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‘The Patient Pays The Price’: Home Health Stakeholders Slam Medicare Advantage Plans As CMS Comment Period Closes

Home Health Care

What’s more, MA home health patients generally have worse functional outcomes compared to traditional Medicare patients, partly because they often receive fewer visits, according to a 2024 study from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Washington. Similar MA grievances can be heard from beyond home health care as well.

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HLTH22 Day 3 News Summary

HIT Consultant

Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home healthcare agencies. MEDITECH, SeamlessMD Collaborate on Digital Health Integration.

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Bioethics, Psychedelic Therapy Abuse, and the Risk of Ethics Washing

Bill Of Health

Although Grossbard and Bourzat deny the allegations, these accounts were vetted by leading news organizations, withstood legal threats from Grossbard and Bourzat, and have been substantiated by a growing body of consistent and corroborated accounts by survivors.

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Impact of hospital mergers on quality: a case study

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Before the merger, NYULH consisted of a multispecialty academic acute care hospital (450 beds) and a specialized orthopedic, rheumatic, and neurologic treatment and rehabilitation hospital (190 beds). To account for changes in patient mix, the authors control for patient demographics, insurance type, DRG mix, and Elixhauser comorbidities.

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An Early Look at State Opioid Settlement Spending Decisions

NASHP

45 million and $4 million are appropriated to the Department of Public Health and Department of Rehabilitation respectively and similarly divided up for a multiple strategies that include a public awareness campaign, overdose data collection, and vocational rehabilitation services.

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Enhancing Physical Therapy With Artificial Intelligence

HIT Consultant

Physical therapists are trained to constantly reassess their patients from a holistic viewpoint so that any changes are caught and accounted for in their plan of care. The future of AI in the physical rehabilitation space is impressive, but it is most powerful when combined with the human touch and critical analysis of a physical therapist.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

Accountability through tracking and monitoring, and. In the mirror, the Care OS ecosystem integrating CardioComm for ECG monitoring coupled with a smart mirror. On the “pro” side of the equation are, Immediate access to real-time health data. Motivation and encouragement especially vis-a-vis patient social networks.

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