.
Health Care Dive
JULY 12, 2022
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter to providers Monday that said federal law "protects" clinical judgment providers may take in treating pregnant patients.
Home Health Care
JULY 14, 2022
Home-based care services are a crucial element of medical care. Despite this fact, issues surrounding accessibility have hindered the Medicare home health benefit’s ability to be effective, a new report published in Health Affairs Thursday suggests. The report was authored by Henry J. Kaiser’s President Barbara Lyons, as well as Diane Rowland, the former executive vice president of and emerita of the foundation.
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.
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 15, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Just a few minutes ago (Friday, July 15, 2022), Xavier Becerra, Secr?etary of Health and Human Services, signed the RENEWAL OF DETERMINATION THAT A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY EXISTS. The renewal can also be viewed on the Public Health Emergency Declarations webpage: The PHE declaration will expire on Thursday, October 13, 2022 unless a) HHS terminates the PHE earlier or b) HHS renews the declaration for another 90 days.
Healthcare It News
JULY 13, 2022
Marshfield Clinic Health System is partnering with DispatchHealth to bring its rural patients in-home medical care. WHY IT MATTERS. Marshfield serves a population in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula with more than 60 Marshfield Clinic locations and 11 hospitals. With this new collaboration, it will expand access to its patients in rural communities in their homes.
Health Care Dive
JULY 13, 2022
The state of New York has formally joined a lawsuit against the major dialysis provider that alleges Fresenius performed thousands of medically unnecessary vascular procedures on kidney disease patients.
Home Health Care
JULY 12, 2022
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has not proposed a negative aggregate payment adjustment for home health agencies for the following year since 2018. That stable Medicare-reimbursement landscape, in turn, has allowed home health operators to grow their businesses and test out new, innovative care models, while also investing in their workforce.
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Briggs Healthcare
JULY 15, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. After two years of planning and preparation, the new three-digit suicide prevention line, 988, will go live on Saturday, July 16. In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to operate through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the lead federal agency, in partnership with the Federal Communications Commission and the Department
Healthcare It News
JULY 13, 2022
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network has launched a new digital programme which aims to help make a patient fit for surgery. The surgical pre-rehabilitation programme dubbed My Prehab was developed in partnership with Health Translation SA, The Hospital Research Foundation, and healthcare tech company Personify Care. According to a media release, it includes a comprehensive health screening questionnaire and provides a personalised checklist of items which patients can discuss with their GP
Health Care Dive
JULY 12, 2022
Personal protective equipment and staffing shortages; longer patient stays and use of devices like catheters and ventilators; and significant surges in antibiotic use contributed to the rise in infections, according to the CDC.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JULY 12, 2022
What types of data capacity does the National Academies believe are needed to improve patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), particularly with respect to health disparities. A report out this month ( highlights ) highlights some of the data capacity needs and also describes how U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) could help to address these data capacity needs.
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Briggs Healthcare
JULY 15, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has provided the COVID-19 Nursing Home data for the week ending July 3, 2022. Comparing the July 3 rd data to the previous June 26 th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate remained the same Residents with booster doses increased 0.2% Staff primary vaccination completion rate remained the same (same as previous 2 weeks) Staff with booster doses increased 0.4% An additional 10,354 resident c
Healthcare It News
JULY 11, 2022
Shannon Hastings is the chief technology officer at Project Ronin, where he helps to lead the organization in delivering systems to help cancer patients and clinicians, including remote patient monitoring for cancer patients. Ronin uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and electronic health records in its work to manage cancer patients.
Health Care Dive
JULY 11, 2022
The rapid expansion of virtual-first healthcare is dramatically reshaping how care is accessed and delivered.
Healthcare Associates
JULY 13, 2022
Sodium is an essential nutrient that plays a vital role in many bodily processes. However, high sodium intake has been linked to various health problems, including high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. It may also lead to weight gain and increase your risk for obesity. The right balance of sodium in your diet can help you stay healthy and avoid weight gain.
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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
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 15, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Another National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call was held the afternoon of Wednesday, July 13, 2022. There was an overview of the new surveyor guidance issued on June 29, 2022. (Reference this blog post; also this blog post for CMS training resources.) This overview highlighted the key components of Appendix PP (currently available only in advance copy format).
Healthcare It News
JULY 11, 2022
The Aged Care Technology Consortium in Australia has noted the dearth of critical digital system implementations across the residential aged care sector in a recent nationwide survey. FINDINGS. The survey, which was conducted in June, gathered responses mostly from facility managers (37%), followed by nursing directors (20%), CEOs (13%) and care managers (7%).
Health Care Dive
JULY 15, 2022
The new offering is a bid to address inflationary pressures and prevent worse health outcomes down the line, CEO Andrew Witty told investors Friday.
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