Sat.Nov 11, 2023 - Fri.Nov 17, 2023

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4 ways healthcare organizations can navigate industry challenges

Health Care Dive

Trends across technology, talent, care and operations are forcing healthcare leaders to take stock and anticipate where to focus their attention over the next three to five years.

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Bedrock Healthcare at Home Leans On Technology To Keep Patients Out Of The Hospital

Home Health Care

In any segment of health care, constant moving parts can cause a headache for both workers and patients. What makes matters even worse is when there is no solid communication between workers within a care team. Andre Gomez, the executive vice president of Bedrock Healthcare at Home, said he learned that the hard way during his first job in home health care almost 20 years ago.

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Enhancing Patient Care and Business Strategies: Insights from Connect Healthcare Real Estate Conference

Sheppard Health Law

The Healthcare Real Estate team at Sheppard Mullin had the privilege of attending the Connect Healthcare Real Estate Conference in Newport Beach, California, on September 28, 2023. This event provided an invaluable opportunity for our team to engage with thought leaders and professionals within the industry. Here are the key takeaways that resonate with our commitment to advancing healthcare real estate solutions: Meeting Growing Demand: Health systems are facing unprecedented challenges, includ

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A light bulb went off: 'Alexa for telemedicine!'

Healthcare It News

As was the case with many healthcare organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a significant increase in telehealth visits for Phoenix Children’s Hospital – especially in outpatient clinics. THE PROBLEM For a children’s hospital, this meant that often for the first time, parents and/or extended family could attend a doctor’s visit virtually and take a more active role in the care of their children.

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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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Edge Computing’s Role in Shaping the Future of Wearable Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Jiang Li, founder and CEO of Vivalink Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has become an integral part of modern healthcare, utilizing wearable devices to track patients’ conditions outside the clinic or hospital setting. Devices like these collect critical information from patients, such as their heart rate, activity levels, and temperature, which providers can use for real-time insights to guide treatment and identify conditions proactively.

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UnitedHealth sued over use of algorithm to deny care for MA members

Health Care Dive

The lawsuit alleges UnitedHealth used nH Predict to deny claims for Medicare Advantage seniors, despite the algorithm’s determinations being overturned in more than 90% of appeals.

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Houston FQHC to deploy AI-based mental health support at no cost

Healthcare It News

The Federally Qualified Health Center Community Health Network, operating in Brazoria, Harris and Galveston counties in Texas, has partnered with Wysa to integrate its artificial intelligence-guided mental health platform to offer adjunctive behavioral health support throughout patient care journeys and give clinicians and administrators insights. Wysa is also being deployed at MyCHN for provider mental health support.

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What are the MIPS 2024 Final Scoring Policy Updates? (Part III)

p3care

[ Note: P3 Care, as a MIPS qualified registry, presents your series of blogs on MIPS final rule updates for CY 2023. So, this is ‘ Part III ’ of our CY 2024 MIPS policy changes.] MIPS reporting rules and policies may vary from one reporting option to another. The PFS final rule for MIPS 2024 addresses the changes for all three reporting options briefly.

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Mayo Clinic posts $4.5B in operating revenue for Q3

Health Care Dive

After a rocky 2022, the Minnesota-based nonprofit has posted a net income in three consecutive quarters on sustained volumes and moderating expenses.

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UnitedHealthcare hit with class action over alleged use of AI to deny Medicare Advantage claims

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare is facing a potential class action lawsuit following allegations that it used an algorithm to deny claims for post-acute care services in Medicare Advantage. | UnitedHealthcare is facing a potential class action lawsuit following allegations that it used an algorithm to deny claims for post-acute care services in Medicare Advantage.

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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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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

Healthcare It News

Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey needed to optimize care and capacity: Reimbursement gets tighter every year while patient demand grows. The practice aims to improve access for necessary in-person care and procedures while offering patients complementary proven interventions ideally suited for telemedicine. THE PROBLEM "Gastroenterology is a complex specialty," said Dr.

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What are CY 2024 Policy Updates For MIPS Reporting? (Part II)

p3care

[ Note: P3 Care, as a MIPS-qualified registry, presents your series of blogs on MIPS final rule updates for CY 2023. So, this is the ‘ Part II ’ of our CY 2024 MIPS policy changes.] The PFS final rule for MIPS reporting is the provider’s compass for navigating safely. So, we have the MIPS 2024 final rule, and providers need to understand everything in it.

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One Medical enters New Jersey through latest health system deal, with Hackensack Meridian Health

Health Care Dive

The partnership announced Tuesday adds another hospital operator to the company’s bench of health system affiliates. One Medical plans to open its first clinic in the Garden State by the end of next year.

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Prior authorization and other regulatory burdens have increased since last year, practices tell MGMA

Fierce Healthcare

Nine in 10 polled medical practices say their regulatory burden has increased over the past year with prior authorization, audits and appeals, the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) and require | The latest annual poll of practices' regulatory burden outlined prior authorization, audits and appeals, Medicare QPP and other leading pain points that physicians say are weighing down theor staff and ability to deliver care.

