Don’t Expect A Boost In Nursing Home Staff Any Time Soon
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
The new nursing home rule requires facilities to have sufficient staff to provide an average of least 3.48 hours of daily care for each resident.
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Protecting your practice: cybersecurity defenses in the age of generative AI
Medical Economics
MAY 2, 2024
Generative AI offers many benefits for physicians, but also brings new risks of data breaches
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Cigna writes down VillageMD investment amid shrinking value
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 2, 2024
Walgreens’ decision to slash VillageMD’s clinical footprint has reverberated to the financial accounts of the primary care chain’s minority owner — Cigna.
CVS Caremark’s Policy Shift On Humira Biosimilars May Not Be What The Doctor Ordered
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
CVS Caremark changed its formulary to favor Hyrimoz. But this may not be what policymakers had in mind ten years ago when they first thought about biosimilar competition.
Join us at the Primary Care Show!
Practice Index
MAY 2, 2024
It’s just two weeks until the Primary Care Show at the NEC, Birmingham, where, in conjunction with the IGPM, we’re hosting an incredible stream of sessions tailored specifically for primary care managers On day one of the show (Wednesday 15th May), we'd love you to join us in the Business and Management stream, chaired by Kay Keane, Director of the IGPM and Practice Manager at Urban Village Medical Practice, for the following sessions: The new GP contract - What You Need to Know What do the ch
Congress grills UnitedHealth CEO over Change cyberattack
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 2, 2024
Legislators slammed Andrew Witty over the company’s lack of cybersecurity practices and the impact of the breach, which may have compromised the data of a third of Americans.
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Beyond blame: Treating obesity as a complex chronic condition
Medical Economics
MAY 2, 2024
A crucial shift is underway—from viewing obesity solely as a personal failing to recognize it as a nuanced medical condition deserving of comprehensive treatment strategies.
5 strategies to increase visits in your mental health practice
Health Prime
MAY 2, 2024
May serves as Mental Health Awareness Month , highlighting the critical importance of mental well-being. This observance underscores the need for accessible and impactful mental health services, urging providers to reflect on their practices and explore avenues to enhance their influence in mental health care. According to The State of Mental Health in America 2023 , 28% of all adults with a mental illness reported that they were not able to receive the treatment they needed.
HR Clinic – Handling Long-Term Sickness (Questions and Answers)
Practice Index
MAY 2, 2024
Managing staff who are on long-term sick leave is challenging for Practice Managers. Can we contact them? How long is long enough? How can I get them back to work? In April's HR Clinic, Robyn Clark (aka JacksonR) and Susi O’Brien (HR Help advisor) answered all your questions on this tricky subject. Here is a summary of the questions we received, and the answers given.
You say ‘assistant’; in Oregon they say ‘associate’
Medical Economics
MAY 2, 2024
State becomes first to officially recognize PA title change
What Your Private Practice Operating Budget Should Look Like
Valant
MAY 2, 2024
Navigating New Challenges For behavioral health practitioners starting their own private practice, navigating the financial side can often be daunting. After all, they’ve trained and specialized in behavioral health, not accounting. Understanding the intricacies of budgeting and financial planning for a private practice may seem like uncharted territory.
Hospital financials worsen despite strong first quarter
Medical Economics
MAY 2, 2024
Operating margins, volume, and revenue have all declined
Amwell expects revenue impact from Defense contract in Q4
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 2, 2024
The telehealth vendor has struggled with a declining stock price and mounting losses.
Reps question Change Healthcare CEO over cyberattack, hammer on effects of consolidation on smaller practices
Medical Economics
MAY 2, 2024
Following testimony in Senate, UnitedHealth Group CEO Witty appears before House oversight subcommittee.
Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Ground Beef And Dairy Products Are Safe, U.S. Officials Say
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.
3 Ways to Get Credentialed with Insurance Companies
Valant
MAY 2, 2024
Insurance credentialing is an important, intricate process that results in you becoming a “paneled,” in-network provider for a health insurance plan. Credentialing can offer your behavioral health practice more customers and revenue, but it can take several months or longer and involve many frustrations and hurdles. In this article, we will explain how to get credentialed with insurance companies using the three most common methods.
