Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, patients often had to wait for hours in hospital and doctor's office waiting rooms. After the pandemic quickly mainstreamed telehealth and prescheduling technologies, patient wait times were significantly reduced. So what does this mean for patients and providers moving forward? Dr. David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the heal

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Other predictions include that primary care will increasingly be provided by non-physicians, like physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and demand for mental health providers will rise by more than 10%.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Amazon taps VR, voice assistant startups and 8 others for inaugural digital health accelerator. hlandi. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:54.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The COVID-19 emergency has only strengthened the desire seniors have to age in place — an already favorable position among older adults. In fact, over 90% of seniors prefer to remain in their homes as opposed to moving into an assisted living facility, a new survey from American Advisors Group (AAG) found. “For seniors, the comfort, safety and independence of their home outweigh the desire to move,” Martin Lenoir, chief marketing officer at AAG, said in a press release.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Walmart announced this week that it would begin using Epic's electronic health record in its health centers, starting in Florida in early 2022. Eventually, all of Walmart's health and wellness lines of business will be supported by the Epic platform as it's rolled out. "The Epic system complements our omnichannel health care offerings – letting customers and healthcare professionals access care and health records to lead to more personalized care," said Dr.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Nearly three quarters of healthcare professionals are concerned that patient health information is being sent through unsecured tools, according to a new survey from hospital communication firm Spok.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

By Jennifer Cohen. Profit-motivated economic activity conflicts with the realization of population health and health justice. To work toward health justice, we must recognize health as a function of (1) capitalist economic development processes, including (2) gendered and racialized divisions of labor. Together, these heighten the contradiction between the profit motive and the domestic and global requirements of public health.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A study published this week in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that virtual reality can be a useful, scalable and appealing alternative to existing pain management approaches. At the same time, however, UC San Francisco researchers noted that challenges remain when it comes to adoption of the technology, especially for addressing the needs of diverse populations.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Among direct-to-consumer brands, Teladoc ranked highest for consumer satisfaction, followed by MDLive. Among payer-sponsored services, UnitedHealthcare ranked the highest.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

VR can help underserved patients, but reimbursement challenges stymie broader adoption, study finds. hlandi. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:14.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Newer supplemental benefits like access to in-home support services or a personal care helper have helped Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) attract and retain Medicare Advantage (MA) members over the past couple of years. Perhaps it’s no surprise then that the Indianapolis-based Anthem and a number of its affiliated health plans are adding on to their benefits packages for the 2022 plan year.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A report out this week from Boston Digital examines the role that original digital libraries of health topics can play in hospitals' web-traffic performance. Among the top 20 U.S. hospitals, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report , 68% of all search traffic comes purely from health information content, said the report. "Hospital sites with comprehensive health content libraries are earning exponentially more traffic than those without them," wrote Philip Chevalier, director of s

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Jason Resendez of Consumers for Quality Care argues it's time for insurers, policymakers and health systems to embrace telehealth as an integral part of the future of healthcare.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Right-wing physicians profit off of fake COVID-19 treatments, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 16:03.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

With more eyes than ever on the home care industry, experts are trying to read the tea leaves to determine if greater standardization will eventually follow. Once considered the “youngest kid” in the larger health care continuum, home care has been ushered into the spotlight over the past couple of years. A few things have activated home care’s growth spurt, Vicki Hoak, executive director of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA), told Home Health Care News.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

On Monday, Amazon Web Services announced the launch of a new initiative to help organizations worldwide build IT-powered social and healthcare programs to help patients in underserved communities. WHY IT MATTERS. AWS is pledging $40 million over three years for the effort, which will offer company credits and technical expertise to help organizations around the world build and maintain programs aimed at underserved communities: increasing access to healthcare providers, tackling social determina

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The study by the medical group is the latest salvo in a messaging war between provider and payer lobbies as they work to shift the blame for rapidly rising medical costs.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Medicare Advantage premiums to decline slightly in 2022, Part D to rise by nearly 5%. rking. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 14:49.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Temporary regulatory flexibilities implemented during the public health emergency have given health care organizations a chance to test new care delivery methods, including hospital-at-home programs and models that bring the skilled nursing facility (SNF) into the home setting. While COVID-19 flexibilities may eventually go away, the home-focused initiatives they led to are destined to stick around.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The electronic health record vendor Epic said its vaccine credential technology is now available to 25 million individuals through their MyChart account. "Once we got buy-in, we went up to 25 million over the course of four weeks," Nick Frenzer, implementation executive at Epic, told Healthcare IT News. "We're really excited about this project – we need all the tools we can get right now," said Frenzer.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The two states allege Centene failed to disclose relevant discounts and inflated dispensing fees. The latest settlements come months after similar agreements were reached in Ohio and Mississippi.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Labor shortages in healthcare expected to rise as demand grows, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 16:45.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit [link]. Kris Novak, vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys Inc.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

GPW Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Northern Virginia, faced many issues that are common in a community health center setting. Some of these issues include high no-show rates, low ratings and low patient engagement. THE PROBLEM. Low volume of confirmed appointments led to high no-show rates. A part of this issue was having to rely on phone calls and a voicemail system that patients did not listen to.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The interim final rule established that existing rates in a provider's geographic area will be a strong anchor for final payment decisions by arbitrators.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

CVS Caremark takes aim at health inequities, starting with sickle cell, HIV. pminemyer. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 15:55.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The hospital-at-home concept was pioneered over two decades ago at Johns Hopkins. It became in vogue during the earlier parts of the COVID-19 crisis. Now, it feels like just any other part of the at-home care ecosystem. That means there are a lot more home-based care players by nature, including tech-enabled companies like Biofourmis and Luna, which are trying to help enable hospital-at-home models as part of their business plans.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Nurses younger than 35 said they were most likely to leave their current job, a particularly troubling trend for providers already under staffing strains.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Verily's Onduo inks partnership with Fitbit to integrate fitness trackers with virtual clinic. hlandi. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 20:14.

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