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Health insurance customer experience starts at open enrollment

Health Care Dive

Why health plan consumer experience matters; from the perspective of a stressed-out son.

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Fines Push Hospitals To Go Beyond CMS Price Transparency Rules

HIT Consultant

Paul Shorrosh, CEO and founder of AccuReg. The gamble is over for hospitals that avoided complying with CMS price transparency mandates. After a slow start since they were implemented more than 18 months ago, CMS has issued 350 warnings for noncompliance, 157 corrective action requests, and finally issued fines to two Georgia hospitals in June. It seems many more will be on the way.

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Why Security Misconceptions Are Threatening Healthcare Systems’ IoT Devices

HIT Consultant

Dinesh Katiyar, Head of Business Development at Asimily. Hospitals and other critical healthcare systems face skyrocketing risks as ransomware attacks—which most commonly target IoT devices—continue to escalate. In 2021 alone, IoT ransomware attack incidents targeting healthcare organizations increased by 123%. While most healthcare systems have a healthy respect for the importance of securing the myriad Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices humming within their facilities, many harbor misco

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HHS issues guidance on the use of online tracking tools in healthcare CRM

Healthcare It News

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a bulletin to highlight the obligations on covered entities and business associates under HIPAA's Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules when using online tracking technologies. These tracking tools have caused a number of patient data security concerns and there are several class-action lawsuits, creating a new challenge for healthcare organizations.

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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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How to address healthcare’s unique cybersecurity challenges

Health Care Dive

Although the U.S. is entering a post-COVID era, many factors straining the healthcare industry will continue and more risk factors will kick in, argues Syed Kaptan of cybersecurity intelligence company ThreatQuotient.

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More vaccinated than unvaccinated died from COVID-19 in August: analysis

Fierce Healthcare

More vaccinated than unvaccinated died from COVID-19 in August: analysis. fdiamond. Mon, 11/28/2022 - 16:34.

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Franciscan Health expands its Epic-linked telemedicine offerings

Healthcare It News

Prior to 2020, Franciscan Health, a health system based in Mishawaka, Indiana, conducted few telemedicine visits throughout the organization. Outside of some tele-stroke and behavioral health virtual care there wasn't any robust programming for patients to participate with Franciscan Alliance providers through telemedicine. THE PROBLEM. In February 2020, some specialties were in the process of requesting telehealth technologies, and a few of them, such as urgent care, already were in the sta

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Bernie Sanders poised to lead Senate health committee

Health Care Dive

The longtime proponent of universal healthcare is set to become chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is in line to be the committee’s ranking member.

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Digital health VCs eye healthcare workforce, cancer care as ripe for startups in 2023

Fierce Healthcare

Digital health VCs eye healthcare workforce, cancer care as ripe for startups in 2023. hlandi. Fri, 12/02/2022 - 06:26.

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Five Factors to Watch as the Chinese Communist Party Faces Protests

The Rand Blog

It may be too soon to compare protests against China's zero-COVID policy to the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement. But looking back to 1989 still provides valuable insights into what might happen next.

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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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Three Ways to Configure Electronic Health Records Systems

p3care

In the past, we used to store patients’ demographic information and histories on paper. Thus, medical record management and sharing were once very problematic for healthcare facilities. Also, it was not easy to handle the bulk when facilities had limited rooms for storage. Healthcare providers can’t even reach the patient’s old data as quickly as they had to.

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UnitedHealth Group projects up to $360B in 2023 revenue, buoyed by Optum growth

Health Care Dive

The projected revenue growth comes after the Department of Justice announced this month it would appeal a federal judge’s decision that allowed UnitedHealth’s $13 billion purchase of Change Healthcare to close.

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As major hospitals now bill for some patient-provider messaging, the move could usher wider adoption

Fierce Healthcare

As major hospitals now bill for some patient-provider messaging, the move could usher wider adoption. dmuoio. Thu, 12/01/2022 - 17:48.

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Intelligence Work Is Exciting. And Traumatizing

The Rand Blog

The intelligence community needs to communicate to its workforce about the varied forms of trauma, how it affects individuals, and what resources exist to help. Protecting the intelligence workforce can help protect us all.

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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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Pharmacology vs Pharmacy: Which One is Better?

p3care

Just like medical billing and coding fields, we can see tough competition when considering pharmacology vs pharmacy. Drugs and their administration are the main focus of both of these professions. Both fields seem connected but there is a huge difference between them. Anyone thinking of pursuing any of these professions will not like to shoot a gun in the blind.

