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Why You Need an ADA Compliant Healthcare Website—and How to Get One

Healthcare Success

Just like your brick-and-mortar business has to be ADA compliant, your healthcare website must also be accessible to people with disabilities. The problem? The ADA doesn’t offer clear regulations for a compliant website. The bigger problem? ADA accessibility lawsuits are on the rise. If your website isn’t accessible to people with disabilities, you could risk lawsuits, financial liabilities, and damage to your brand reputation.

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What is the Role of a Clearinghouse in Medical Billing?

p3care

Medical Billing and claim processing are very complicated for any healthcare facility. Different facilities utilize a variety of medical billing software to generate their claims. Then, they forward them to the insurance carriers for claim reimbursement. We know that every state and even every insurance carrier within a state has its own rules and regulations.

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4 ways Medicaid could manage high-price drugs

Fierce Healthcare

4 ways Medicaid could manage high-price drugs. fdiamond. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 15:09.

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State AGs urge Apple to protect consumers’ reproductive health data

Health Care Dive

Apps holding sensitive health data should be required to delete nonessential information and clearly inform consumers what information they share with parties such as law enforcement, the 10 state attorneys general said.

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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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The ‘Res Nullius’ Construction of Human Genomic Data

Bill Of Health

By Donrich Thaldar. No one domain of the law holds exclusive sway over human genomic data. Instead, genomic data have a multidimensional legal nature , meaning that multiple legal domains — including property law, privacy law, contract law, and intellectual property law — are all applicable. This opens the door for different persons to have rights originating in different legal domains with respect to the same genomic data.

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What's the Harm in Talking to Russia? A Lot, Actually

The Rand Blog

Despite the way it is commonly portrayed, diplomacy is not intrinsically and always good, nor is it cost-free. In the Ukraine conflict, the problems with a push for diplomacy are especially apparent. The likely benefits of negotiations are minimal, and the prospective costs could be significant.

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UnitedHealth-Change deal approval faces appeal from DOJ, states

Health Care Dive

Antitrust experts said it’s surprising regulators took this long to file an appeal, while UnitedHealth slammed the move as “entirely without merit.

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Building the future of medical imaging at RSNA 2022

Cloud Blogs

Medical imaging has long been at the forefront of the adoption of digital tools in healthcare. Over the past three decades, radiology has evolved from an analog film-based workflow to leading the development and adoption of the most sophisticated health IT tools and workflows in the entire healthcare system. The success of this evolution depended on the foresight of medical imaging leadership to make capital investments in powerful computing networks, which led to an unprecedented ability to sha

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What More PE Involvement Could Mean In Personal Home Care

Home Health Care

Home care executives are expecting a few separate things to shake up the market in the coming years. Among those are an increase in franchising, more private equity involvement and innovation to keep pace with higher costs. Consolidation in home care has lagged compared to home health care. One of the reasons why is that PE involvement in personal home care has also lagged.

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Walgreens plots 'aggressive' strategy to build out healthcare services, CEO Roz Brewer says

Fierce Healthcare

Walgreens plots 'aggressive' strategy to build out healthcare services, CEO Roz Brewer says. hlandi. Sun, 11/20/2022 - 18:20.

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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 digital and information officers are shaking up health systems

Health Care Dive

Healthcare Dive caught up with Providence’s Sara Vaezy and Intermountain’s Craig Richardville just months into their tenure to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead as patients have come to expect more digital access.

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Russian Aircraft Keep Crashing. Could Sanctions Be the Cause?

The Rand Blog

At least six fixed-wing Russian aircraft have crashed over Russian-controlled airspace since September. Sanctions placed on Russia by the West could well be affecting Russia's ability to manufacture and maintain parts needed to keep aircraft safe.

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HLTH22: 6 Digital Health Executives Share Key Takeaways

HIT Consultant

We reached out to six digital health executives for their key takeaways and reflection from attending the recent HLTH22 conference. Sunny Kumar, MD, Partner at GSR Ventures , a $3B AUM venture firm investing in early-stage digital health companies. The most fascinating element of HLTH 2022 were the concurrent contrasts. Set against a challenging macroeconomic environment with decreases in venture funding and near-daily headlines of large layoffs cutting across the tech ecosystem, the energy and

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House lawmakers press Biden admin to change latest surprise billing rule

Fierce Healthcare

House lawmakers press Biden admin to change latest surprise billing rule. rking. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 17:18.

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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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Providence closes 27 retail clinics in Southern California

Health Care Dive

The healthcare system said the clinics were losing money as they attracted fewer patients. Labor shortages, inflation and an increasingly competitive retail health industry are also to blame.

