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Medicaid redeterminations losses exceeding predicted levels in some states

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

As of November, eight states had blown past their projected disenrollment of adults, while 12 states exceeded their projected disenrollment of children, according to new research from the Urban Institute.

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If AI Harms A Patient, Who Gets Sued?

Forbes Healthcare

Two-thirds of doctors now view GenAI as beneficial to healthcare. But what will happen in a court should AI harm a patient?

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Continuum Health Alliance Data Breach Affects 377,000 Consensus Medical Group Patients

The HIPAA Journal

Marlton, NJ-based Continuum Health Alliance has recently confirmed that it has experienced a security incident that exposed the data of 377,119 patients of its client, Consensus Medical Group, a physician-owned medical group in Evesham, NJ. Continuum identified unauthorized activity within its network on October 19, 2023, and after taking steps to secure its systems, third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to identify the suspicious activity.

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Is getting people off weight loss medications the right move?

The Healthcare Blog

By RICHARD FRANK Demand for GLP-1 medications soared last year and shows no signs of stopping in 2024. Employers and health plans are understandably anxious about how long they should expect to pay for these pricey drugs. They’re itching for an easy off-ramp. Some solutions are cropping up to pave the way. Many of them claim they can help patients reap the benefits of GLP-1s within a short time frame, and get them off the drugs within 12 months to save costs.

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A poorly framed article on COVID-19 vaccine injury in the New York Times

Science Based Medicine

A poorly framed article on people who believe that COVID-19 vaccines injured them is being trumpeted by antivaxxerst. Where the New York Times and its reporter Apoorva Mandavilli go wrong? The post A poorly framed article on COVID-19 vaccine injury in the New York Times first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Antitrust agencies are relying on consumers to report anticompetitive behavior. That trust might be misplaced.

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Regulators want consumers to flag business practices harming market health in the healthcare sector, which could result in a tsunami of new tips — for good and ill, according to experts.

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More than just shortages, the nursing workforce risks a crisis of experience

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Building a sustainable nursing workforce requires more than just filling vacancies. How can we prepare and support new nurse graduates to develop a competent and resilient nursing workforce?

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Estrogen Alleviates Hot Flashes And May Reduce Cancer Risk Too

Forbes Healthcare

A new study that just appeared in JAMA has some good news for women who take estrogen replacement therapy.

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Change Healthcare cyberattack: 5 technical takeaways from UnitedHealth CEO’s testimony

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Change Healthcare was running on legacy technology, which magnified the ransomware attack’s impact and hampered recovery efforts, Andrew Witty said.

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New Therapeutic Promise For Fibromyalgia

Forbes Healthcare

Fibromyalgia symptoms, diagnosis criteria, underlying mechanisms, and treatment options

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Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The filing marks the largest provider bankruptcy in decades, according to experts.

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The Frustration of Not Being Able to Sort Signal From Noise

Sensible Medicine

A treatment to reduce stroke is tested in a clinical trial. In the treatment group, 2.3% of patients had a stroke vs 2.9% in the control arm. The question that everyone wants to know is whether this -0.6% difference is signal or noise. For this, we look to the 95% confidence intervals. In the PROTECTED TAVR trial, the confidence intervals went from -1.7% (a lower stroke rate) to 0.5% (a higher rate of stroke).

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More than a third of nurses extremely likely to change jobs in 2024: survey

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The results suggest job dissatisfaction is still high among nurses, and turnover is likely to remain elevated.

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Fighting Cancer: A Basic Guide To Checkpoint Inhibitors

Forbes Healthcare

People with cancer may encounter checkpoint inhibitors as a treatment option but may not know where to start. This article can help you learn more.

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Reflecting on Nurses Week: What Would Florence Think?

Minority Nurse

Nurses Week occurs every year during the second week of May, and much fanfare is made of the pizza parties, tote bags, water bottles, and signs proclaiming “ heroes work here.” If we want to be more thoughtful and reflective about the phenomenon of National Nurses Week, there ’ s much more to this annual moment of recognition than these familiar superficial trappings.

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Documenting non-compliance in health care records

Medical Economics

Should we tell patients that they are not compliant when they counter argue?

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HA’s Top 10 Takeaways for Healthcare HR Professionals | ASHHRA ’24

Learning + Leading

If you’re a healthcare human resources professional and missed this year’s fantastic ASHHRA conference in Fort Worth, TX , a few weeks ago we’ve got you covered! We know you’re searching for cutting-edge healthcare HR staffing solutions that will give you the skills insights you need to build smarter training programs. That’s why NHA was there to showcase our variety of healthcare employer staffing solutions.

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What doctors really think about working locum tenens

Medical Economics

AMN Healthcare’s 2024 Survey of Locum Tenens Physicians and Advanced Practice Professionals looked at why physicians and advanced practice providers choose to work locum tenens.

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Transforming Healthcare Incident Reporting at York Hospital

Performance Health

In a bold move to redefine healthcare incident reporting , York Hospital partnered with Performance Health Partners (PHP), transforming their approach to patient safety. This case study explores York Hospital’s challenges with its former system, the seamless transition to PHP’s solution, and the organization’s subsequent strides in patient care and safety.

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Doctors walk out; anger danger; improving men’s health – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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What is Scenario-Based Learning? All You Need to Know

MedCerts

Understanding Scenario-Based Learning Scenario-based learning is a method that enables students to interact with real-life or simulated scenarios in an interactive environment. Rather than relying on memorization, this approach encourages an immersive learning experience for students. Some instances of scenario-based learning include Medical training.

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Technology and burnout

Physicians Practice

New technology that fixes the problems of the EHR is the best way to reduce physician burnout

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Post-pandemic use of telehealth causes ‘modest’ increase in visits and spending

Medical Economics

Researchers say restrictions to reign in spending may not fly in Congress.

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Recommendations to support clinician well-being

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Consider these recommendations to best combat clinician burnout and protect your team.

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ACA helps patients get access to better cancer care

Medical Economics

Pennsylvania study examines treatment before and after federal law regarding health insurance, Medicaid expansion.

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What Type of Paralegal is Most in Demand?

Northwest Career College

One of the most exciting elements of a paralegal career is that it allows an individual to become fully engaged with the complexities of the legal system without all of the time and financial investments required to become a lawyer. Paralegals are crucial in legal proceedings; they conduct research, draft papers, and assist the lawyer in preparing a case.

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Practice tip of the week: Boosting reimbursement

Physicians Practice

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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9 specialties where starting salaries grew in 2023—and one where they dropped

Medical Economics

One specialty saw a decline--and it may surprise you

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Don't miss your chance for fire sale pricing at 2024 Tristate Healthcare Leaders Conference

Physicians Practice

Fire sale pricing ends May 10.

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