Sat.Nov 13, 2021 - Fri.Nov 19, 2021

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CVS unveils new health-focused retail strategy, explicit move into primary care

Health Care Dive

Along with outlining three new store formats — including sites for primary care delivery, a new area for the retail drugstore behemoth — CVS plans to close 900 stores over the next three years as consumer buying patterns change.

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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

Healthcare It News

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. Craig Settles Six years ago I had a stroke and telehealth saved my life. Make no mistake, I am a believer! However, as wonderful as telehealth is, it has a serious Achilles' heel. The fate of telehealth adoption is tied to the fate of broadband adoption.

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Medicare startup EasyHealth gets $135M in series A to fill information gaps

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare startup EasyHealth gets $135M in series A to fill information gaps. rtorrence. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:10.

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P3Care Explains the Three Rules of HIPAA Medical Billing

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HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a measure introduced by the healthcare system to protect patients’ information and privacy regarding their health, financial, and insurance details. And, this healthcare rule applies to all areas, be it care delivery, medical billing services, and insurance companies to a larger extent.

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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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Biden admin proposes wide-reaching drug data collection in fourth surprise billing rule

Health Care Dive

Payers and employers will need to give HHS an annual overview of the top 50 drugs across different areas, including the most frequently dispensed drugs and the most expensive prescription drugs.

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Digital health tools can be useful post-surgery, but more high-quality research is needed

Healthcare It News

A systematic review published this past week in npj Digital Medicine examined the use of mobile and wearable digital health interventions to monitor patients after surgery. For the paper, University of Edinburgh researchers dug into 44 studies in which patients had been postoperatively monitored with a digital health intervention after discharge from the hospital.

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P3Care Explains the Three Rules of HIPAA Medical Billing

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HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a measure introduced by the healthcare system to protect patients’ information and privacy regarding their health, financial, and insurance details. And, this healthcare rule applies to all areas, be it care delivery, medical billing services, and insurance companies to a larger extent.

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Mayo Clinic reports jump in operating income during Q3

Health Care Dive

The Rochester, Minnesota-based nonprofit reported robust financial results as revenue grew 10%, outpacing expense growth during a quarter in which rising costs challenged many systems due to heightened labor demands.

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What should interoperability look like in eight years? ONC asked, you answered

Healthcare It News

This past May, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT asked healthcare stakeholders: What should healthcare look like in 2030 , and what should interoperability have enabled by then? According to a blog post published this week by Deputy National Coordinator Steven Posnack, the agency received more than 700 submissions in response over the course of the next few months.

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Here are the policies and reforms that could reshape healthcare in the $2T bill just passed by the House

Fierce Healthcare

Here are the policies and reforms that could reshape healthcare in the $2T bill just passed by the House. rking. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:09.

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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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Personal wellness; The first line of defense against COVID-19

Pro CRNA

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. Webster’s dictionary defines wellness as “the quality or state of being in good health especially as an actively sought activity” implying that wellness is not something that happens by accident. Wellness requires commitment and effort. In healthcare and specifically within the field of anesthesia, provider wellness has traditionally focused on prevention of or recovery from substance abuse, depression, and suicide.

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CMS guides hospitals on co-location of staff, services

Health Care Dive

The agency's final guidance on the practice of sharing resources in an effort to improve provider efficiency drew praise from the American Hospital Association.

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Reining in COVID-19 Disinformation from China, Russia and Elsewhere

The Rand Blog

During the pandemic, the rapid spread of information has been a powerful force for good. But it has also allowed misinformation and conspiracy theories to spread more virulently than ever before. The vast scale of the problem means scalable solutions like machine learning could be needed to rein in the bots, trolls, and conspiracy theories being spread by bad-faith actors.

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MedArrive nabs $25M to ramp up at-home health services, expand into new states

Fierce Healthcare

MedArrive nabs $25M to ramp up at-home health services, expand into new states. hlandi. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 16:56.

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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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States Allowing Telehealth Prescriptions for Opioid Use Disorder

NASHP

States Allowing Telehealth Prescriptions for Opioid Use Disorder November 19, 2021. Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government implemented several telehealth flexibilities to allow states to maximize access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). While these flexibilities remain allowable until the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE), state approaches to prescribing MOUD via telehealth currently vary greatly: some states explicitly allow it, some explicitly do

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Congress: Target the middlemen who drive up drug costs

Health Care Dive

"The PBM market lacks the three elements essential for competition — choice, transparency and a lack of conflict of interest," antitrust attorney and former FTC policy director David Balto argues.