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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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AI roundup: HEALWELL AI buys LLMs, Forward to roll out staffless health kiosks

Healthcare It News

Companies are expanding their reach with artificial intelligence through acquisitions, investments and government approvals on a near-daily basis. These are just some of the AI health tech announcements we're watching unfold this week. HEALWELL AI to acquire majority control of Pentavere HEALWELL AI debuted last month after partnering with WELL Health Technologies, which provides a digital healthcare operations platform, to launch AI-based decision support to advance early disease diagnosis

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Naturopathic doctors: Underutilized partners in public health and primary care

Healthy Debate

Naturopathic doctors (NDs) have an important role to play in the health-care system. We need a pilot project to assess the viability of ND integration into team-based primary care models.

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Top FDA official Woodcock to retire early next year

Health Care Dive

The 37-year veteran helmed the agency’s pandemic response, and was a key decision-maker in controversial calls on opioids, an Alzheimer's therapy and muscular dystrophy drugs.

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Express Scripts embraces cost-plus pricing with new ClearNetwork model

Fierce Healthcare

The country's largest pharmacy benefit manager is taking a page out of Mark Cuban's book. | The country's largest pharmacy benefit manager is taking a page out of Mark Cuban's book.

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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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Where social work, tech and health equity intersect

Healthcare It News

Felisha Norrington, director of academic assistance at GSU's College of Nursing and Health Professions, says while there is movement on health equity, social work and technology investments help ensure care resources are accessible to all people.

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In-Ear Wearable Measures Blood Flow to the Head for Long COVID POTS

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: STAT Health emerges from stealth to introduce a 24/7 in-ear wearable that measures blood flow to the head to better understand symptoms such as dizziness, brain fog, headaches, fainting, and fatigue that occur upon standing. These are common symptoms for illnesses like long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and other orthostatic (caused by standing) syndromes that affect more than 13 milli

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New York proposes ‘nation-leading’ hospital cybersecurity regulations

Health Care Dive

The rules, which would require facilities to develop response plans and hire a chief information security officer, aim to safeguard hospitals from growing threats and keep them operating during an attack.

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US patients believe generative AI can improve healthcare access, affordability, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

As the industry continues to debate the promise and risks of artificial intelligence in healthcare, patients are bullish on the potential for generative AI to improve access and even lower healthca | As the industry continues to debate the promise and risks of artificial intelligence in healthcare, patients are bullish on the potential for generative AI to improve access and even lower healthcare costs.

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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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Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Argentina: Legislation for the Future

CDC

Argentina’s Ministry of Health is implementing the first legislation in South America using a One Health framework to combat antimicrobial resistance (AR), representing Argentina’s commitment to combating AR. Argentina is also participating in CDC’s Global Action in Healthcare Network (GAIHN) to strengthen the capacity to detect, prevent, and respond to AR.

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The State of Digital Health Investment and What It Means for Health Organizations

HIT Consultant

Bob Farrell, CEO, mPulse Mobile Over the last several years there’s been significant investment in digital healthcare startups and growth-stage organizations, particularly those showing technical innovation that delivers improved health outcomes and more efficient care delivery models. Digital health organizations that translate investment dollars into quality outcomes will emerge as leaders by focusing on core challenges faced by major players across the healthcare industry.

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Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies, report finds

Health Care Dive

Financial challenges at rural hospitals — driven by reimbursement problems — are leading facilities to shutter labor and delivery wards, according to a new report.

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New York State proposes new cybersecurity regulations for hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

New York has proposed a slew of new cybersecurity regulations for the state’s hospitals and plans to funnel $500 million from its FY24 budget to help facilities upgrade their technology systems, Go | Should its proposal be finalized, the Empire State will give hospitals a year and access to a $500 million fund to bring their facilities into compliance.

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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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Old Dogs and New Tricks: A Case for the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies

Bill Of Health

By Nerima Were and Allan Maleche Taking into account our experiences as human rights lawyers working in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, in this article we briefly analyze the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) and make a case for their utility in guiding State measures to prepare for, prevent, and respond to future pandemics consistently with international human rights law and standards.

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AI Empowers Healthcare: Streamlined Data, Supported Workers, Enhanced Patient Experiences

HIT Consultant

Rick Bryant, Healthcare CTO, Veritas Technologies The healthcare industry is known for holding on to data – and for good reason. With valuable insights and patterns to be derived from patient information, more is more. Where healthcare IT departments run into issues is when this data becomes unmanageable: disorganized and siloed and partially stored in dusty offices with the rest sitting exposed on outdated legacy systems.

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Senate subcommittee signals support for permanent telehealth flexibilities

Health Care Dive

But witnesses noted Congress shouldn’t wait to enshrine pandemic-era accommodations for virtual care, arguing regulatory uncertainty is a danger to telehealth’s longevity.

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Civil rights groups deal failing grades to states on Medicaid disenrollments

Fierce Healthcare

A coalition including the NAACP and other civil rights organizations released a scorecard Thursday grading each state on its policies handling the Medicaid unwinding period. | Just one state received a passing score on Medicaid redeterminations from a coalition of nationally recognized civil rights groups.

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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.