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Thailand’s Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi clinches HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7

Healthcare It News

Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi from Thailand has been validated for Stage 7 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. The EMRAM measures the clinical outcomes, patient engagement, and clinician use of EMR technology in a hospital or health facility. WHO THEY ARE Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi is part of the Principle Healthcare Group, a local operator of private hospitals.

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In a 'spectacular collapse,' Cano Health files for bankruptcy

Fierce Healthcare

Cano Health today announced its intentions for file for bankruptcy in an effort to stay afloat after incurring nearly $1 billion in debt. | Cano said that it has secured a $150 million commitment in debtor-in-possession financing from some of its lenders, which is subject to court approval.

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Cano Health files for bankruptcy

Health Care Dive

The struggling primary care chain said the restructuring agreement will “substantially” reduce its debt and allow it to look for strategic partnerships or buyers.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare It News

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Taking vitals is not necessary. Overall, it's a great fit – and one that soared during the pandemic and beyond.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Rural providers optimistic about financial stability, plan to expand services, Wipfli survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Rural providers optimistic about financial stability, plan to expand services, Wipfli survey finds agliadkovskaya Mon, 02/05/2024 - 15:34

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HIMSSCast: Foundation of good data drives enrollment, claims payment and member satisfaction

Healthcare It News

Digital transformation in the payer industry means moving beyond the status quo. Insurance and the ways payers interact with members, especially new members in the enrollment process, are ripe for technology upgrades, according to Gary Davis, national practice leader for Noyo, a software company that unveiled an enrollment solution last year.

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Healthcare job growth reached three-decade high in 2023

Health Care Dive

The sector added 650,000 jobs over the year — its most prolific year of growth in decades.

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Humana reaffirms 2025 guidance as CMS pitches decrease in MA benchmark payments

Fierce Healthcare

Humana reaffirmed its guidance in the face of likely cuts in Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2025, despite saying the proposed decrease was higher than it expected. | Humana reaffirmed its guidance in the face of likely cuts in Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2025, despite saying the proposed decrease was higher than it expected.

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BeMe’s CEO Nicki Tessler on digital behavioral health programs and payer partnerships

Health Care Dive

Depression and anxiety climbed among teens during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicki Tessler, CEO and cofounder of BeMe Health, breaks down solutions.

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ABIM: Most internal medicine docs choosing newer certification option over 10-year exam

Fierce Healthcare

The vast majority of board-certified internal medicine physicians are choosing a newer ongoing assessment option over the traditional 10-year recertification exam. | The vast majority of board-certified internal medicine physicians are choosing a newer ongoing assessment option over the traditional 10-year recertification exam. The LKA launched in early 2022 to provide more flexibility, allowing docs to maintain their certification on a five-year cycle.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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Humana flags potential MA funding dip if proposed rate notice finalized

Health Care Dive

Despite the uncertainty, the insurer reaffirmed its earnings outlook for 2025.

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'Podnosis': Catching up with the Fierce 15 of 2019 (part 2)

Fierce Healthcare

This is the second part of our series reconnecting with Fierce 15 winners from 2019, the first year Fierce Healthcare published the list of 15 private companies engaged in pioneering work

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Public health and urban planning go hand in hand. Why aren’t we doing more to promote cycling?

Healthy Debate

We need to examine our own blind spots when it comes to all road users to create human-scale urban environments that nudge us toward healthier, safer, equitable and financially savvy transport.

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PACE-focused myPlace Health opens first care center in Los Angeles

Fierce Healthcare

MyPlace Health, an integrated delivery organization jointly backed by SCAN Group and the Commonwealth Care Alliance, has opened its first care center, leaders tell Fierce Healthcare exclusivel | myPlace Health, an integrated delivery organization jointly backed by SCAN Group and the Commonwealth Care Alliance, has opened its first care center, leaders tell Fierce Healthcare exclusively.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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An infinite game: How Vituity tackles the just cause of improving lives

Health Care Dive

Read how an infinite mindset offers a stable, patient-centered alternative to short-termism.

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New Study Links Depression to Higher Body Temperature Using Oura Rings

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of California San Francisco suggests a surprising link between depression and body temperature. Published today in Scientific Reports , the findings reveal that individuals with depression tend to have higher body temperatures, opening up potential avenues for novel treatment approaches.

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How BrightSpring Health Services Leverages Specificity To Cut Through Employee Burnout

Home Health Care

BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) – the newest home-based care representative on the public market – is trying to solve the same issues most other agencies currently are. That includes, among many others, employee burnout. Despite massive scale and resources, BrightSpring is still trying to figure out how it can keep its best workers from feeling burnt out, according to Stacy Bromell, the VP of strategic sales development at BrightSpring.

