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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

For acute care, antibiotics aplenty, pain relief, GI, respiratory/cough, corticosteroids among others commonly prescribed in urgent care clinics and visits. In the program’s FAQs, one question clearly addresses this, transparently and in layperson’s terms: Q: “Do I need health insurance to use GNC Health?”

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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Health Populi

I covered depression impacts due to COVID-19 here in Health Populi yesterday , and wanted to follow that up with this McKinsey study to connect some dots. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity. Data indicate greater rates of binge drinking and insomnia, for example. Paul died in a plane crash in 2002.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Shelise Valentine

Minority Nurse

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Nurses with Disabilities: A Skilled Workforce

Minority Nurse

Every Path Is Different Sandra Nosek, MSN, RN , has been a nurse for over 30 years with experience in management, staff development, QA wound care, long-term critical acute care, hospice, and skilled nursing facilities. She had a hearing aid in her right ear but woke up with sudden bilateral deafness in 2015. “

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How Charge Reconciliation Boosts Healthcare Revenue

Relias

A majority said that up to 20% of their charges were incorrectly coded. These professionals maintain up-to-date lists of medical costs to minimize charge-related mistakes. It also enables your team to come up with solutions to problems in a conducive work environment with top-down support from leaders.

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Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing: Training Must Be Top of Mind

Relias

Some denials may be listed as self-pay when the patient actually had insurance. Hospitals can probably handle those internally, by running real-time eligibility and batch processing of all self-pay accounts at night to see if there is any insurance. At Spectrum Health, Patient Financial Services outsources a number of functions.

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Top 10 Training Priorities for the Healthcare Revenue Cycle

Relias

To keep up with all of it, your staff needs constant training. 2 – Financial consequences of registration errors Staff members might not realize that an entire claim can be denied just because they selected the incorrect insurance. It’s hard even for experts to keep up. But efficient follow-up is equally important,” said Hayes.