Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Lawmakers Tuesday night released the full text of a bipartisan agreement to fund the government through March. It could also reshape the pharmacy supply chain by reforming how controversial drug middlemen do business.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Nebraska AG sues Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, Optum over alleged security failures leading to the largest data breach in U.S. history.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The bankrupt health system had sought a buyer for the facility for months without success, according to court documents.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The dengue problem is worsening and there are fewer prevention and treatment options.
Medical Economics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The top news stories in medicine today.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Whooping cough can cause symptoms including severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all.
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Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2024
He also highlighted the profound impact of music on his recovery, particularly his daughter's guitar playing, which he described as his spiritual defibrillator.
Intercoast
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The opioid crisis remains a pressing public health challenge, affecting individuals and communities across the nation. The United States is now focusing on addressing the opioid crisis through a “whole-person” approach. This method considers an individual’s physical and mental health needs alongside their social support, potentially leading to more successful treatment and recovery outcomes.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2024
3 Ways Parents Protect Kids From Social Media Allowing our kids to use social media while protecting their mental health takes time and effort from parents.
Health Prime
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. It demands careful monitoring and analysis of various aspects of your operations. Reports are a great data-driven means of benchmarking the performance of specific processes or functions within your medical practice. In one of our past blogs, we delved into the end-of-year reports you should run in your practice.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Legislation in Congress to regulate pharmacy benefit managers is good news for Walgreens, Walmart, Rite Aid and thousands of independent drugstores.
The Healthcare Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Sara Ratner is President of integrated Programs at Nomi Health. They work with employers and health plans to connect them to a network of providers (both telehealth and physical) who accept steep discounts in return for immediate payment. The employees in turn get no co-pay/no coinsurance. In addition they have an analytics company called Artemis which recommends care paths and a PBM to lower drug prices.
Health Prime
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. It demands careful monitoring and analysis of various aspects of your operations. Reports are a great data-driven means of benchmarking the performance of specific processes or functions within your medical practice. In one of our past blogs, we delved into the end-of-year reports you should run in your practice.
The Healthcare Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2024
This is part 3 of Jeff Goldsmith’s history of managed care. If you missed it read Part 1 & Part 2 By JEFF GOLDSMITH Two major changes in health insurance ensued as the US health system entered the 21 st century- a strategic shift of health cost risk from providers to patients and the emergence of machine driven managed care. Insurers Shift Strategy from Sharing Risk with Hospitals and Doctors to Markedly Implicating their Patients.
Serenity Nurse Aide Academy
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Aspiring healthcare professionals have a variety of specialties to consider as they start their careers. With medical training programs in Charlotte, North Carolina , trainees can explore paths that match their skills and interests while filling essential roles in patient care. Here are a few of the most in-demand specialties in healthcare today. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) roles are particularly valuable, with growing demand in hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities.
Medical Economics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
How to stop accepting Medicare in your practice.
Northwest Career College
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Working as a medical administrative assistant means youre the first person patients see when they walk into a doctors office or clinic. That makes your role super important! Not only do you help organize appointments and handle paperwork, but youre also responsible for ensuring patients feel welcome and comfortable. Providing good customer service is critical to doing your job well.
Medical Economics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
CMS Office of the Actuary publishes annual price tag; physicians got $978 billion of it.
Physicians Practice
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Handling hostility, so those difficult ones (and everyone else) wants to work with you.
Medical Economics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Health care costs money. Heres how much the nation spent last year.
Connect Care Bytes Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2024
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Medical Economics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Central bank indicates only two possible cuts in 2025
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Plus: Next generation IVF, another successful pig-kidney transplant, worm secretions to treat inflammation, a new skin cancer treatment and more.
Medical Economics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
New research demonstrates the impact that long COVID has on patients' physical, emotional and financial well-being.
Medical Terminology Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2024
I taught my first medical terminology course at Maricopa Technical College in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1970. At that time, I never imagined that I would still write about medical terms 54 years later. I am grateful to the over 1,700 of you who follow my blog and appreciate the importance of learning and using the language of medicine. Wishing you all a magical and peaceful holiday season.
Medical Economics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Health care organizations respond to mixed bag bill.
Science Based Medicine
DECEMBER 18, 2024
We have been giving a lot of attention to RFK Jr recently, with good reason. He is poised to be put in charge of the federal institutions that regulate health and medicine. This is beyond problematic, as he has a long list of antiscience opinions. Part of the problem is that he lacks topic expertise (he is not a health care professional […] The post RFK Jr On Obesity first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 18, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Don Rucker, MD, chief strategy officer, 1up Health Medicare Advantage is a capitated health plan and the government, which pays for the plan, needs massive amounts of performance data to ensure that plans do […] The article How is Medicare Advantage Policy Forcing Changes in Payer Tech Stacks?
Emerging RN Leader
DECEMBER 18, 2024
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently had a discussion with a group of nurse managers about their dilemmas with holiday scheduling. This manager’s story is a good illustration of what many leaders find themselves confronting over the next two weeks: I don’t know what has changed, but staff are now much […] The post The Holiday Leave Dilemma appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Health Populi
DECEMBER 18, 2024
What would $5 trillion be valued around the world or on the stock market? The economy of Germany was gauged around $5 trillion in 2024. India could be the world’s 3rd largest economy by 2026 valued at $5 trillion. Nvidia could be a $5 trillion company in 2025, as could Amazon. But today we report out the latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that national health spending in America reached $4.9 trillion in 2023.
KevinMD.com
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Starting January 1, 2025, the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (MPPP) will give providers a powerful way to address one of the biggest barriers to effective care: cost-related medication nonadherence. With 54 million Medicare beneficiaries eligible, this program has the potential to improve adherence, reduce hospital readmissions, and ensure better health outcomes on a large scale.
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