Heavy Drinking Young Adults Are Cutting Back, Study Suggests: Here’s How The Alcohol Industry Is Still Cashing In
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
Heavy-drinking adults between 21 and 29 drank almost 13 fewer alcoholic drinks a month after the pandemic than they did before, something researchers attributed to a decline in social drinking during the pandemic that trickled into post-pandemic years.
BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services Proposes Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 2, 2024
BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services has proposed a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 2021 data breach that exposed the data of up to 350,000 patients. Hackers gained access to the BioPlus network for more than 2 weeks between October and November 2021, and potentially stole names, dates of birth, contact information, health insurance information, prescription information, and Social Security numbers.
Cigna Suffers $300 Million Loss As VillageMD Clinic Investment Reels
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
Cigna reported a $300 million first quarter loss as the company grapples with the loss in value of its investment in doctor-staffed clinic operator VillageMD.
BakerHostetler Report Identifies Healthcare Data Breach and Litigation Trends
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 2, 2024
BakerHostetler has released the 10 th edition of its Data Security Incident Response Report , which shares data from the incidents the law firm has helped to manage. The report provides insights into the current cyber threat landscape and litigation trends. Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%).
Toward Ageless Muscles: The Stem Cell Solution
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
With age, it becomes harder to build and maintain muscles. A new study brings us one step closer to being able to regenerate muscle "artificially," using stem cells.
Nvidia’s AI Bot Outperforms Nurses: Here’s What It Means for You
The Healthcare Blog
MAY 2, 2024
By ROBBIE PEARL Soon after Apple released the original iPhone, my father, an unlikely early adopter, purchased one. His plan? “I’ll keep it in the trunk for emergencies,” he told me. He couldn’t foresee that this device would eventually replace maps, radar detectors, traffic reports on AM radio, CD players, and even coin-operated parking meters—not to mention the entire taxi industry.
10 New And Inspiring Innovations For Women’s Health
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
WHIS is first and foremost a networking event where entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry partners are united, all passionate about women’s health under one roof.
Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Involve 20% of Stored Sensitive Data
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 2, 2024
Ransomware groups target the healthcare sector because a successful attack gives them access to large amounts of sensitive data that can be easily monetized and used as leverage to get a ransom paid. Healthcare organizations are also heavily reliant on access to data to operate, therefore there is a higher probability that a ransom will be paid to regain access to encrypted data.
Alignment Healthcare Posts Loss Even As Medicare Advantage Enrollment Soars
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
Medicare advantage provider Alignment Healthcare ended the first quarter with 165,100 members, which was a 50 percent increase compared to the year-ago period.
Gaining a Global Perspective: Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Michigan Medicine and Beyond
Dose of Reality
MAY 2, 2024
Seven thousand miles away, I arrived in Samoa, a Pacific Islander Nation with some of the highest rates of chronic disease on our planet. Nearly half of the population in Samoa has diabetes, placing this community at high risk of diabetic retinopathy, a debilitating condition that leads to blindness if left untreated.
Most Americans See Rise of Mental Health Issues, And Poorly Treated by the Health System (with a postscript on Walmart Health)
Health Populi
MAY 2, 2024
While people in the U.S. perceive a dramatic rise in mental health conditions among fellow health citizens growing over the past five years, people note barriers of cost, insufficient supply of providers, and stigma as barriers to getting care in the latest Gallup and West Health poll on the subject. In West Health’s words , three-quarters of Americans feel that, “mental health takes a back seat to physical health” in the U.S.
Rescheduling Marijuana Won’t Reduce Regulatory Confusion On Drug’s Use
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
Rescheduling marijuana won’t legalize marijuana at the federal level. And it will do nothing to streamline state-level regulations around marijuana use.
7 Medical Careers in Demand (That Don’t Require a Degree)
CareerStep
MAY 2, 2024
The medical field is a rewarding one. With a plethora of careers to choose from, there’s something for everyone interested in the healthcare world. This guide outlines some of the most in-demand healthcare jobs out there to supply you with the information you need to decide which one is right for you. 1. Medical Coder A medical coder has a home in almost all medical facilities.
Repeated Reimbursement Haircuts From CMS Won’t Bend The Cost Curve
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 2, 2024
While there are many contributing factors to our current healthcare crisis, at the heart of the problem is how we pay for healthcare drives what we get.
7 Ways an EHR can reduce medical errors
Physicians Practice
MAY 2, 2024
The need for integrated patient care to help reduce medical errors, a $20B plague for U.S.
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