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How Could the United States React to Russia's Latest Posturing on Ukraine?

The Rand Blog

Russia's military buildup along its border with Ukraine has been accompanied by dramatically tougher rhetoric in recent months. Russian President Vladimir Putin may believe Ukraine is at an inflection point and that it's time to up the ante. The risk of a major war seems real enough to justify a new U.S. approach.

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Experts weigh in on ways to combat growing antibiotic resistance amid COVID-19

Fierce Healthcare

Experts weigh in on ways to combat growing antibiotic resistance amid COVID-19. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 11/18/2021 - 15:20.

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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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Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare: Partnering for the next generation of patient care

Cloud Blogs

In a data-first world, healthcare organizations depend on their ability to gain and access insights from data. Helping our customers to digitally transform means breaking down the silos for data flow across the continuum of care. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare partners are helping these organizations and frontline healthcare workers to create a connected care experience for their patients, employees, and communities that broadens the value of their existing Microsoft investments.

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Congress, alongside provider and consumer groups, continues spat over surprise billing ban rules

Health Care Dive

While payers and providers must start complying with the No Surprises Act by Jan. 1, the fight over rules implementing the ban is heating up as provider groups object to what they think is a favoring of insurers.

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Is Russia About to Make a 'Serious Mistake' in Ukraine?

The Rand Blog

Russian military shifts and stinging Kremlin criticisms of Ukraine are raising questions about Moscow's aims. Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014 led to a strong Western response. What could be in store now?

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Cigna study: How much behavioral health treatment can lower total cost of care

Fierce Healthcare

Cigna study: How much behavioral health treatment can lower total cost of care. pminemyer. Tue, 11/16/2021 - 10:37.

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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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In-Home Support Services Becoming Top Medicare Advantage Benefit

Home Health Care

In-home support services are the most popular — and arguably impactful — supplemental benefit offered by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans under the primarily health-related category. That statement was supported by recently unveiled figures from ATI Advisory. It’s now being emphasized even further, thanks to a new data brief commissioned by the Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) and prepared by the actuarial consulting firm Milliman.

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Kaiser Permanente strike averted as union reaches tentative agreement

Health Care Dive

The work stoppage, which would have been the largest in the U.S. so far this year, had the potential to significantly disrupt operations at the nonprofit's 14 hospitals and more than 200 clinics in the region.

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Supply Chain Disruptions—the Risks and Consequences

The Rand Blog

With interdependence comes risk, and in the case of supply chains, these risks often are not fully appreciated. A systematic effort, cutting across agencies and public and private sectors, could be one way to ensure that vulnerabilities are understood and mitigated.

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Rocky road ahead for hospitals in 2022 with rising labor costs, tougher negotiations with payers

Fierce Healthcare

Rocky road ahead for hospitals in 2022 with rising labor costs, tougher negotiations with payers. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 11/15/2021 - 11:24.

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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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Why Pagers Still Matter: The History of Pagers (1921-2021)

Spok Inc

Go back in time to see how the pager got its start and evolved into a critical communications staple. The post Why Pagers Still Matter: The History of Pagers (1921-2021) appeared first on Spok Inc.

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As Congress weighs drug price restraints, ICER calls out 'unsupported' increases

Health Care Dive

In a new report, ICER highlighted AbbVie's price hikes on Humira, which the group said resulted in more than $1 billion in U.S. spending last year without any new evidence of health benefits.

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‘We Will Hold You Accountable’: New York Home Health Agencies to Pay $18.5 Million

Home Health Care

One of the largest home health groups in New York has agreed to pay millions of dollars to resolve wage-and-hour violations. The home health group is made up of Intergen Health LLC and Amazing Home Care Services LLC, which share ownership and employees. Both Intergen and Amazing Home Care primarily serve New York’s Medicaid population, according to a recent announcement from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office.

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Another 12 states take CMS to court over COVID-19 vaccine requirements for healthcare workers

Fierce Healthcare

Another 12 states take CMS to court over COVID-19 vaccine requirements for healthcare workers. dmuoio. Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:31.

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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.