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8 Common Physician Credentialing Mistakes to Watch in 2024

HIT Consultant

Charlie Falcone, CEO at Verisys Corporation If you find credentialing uninspiring, consider this cautionary tale. In a frequently cited negligent credentialing case, an Illinois jury awarded the plaintiff nearly $8 million when the patient’s foot had to be amputated due to damage caused by the operating physician who had not completed his 12-month podiatric surgical residency and was not board-certified.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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CenterWell Home Health, BrightStar Care Hope To ‘Inspire’ New Home Health Nurses Through Pipelines

Home Health Care

In recent years, home-based care providers have seen the value in being more hands on when it comes to building home health nursing pipelines. In order to pull this off, several providers have partnered with universities to create programs that will, ideally, lead to wider talent pools. CenterWell Home Health — Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) home health provider arm — is one of the providers that has gone this route.

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Are We Valuing Prescription Drugs Appropriately?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

That is the title of a new Health Affairs Forefront article by Peter Neumann and Joshua Cohen. An excerpt is below: One reason economic analyses may yield estimates that are too low is that they ignore the downstream declines in drug prices that occur when competitors enter the market and especially with the introduction of generic or biosimilar competition.

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Should Sacred Plant Medicines Have Standing? The Original Instructions and Western Jurisprudence

Bill Of Health

By Keith Williams and Ariel Clark The resurgence of interest in psychedelics, or sacred plant and fungal medicines and their psychoactive constituents, has been described as a kind of “renaissance” much like the European renaissance that blossomed between the 14 th – 17 th centuries. The comparison is apt—for, in addition to a flowering of learning and human achievement, the psychedelic renaissance, like its namesake, is only possible because of the underlying extractivist colonial logic informi

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Lead Is a Verb. Take Action Now

Baird Group

One of my colleagues often reminds our clients that the word lead is a verb and, as we learned in grade school, verbs are action words. So what actions are most important today? Coaching rises to the top. To Lead Is to Coach Effective leadership takes action, and today’s most essential actions are unlike those that were most effective in the past. In their book, It’s the Manager – Moving from Boss to Coach , [i] authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter stress how coaching is the foundation for succe

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

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Reining in the Risks of Robotaxis

The Rand Blog

Robotaxis are a complex tangle of technology and services with multiple stakeholders, so regulation is messy. There is, however, a process that has been designed to deal with such messy situations. It's called decisionmaking under deep uncertainty.

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HHCN Continuum: Embracing Technology to Recruit and Retain Caregivers

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by AlayaCare. This article is based on a discussion with Sarah Khalid, Product Manager at AlayaCare and Guillaume Vergnolle, Sr. Data Scientist at AlayaCare. This discussion took place on December 7, 2023 during the Continuum Conference. The article below has been edited for length and clarity. Sarah Khalid: I’m the product manager on the Labs team, so we focus more on the research and development, and the next suite of innovative features that are going to hit th

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FEPA: the New Tool in the DOJ’s Fight Against Corruption

Triage Health Law

Members of our Government Investigations & White Collar team recently presented a timely webinar on the new Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). The Act, which has been referred to as “the most consequential anti-foreign-bribery law passed in almost 50 years,” allows the DOJ to prosecute foreign officials who demand or accept a bribe from a U.S. citizen or company.

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 6, 2024

HKLaw

The U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives are in session, with floor votes expected and significant health-related activity at the committee level. For the next two weeks, the Senate will be out for the Presidents Day recess.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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Heads Up: HEDIS Public Comment Opens Next Week

NCQA

Public comment is your opportunity to weigh in on the relevance, scientific soundness and feasibility of new and revised HEDIS measures. The feedback NCQA receives helps us determine changes to our programs, procedures and processes. Every year, NCQA seeks public comment about proposed changes to HEDIS measures. This year’s public comment is open Tuesday, February 13–Wednesday, March 13.

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Disrupt Podcast: Brian Lobley, CEO, tango

Home Health Care

For this episode of Disrupt, we caught up with Brian Lobley, the CEO of tango. During the conversation, Lobley talked about why tango considers itself an enabler instead of a convener, and how this has allowed the company to form strong relationships with home health providers. Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn: — How tango is building relationships with home health providers — How The Vistria Group’s investment in tango has pushed the company forward — How tango is going deeper into ri

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Inovalon Acquires VigiLanz, Expanding Reach in Clinical Surveillance and Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Inovalon , a provider of cloud-based healthcare data analytics solutions, announced today the acquisition of VigiLanz , a prominent provider of SaaS-based clinical surveillance and patient safety software. – This acquisition signifies Inovalon’s commitment to driving innovation and empowering healthcare stakeholders with data-driven solutions.

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What Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?

Icanotes

What Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)? Patients who experience anxiety, depression or emotional distress often try to avoid painful feelings or experiences. Though this is sometimes a knee-jerk reaction, distressing experiences and negative emotions are a part of life. As a psychologist, counselor or other mental health professional, you can use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention to help your clients accept the reality of their experiences and modify their behaviors t

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.