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CMS Proposed Changes for ACO Reporting 2021

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From the next performance year (2021), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) expect different reporting requirements under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has recommended changes for ACO reporting criteria. The requirements are somewhat the same as for QPP MIPS. The purpose of the new proposed rules is to lower down the administrative burden of ACOs and to improve the quality of patients’ outcomes.

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The Digital Transformation of Home for Health – Brainstorming with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips

Health Populi

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting. Philips, a longtime major exhibitor at CES, created an entirely new online experience for the CES attendees – a sort of virtual gallery of different exhibits that are accessed from a single point in a

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Volunteer Team Evaluates COVID-19 Research

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By MAJ Christopher L. Armijo, FACHE, and Kimberly Tansey, DPT, FACHE. With every new international health crisis—be it Ebola, Zika or COVID-19—comes an infodemic. The World Health Organization defines an infodemic as an “overabundance of information, some accurate and some not, that occurs during an epidemic. It can lead to confusion and ultimately mistrust in governments and public health response.”.

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High-Quality Hospital Care — Minus the Hospital

Geek Doctor

John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article. In a time of COVID, the current care models just can’t remain in place. We need innovative ways to address the high cost of acute care. One solution that is taking a front seat is telemedicine.

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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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Investment in fluid delivery device pays off

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For individuals with suspected cases of sepsis, time is everything. The overwhelming bacterial infection quickly causes the body’s blood pressure to drop, leading to organ damage and even death. Care teams can slow this process by pushing fluids into a person as fast as possible.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. The report details the ten objectives that are central to Manatt’s health care practice, a sort of team manifesto call-to-action and North Star for the next decade.

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Joy in work on a COVID Unit? Yes, Really

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The post Joy in work on a COVID Unit? Yes, Really appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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WiL – GH Series: Leadership through the eyes of GECCo by Anisa Jafar

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. Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: Leadership through the eyes of GECCo. . by Anisa Jafar. . I’ve never had any trouble considering myself a leader when it comes to following my own self. Generally, I have reflexively sought out and questioned what I find important and interesting and followed a reasonably self-led path. However, the idea of leading others is one not quite a comfortable fit.

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The Health Care Cost Curve is Bending Down – A New View from Deloitte

Health Populi

Over the next 20 years, health care spending in the U.S. will migrate toward well-being and the early detection of disease, away from the funding of America’s sick-care system, according to Breaking the cost curve , a forecast of U.S. health economics in the year 2040 from Deloitte. Current spending on health care in America is roughly $4 trillion (with a “t”) dollars, approaching 20% of the nation’s economy.

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Federal Appellate Court Tosses Out HIPAA Penalty for Healthcare Data Breaches, Criticizes OCR

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In a dramatic rebuttal of how the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights’ (“OCR”) has historically enforced HIPAA with potential far-ranging consequences, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down a landmark decision criticizing and restricting how OCR interprets HIPAA and OCR’s penalty authority. OCR brought an enforcement action against the University of Texas M.D.

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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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Let Your Freak Flag Fly

Geek Doctor

John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article. If Mary Putnam Jacobi were alive today, she would probably embrace artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and data analytics. Dr. Jacobi might best be described as the mother of modern scientific medicine — or at the very least one of its founding parents.

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Most Americans Want a Vaccine, Dissatisfied with the Rollout

Health Populi

Seven in 10 U.S. adults are willing to be vaccinated, and they’re not happy about the process in getting their jab, according to Gallup’s poll taken in the last week of January 2021. The proportion of Americans willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has steadily grown since October 2020, which fell to a mere 50% of folks keen to get the shot.