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Surprise billing compliance 'very daunting,' regulatory experts say

Health Care Dive

The bill is best known for its signature achievement, but there are lesser known requirements that are difficult to put into practice, experts told Healthcare Dive.

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AMA outlines key steps for advancing telehealth equity

Healthcare It News

The American Medical Association this week released a report outlining key steps that organizations and policymakers should take in order to work toward equity in the telehealth landscape. "Telehealth has the potential to be an important tool for addressing long-standing health inequities among historically marginalized and minoritized communities that have been impacted disproportionately by the COVID-19 pandemic," said the organization in an issue brief.

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What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

Health Populi

He had me at the statement, “I believe health data is medicine.”. Those were the words of Ardy Arianpour, CEO and Co-Founder of Seqster, when sharing with me how his company was founded. We met up last week at the DIA Europe 2022 meeting (Drug Information Association) in the cool SQUARE Conference Center in Brussels, Belgium (my current home base for work and life).

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The Proposed TRIPS Compromise Risks Setting Several Bad Precedents

Bill Of Health

By James Love. On March 15, 2022, STAT published text of a proposed compromise at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily relax global standards for intellectual property for COVID-19. The original proposal tabled by India and South Africa in 2020 as IP/C/W/669 would have waived 40 articles of the WTO Trade Related Agreement on Intellectual Property Rights, known as the TRIPS.

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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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Nurses union fights in court for permanent COVID-19 protection rule

Health Care Dive

National Nurses United argued before a federal appeals court on Monday that an existing temporary emergency standard isn't enough to protect healthcare workers from the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

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Advocate Aurora Enterprises scoops up MobileHelp for RPM, personal emergency response

Healthcare It News

Advocate Aurora Enterprises on Tuesday announced its acquisition of MobileHelp, which develops remote monitoring technology and personal emergency response systems. WHY IT MATTERS. A subsidiary of Advocate Aurora Health, AAE invests in and sometimes buys consumer health and wellness companies to expand the Illinois health system's capabilities beyond traditional clinical care.

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Hospital Cost Tool and Resources

NASHP

Understanding Hospital Costs. As health care spending continues to rise — with the largest proportion of those expenditures on hospital services — states and other purchasers are seeking to better understand and address hospitals’ costs. To support these efforts, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has developed an interactive Hospital Cost Tool and accompanying resources.

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Advocate Aurora investment arm acquires remote monitoring firm

Health Care Dive

This is the fourth transaction for the newly minted Advocate Aurora Enterprise, which launched last year with the aim of building a portfolio of companies beyond acute medical care.

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Reimagining and streamlining military healthcare

Healthcare It News

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Russia's Tragic Failure to Reform Its Economy

The Rand Blog

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions will likely devastate Russia's economy. If the country had taken a more productive economic course over the past two decades, it might be looking toward a different future—one in which economic reforms had more tightly integrated Russia with the economically advanced countries, enhanced Russian influence and power, and built global trust.

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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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COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach

Bill Of Health

By Cynthia M. Ho. The leaked compromise regarding a “waiver” of international intellectual property (IP) obligations under the TRIPS Agreement for World Trade Organization (WTO) members has met harsh criticism as a shadow of the original proposal to waive international obligations regarding patent, trade secret, and copyright obligations relating to any COVID vaccine, treatment, diagnostic, or personal protective equipment (PPE).

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FDA clarifies cybersecurity recommendations for device makers in new guidance

Health Care Dive

The draft guidance, which replaces a 2018 document, sets recommendations for how medical device companies should approach cybersecurity in premarket submissions.

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Improving healthcare access and efficiency with data

Healthcare It News

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8 Home Care Leaders Break Down What Service Lines They Plan to Further Invest In

Home Health Care

For the longest time, home care providers were just trying to gain a foothold in the broader health care sector. Now times have changed, as home care services have proven to be an integral part of the overall system, especially during the public health emergency. And with changing times comes evolution. For home care leaders, this means identifying what types of investments will move the needle forward for their companies.

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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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A Precise Definition of Microdosing Psychedelics is Needed to Promote Equitable Regulation

Bill Of Health

By Sarah Hashkes. When we talk about microdosing psychedelics, it’s important we have a mutual understanding of its definition to be able to conduct accurate research, promote regulations, and educate the wider population. This article will look at three main questions and ambiguities regarding the term “microdosing psychedelics” and suggest a definition that would help promote coherence in the field. 1.