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7 Reasons Your Knee Hurts When You Bend It

Healthcare Associates

7 Reasons Your Knee Hurts When You Bend It. The knee is a hinge joint responsible for your mobility and flexibility. Your knees are constantly moving from sitting, walking, bending, and high-impact physical activities such as running, sports, or work-related duties. It is the most common joint that can become inflamed. Your daily activities can be interrupted when it hurts when you bend your knee.

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Future Leader: Nicholas D’Addabbo, Vice President of Strategy, Innovive Health

Home Health Care

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Nicholas D’Addabbo, vice president of strategy at Innovive Health, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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State attorneys general call on Apple to beef up privacy protections for reproductive health information

Fierce Healthcare

State attorneys general call on Apple to beef up privacy protections for reproductive health information. hlandi. Tue, 11/22/2022 - 12:32.

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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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MetroHealth fires CEO Akram Boutros over almost $2M in unreported bonuses

Health Care Dive

Boutros has denied all allegations of embezzlement. His lawyer said his firing was “the latest of a series of retaliatory acts” against Boutros after he raised concerns over the “unauthorized hiring of the new CEO.

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Is Seabed Mining an Opportunity to Break China's Stranglehold on Critical Minerals Supply Chains?

The Rand Blog

China dominates global supply chains for nearly all critical mineral resources, including the rare earths that power decarbonization technologies. Seabed mining may be a way to diversify critical minerals supply chains and break China's stranglehold on supplies of some of the world's most important natural resources.

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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Case Against Home Health Certificate Of Need Laws

Home Health Care

A home health care company hoping to operate in Louisville, Kentucky has hit a road block in its fight against Certificate of Need (CON) laws. CON laws vary by state. Some have home health CON barriers, while others do not. That results in some states having far more home health agencies than others. Because Kentucky has CON laws in home health care, Dipendra Tiwari and Kishor Sapkota – two Nepalese immigrants – were met with resistance when they tried to open up an agency specifically tailored

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MetroHealth System board ousts CEO after investigation reveals $1.9M in unapproved performance bonuses

Fierce Healthcare

MetroHealth System board ousts CEO after investigation reveals $1.9M in unapproved performance bonuses. dmuoio. Tue, 11/22/2022 - 11:29.

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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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Morgan Health nabs Walmart executive to accelerate strategy around population health

Health Care Dive

Cheryl Pegus is leaving Walmart’s health division to work as a managing director for JPMorgan’s venture attempting to lower employer health costs.

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Lunit, CARPL.ai Partner to Accelerate AI-Powered Medical Imaging

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Lunit signed a global distribution agreement to provide its AI-based radiology solutions for clinical use via CARPL.ai’s platform. Lunit is a South Korean-based AI software company devoted to developing AI solutions for precision diagnostics and treatment support, mainly focused on conquering cancer. – The partnership will deliver Lunit INSIGHT CXR and Lunit INSIGHT MMG for commercial use in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, India, and Singapore.

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Government Watchdog Agency Signs Off On CMS Home Health Final Payment Rule

Home Health Care

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has signed off on the home health payment rule finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last month. After its review , the GAO found that CMS appropriately determined the impact of the difference between assumed versus actual behavior change on estimated aggregate expenditures for home health payments.

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Advocacy groups press FTC to probe GPOs' role in supply chain shortages

Fierce Healthcare

Advocacy groups press FTC to probe GPOs' role in supply chain shortages. rking. Tue, 11/22/2022 - 16:21.

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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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Mayo Clinic income slumps as expenses climb in Q3

Health Care Dive

Expenses outpaced revenue growth as the Minnesota-based health system became the latest provider to report a recent drop in operating income.

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Using Data Analytics to Address Social Determinants of Health

HIT Consultant

Amy Brown, Founder and CEO of Authenticx. Americans might run on Dunkin’ — but the healthcare industry runs on data, specifically structured and unstructured data. Easily aggregated and translated into numbers for analysis, structured data lives in databases and on spreadsheets. Unstructured data, on the other hand, is more complex. You can’t use conventional tools to process or analyze it.

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Transactions: PE-Backed PurposeCare Makes Slew Of Acquisitions; CenterWell Senior Primary Care Expands

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. PurposeCare acquires a number of agencies. PurposeCare — a Lorient Capital-backed provider of home care and home health services — has acquired six agencies. The company purchased Purpose Home Health, Alliance Home Health Services, A1 Home Health Care and A1 Nursing Care, Newsome Home Health Care and Honor Home Health.

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How a new fertility business hopes to disrupt the traditional investor approach and preserve clinician decision-making

Fierce Healthcare

How a new fertility business hopes to disrupt the traditional investor approach and preserve clinician decision-making. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 11/23/2022 - 13:34.

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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.