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CMS Program Integrity’s Role in Combatting FWA While Maintaining Health Equity

HIT Consultant

Program integrity staff from every state Medicaid program, and federal program staff working on Medicare, must consider the roles of both program integrity and analytics when combatting fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA)in the healthcare system. Health outcomes and Medicaid program integrity Health outcomes are a function of the quality of care.

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How health IT's leading innovators are using AI now, and where they see it going

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By Andrea Fox | August 02, 2023 News At UMich, AI-based fraud, waste and abuse system aims to cut costs and protect patients Dr. Mohammed Saeed from the University of Michigan Medical School discusses how the artificial.

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Health Provider News

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1 Madera Community Hospital to receive $2 million loan for operation costs Nurses protest ‘short staffing’ at Lynwood hospital in latest iteration of ‘hot labor summer’ Plans to build an Elk Grove hospital, announced nearly 4 years ago, are on hold.

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Private Equity and Digital Health in 2023: Policy Updates and Trends to Watch

Healthcare Law Blog

These companies strive to improve health outcomes and lower expenses by focusing on specific gaps, issues or illnesses, prioritizing technological innovation, and customizing individualized care plans. The global mental health apps market size was valued at $5.2 from 2023 to 2030.

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Health Provider News – November 4, 2022

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CMS gives nursing homes a longer leash on staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Alaska health officials say they’re tracking a modest rise in RSV, but it’s nothing like the Lower 48. In Bethel, a homegrown solution to the state’s nursing shortage. Blunt Rochester hosts roundtable on nurse shortage.

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Why Data Analytics are Critical in a Value-Based Care (VBC) Environment

AIHC

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which was almost two times the average of other high-income countries, while the health outcomes in the U.S.

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CMS Announces Proposed Rule: Transforming Episode Accountability Model “TEAM”

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Health Equity Strategy CMS hopes to use TEAM to support efforts to promote health equity and ensure all populations can achieve optimal health outcomes through access to quality care. A list of eligible CBSAs may be found in the proposed rule.