Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 24, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is locking in its enforcement strategy to keep healthcare providers from blocking access to electronic health information. | Providers found to have committed information blocking will face financial repercussions tied to Medicare program participation as well as the public disclosure of the enforcement.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision Friday is a win for the upwards of 150 million people that receive health insurance through their employers. However, it paves the way for future lawsuits from opponents of the ACA.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 24, 2024
Higher care costs directly following a hospital merger have a downstream effect of local employers laying off a portion of their workers, according to a new National Bureau of Economic Researc | A new analysis ties merger-driven hospital price increases to higher employer insurance premiums and subsequent headcount reductions.
Healthcare It News
JUNE 24, 2024
OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings. Patients discharged from hospitals often were readmitted due to complications that could have been prevented with better monitoring and more proactive management, said Matt Nieukir
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 24, 2024
UnitedHealthcare is betting big on its Surest unit as the insurer releases new data on where the plan has seen success in the past several years. | UnitedHealthcare is betting big on its Surest unit as the insurer releases new data on where the plan has seen success in the past several years.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
Discover how healthcare organizations can bolster cybersecurity, enhance patient care and protect employee privacy while reducing costs through virtual mobility to access ePHI from personal devices.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
If the deal goes through, it will be Risant’s second acquisition after the nonprofit hospital venture was launched last year.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 24, 2024
The Supreme Court will not hear a legal challenge to the nearly $2.7 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement. | The Supreme Court will not hear a legal challenge to the nearly $2.7 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement.
Healthcare It News
JUNE 24, 2024
InteliChart's platform can integrate with EHRs and engage with patients via their preferred means. This allows providers to focus on clinical workflows, says Will Cantrell, the company's director of product solutions.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 24, 2024
Remote therapeutic monitoring company PatchRx can now integrate its medication adherence insights into existing care management platforms through PatchRx Connect. | Remote therapeutic monitoring company PatchRx launches Connect API to integrate with existing care management platforms. It aims to reduce point solution fatigue in providers, but electronic health record integration is still expensive, and elusive.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
A federal court in Texas ruled regulators exceeded their authority in limiting providers’ use of online tracking technologies.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 24, 2024
Atropos Health's Evidence Network has grown to include the data resources of pharmaceutical-focused Forian and international patient data resources from Syndesis. | Atropos Health is adding two new partners to its Evidence Network, a network of healthcare data from over a dozen healthcare organizations that can be queried by any user. The two new additions, Forian and Syndesis, will bring more pharmaceutical and international patient data to users of the network.
Home Health Care
JUNE 24, 2024
On Monday, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) defended its strategy of taking on more Medicare Advantage (MA) revenue over the last couple of years. It did so in yet another response to AREX Capital Management, an activist investor that owns 4.9% of Enhabit shares. Enhabit and AREX Capital – which wants to replace Enhabit’s current board members – have gone back and forth publicly over recent months.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 24, 2024
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a Tennessee law th | The law explicitly prohibits puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical procedures if they are prescribed for the purpose of gender-affirming care. The plaintiffs argue the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Home Health Care
JUNE 24, 2024
HCS-Girling and Pinnacle Home Care announced earlier this month that the two companies have a definitive agreement to enter into a strategic partnership. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The New York-based HCS-Girling provides home health and home care services, and Pinnacle Home Care is one of the largest home health providers in the state of Florida. “Pinnacle is an important provider in the Florida market, having established a reputation for excellent clinical quality and
HIT Consultant
JUNE 24, 2024
What You Should Know: – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new final rule today aimed at preventing information blocking in healthcare. – The final rule establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who engage in practices that interfere with a patient’s access to their electronic health information (EHI).
Home Health Care
JUNE 24, 2024
In recent years, home health care has faced relentless cuts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It has plagued the industry, but providers and advocates alike are still hopeful a light at the end of the tunnel is ahead. Organizations such as the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) and Hearts for Home Care have been the engine behind making home health care a “squeaky wheel,” which they hope will gain the attention of legislators.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 24, 2024
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently relation projections of US health insurance levels between 2024 and 2034. In the Hale et al. (2024) study, CBO estimates that: …92.3 percent of the US population, or 316 million people, have coverage in 2024, and 7.7 percent, or 26 million, are uninsured. The uninsured share of the population will rise over the course of the next decade, before settling at 8.9 percent in 2034, largely as a result of the end of COVID-19 pandemic–related Medicai
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The Rand Blog
JUNE 24, 2024
A NATO that more deliberately incorporates climate change into its as-usual planning would stand a good chance of maintaining its capability edge in the future world.
Health Populi
JUNE 24, 2024
On June 11, Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the agency’s vision to ban Americans’ medical debt from credit reports. He called out that, “In recent years, however, medical bills became the most common collection item on credit reports. Research from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2022 showed that medical collections tradelines appeared on 43 million credit reports, and that 58 percent of bills that were in coll
The Rand Blog
JUNE 24, 2024
As NATO leaders have acknowledged in recent summits and its revised Strategic Concept, the alliance now faces direct and pressing threats. Yet too many nations still lack robust plans, legislative powers, or capabilities for tackling preparedness challenges and securing their homelands.
HKLaw
JUNE 24, 2024
OCR in Overdrive: The ruling in American Hospital Association v. Becerra is a victory for HIPAA covered entities that use third party tracking tools on unauthenticated webpages.
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The Rand Blog
JUNE 24, 2024
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine is reshaping NATO's strategy in Eastern Europe, mounting tensions are also plaguing the Arctic. NATO could help defuse the situation.
HKLaw
JUNE 24, 2024
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 24, 2024
Amy Brown, founder and CEO of Authenticx Juggling the administrative business of a complex healthcare system with administering patient care is an undeniable challenge. Healthcare professionals, such as nurses, feel that daily in their roles. The juggling act is increasingly driving reports of burnout and opening discussions around how administrative tasks and expectations have changed within our healthcare system.
NASHP
JUNE 24, 2024
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age that affect a wide range of health and quality-of-life outcomes. Complex structural, environmental, and social factors have an impact on the health and well-being of pregnant and postpartum people. Factors such as food insecurity, housing instability, and chronic stress associated with experiencing interpersonal violence and poverty, can limit access to timely quali
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.
Icanotes
JUNE 24, 2024
How to Run Group Therapy Sessions Successfully Having a plan for a therapy group is wonderful, but until you put your plan into motion and learn how to run group therapy sessions, the success is theoretical and the risks seem daunting. From session 1 to session 1001, a great therapist focuses on ways to boost benefits and shrink the risks. As a group therapist yourself, this must become your mission.
Home Health Care
JUNE 24, 2024
This article is sponsored by Maxwell Healthcare Associates. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Raul McGee, Director of Analytics at Maxwell Healthcare Associates, to talk about the significance of interoperability in the value-based care model. He explains how predictive analytics can be used more effectively to achieve better outcomes, and he also discusses some of the key ethical considerations around data use in today’s home-based care environment.
Icanotes
JUNE 24, 2024
How to Start a Therapy Group: Picking Topics and Modalities Now that you’ve decided to start a therapy group, the hard work really begins. You’ll need to plan and prepare for your group and consider each part of the process. With group therapy, adopting an “I’ll figure it out as I go” mentality will likely result in a group that lacks successful progress and consistent participation.
HIStalk
JUNE 24, 2024
Trip Hofer, MBA is CEO of Redox. Tell me about.
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.
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