Healthcare ECONOMIST
DECEMBER 19, 2023
That is the question asked by a recent NBER working paper by Chandra et al. (2023). This question is important for a variety of reasons. First, quality measure data collection is expensive. Saraswathula et al. 2023 found that Johns Hopkins Hospital had to report 162 unique quality metrics, and the cost for collecting these data were over $5.6m dollars ($5.0m plus $0.6m in vendor fees.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2023
WeightWatchers is adding its name to the growing list of companies providing telehealth weight loss management and access to buzzy GLP-1 medications. | WeightWatchers is adding its name to the growing list of companies providing telehealth weight loss management and access to buzzy GLP-1 medications.
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HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2023
What You Should Know: – A new survey by Artera , a leader in patient communication technology, reveals a stark disconnect between how healthcare providers communicate and what patients actually want. – The findings, based on responses from over 2,000 patients, paint a picture of frustration and missed opportunities, with simple phone calls and one-dimensional text messages falling short of patient expectations.
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Nine states account for about 60% of the decline in children’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment from March through September, according to data from the CMS.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The hype around healthcare artificial intelligence has reached a fever pitch but most doctors are holding back from trying it out in their medical practice, for now. | Among those who are holding off, doctors report lack of confidence in accuracy and a lack of integration or access through existing tools — as key obstacles to adoption.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Steven Ullman, director at the Center for Health Management and Policy at the University of Miami, says utilization has dropped to 5.4% of medical claims since telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Osterhaus Pharmacy in Iowa — which is also suing CVS Caremark — is taking issue with pharmacy benefit managers’ use of performance-based fees that it says are contributing to independent pharmacy closures.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Though often associated with gaming, virtual reality (VR) is a technology rapidly evolving in healthcare. | VR therapy is not a new concept, though it wasn’t until the last few years that the field became prominent. And as technology has improved and gotten more intuitive to use, it has also become less expensive.
Health Populi
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Nurses rank highest among various factors in the U.S. health system in the latest Gallup poll — earning a grade of “excellent” or “good” by American adults surveyed in November 2023. Further substantiation for nurses’ topping this poll of excellent care is that Gallup found historic low confidence in the U.S. health system among Americans earlier this year in a July study.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Chris Bowen, founder and CISO at ClearDATA In healthcare, sensitive data comes with great responsibility. For companies entrusted with managing and protecting patients’ personal information, ensuring the privacy of that data must be the highest priority. These companies are called to act as vigilant guardians, especially when you consider that secure and accurate data can literally save lives.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The suit alleges Salem Community Hospital and Perry Johnson & Associates waited months before informing affected individuals. The breach may have exposed the data of nearly nine million people across the country.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 21, 2023
A new policy from Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts, starting Jan. | Some patients needing a colonoscopy in Massachusetts won't be covered for monitored anesthesia care, or MAC, starting Jan. 1. Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts is standing by the policy, which will save the insurer money but require the patient to remain awake for the operation.
p3care
DECEMBER 17, 2023
All in all, MIPS 2023 has been a hard time for participants. Anyhow, those with the best MIPS reporting plans have managed to stand by in the hardest times. Moving from one benchmark to another, participants have collected the MIPS reporting data. We know that every category of MIPS reporting has separate data completeness requirements. So, it is not an easy task to complete or exceed data completeness criteria.
Bill Of Health
DECEMBER 18, 2023
By Laura C. Hoffman The aging population is growing at an extraordinary rate in the U.S. By 2040, it is anticipated that the U.S. aging population (defined as those ages 65 and older) will double, totaling 80 million. Given this growth, preventing elder abuse must be at the forefront of policymaking. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized elder abuse as a “serious” problem that is commonly occurring, yet significantly underreported, in the U.S.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 18, 2023
The suit comes as relaxed pandemic-era licensure rules for virtual care expire. Standard regulations are onerous for patients who may not be able to access specialty care for rare conditions, the lawsuit said.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Health plans and value-based care organizations are ill-prepared to help patients with Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementia. | Only a small fraction of health plans and value-based care organizations have a fully developed care management model for its enrollees with dementia or Alzheimer's, a new survey shows.