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Medicare finalizes policy limiting coverage of Biogen Alzheimer's drug

Health Care Dive

Treatment with Aduhelm would only be covered for patients enrolled in a clinical trial under the policy, which largely follows a draft proposal released in January.

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Telehealth platform Coviu adds language interpretation service

Healthcare It News

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Reflecting on HIMSS 2022: Reimagining healthcare for the future  

Cloud Blogs

The 2022 HIMSS conference wrapped up in Orlando and experts from around the world attended to share their perspectives and key learnings from the last two years of the pandemic, which have transformed healthcare and made a lasting impact. Trends that are changing the industry have emerged, including the growing need to create more personalized experiences for patients, the opportunity to implement virtual health solutions to unlock new avenues of care for providers, and the challenge of reducing

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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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Could Insurgency Offer Ukraine a Decisive Edge?

The Rand Blog

While insurgency rarely offers a path to early victory, a campaign of popular resistance that supports the continuing conventional battle could give overmatched Ukraine an edge in its fight against Russian occupiers.

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Walmart opening 5 health 'superstores' in delayed Florida launch

Health Care Dive

The Florida locations will be the first Walmart Health centers to use a medical record built by health IT software giant Epic, as part of a partnership announced last year.

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How Walgreens, VillageMD Are Driving Home-Based Care Forward

Home Health Care

When Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) invested $1 billion into VillageMD , it was largely viewed as a way for Walgreens to enhance its primary care approach, especially in underserved communities. But in July of 2020, on the day the investment was announced, VillageMD CMO Dr. Clive Fields made it known that a large part of his company’s strategy involved the home as a setting of care – something Walgreens was more than aware of.

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Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Reversed?

Healthcare Associates

Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Reversed? Type 2 diabetes is a serious medical condition that affects over 35 million Americans. Though it is most common in adults, more and more children are diagnosed with the condition each year. Long believed to be lifelong and chronic, type 2 diabetes can be managed or even reversed with the right treatments and lifestyle changes.

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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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SNF QRP Quick Reference Guide Updated Again

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. For the second time in March 2022, CMS has posted an updated Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Quick Reference Guide. This version – 3.0 – is dated March 30, 2022. The only change from the previous version (v2.0) dated January 28, 2022, posted March 2, 2022, is this (found on page 3 of 5): The last sentence in v2.0 read: “However, due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), impl

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'Appropriate' transition period for COVID-19 test EUAs when public health emergency ends

Health Care Dive

The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S. public health emergency declarations stopping.

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If College Isn't the Pathway to the Middle Class It Once Was—What Is?

The Rand Blog

Is college still the best path to the middle class? It's complicated. College credentials still do lead many to increased earnings, but the rapid increases in college costs, coupled with a strong labor market, have made the payoff for a college degree no longer a sure thing.

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Supporting assault survivors and nurse examiners with electronic assessments

Meditech

Community healthcare isn’t just about clinical accuracy; it’s also treating patients with sensitivity and compassion when they are most vulnerable. One of the most difficult situations involves addressing the immediate physical and psychological needs of sexual assault survivors. It’s so important that nurses take the time to give that extra level of patient support in these circumstances, while also documenting carefully and accurately.

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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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Why the Home Health Industry Needs Improved Case Management Under PDGM, HHVBP

Home Health Care

For home health providers looking to reduce confusion, increase patient and staff satisfaction and improve quality metrics, honing in on the case management model is the best way to do so. This is especially true in the wake of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), and in the lead-up to the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model’s expansion, J’non Griffin, a principal at SimiTree, noted during a presentation at the annual Illinois HomeCare & Hospice Council (IHHC) conference o

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Telehealth use rose for third straight month in January as omicron spread

Health Care Dive

Among the top five telehealth diagnoses in January, COVID-19 tied for second with acute respiratory diseases and infections. Mental health conditions were by far the most common diagnosis, coming in at nearly 60% of all claims.

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Russia and Ukraine: The Economic Consequences of Peace

The Rand Blog

Amid some hopeful signs in Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire talks, it may be useful to keep in mind that the West could gain substantial economic leverage to influence outcomes during and after Russia's war against Ukraine. How it uses this leverage could have far-reaching consequences.

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BREAKING NEWS: Update to COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Specific Providers

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Just a few minutes this morning (April 7, 2022), CMS issued QSO-22-15-NH & NLTC & LSC. CMS is ending the specific emergency declaration blanket waivers for SNFs/NFs, inpatient hospices, ICF/IIDs and ESRD facilities listed below. The termination of these blanket waivers will have no effect on other blanket waivers that remain in place such as those for hospitals and CAHs.

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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.