Fri.Jan 28, 2022

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Most doctors are compensated for volume, not value of care, research finds

Healthcare Dive

Health systems used financial incentives for quality and cost performance measures, but the percentage of total physician compensation based on quality and cost was just 9% for primary-care providers, according to the study.

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Where IT leaders should focus their energies in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' and more. David Chou Since the arrival of the pandemic, healthcare organizations have faced a cultural shift. In the past, health leaders have naturally been risk-averse and have, of necessity, created systems that established a wide array of administrative roadblocks to change.

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Staffing agencies 'exploiting' nurse shortage, hospital lobby says in letter urging White House to investigate

Healthcare Dive

With nurses in high demand, hospitals and nursing homes are forced to accept "exorbitant" rates set by staffing agencies, their lobbies argue.

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Vizzy and Fortifying Alcoholic Beverages

Bill of Health

By Jack Becker. A few years ago, a Bill of Health post titled Jelly Beans, Booze, and B-Vitamins proposed fortifying cheap wines, hard liquors, and malt liquors with thiamine (vitamin B1). The post suggested this as a public health measure to prevent Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) in the homeless alcoholic population. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a debilitating neurological disorder caused by thiamine deficiency.

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage

Kaiser Health News

A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule that left hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without coverage for nursing home care, and no way to challenge a denial. The Jan. 25 ruling, which came in response to a 2011 class-action lawsuit eventually joined by 14 beneficiaries against the Department of Health and Human Services, will guarantee patients the right to appeal to Medicare for nursing hom

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How the digital health industry can innovate and improve health outcomes for all

Mobi Health News

At HIMSS22, Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst at Mayo Clinic Platform, and Dr. John Halamka, president of MCP, will discuss the future of digital health.

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How a Texas health system uses a data deep dive to find care gaps

Mobi Health News

In a preview of his HIMSS22 session, Craig S. Kovacevich, associate vice president of community and population health at the University of Texas Medical Branch, explains how a population health analytics engine helps the system find missing screenings, vaccinations and other services.

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The Care I Needed

NEJM

When a physician finds herself in pain and in need of health care, she discovers both the frustrations of telehealth and some moments of humanity and grace with physicians and patients alike. How do we reconcile these healing moments with our broken system of care?

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2022 Predictions for AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2022, we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to share some predictions for the new year. I always find it interesting to learn what people think is coming down the road. Be sure to check out all our Health IT Predictions. One of the most exciting topics in healthcare today is […].

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Most health systems still base doctors' pay on volume, despite push towards value-based care: study

Fierce Healthcare

Most health systems still base doctors' pay on volume, despite push towards value-based care: study. hlandi. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 07:12.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Automatic Insurance Policies — Important Tools for Preventing Coverage Loss

NEJM

Policies that broaden eligibility for affordable coverage, though necessary, do little to address the administrative burdens involved in securing and maintaining coverage. Automatic insurance policies could remove barriers and make it easier for people to stay insured.

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GAO calls for major reforms at HHS to better prepare for future health emergencies

Fierce Healthcare

GAO calls for major reforms at HHS to better prepare for future health emergencies. pminemyer. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:15.

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Where IT leaders should focus their energies in 2022

Mobi Health News

One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' and more.

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AHIP warns proposed ACA exchange rule could threaten market's growing stability

Fierce Healthcare

AHIP warns proposed ACA exchange rule could threaten market's growing stability. pminemyer. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:40.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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300A Alert! Reminder to Post and Report Annual Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

OSHA Law Blog

California employers are required to post their annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses, including COVID-19 illness, in a visible and easily accessible area at every worksite from February 1 st through April 30 th. Employers are required to use Cal/OSHA’s Form 300A for this posting. Read the full article on the California Workplace Law Blog by clicking here.

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MedArrive teams up with tele-ophthalmology startup Spect to provide eye screening in patients' homes

Fierce Healthcare

MedArrive teams up with tele-ophthalmology startup Spect to provide eye screening in patients' homes. hlandi. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 13:22.

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Reimagine Care raises $25M for at-home cancer care

Mobi Health News

The startup plans to use the funds to develop its platform, launch a virtual care center and expand its care team.

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MedArrive teams up with tele-ophthalmology startup Spect to provide eye screening in patients' homes

Fierce Healthcare

MedArrive teams up with tele-ophthalmology startup Spect to provide eye screening in patients' homes. hlandi. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:14.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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CHIR Welcomes New Faculty & Staff, Jalisa Clark & Emma Walsh-Alker

Center for Health Insurance Reform

We're delighted to welcome to the CHIR team our two newest colleagues, Research Fellow Jalisa Clark, M.P.H., and Research Associate Emma Walsh-Alker. Continue reading → The post CHIR Welcomes New Faculty & Staff, Jalisa Clark & Emma Walsh-Alker appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Leading healthcare groups take up Red Cross' pleas for more blood donations amid national shortage

Fierce Healthcare

Leading healthcare groups take up Red Cross' pleas for more blood donations amid national shortage. dmuoio. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:36.

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University Medical Science Department Discovers Breach of Patient Information

Healthcare Compliance Blog

A university’s medical sciences department discovered that a former employee sent emails from her university email account to her personal Gmail account that contained names and other personal and protected health information (PHI) of 518 patients. On November 29, 2021, the university discovered that the employee sent the emails on November 15, 2021.

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Most health systems still base doctors' pay on volume, despite push toward value-based care: study

Fierce Healthcare

Most health systems still base doctors' pay on volume, despite push toward value-based care: study. hlandi. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:21.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Open Access, COVID, and Stats – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’ve had a great weekend and are ready for the weekend. We’re happy to be back with another entry in our Fun Friday series. A little joy as we continue to navigate life with COVID and the Omicron spike seems reasonable. We hope you enjoy the following and they give […].

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Leading healthcare groups take up Red Cross' pleas for more blood donations amid national shortage

Fierce Healthcare

Leading healthcare groups take up Red Cross' pleas for more blood donations amid national shortage. dmuoio. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:39.

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Insurers dislike CMS plans for network adequacy, plan design

Modern Healthcare

Insurers want CMS to change several proposals in its 2023 exchange plan rule, but providers applaud the policies.

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Safety net hospitals say pharma's 340B drug restrictions already endangering future services

Fierce Healthcare

Safety net hospitals say pharma's 340B drug restrictions already endangering future services. dmuoio. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 15:35.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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CMS Issues New Guidance on Evidence-Based MSAs in WCMSA Reference Guide Version 3.5

Medval Compliance Blog

Earlier this month, CMS issued Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) Reference Guide Version 3.5. The guide includes a new section, The Use of Non-CMS-Approved Products to Address Future Medical Care (Section 4.3), which states: “A number of industry products exist with the intent of indemnifying insurance carriers and CMS beneficiaries against future recovery for conditional payments made by CMS for settled injuries.

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Safety net hospitals say pharma's 340B drug restrictions already endangering future services

Fierce Healthcare

Safety net hospitals say pharma's 340B drug restrictions already endangering future services. dmuoio. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 15:22.

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Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Value-Based Care Technology Platform Orma Health, Welcomes New Chief Analytics Officer and President of Provider Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (“ApolloMed,” and together with its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, the “Company”) (NASDAQ: AMEH), a leading physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare company focused on enabling providers in the successful delivery of value-based care, today announced that it has acquired 100% of the fully diluted capitalization of Orma Health, Inc., and Provider Growth Solutions LLC (together, […].

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Walmart teams up with Health at Scale to help its workers find the right doctor

Fierce Healthcare

Walmart teams up with Health at Scale to help its workers find the right doctor. rtorrence. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 15:08.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.