Health Care Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Hospitals are increasingly acting as venture capitalists, ratcheting up investments in companies with products they can use and scale, according to a data analysis of hospital VC arms conducted by Healthcare Dive.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 30, 2022
This past month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a study examining how Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing Medicare fee-for-service claims data and Medicare Advantage encounter data from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, along with those from the same period the year prior, the agency calculated the total number of services used via telehealth and in-person, as well as the typ
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The Rand Blog
APRIL 1, 2022
As the war in Ukraine creeps into its second month, perhaps the most common question is: How will it end? Ultimately, the answer comes down to three internal clocks—Ukraine's, which is counting down in years, Russia's, in months, and the United States and NATO's, which is stalled at the moment but could restart quite quickly.
Home Health Care
MARCH 29, 2022
The future of telehealth is confusing for home health care providers. And it’s left many scratching their heads, wondering how much they should invest into virtual care models. On one hand, telehealth usage skyrocketed over the last two years. And no matter how much that usage stabilizes post-pandemic, it will likely never return to where it was in 2019.
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Health Care Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
"This is a bigger workforce shortage than we have ever dealt with," said Gay Landstrom, senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Trinity Health, a nonprofit system with 88 hospitals nationwide.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 28, 2022
An array of disconnected, niche, point applications, and those not purpose-built for healthcare, are further fragmenting an already disjointed healthcare experience – and potentially marginalizing the role of local health systems in the lives of the communities they serve. Some health systems see a need to unify their virtual care capabilities across an integrated platform, telemedicine vendor Teladoc Health observes.
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Home Health Care
MARCH 29, 2022
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has agreed to buy LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG). The deal is reportedly values LHC Group at “more than” $5.5 billion. The plan is to pair LHC Group – one of the largest home health providers in the U.S. – with Optum Health, which is already integrated into UnitedHealth’s network. “Since our founding in 1994, ‘It’s all about helping people’ has been the core of our mission, and as part of the Optum team and its value-based capabilities, we will be able to expand our pati
Health Care Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
While 58% of the public said they're worried about being able to afford surprise bills, the majority of people with private insurance stated they knew nothing about the consumer protection law that went into effect in January.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 29, 2022
Addressing the increasing need for behavioral health services is a nationwide challenge. With a shortage of physicians to address the growing need for care, a lack of providers who accept Medicaid, and access issues due to transportation or office hour challenges, healthcare organizations are looking to technology to help bridge the gap. "Without the utilization of telehealth, patients arriving at an emergency department often have long wait times before meeting with an available physician,
Health Populi
APRIL 1, 2022
People spend one-half of their lives in “less-than-good health,” we learn early in the paper, Adding years to life and life to years from the McKinsey Health Institute. In this data-rich essay, the McKinsey team at MHI sets out an agenda that could help us add 45 billion extra years of higher-quality life equal to an average of six years per person (depending on your country and population demographics).
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Home Health Care
MARCH 28, 2022
Dozens of provider organizations in Michigan have gone out of business — and more are at risk of the same fate — due to the state legislature’s decision to cut the rates of home care and residential caregivers by 45%. As a result, thousands of people in Michigan will now likely be forced into nursing homes following an April 1 deadline. Those individuals had previously received care under a unique policy that allowed auto-crash survivors with long-term needs to have their home-based
Health Care Dive
MARCH 29, 2022
As federal relief funds dwindle and volumes remain stagnant, concerns are mounting about the stability of many providers' operations, especially those lacking robust outpatient services.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 1, 2022
As part of our HIMSS22 conversations surrounding the Smart Hospital, we will be guiding our audience through a tour of the transformations we’re seeing in these settings. On this podcast, Chris Gough, General Manager Health & Life Sciences at Intel, will be discussing how virtual care is transforming patient rooms and critical care environments.
Health Populi
MARCH 28, 2022
Foogal, a recipe app designed to support patients’ healthy cooking and eating, launched on 24th March. In its initial version, Foogal addresses several specific diet paradigms: for patients demanding a wellness protocol, an autoimmune protocol, or wanting to address insulin resistance. Foogal got my attention via a tweet @FoogalApp on 25th March.
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 29, 2022
Truth Decay, the diminishing role of facts in American public life, isn't a problem that any one person can fix. But there are simple steps that individuals can take to help counter it.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 29, 2022
Hospitals overhauled their operations in COVID-19's early days. Now, two years into the pandemic, they are looking ahead at the future of their business, including revenue diversification and workforce stability.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 28, 2022
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NASHP
MARCH 31, 2022
Webinar: An Overview of the Hospital Cost Tool. Monday, April 25, 2022, 3–4 p.m. ET. Register Now. To better understand hospital costs, the National Academy for State Policy (NASHP) in collaboration with Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy and Mathematica Policy Research, with support from Arnold Ventures, has launched the interactive Hospital Cost Tool.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Bill Of Health
MARCH 29, 2022
By Xochitl L. Mendez. The coronavirus pandemic changed the world in countless ways, and for a moment it challenged the pre-pandemic separation of — in Hannah Arendt’s terms — the Private and the Public. To Arendt , the Public is defined as the sole realm where a human can live in full, as a person integral and part of a community as an equal. Being human is only fully procurable by the presence that a person achieves when acting among others.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Meanwhile, the percentage of claims for telehealth shot up from just 0.22% of all claims in 2019 to about 15% in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions set in and patients worried of virus transmission.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 31, 2022
The Southern District Health Board has appointed IT specialist Inde Technology to the consortium designing the Dunedin Hospital, the first digital hospital in New Zealand. It will be collaborating with three other partners – civil engineering consultancy WSP, smart building specialist Torque IP and property developer Lendlease – for the hospital's initial design phase.
The Rand Blog
MARCH 28, 2022
If all the shortcomings of humanity were stripped away, equity would still be an elusive goal for algorithms for reasons that have more to do with mathematical impossibilities than backward ideologies. But even if attaining equity is fundamentally difficult, seeking it is not futile.
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Healthcare Associates
MARCH 31, 2022
Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s. The number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease doubles every five years beyond age 65, reports the CDC. An early diagnosis can help you plan for the future and prevent your condition from getting worse. Here are early warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease that can alert you to when it’s time to see your doctor for treatment.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
Pear still has substantial challenges going forward, as it faces several unknowns about the long-term adoption and reimbursement of its products. The company has been operating at a net loss, seeing a $65 million loss last year.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 29, 2022
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 29, 2022
In Ukraine, ferocious defense has stalled the invaders. Even if Kyiv falls, continued resistance seems likely. Ukraine has reminded the world that national unity in the face of existential threats, self-reliance strengthened by collective defense, and courage coupled with compassion can help underdog populations resist the mightiest military forces.
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.
Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 1, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending March 20, 2022. Comparing the March 20 th data to the March 13 th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate increased 0.1% from the previous week Residents with booster doses ( new the week of 2/6 ) increased by 0.7% this past week Staff vaccination rate increased 0.4% this week Staff with booster doses ( new the week of 2/6 ) increased by 1.2% this past week
Health Care Dive
MARCH 29, 2022
According to new numbers from the CMS, national health spending grew 4.2% last year to almost $4.3 trillion, a significant slowdown from the 9.7% growth rate in 2020.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 31, 2022
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Home Health Care
MARCH 31, 2022
Another in-person event came and went this week, as Home Health Care News hosted its annual Capital+Strategy event in Arlington, Virginia. And as executives, analysts, private equity representatives and others gathered to discuss the state of home-based care, news dropped that UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is acquiring LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) and combining the provider with Optum.
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.
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