Wed.Sep 04, 2024

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New Insights on Medicare Advantage Plans and The Two-Midnight Rule

EvidenceCare

The CMS Two-Midnight Rule has been in full effect for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for about nine months as of this writing. In case you aren’t familiar, the Two-Midnight Rule mandates that a patient’s hospital stay must span at least two midnights to qualify for inpatient status, directly influencing reimbursement rates and compliance requirements.

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How Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound May Help Treat Other Diseases: Here’s What To Know

Forbes Healthcare

These drugs work to treat diabetes and weight loss by suppressing the appetite and lowering blood sugar and A1C—which may end up being an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s, heart conditions, depression, and many other conditions.

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Drug distributors agree to $300M settlement for role in opioid epidemic

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The settlement adds to the billions of dollars that McKesson, Cencora and Cardinal have already agreed to pay in restitution for flooding the U.S. with highly addictive painkillers.

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The Vocational Advantage: Fast-Tracking Careers in a Competitive World

Intercoast

In our rapidly evolving job market, vocational schools are emerging as beacons of opportunity, guiding students toward fulfilling and in-demand careers. These institutions, including InterCoast Colleges, are not just educational establishments but gateways to real-world success. They cater to diverse career aspirations, from healthcare and technology to skilled trades, offering specialized programs that align closely with industry needs.

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Rite Aid exits bankruptcy, sheds $2B in debt

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

After years of struggles, Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy last October and in the ensuing months worked to close hundreds of stores.

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Women VCs Target Complex Disease With Life Science Fund

Forbes Healthcare

By combining the business acumen and scientific knowledge of its female founders, Legacy Venture Capital will help life science startups turn research into commercial success.

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Coco Gauff’s TikTok Inspiration: The Weight Of Social Media On Athletes

Forbes Healthcare

Explore how social media impacts athletes, from Coco Gauff's mindset shift to the pressures of online engagement. Learn strategies to protect mental well-being in sports.

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WHO Systematic Review of RF and Cancer

Science Based Medicine

In our increasingly technological we are constantly exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMF). It would certainly be inconvenient, to say the least, if this ubiquitous and essential technology had negative health effects. But of course we would need to know if this were the case so that steps could be taken to fix it. Fortunately, a recent systematic review conducted by […] The post WHO Systematic Review of RF and Cancer first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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InnovationRx: Investing In The $648 Billion Care Economy

Forbes Healthcare

Plus: GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have potential to treat cancer, COVID-19, heart disease, and many other diseases.

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Off the Chart Special Bulletin: 2024 Tri-State Healthcare Leaders Conference preview

Physicians Practice

A preview of this year's Tri-State Healthcare Leaders Conference with session leaders.

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Where Is Interoperability Headed? Micky Tripathi On ONC Turning 20, The Epic - Particle Health Dispute, And How Health Information Exchange Is Expanding

Forbes Healthcare

Payor information is vitally important to interoperability. Prior auth. Payer to payer. Member APIs. All of those should be brought under the same umbrella.

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Molina puts CFO in charge of Medicaid, ACA marketplace businesses

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Chief financial officer Mark Keim is taking the reins of the health insurer’s bread-and-butter business — Medicaid — along with a growing marketplace division.

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Bioprinting set to revolutionize primary health care by lowering costs and expediting services

Medical Economics

In the future, will physicians use 3D printers to create new tissues for patients? Here’s how bioprinting could affect primary care through treatment of chronic conditions, wounds, organ transplantation, and more.

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Prime Healthcare names first national president

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Sunny Bhatia will oversee all Prime regions — and lead the acquisition of Ascension hospitals in Illinois, according to a spokesperson.

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On drug availability, congress is cutting the wrong red tape

Medical Economics

Undermining access to biologics is not the answer.

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Preventing malpractice lawsuits: The A-V-O-I-D strategy

Physicians Practice

To proactively reduce the likelihood of a lawsuit, physicians can adopt a strategic approach embodied in the acronym A-V-O-I-D.

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Top 10 side gigs for physicians

Medical Economics

A look at which sources of secondary income were most popular among physicians.

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Countdown Checklist L9, T-minus 58: Plan Meeting Adjustments

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Adjust Meeting Schedules in your Clinical Area A prior item encouraged advance planning for clinical service impacts at the time of Connect Care launch. Similar planning is needed to adjust clinical business and other meetings to fit with launch needs.

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Off the Chart Special Bulletin: 2024 Tri-State Healthcare Leaders Conference preview

Medical Economics

A preview of this year's Tri-State Healthcare Leaders Conference with session leaders.

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Connect Care Transparent Lockdown - September 6, 2024 13:00-04:30 September 12, 2024

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Connect Care anticipates an upgrade and scheduled downtime in the early hours of September 12, 2024 (post with details important for prescribers to come). Connect Care uses a "transparent lockdown" process during upgrades to help prepare the system and reduce the upgrade workload, resulting in a shortened downtime window. The transparent lockdown period for the upcoming upgrade is from Friday, September 6, 2024 at 13:00 to Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 04:30.

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Breaking the obesity cycle: A call for comprehensive care

Medical Economics

Obesity has long been treated as a lifestyle issue rather than a complex chronic disease.

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Why Officials Are Speeding To Vaccinate Against Polio In Gaza After Only 1 Confirmed Case

Forbes Healthcare

Health officials have also identified other children with suspected paralysis consistent with polio and are currently testing for the virus in stool samples.

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COVID-19 vaccines: Will Americans get their shots?

Medical Economics

Summer 2024 findings from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

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Where Democrats and Republicans Agree on Health Care Policies – From Medicare and Prescription Drugs to Gun Safety

Health Populi

In a super-divided electorate like the U.S. with about 60 days leading up to the 2024 Elections, we might assume there are no “purple” areas of agreement between the Red (Republicans) and the Blue (Democrats) thinking in PANTONE color politics. Surprisingly, there are many health policies on which Democrats and Republicans concur, as found in a series of YouGov polls conducted in May 2024.

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False positives in cancer screening; patient centered care research; opioid addiction awareness – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Has Trump Changed His Tune On Repealing Obamacare?

Forbes Healthcare

Trump has wavered on whether to seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But it seems that now he and other Republicans say they want to improve, not get rid of, the ACA.

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Which US Presidential Candidate is More Anti-Science?

Sensible Medicine

Hi everyone. It is John. I am allergic to political discourse in the public sphere but Adam and Vinay are not. The question for this column is which candidate for US president is more anti-science? I agreed to introduce this debate for two reasons. First, Sensible Medicine is a place dedicated to medical reasoning, which cannot be unwound from science.

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