Mon.Oct 07, 2024

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Influencers Are Telling Teens That Selling Their Eggs Is Easy Money. It’s Not That Simple.

Forbes Healthcare

The United States has few rules governing egg and sperm donation, a Wild West being supercharged by influencers peddling it as a cash-cow to millions of young followers.

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CMS to increase oversight on exchange brokers

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The proposed rule comes after the CMS reported a growing number of complaints about ACA health plan applications submitted by brokers.

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FTC And Pharmacy Benefit Managers Square Off For Legal Battle

Forbes Healthcare

Whatever the outcome of the countering lawsuits, it will be a challenging period for PBMs, given the FTC's actions on alleged anti-competitive business practices.

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Antivax as ideology: “Limited hangouts” run by “controlled opposition”

Science Based Medicine

Antivax is more ideology and conspiracy than science. The recent accusation that antivax influencers are running "limited hangouts" as part of "controlled opposition helps illustrate this characteristic, in which the insufficiently radical are portrayed as useful idiots for the enemy or even heretics. The post Antivax as ideology: “Limited hangouts” run by “controlled opposition” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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How The Hospital Industrial Complex Robs Poor Patients

Forbes Healthcare

The ongoing abuse of 340B and Medicaid discounts is enriching huge hospital conglomerates at the expense of patients, employers, state governments, poor communities, and taxpayers.

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Let's Review a Truly Positive Trial

Sensible Medicine

I spend a fair amount of time on Mondays showing problem trials. Such studies have great educational value. But so do hugely positive trials—experiments that truly advance the field. One trial in 1999 transformed the care of patients with heart failure. Doctors were doubtful of the drug before the trial. Heart failure due to a weak heart muscle was a terrible condition at that time.

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Family medicine has key role in health of the nation, AAFP president says

Medical Economics

Jen Brull, MD, FAAFP, speaks about projects and policies of American Academy of Family Physicians.

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Walgreens snags chief commercial officer from Optum

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Jason Stenta, who has held roles at Optum and CVS Health, joins as the company considers selling its stake in VillageMD and contends with shareholder litigation.

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The lost meaning of ‘quality’ and ‘cost’ in value-based care

Medical Economics

Four challenges organizations must address to truly improve cost efficiency and quality in health care.

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Patient Credit Balances - The Lurking Danger

Forbes Healthcare

Patient credit balances with clinics seem harmless. But they should and must be addressed.

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Do patients really like telehealth?

Medical Economics

The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Telehealth Satisfaction Study offered several interesting insights into what patients really think about telehealth -- and which providers offer the best service.

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Doctors: use your vacation time

Mobius MD

There’s growing awareness of a counterintuitive healthcare problem: many doctors don’t use their vacation time. About half of doctors experience burnout , citing long hours and too many bureaucratic tasks as key reasons. Most physicians get three to four weeks of paid time off—so why don’t they use it? It would seem like a few well-deserved vacation days are just what the doctor called for, but physicians aren’t cashing in.

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Revenue Cycle Management Basics: PMI Featured in Oncology Practice Management Magazine

Practice Management Institute

Taya Gordon, MBA, FACMPE , Chief Revenue Cycle Officer at H4 Technology and a nationally recognized expert in revenue cycle management, emphasizes the importance of foundational practices in her latest article for Oncology Practice Management magazine. Gordon highlights that navigating the complexities of revenue cycle management (RCM) is crucial for oncology practices to achieve financial stability and operational efficiency.

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Flexible Learning Solutions: Meeting the Needs of Today’s Learners

CareerStep

As the landscape of higher education evolves, the demand for flexible learning solutions continues to grow. Today’s students often juggle work, family, and other responsibilities alongside their education. In response, institutions are increasingly adopting flexible, online learning models to better serve diverse student populations. This shift is broadening access to education and transforming the way learning is delivered.

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Improving Healthcare Worker Safety at an FQHC

Performance Health

Patient and healthcare worker safety at MHC Healthcare saw significant improvements with the implementation of PHP’s incident reporting software, specifically tailored for the unique challenges of healthcare organizations like FQHCs.

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Resiliency, Diversity, Opportunity: Core Tenants of a Magnet-accredited Nursing Program

Minority Nurse

In 2024, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health was proudly again awarded Magnet designation. While this was not the first time the hospital had been recognized for its journey to nursing excellence, the continued recognition shows that the organization is taking positive steps to ensure the best nursing practices and the best possible patient outcomes.

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Breast cancer info for primary care; Hurricane Helene vs hospitals, not just in the Southeast; metabolic molecules – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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SMG3Rx and Zebra establish clinical mobility to major medical system

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SMG3Rx and Zebra Technologies integrated clinical mobility into a hospital network to support better patient outcomes. See how.

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Ep 41: Burnout with Roger Kapoor, MD

Medical Economics

Roger Kapoor, MD, author of "Work Happy," joins the podcast to discuss what causes burnout and how to counteract it.

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Unlocking the full potential of medical imaging data to drive value

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Use Enlitic to improve medical imaging data quality and workflows to enhance operational efficiency!

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Countdown Checklist L9, T-minus 25: Confirm Connect Care Access and Login Role

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Confirm Access and Role(s) Do you, or could you, have clinical duties November 2, 2024 or following at a Launch 9 site? If so, it is essential that you confirm that you have access to the AHS Network ( insite.ahs.ca ), to the Unified Access Portal ( myapps.ahs.ca ) and to Production (PRD) Connect Care.

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2024 Physicians Practice best states to practice: 20-11

Physicians Practice

The penultimate entry in our definitive ranking of which states are best for physicians.

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Connect Care Fax Application Outages - October 9 and 11, 2024, 05:00-06:00

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Outbound faxes sent directly from Connect Care (including eFaxed prescriptions) are handled by the RightFax application. RightFax will be unavailable on Wednesday October 9, 2024, from 05:00 to 06:00, and Friday October 11, 2024, from 05:00 to 06:00 , in order to accommodate a software upgrade. Connect Care will still be available, but faxes will not be transmitted from Connect Care during these times.

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Feds must regulate ‘ghost guns’ made from untraceable components, physicians say

Medical Economics

Doctors file brief for case pending at U.S. Supreme Court.

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Practice tip of the week: Feeling overwhelmed

Physicians Practice

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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Can Someone Actually Be Responsible?

The Healthcare Blog

By MATTHEW HOLT I was having a fight on Twitter this week and it hit me. America 2024 is Japan 1989. The topic of the fight was right-wing VC Peter Thiel. In 2001 he put a ton of Paypal stock allegedly worth less than $2,000 into a Roth IRA. The Roth IRA was designed so that working stiffs could put post tax cash into an IRA, grow it slowly and take out money tax-free.