KHN
DECEMBER 22, 2023
A Tennessee dentist who has been sued by multiple TMJ and sleep apnea patients over an unproven dental device he invented has said under oath that he never taught dentists to use the device for those ailments — contradicting video footage of him telling dentists how to use it. Related Articles This Dental Device Was Sold to Fix Patients’ Jaws.
Healthcare Associates
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Starting a new vitamin regimen for your health can be exciting. Vitamins are naturally ingested through the foods we eat daily, but if you are lacking in one or some, your doctor may recommend you take supplements to replenish them in your body. You may have a few questions about it, such as how long it takes for the vitamins to work. When can you start to see the effects of particular vitamins?
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.
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 22, 2023
A shift in funding sources, new regulatory policies in Medicare and technology advances may influence M&A in the sector next year, according to Samantha Prokop from law firm Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Wilmington, Delaware-based ChristianaCare has agreed to a $47.1 million settlement resolving illegal kickback allegations flagged by its former chief compliance officer, Ronald Sherman. | The agreement is the largest False Claims Act settlement in Delaware's history and paves the way for future cases against hospitals that provide private physician groups with free services from their employees, legal counsel said.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 18, 2023
What You Should Know: – PCA Rx and Cost Plus Drugs , are joining forces to tackle the longstanding issue of opaque and inflated drug pricing in the US healthcare system. – This landmark collaboration paves the way for greater transparency, accessibility, and affordability for employers and individuals nationwide. Prioritizing Drug Pricing Transparency By prioritizing transparency, this partnership empowers employers and members to make informed choices and fosters a more engaged heal
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 18, 2023
To find the most memorable home-based care executive quotes in 2023, Home Health Care News employed a strategy that is part art, part science. Ultimately, the quotes chosen resonated the most with HHCN’s staff and readers. They were prescient, controversial, telling and highly relevant to provider struggles and opportunities. They touched on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health payment rates, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, operational realities and the future of ho
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Two months after the insurers shelved their plan to merge after public outcry in Louisiana, Elevance and BCBSLA are bringing a new plan to the table they think will assuage regulatory concerns.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Health systems, insurers, retailers like CVS and tech companies like Amazon are all scrambling for a bigger piece of the medical pie. | Patients are looking for easier access to medical services and more convenience and this is opening big opportunities for insurers, retailers, tech companies and nontraditional players to muscle their way into primary care.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Cam Roberson, VP at Beachhead Solutions Healthcare delivery organizations and those working with them that are still in business are either well aware of their duties under HIPAA, work with managed service providers that understand the law well, or…are lucky to have made it this far. Even for organizations that have steered clear of both cyberattacks and regulatory fines, vigilance is essential to maintaining a clean bill of (cybersecurity) health.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 22, 2023
As home care leaders begin to strategize for 2024, part of the process will be identifying the challenges they believe will be main characters next year. Oftentimes, home care leaders will point to labor as the biggest challenge in the space. While labor is and will continue to be an issue, there are also other obstacles that are top of mind for many home care leaders, such as regulatory challenges.
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.
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 18, 2023
The CMS has repeatedly stopped and restarted arbitration this year as court cases snarl regulatory efforts to resolve surprise billing disputes.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Imagine if a patient came to see a doctor for high blood pressure. | Imagine if a doctor measured a patient's blood pressure once on intake, and then never again, while continuing their treatment. While the idea of not having quantifiable data to measure outcomes in medical care seems absurd, that is most often the case in behavioral health. Could that soon change?
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Gary Shorter – Head, AI and Data Science, IQVIA Technologies In the healthcare ecosystem, automation and data intelligence continue to gain momentum as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are integrated to streamline and accelerate processes. The clinical trial space is one area where pharmaceutical companies are leveraging these technologies to improve operations, in particular, data processing.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Staffing shortages, rate cuts and Medicare Advantage penetration will continue to be trends in the home health market in 2024. Those aren’t new. What is new, however, is how providers plan to combat the issues that stem from those trends. Home health leaders are focused on mitigating margin compression, utilizing more technology, leveraging Artificial Intelligence, working smarter with MA plans and more in the new year.
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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