Sat.Jan 28, 2023 - Fri.Feb 03, 2023

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How Chatbots Can Be the Next Best Thing in Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Jason Warrelmann, Global Director of Healthcare and Life Sciences, UiPath Today’s healthcare facilities are facing critical staffing problems. Over 19% of U.S. hospitals are experiencing staffing shortages, according to government data posted earlier this year. Caused primarily by the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and doctors have left hospitals and healthcare clinics because of the dangerous, high-stress conditions.

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Consolidated systems charge more for ‘marginally’ better care, study finds

Health Care Dive

Care delivered by physicians in health systems costs between 12% and 26% higher than care delivered by independent physicians, according to a study published in JAMA Network.

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Industry Voices—5 steps to develop an effective 'always-on' patient communication strategy

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—5 steps to develop an effective 'always-on' patient communication strategy hlandi Mon, 01/30/2023 - 18:17

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Leveraging patient engagement technologies to tackle health inequity

Healthcare It News

Reduce Healthcare Inequities with Patient Engagement Technology Addressing healthcare inequities is no simple task. The causes are complex, from environmental to socioeconomic factors, and aren’t easy to address. There are opportunities, though, to bridge gaps in healthcare by leveraging patient engagement technology. Remote patient monitoring – staying connected with patients outside of the medical setting – has the potential to deliver several important benefits for disadvant

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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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The US Healthcare System Outspends and Underperforms While Most People Live Paycheck to Paycheck

Health Populi

The U.S. is an outlier in the world for high health care spending, as well as in low achievement for life expectancy at birth — 3 years less than that in peer OECD countries — discussed in U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes , the latest look into American health system performance in a global context from The Commonwealth Fund.

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FTC orders GoodRx to stop sharing users’ health data with advertisers, issues $1.5M fine

Health Care Dive

FTC officials said they are putting the market on watch with the enforcement against GoodRx. The digital health company allegedly collected data, including patient medications, and shared it without user consent.

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Remote therapeutic monitoring is reimbursable – here's what you need to know

Healthcare It News

Ever since CMS released the new CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring last year, health systems have been eager to use them, but unsure of the criteria. Providers are acknowledged for the time they spend connecting with patients outside of the office. With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform.

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18 Strategies That Make Great Healthcare Website Designs

Healthcare Success

Your website is—more often than not—the first experience people have with your brand. So having a solid strategy is crucial. Creating an immersive, branded space for users to experience is vital for effective marketing. When you’re strategic, branding and messaging are clear and cohesive across multiple channels, and your website can better support your short- and long-term business goals, such as: Better brand image Improved trust Enhanced brand reputation More appointments Increased patient vo

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Healthcare added 58K jobs in January with ambulatory, nursing homes leading gains

Health Care Dive

The gains are slightly above last year’s average for the sector, which was 47,000 new jobs per month.

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White House plans to end COVID emergency declarations on May 11

Fierce Healthcare

White House plans to end COVID emergency declarations on May 11 hlandi Mon, 01/30/2023 - 22:10

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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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Third-party data breach round-up: mscripts, Diligent, Mailchimp

Healthcare It News

This month, more than 114,000 individuals may have experienced personally identifiable information and protected health information exposures from these incidents while an email marketing hack is a new source for phishing attacks. Medication adherence platform mscripts breached On January 17, the cloud-based mobile pharmacy platform that focuses on patient engagement and medication adherence solutions, mscripts, reported to the U.S.

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News 2/1/23

HIStalk

Top News Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) introduces a bill, co-sponsored.

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CMS to crack down on Medicare Advantage audits, poised to claw back billions of dollars from insurers

Health Care Dive

Federal regulators have raised concerns about alleged payment abuses in the MA program for years, specifically for those tied to risk adjustments.

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Researchers looking for long COVID symptoms find only 7

Fierce Healthcare

Researchers looking for long COVID symptoms find only 7 fdiamond Wed, 02/01/2023 - 14:59

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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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Patient data and insights to enable value-based care and improve payment integrity

Healthcare It News

Value-based care is emerging in the healthcare ecosystem, largely due to its ability to offer benefits for everyone from patients to physicians to payers. With the power of data and analytics, users can track and improve patient outcomes and control healthcare costs while delivering better quality of care. Patient 360 can provide an optimal experience to patients and healthcare providers with first-rate payment integrity.