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Ousted MetroHealth CEO, facing embezzlement allegations, sues hospital over termination

Health Care Dive

Akram Boutros’ lawsuit alleges that MetroHealth’s board members were participating in secret deliberations outside of public meetings, violating the law during the hiring process for incoming CEO Airica Steed.

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UnitedHealth Group expects to bring in nearly $360B in revenue for 2023

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group expects to bring in nearly $360B in revenue for 2023. hlandi. Wed, 11/30/2022 - 00:11.

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The Not-So-Sacred Human Genome: What South Africans Think About Heritable Human Genome Editing

Bill Of Health

By Donrich Thaldar. South Africans have issued a clarion call for research to move ahead on health-related applications of heritable human genome editing (HHGE), finds my research group’s new public engagement study — the first of its kind in Africa. The study engaged a diverse group of 30 South Africans in three evenings of deliberations on the governance of HHGE.

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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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How to Classify Treatment Encounters in ICD-10-CM?

p3care

The World Health Organization has provided the International Classification of Disease to avoid the complexities in medical billing. This classification assists all healthcare professionals in patients’ data storage and retrieval. However, physicians, coders, health information managers, nurses, and other staff have benefited from ICD-9-CM. It is the 9th version of the clinical modification, effected up to 1999.

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UnitedHealthcare loses lawsuit to TeamHealth — again — in ongoing battle over billing

Health Care Dive

A three-judge arbitration panel in Florida has awarded $10.8 million to TeamHealth after finding UnitedHealthcare underpaid the physician group’s clinicians from 2017 to 2020.

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Google Health strikes deal with iCAD to commercialize mammography AI

Fierce Healthcare

Google Health strikes deal with iCAD to commercialize mammography AI. hlandi. Mon, 11/28/2022 - 12:49.

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Humana Plans To Close Majority Of Its SeniorBridge Home Care Locations

Home Health Care

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) plans to close shop at most of its SeniorBridge locations before the end of year. SeniorBridge is a home-based care organization that offers complex chronic care management for seniors. The organization’s care management team includes nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers and caregivers. Humana originally acquired SeniorBridge back in 2012 as a part of a larger effort to shift more care into the home.

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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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Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted the latest COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending November 13, 2022. Comparing the November 13 th data to the November 6 th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate remained the same as the previous 2 weeks. Residents up to date with vaccines increased 0.8% from the previous week.

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As complaints roll in, ‘complexity’ holding up HHS information blocking enforcement, health IT coordinator says

Health Care Dive

The HHS has yet to finalize disincentives for providers or say how the OIG will go about investigating and applying civil monetary penalties to health IT vendors. “We’re working really, really hard,” Micky Tripathi told Healthcare Dive.

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In face of 'tripledemic,' masking mandates might make a comeback

Fierce Healthcare

In face of 'tripledemic,' masking mandates might make a comeback. fdiamond. Mon, 11/28/2022 - 14:46.

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Staffing, Compliance and Technology: What Legal Issues Providers Should Watch For In 2023

Home Health Care

As home-based care becomes more popular and renowned among the larger health care system, agencies will need to put a greater emphasis on legal compliance. Matt Wolfe, a health care attorney with the law firm Baker Donaldson, believes that value-based care, staffing struggles and the emergence of telehealth will all present even more struggles for providers in 2023.

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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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Falling Revenue Means Pharmacies in Italy Aren’t Keeping up with Other EU Countries

Bill Of Health

By Gianluca Ceci and Sarah Gabriele. In 2021, the total revenue of Italian pharmacies dropped by 4% compared to 2015, despite Italy being the fifth largest country in the EU for pharmaceutical expenditures. The main reasons: the reabsorption of demand and small pharmacy size, as well as the failure to innovate the current business model. Contrary to what one might expect, given the pandemic, the health emergency, and the rush to ensure health supplies, in 2021 the total revenue of Italian pharma

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CMS warns hospitals must protect staff, patients from violence

Health Care Dive

Hospitals must effectively mitigate risks to ensure patients and staff are safe as part of their Medicare certification, the agency said in a Monday memo, noting that some facilities have received citations for failing to do so.

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Florida panel hands TeamHealth a win in its ongoing battle with UnitedHealthcare

Fierce Healthcare

Florida panel hands TeamHealth a win in its ongoing battle with UnitedHealthcare. pminemyer. Thu, 12/01/2022 - 15:34.

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Politics of Ukrainian Reconstruction

The Rand Blog

When fighting subsides, Ukraine may undergo reconstruction on the scale of the post–World War II Marshall Plan. Debate is ramping up about core issues, such as the scope of reconstruction, sources of funding, and reforms needed for success. Ukraine and the West might begin now to forge consensus on these issues.

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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.