Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The ruling tosses out the part of the rule that instructs arbiters must begin with the presumption that the qualifying payment amount, or median in-network rate, is the appropriate out-of-network amount to be paid to providers.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
The American Medical Association, in conjunction with Manatt Health, published a report this week exploring the ways that virtual care and other digital tools can accelerate the adoption of the integrated delivery of behavioral and physical healthcare. In the report , the organizations note that behavioral health integration is essential for solving the country's dire need for access to services.
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The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
As the drums of war beat louder in Ukraine, members of Congress have expressed an openness to making concessions to Russia. Some argue that any U.S. response to Russia would detract from our ability to deter China. But it's a mistake to think of China and Russia as independent problems.
Cloud Blogs
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Microsoft is certainly no stranger to transforming industries, from retail and financial services to manufacturing, and government, we are focused on empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. That's why it's the perfect time to join our customers and partners while we all take stock of where we are and what we've learnedand set a course to reimagine healthcare.
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
More ambulance trips are billing for "advanced life support," denoting a higher level of care (and reimbursement). Private insurers' payments for those trips increased 56% between 2017 and 2020, Fair Health found.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
A new report released this week from Bloomberg Intelligence predicted that the telehealth sector could bring in $20 billion in U.S. revenue by 2027. The Digital Reshaping the Health Care Ecosystem publication said that virtual care is set to "become a staple" of healthcare delivery. "The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of telehealth by years, providing safe and convenient access to telehealth services," said Duane Wright, senior research analyst at Bloomberg In
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Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Policy and regulations for home care haven’t kept pace with the growing demand for services and the overall increased visibility of the sector. For policymakers looking to address industry challenges and ultimately increase access to home care, there are six policy priorities that should be considered, a new report released Wednesday by the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) suggests.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
After a failed bid to launch a formal inquiry into PBMs, the FTC now says it wants to collect comments from the public to study a wide array of PBM practices.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
First announced in January 2021, the Vaccine Credential Initiative – co-founded by MITRE Corporation and others including Cerner, Change Healthcare, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and others – has made big progress over the past year-plus on new approaches to interoperable record-keeping. The public and private partnership collaborated on developing a standard model for "trustworthy, traceable, verifiable, and universally recognized digital record of vaccinatio
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CDC updated the SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing in Long Term Care Facilities landing page as well as the algorithm on February 17, 2022.
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The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
On February 23 Russia launched a war on Ukraine. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky and its parliament might accelerate steps to ensure the continuity of government, a need made more urgent because of the risk that Kyiv could soon fall.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Roughly a third of nurses surveyed by McKinsey said they're considering quitting their jobs. That's up from 22% in a poll conducted last February.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The COVID-19 crisis has made it more clear than ever that a medical emergency can strike at any time – sometimes, with dire consequences. And in situations when a patient can't communicate their preferences around end-of-life or emergency treatment, their family members and other stakeholders would ideally have easy access to those decisions to share them with their medical team on their behalf.
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Iowa Department of Human Services issued IL 2315-MC-FFS-CVD on Sunday, February 20, 2022. The Informational Letter is directed to Iowa Medicaid Providers, but it contains a message that I thought was worth sharing. The message in the paragraph beneath the bolded Please note is what I’m pointing out: CMS is telling states that they “will provide a 60-day notice in advance of the official end of the federal PHE.
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Healthcare Associates
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Chest pain happens to everyone from time to time, especially when it’s caused by indigestion or stress. However, chest pain may indicate you have a more serious problem if it’s waking you up in the middle of the night or if it happens every morning. Here are seven reasons you may be waking up with heart pain, and how to know when it’s time to see a doctor for treatment. 7 Reasons You Are Waking Up With Chest Pain.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Over half of the healthcare workers recently surveyed by USA Today and Ipsos Research said they are burned out, and 39% agree with the statement: "The American healthcare system is on the verge of collapse.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
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Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending February 13, 2022. Comparing the February 13 th data to the February 6 th as well as to the January 16 th data (approximately 1 month ago), note these differences: Resident vaccination rate remains the same as the previous week as well as the rate for January 16 th Residents with booster doses ( new the week of 2/6 ) increased by 1% this past week Staff vaccin
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
What You Should Know: – This week, Definite Healthcare announced the acquisition of Analytical Wizards , an advanced analytics company revolutionizing analytics in healthcare by combining our AI/ML-powered technology, domain expertise, and high-touch relationship model. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – Founded in 2015, Analytical Wizards automates complex analytic models using tools that expedite efficient big data mining using artificial intelligence (AI) a
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
The lawsuit alleges that if UnitedHealth acquired Change, the payer would be able to gain a competitive advantage by seeing "very competitively sensitive" data from other insurers.
Meditech
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
MEDITECH has been a proud vendor partner within the Canadian healthcare industry for over 40 years, entering the Canadian HIT market when many hospitals were starting out with an electronic laboratory application. Decades later, we now strive to advance digital solutions for healthcare organizations, providers, and patients across the care continuum.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is the latest publicly traded home-based care company to disclose just how hard it was hit by workforce-related issues during the Omicron surge. LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) executives revealed Thursday that cost constraints due to labor issues cost the company approximately 2,500 admissions and a loss of $13.8 million in revenue in the fourth quarter.
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today, TytoCare has partnered with Alice , Brazil’s first primary care-driven health insurance plan, to expand Alice’s telehealth offerings with at-home medical examinations. – The partnership will mark the first implementation of TytoCare in Brazil. Through the partnership, Alice is offering its members the TytoCare device, enabling seamless digital diagnostics for its members while enabling physicians to offer clinic-quality virtual care.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
The companies' vaccine provided strong protection against severe illness in a large clinical trial. The long-awaited results could position it as a booster for people who have received other shots.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
There’s more evidence that doctors and patients, both, want to use telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic fades. Doximity’s second report on telemedicine explores both physicians’ and patients’ views on virtual care, finding most doctors and health consumers on the same page of virtual care adoption. For the physicians’ profile, Doximity examined 180,000 doctors’ who billed Medicare for telemedicine claims between January 2020 and June 2021.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Policy concerns in home-based care are considered timely and critical for those in the industry. The issue is, unfortunately, they aren’t always viewed in that light by outsiders and lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Among those concerns are the extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, adequate reimbursement for telehealth and the Choose Home Care Act.
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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.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today, Force Therapeutics and Xealth are partnering to bring remote management of postoperative recovery and care plans into clinicians’ EHR workflows. – The Force platform delivers provider-prescribed digital education and video content for patients recovering from injury or surgery at home. The partnership integrates the Force platform with a provider’s electronic health record, enabling care teams to view clinically relevant metrics within the patient’s ch
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Ascension's operating margin in the first six months of its fiscal year fell to 0.2% from 5.7% the year prior as it faced a host of challenges.
Solution Reach
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Though it’s happened gradually, your patients aren’t the same people they were even just a few years ago. That’s because the way they want to interact with you for their healthcare has continued to change.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Interest rates in the U.S.–as measured using the Fed Funds Rate– have been effectively 0% since the start of the pandemic. In fact, the last time the Fed Funds Rate was over 3% was way back in 2008. With year-over-year inflation in January 2022 hitting 7.5% , it is likely that interest rates will rise. Anyone cal tell you that as interest rates rise, the cost of borrowing increases.
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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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