Fri.Nov 08, 2024

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Shedding Light On Payers And PBMs As Possible Drivers Of Opioid Crisis

Forbes Healthcare

There is a tendency to overlook the multiple factors and stakeholders that contributed to the Rx opioid crisis. This includes the role of payers as enablers of access.

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Robert Kennedy Jr. & His Doctor Friends May Just Be Getting Started

Science Based Medicine

Doctors who are concerned about members of our profession enabling powerful anti-vaxx disinformation agents should speak up before it's too late. But its probably too late already. The post Robert Kennedy Jr. & His Doctor Friends May Just Be Getting Started first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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MedPAC backs tying physician pay to inflation, but ducks specifics

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

During a meeting Thursday, commissioners debated different solutions to lackluster physician pay with one theme in common: linking doctors’ annual payment update to the Medicare Economic Index.

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The Prototype: SpaceX Plans Orbital Refueling Of Starship

Forbes Healthcare

Plus: Expanding bone marrow transplants, a potential replacement for silicon in processors, Apple takes a stake in satellites.

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Trafft’s 2024 Year in Review: Celebrating Our Award-Winning Success!

Trafft

As 2024 comes to a close, we are proud to look back at an incredible year of growth, innovation, and recognition. Trafft has received prestigious accolades that reflect our commitment to providing best-in-class scheduling solutions for service-based businesses. We are honored to be featured in several esteemed industry reports, and we couldn’t have done it without our amazing team and supportive community.

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Is RFK Jr. Just What The Doctor Ordered? The 5 Critical First Signs

Forbes Healthcare

In announcing RFK Jr. as having a significant role in healthcare in his administration, he has targeted healthcare in America as a prime candidate for major change.

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AI Drives Efficiency And Innovation In Patient Care

Forbes Healthcare

The healthcare industry is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to meet rising demand from an aging population and strained resources.

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Screening Can Do Silent Harm Part II

Sensible Medicine

I was pretty proud of my post last Friday, Screening Can Do Silent Harm. I described five cases that demonstrated the silent harms of screening. Unfortunately, unless you were both REALLY clued into the potential harms of screening AND basically live inside my head, the post left something to be desired. Reactions on twitter and in the comments were well-represented by these two: “It’s an odd article as people not already in the know won’t realise what it’s about !

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AirPods Pro 2 Now Double As Hearing Aids? Here’s What To Know

Forbes Healthcare

Apple's AirPods Pro 2 now have a “hearing aid feature”: a hearing test and the ability to amplify sound for mild or moderate hearing loss, with a free software update.

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Private equity dealmaking in healthcare services falls again in Q3: PitchBook

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Still, PitchBook analysts said the PE market is poised for a turnaround.

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How to Manage Multiple Locations for Your Salon

Trafft

You have finally managed to expand your business and open salons across multiple locations! Now what? How do you juggle all tasks, and ensure operations are going according to the plan? That’s why you need a comprehensive guide on how to manage multiple locations for your salon! Managing a successful salon across different locations demands robust systems for communication, uniform standards for service quality, and effective management strategies tailored to each location.

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Physical Therapy Billing Units: An Essential Overview

Medbridge

On top of their duty to treat patients, physical therapists (PTs) manage complex documentation, billing, and coding tasks critical to ensuring proper reimbursement for services from insurers. Physical therapy billing units are at the core of this process, providing a standardized way to quantify services during therapy sessions. These units are essential for securing accurate […] The post Physical Therapy Billing Units: An Essential Overview appeared first on MedBridge Blog.

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Key Applications of AI in Healthcare

Mobius MD

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from a futuristic concept to an everyday reality in healthcare. While healthcare has been incorporating AI for years, recent advances—especially in generative AI —are dramatically expanding use cases. From improving diagnostic accuracy to streamlining administrative work, AI is transforming how providers deliver care.

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Empowering Nurses Through Financial Literacy: A Guide to Healthcare Financing

We Care Online

Healthcare financing is a critical component of nursing education, as it equips nurses with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the complexities of financial structures within healthcare systems. Understanding healthcare financing is important not only for nurses in leadership roles but also for clinical nurses who interact with patients.

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10 things you should never say to patients

Medical Economics

These words and phrases that should never be said to patients, and what to say instead, were covered in a recent Mayo Clinic paper.

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The art of finding and giving forgiveness

Physicians Practice

Forgiveness is necessary to keep moving forward toward success and emotional stability in your practice and life.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

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Cash benefits may be the solution to provide better access to care for patients in poverty

Medical Economics

New research suggests that providing cash benefits for patients in poverty-stricken areas could lead to better health care access.

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Planned Parenthood Ransomware Attack Affects 18,000 Patients

The HIPAA Journal

Planned Parenthood of Montana has shared further information on the RansomHub ransomware attack that was first announced in early September. When the security breach was announced, the investigation was still in the early stages, and it was unclear if the ransomware group had stolen any patient data. Planned Parenthood has now confirmed that the protected health information of 18,003 individuals was stolen in the attack.

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Never say these words to patients; virtual care does not mean low-value care; interactions between biological variables and SDOH for cancer outcomes – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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CISA Shares Best Practices for Improving the Security and Resilience of Critical Infrastructure

The HIPAA Journal

November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month , a month dedicated to improving awareness of the importance of strengthening critical infrastructure security and resilience. This annual effort is led by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and focuses on educating and engaging the government, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and the public about the role of critical infrastructure in the functioning of society and the economy, and how t

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What Donald Trump's election means for pharma: Insight from the 2024 Global Pharma and Biotech Summit

Medical Economics

A panel at the Financial Times’ 2024 Global Pharma and Biotech Summit in London analyzed what the re-election of Trump could mean to the pharmaceutical industry.

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Organ Transplant Coordinator Gets 2-Year Jail Term for Illegally Accessing Health Records of Supreme Court Judge

The HIPAA Journal

In July this year, a federal jury convicted a former resident of Arlington, VA, for illegally accessing the medical records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg while employed as an organ transplant coordinator, although was acquitted on the charge of publishing that information online. Trent James Russell, 34, was employed by an organ transplant coordination entity between 2017 and 2019 and in January 2019, remoted accessed Ginsburg’s medical records and took a screenshot of those recor

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Physician finances: Navigating the post 2024 election landscape

Medical Economics

How will the new Trump administration affect your financial plans?

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