HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

Rising costs for nurses and hospital staff along with growing labor shortages have resulted in several of the largest hospital companies, such as HCA Healthcare, lowering earnings estimates, which drove prices downward across the sub-sector in Q2 2022. Behavioural Health and Telemedicine: The Behavioural Health subsector was down 18.4%

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the Congressional Research Service, which analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) National Health Expenditure Accounts (“NHEA”) on the personal health expenditures for LTSS by payer, in 2021, an estimated $467.4 trillion spent on personal health care. [3] billion was spent on LTSS.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) published a critical report during the pandemic , finding that “the way the United States finances, delivers, and regulates care in nursing home settings is ineffective, inefficient, fragmented, and unsustainable.”

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Health Populi

AUGUST 4, 2020

This round of the pandemic Great Lockdown forced workers who could do so to work from home via online connections – their companies’ virtual private networks, and households’ broadband WiFi accounts. There is also a “caring crisis” for women in the pandemic.

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Health Advances

MARCH 9, 2023

Maulik Majmudar , Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Biofourmis , a digital therapeutics company focused on personalized care, spoke aptly to the current state of the US healthcare system. trillion annually, accounting for more than 17% of its GDP. [1]

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Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2024

The bar chart tells us two kinds of people in the health/care ecosystem are much more trusted than other consumers’ touchpoints for the information: these are personal healthcare professionals (say, “my” doctor or nurse practitioner or pharmacist) and registered dietitians or nutritionists.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the broader at-home care space, Dr. Michael Le is considered an innovator. As the co-founder and former chief medical officer of Landmark Health, he was integral in helping build a company that would eventually catch the eye of UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 21, 2022

The article is based on an interview that took place during a live panel discussion with Adrian Schauer, Founder and CEO of AlayaCare; Vicki Hoak, Executive Director of Home Care Association of America; Todd Austin, Chief Operating Officer for Home Care Pulse; and Shiwan Chung, leader of MedTec Healthcare.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

People with serious and life-threatening health conditions experience care needs that drive costs, including hospital admissions , emergency department utilization , and nursing home care. Rhode Island is another state that has invested in coordinated care for complex populations enrolled in Medicaid.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

integrating?CHWs CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification , and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. ACO Accountable Care Organizations. CBCM Community Based Care Management Program. PCCM Primary Care Case Management.

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NASHP

JUNE 29, 2022

States have opportunities to collect family caregiver data through passage of the CARE (Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable) Act , which requires hospitals to identify a caregiver and collect their contact information, notify the caregiver of discharge planning, and train them in nursing or medical tasks they are asked to perform.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. economy by 2026. Now, to Figure 4 (the third graphic). This shows growth in consumer personal income adjusted for inflation.

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NASHP

MARCH 28, 2022

Nursing Assistants. Typically, nursing assistants also provide personal assistance with self-care activities. Nursing assistants may perform some delegated nursing tasks under clinical supervision. A certified nurse assistant (CNA) is qualified to work in a Medicare-certified nursing facility.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Telehealth has shown great promise to bridge gaps in the areas of rural health and access to specialized care since Regenstrief researcher-clinicians pioneered a decade ago the value of telephone-based care management delivered by nurses for cancer related pain and depression, said Tachinardi of Regenstrief Institute.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This map highlights state activity to integrate CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification, and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. Colorado does not reimburse for CHW services through their Medicaid FFS program. 98961 – 2 to 4 patients.

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NASHP

MAY 26, 2023

With caregivers increasingly asked to perform more intense and complex care , respite care is integral to giving caregivers a much-needed break. Respite care is a service typically delivered in the home or a facility-based setting that provides short-term relief for caregivers.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 10, 2024

In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with James Cohen, Co-founder & CEO, Nevvon, to explore the intersection of technology, training, and home care, and Nevvon’s strategies to support future growth and innovation within the home care space.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Scott Herman: I’m a nurse paramedic by trade. I’ve got 30-plus years of home care experience. I’ve been blessed to lead and form some of the largest companies in the country, including Harden Healthcare’s home health and hospice line, Jordan Health Services, and Elara Caring.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Home Health Care News: Brad, what career experiences do you most draw from in your role today as COO of Careficient? Brad Caldwell: I have been in the home care and hospice space since I was a 22-year-old telehealth sales rep. A few years ago, you would see a company that was 100% Medicare home care only.

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NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

It is increasingly clear that any program’s ability to improve care value is critically reliant on targeting the right patients — not too many, not too few, but the right ones.” — Diane E. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.

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Health Care Success

APRIL 11, 2022

As expectations for trustworthy, up-to-date information continue to increase, it’s not surprising that some of the most followed and engaged accounts are in the healthcare industry: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): 4.2+ your website or other public health accounts). million Facebook (FB) followers.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Going through the nurse’s notes, going through all this and picking out what’s important, and just summarizing that back. Think of even accounting. When we think about home care, how sophisticated is the industry at this point in your view? I don’t think we’re there yet in home care.

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Home Health Care

JULY 15, 2022

This article is sponsored by Integrated Home Care Services. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) co-founder Paul Pino to learn the top challenges in the home-based care space, and how the IHCS model addresses those challenge s.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded one of its ACO REACH contracts to Upward Health, a multidisciplinary at-home care provider. ACO REACH is a risk-sharing program between companies and the government, standing for Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2022

The President believes we must improve the quality of our nursing homes so that seniors, people with disabilities, and others living in nursing homes get the reliable, high-quality care they deserve. million people live in over 15,500 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes across the nation.

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