Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Read more… Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-Term Care. The digitization wave triggered by the HITECH Act and the ACA has yet to hit long-term care , John learned in his conversation with Bill Charnetski at PointClickCare. Read more… Talking Trends on the Healthcare IT Today Podcast.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Politics, family drama, and love life are the topics of conversation that are most likely to increase anxiety, the survey said. Nuance announced a collaboration with Perspectum , which provides technology to support care for chronic metabolic diseases. Partnerships.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As nursing homes look for funds to allow them to improve care and train nursing home staff, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released QSO-23-23-NH (“CMS Memo”), which reopens and recasts the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (“CMPRP”).

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

PDPM Challenges CMS emphasized that part of the reason for the significant increase in the improper payment rate appears to be a misunderstanding by SNFs about how to bill appropriately given the change from the Resource Utilization Group IV to the Patient Driven Payment Model (“PDPM”) for claims.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 13, 2023

Extractive AI does not permit the possibility of hallucination and will or can be developed to provide source and cite resources utilized to create any response. Any discussion regarding artificial intelligence would be remiss if we did not address the topics of trust, ethics, and bias. Bias is the most challenging topic of all.

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Health Populi

JUNE 17, 2020

companies are “very concerned” or “concerned” about employees’ chronic illnesses, acute illnesses, and injuries along with behavioral health issue, based on McKinsey’s annual employer survey which coincided this year with the COVID-19 pandemic. About 4 in 5 U.S. companies, as well.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that calls for minimum staffing standards in long-term care facilities (“nursing homes”). hours of care from a registered nurse (“RN”) per resident per day (“HPRD”), and 2.45

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AIHC

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Part 1 in a Series of Leadership Articles on Value-Based Care Written by Joanne Byron, LPN, BS, CCA, CIFHA, CHA, COCAS, CORCM, CHCO, OHCC, CMDP, ICDCT-CM/PCS ​ Edited by Julie Rickman , MBA, CHC, CHPC, CHCO ​ This article is the first in a series sponsored by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC) Volunteer Education Committee.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sustainability of our healthcare system was an interesting topic at Day 2 of the 42 nd Annual J.P. Markovich is worried that the healthcare system is losing the public’s trust – which will make it harder to effectively fix our system – while also not delivering the quality of care and accessibility needed by our population.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Access to care is a central focus for healthcare given several factors: a growing population being impacted with chronic conditions, increased resourcing constraints, and growing fatigue and workload among providers. hours/ day to serve their patients if they followed the national recommended guidelines for preventive and chronic care.

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YouCompli

MAY 17, 2023

Here are suggestions on how to effectively build relationships and collaborate with Legal, Internal Audit, Human Resources, and Quality. Use topics like physician contracting to facilitate discussion about your charter. Human Resources Human Resources (HR) is a natural partner for Compliance. Care is delivered by humans.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

Blanket Waivers During the PHE, CMS issued many versions and revisions to its memorandum entitled “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers” that announced blanket waivers for providers, including SNFs. More information about Hall Render’s Post-Acute and Long-Term Care services can be found here.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

Table B2: Utilization of Visits per 30-day Periods of Care by Home Health Discipline, CYs 2018-2022 Discipline CY 2018 (Simulated) CY 2019 (Simulated) CY 2020 CY 2021 CY 2022 Skilled Nursing 4.53 Unfortunately, the home health cost report data does not appear to reflect the reality of inflation and wage pressures in health care.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Many rural communities lack access to specialty care and have a fragmented healthcare delivery system with an overworked and shrinking health workforce. Through partnerships, new business models, and technology they are improving the health of their communities and providing patients with a high level of care. Jeremy.Booth@c….

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

As we kick off a new year, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look back at some of the top resources, articles, videos, and podcasts we shared in 2022. Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. These resources are a lot of work to create and update, but we know that you all love them since you visit them a lot.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions Value Based Care Predictions And now, check out our community’s Value Based Care predictions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut is a five-hospital, seven-campus health system that includes a large physician practice, numerous ambulatory centers and a home care agency. Provide supportive services in med/surg units to allow nursing staff to cluster care activities to reduce utilization of PPE and potential staff exposure.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

One of the topics I followed with keen interest this week at the J.P. Mental Health, Virtual Care and the Healthcare System. Babylon also is expecting to have about $1 billion in total revenue (primary care and behavioral health) for 2022. Pull up your favorite couch or chair, and let’s dive in and take a look together.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now more than ever before, patients are interested in being active participants in their care, selecting the right health partner, and connecting with their providers. In 2024, this will be a continued shift toward seeking an increased level of health literacy and proactive health choices that will reduce preventable conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Biofourmis’ remote patient monitoring and AI-based analytics technology, Biovitals, provides personalized predictive care by leveraging active and passive data collected from clinical-grade patient wearables that continuously monitor more than 20 physiological parameters, as well as patient-captured data from a mobile app. Biofourmis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 10, 2019

And they offer advice on a comprehensive array of topics health IT workers face when working in the field of telehealth. ” Dedicated telehealth resources from operations and IT form the program team and can work with clinicians and vendors to develop, implement and train other providers, he continued.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S. Retina Group of Washington reports massive data breach A trifecta of viruses in the D.C. region has health officials worried Half of Black D.C.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

Blanket Waivers During the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued many versions and revisions to its memorandum entitled “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers” that announced blanket waivers for providers, including SNFs. CMS will end this waiver at the end of the PHE.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

And since the conference was virtual, what better topic to start us off today than a consideration of the new Virtual-First trend that surfaced in 2021. For example, Cigna launched a virtual-first health plan for employers with a $0 co-pay and made virtual primary care services available to millions of its customers via MDLIVE.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2023

The topic of AI in healthcare often attracts a mixed reception. While some people are firm believers in the benefits of AI in healthcare, others have concerns about the ethics of AI in healthcare, while a third group approach the topic with a degree of apprehension attributable to a lack of knowledge. Automated Resource Allocation.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 24, 2023

There are many ways a clever system designer could build software to organize free-text data for a single patient – data about multiple medical topics, collaboratively stored, retrieved, and used by numerous healthcare professionals, evolving over the course of years. So we need a good electronic system to help.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The public consultation is open until 31 December 2023 and the topic will be further discussed during a joint HMA/EMA workshop scheduled for 20-21 November 2023. The TGA will dedicate resources to help stamp out unsafe access to these products. The document contains requirements and guidance for testing for bacterial endotoxins.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JULY 22, 2022

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in April-July 2022: April 2022. 525(a), the Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, State Board of Respiratory Care proposed to readopt the Board of Respiratory Care Rules in N.J.A.C.

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SQA

AUGUST 2, 2021

Keeping Clean: New Guidance on The Sterilization of Health Care Products Just Published, ISO Website, 02 March 2021. ISO/TS 22421 was developed by technical committee ISO/TC 198, Sterilization of Health Care Products, whose secretariat is held by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ISO’s member for the USA.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 29, 2023

NATIONAL 4 largest healthcare data breaches of 2023 Anesthesia practices sue CMS over reimbursement method Antitrust enforcements hit a high in 2022, with health deals impacted ASCs face leadership exodus CMS floats appeals process over observational stays CMS proposes additional Medicare appeals processes FTC eyes healthcare mergers, report shows (..)

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

trillion spending package, which consists of all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills and funds the federal government through September 30, 2023, provides additional assistance to Ukraine, and makes numerous health care policy changes. 117-164 ) (the “Act”)—an approximately $1.7

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