Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

During the last two years, U.S. hospitals and health systems have very quickly deployed a lot of telemedicine systems to take care of patients during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these systems were not planned in great detail, and not planned with a great deal of permanence in mind. Telehealth took hold, though, and now healthcare provider organizations face a future of hybrid care – part in-person care and part virtual care.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

More ambulance trips are billing for "advanced life support," denoting a higher level of care (and reimbursement). Private insurers' payments for those trips increased 56% between 2017 and 2020, Fair Health found.

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The Rand Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As the drums of war beat louder in Ukraine, members of Congress have expressed an openness to making concessions to Russia. Some argue that any U.S. response to Russia would detract from our ability to deter China. But it's a mistake to think of China and Russia as independent problems.

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Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Microsoft is certainly no stranger to transforming industries, from retail and financial services to manufacturing, and government, we are focused on empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. That's why it's the perfect time to join our customers and partners while we all take stock of where we are and what we've learnedand set a course to reimagine healthcare.

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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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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The American Medical Association, in conjunction with Manatt Health, published a report this week exploring the ways that virtual care and other digital tools can accelerate the adoption of the integrated delivery of behavioral and physical healthcare. In the report , the organizations note that behavioral health integration is essential for solving the country's dire need for access to services.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The ruling tosses out the part of the rule that instructs arbiters must begin with the presumption that the qualifying payment amount, or median in-network rate, is the appropriate out-of-network amount to be paid to providers.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Policy and regulations for home care haven’t kept pace with the growing demand for services and the overall increased visibility of the sector. For policymakers looking to address industry challenges and ultimately increase access to home care, there are six policy priorities that should be considered, a new report released Wednesday by the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) suggests.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A new report released this week from Bloomberg Intelligence predicted that the telehealth sector could bring in $20 billion in U.S. revenue by 2027. The Digital Reshaping the Health Care Ecosystem publication said that virtual care is set to "become a staple" of healthcare delivery. "The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of telehealth by years, providing safe and convenient access to telehealth services," said Duane Wright, senior research analyst at Bloomberg In

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

After a failed bid to launch a formal inquiry into PBMs, the FTC now says it wants to collect comments from the public to study a wide array of PBM practices.

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Health Care Success

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Business leaders in every industry understand that morale starts at the top. . When the C-suite is aligned and shares a unified, consistent message throughout the entire organization, it instills loyalty, trust, and confidence in your brand, mission, and goals. . Ideally, marketing relays this message to your consumers. . But since marketing happens in many channels, or forms of media, many brands have a hard time producing a consistent message across these channels. .

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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

Life Qi

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The NHS is creating Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) across England, which will enable place-based, joined up care across localities, as set out in the Long Term Plan. There are many challenges that these new ICSs and their leaders will face, not least tackling the backlog of planned appointments and clinics held up by the pandemic and the fact that populations are living longer and with multiple health conditions.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The COVID-19 crisis has made it more clear than ever that a medical emergency can strike at any time – sometimes, with dire consequences. And in situations when a patient can't communicate their preferences around end-of-life or emergency treatment, their family members and other stakeholders would ideally have easy access to those decisions to share them with their medical team on their behalf.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Roughly a third of nurses surveyed by McKinsey said they're considering quitting their jobs. That's up from 22% in a poll conducted last February.

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Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CDC updated the SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing in Long Term Care Facilities landing page as well as the algorithm on February 17, 2022.

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The Rand Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

On February 23 Russia launched a war on Ukraine. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky and its parliament might accelerate steps to ensure the continuity of government, a need made more urgent because of the risk that Kyiv could soon fall.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Over half of the healthcare workers recently surveyed by USA Today and Ipsos Research said they are burned out, and 39% agree with the statement: "The American healthcare system is on the verge of collapse.

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Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Iowa Department of Human Services issued IL 2315-MC-FFS-CVD on Sunday, February 20, 2022. The Informational Letter is directed to Iowa Medicaid Providers, but it contains a message that I thought was worth sharing. The message in the paragraph beneath the bolded Please note is what I’m pointing out: CMS is telling states that they “will provide a 60-day notice in advance of the official end of the federal PHE.

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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.

Healthcare Associates

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Chest pain happens to everyone from time to time, especially when it’s caused by indigestion or stress. However, chest pain may indicate you have a more serious problem if it’s waking you up in the middle of the night or if it happens every morning. Here are seven reasons you may be waking up with heart pain, and how to know when it’s time to see a doctor for treatment. 7 Reasons You Are Waking Up With Chest Pain.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, TytoCare has partnered with Alice , Brazil’s first primary care-driven health insurance plan, to expand Alice’s telehealth offerings with at-home medical examinations. – The partnership will mark the first implementation of TytoCare in Brazil. Through the partnership, Alice is offering its members the TytoCare device, enabling seamless digital diagnostics for its members while enabling physicians to offer clinic-quality virtual care.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The lawsuit alleges that if UnitedHealth acquired Change, the payer would be able to gain a competitive advantage by seeing "very competitively sensitive" data from other insurers.

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Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending February 13, 2022. Comparing the February 13 th data to the February 6 th as well as to the January 16 th data (approximately 1 month ago), note these differences: Resident vaccination rate remains the same as the previous week as well as the rate for January 16 th Residents with booster doses ( new the week of 2/6 ) increased by 1% this past week Staff vaccin

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is the latest publicly traded home-based care company to disclose just how hard it was hit by workforce-related issues during the Omicron surge. LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) executives revealed Thursday that cost constraints due to labor issues cost the company approximately 2,500 admissions and a loss of $13.8 million in revenue in the fourth quarter.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Tzvia Bader, CEO and co-founder, TrialJectory. The clinical trial industry is, once again, at an uncertain crossroads. And while it might be assumed that the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the inability to recruit patients for trials, it is instead, a challenge generated, over time, by the industry itself. Thankfully, there is an opportunity to change course.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The companies' vaccine provided strong protection against severe illness in a large clinical trial. The long-awaited results could position it as a booster for people who have received other shots.

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Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. TMF QIN Networks shared this infographic that certainly provides food for thought: TMF QIN Networks has also developed and shared this Fuel Versus Friction Tip Sheet. The table below offers fuel-based interventions intended to increase vaccine uptake and friction-based interventions that respond to hidden barriers that hold people back from vaccination.

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Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Policy concerns in home-based care are considered timely and critical for those in the industry. The issue is, unfortunately, they aren’t always viewed in that light by outsiders and lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Among those concerns are the extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, adequate reimbursement for telehealth and the Choose Home Care Act.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Jen Goldsmith, President Tendo Systems. Healthcare data is increasing at an exponential rate. Approximately one-third of the world’s data volume is being generated by the healthcare industry. By 2025, the compound annual growth rate of healthcare data will reach 36% – that’s 6% faster than manufacturing, 10% faster than financial services, and 11% faster than media and entertainment.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But market uncertainty and expected growth weighted in the back half of 2022 sent the company's stock slumping in aftermarket trading Tuesday.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There’s more evidence that doctors and patients, both, want to use telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic fades. Doximity’s second report on telemedicine explores both physicians’ and patients’ views on virtual care, finding most doctors and health consumers on the same page of virtual care adoption. For the physicians’ profile, Doximity examined 180,000 doctors’ who billed Medicare for telemedicine claims between January 2020 and June 2021.

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