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MEDITECH’s top 5 podcasts of 2022

Meditech

Life doesn’t pause when new challenges come to light, yet clinicians are expected to stay current while also juggling their regular duties. Podcasts offer an easy, digestible way to hear about new information on-the-go: in other words, the perfect format for busy healthcare workers. On the MEDITECH Podcast, we host a variety of accomplished guests who share their insights on topics ranging from AI to staff retention efforts to health equity.

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Healthcare labor trends in 2023: increased burnout, executive stress

Health Care Dive

A rise in union activity could also persist as the sector continues recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19 vaccines, boosters keep kids out of the ER: study

Fierce Healthcare

COVID-19 vaccines, boosters keep kids out of the ER: study fdiamond Tue, 01/31/2023 - 15:33

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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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Intermountain and Story Health partner on specialty care for heart failure

Healthcare It News

Intermountain Health is looking to artificial intelligence and high-touch coaching to increase care personalization and medication adherence for patients with heart failure. WHY IT MATTERS Coaches from Story Health, which helps develop personalized care plans using clinical data, will be available to answer Intermountain patients' questions via text or call.

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Monday Morning Update 1/30/23

HIStalk

Top News The New York Times profiles Paradigm, which launched.

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Cigna addresses MA overhaul, fresh off $6.7B in profit

Health Care Dive

CEO David Cordani addressed the CMS’ recent changes to the Medicare Advantage program, Cigna’s multibillion-dollar investment in VillageMD and more in the payer’s fourth-quarter earnings on Friday.

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Medicare Advantage plans lose out in final RADV audit rule that ditches fee-for-service adjuster

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare Advantage plans lose out in final RADV audit rule that ditches fee-for-service adjuster rking Mon, 01/30/2023 - 15:36

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Leveraging augmented reality to enhance workflow simulation and product demonstration

Healthcare It News

Healthcare organizations are facing unprecedented challenges: high staff turnover leading to nursing burnout, hiring of temp/travel staff requires regular onboarding and hits tight budgets, and scheduling in-person meetings and trainings can become bottlenecks. Mixed Reality simulation offers a fully virtual, on-demand tool. Users can train where they want, when they want reducing scheduling bottlenecks and reducing training T&E spend.

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The Pros, Cons And Future of Self-Directed Care

Home Health Care

Self-directed care undeniably has a place in the future of home-based care. How big that place is, however, is still up in the air. There are many benefits to offering self-directed or consumer-directed care, especially for patients who would rather be cared for by a caregiver of choice. States see it as a win-win because it lowers the cost of care and gives families their preferred option.

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Healthcare systems make valuable strides in the eye of a pandemic

Health Care Dive

The pandemic forced us to rethink how to leverage technology and data to augment resources and shift to new adoption models for better patient experiences.

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GOP lawmakers ready to scrap Oracle Cerner's $16B VA contract unless 'deeply flawed' EHR fixed

Fierce Healthcare

GOP lawmakers ready to scrap Oracle Cerner's $16B VA contract unless 'deeply flawed' EHR fixed hlandi Tue, 01/31/2023 - 20:39

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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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Roundup: NZ names new Health Minister and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Infectious disease doc Verrall named Health Minister A parliament shakeup led by New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins saw Ayesha Verrall taking over health from Andrew Little, who is now handling defence. An infectious disease physician, Dr Ayesha Verrall became an MP in 2020 and since then, she has held the roles of associate Health Minister and Minister for Covid-19 Response.

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Medicaid Structured Family Caregiving Enables Caregivers to Make Caregiving Their Primary Focus

NASHP

Family caregivers play an important role in caring for Medicaid Home and Community Based (HCBS) waiver participants. Some states have moved to offer structured family caregiving (SFC) services within their Medicaid program to help HCBS waiver participants’ primary caregivers fulfill that role. SFC services include payment, individualized training based on the needs of the waiver participant, coaching, back-up or respite care, and other supports.

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Addressing 3 pandemic-induced payment integrity challenges

Health Care Dive

With the right payment integrity approach and finely tuned focus, payers will find the exceptional service execution required to thrive in today’s environment.

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Employers hope to address parents' concerns about their kids' mental health

Fierce Healthcare

Employers hope to address parents' concerns about their kids' mental health fdiamond Tue, 01/31/2023 - 07:39

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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.