Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

JUNE 13, 2024

The following question is from a program director of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)–accredited medical assisting program: We are in the process of trying to ensure that our medical assisting certificate program will adhere to the new program length requirements for gainful employment. Under this new federal regulation, certificate programs… Continue reading U.S.

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EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

In our efforts to empower hospital clinicians to provide better care by having real-time transparency to cost and benchmark utilization data, we’ve learned that one of the core code systems that defines modern hospital resource management – Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) – is misunderstood or even unknown. While CFOs and Revenue Cycle leaders are often familiar with DRGs, there is a gap between frontline clinicians as to how this impacts finances and patient care.

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 12, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A CNO colleague recently shared that health systems tolerate terrible behavior from patients and families because they are worried about their HCAHPS scores. She noted, “We are being held hostage because these scores impact our reimbursement. It seems crazy because the demand for healthcare far exceeds our […] The post Are We Held Hostage by HCAHPS Scores?

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 13, 2024

20% of adults over 65 forgo their prescriptions due to cost. The IRA’s $2,000 cap on annual out-of-pocket drug costs helps alleviate the issue for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 9, 2024

If were are supposed to be indifferent to the deaths of young people because "hardly any" died, and we are supposed to be indifferent to the deaths of older people because "their time to death in general is not that long," which of the 1.1 million COVID deaths should we care about? The post “This Thing Has Killed Less Than Or About As Many As Flu Would Kill In A Normal Year In Kids, I Say Hardly Any” & “80-Year-Olds, Their Time To Death In General Is Not That Long.” first appeared on Science

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 12, 2024

More Americans had insurance in 2023 than at any other time in the nation’s history, spurring medical utilization and accelerating healthcare spending faster than growth in the overall economy, according to government projections.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 10, 2024

Moderna said it will talk with regulators to figure out next steps for its combination COVID-flu vaccine and will present data at an upcoming medical conference.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 13, 2024

Although multiple antivaccine investigations have failed to deliver any substantive evidence of alleged crimes, the latest antivax flops won't flip anyone. The post “Fauci Files” and Florida’s Grand Jury Investigations Fail to Deliver first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 9, 2024

Recently I heard the story about a residency program where it is a cultural norm to call out “fake sick.” In other words, if a resident has a particularly long or rough day, if they feel they need some rest— even in the absence of fever, chills, drenching night-sweats and propulsive vomiting— they will call out “sick” Covering residents remark how interesting it is that fake sick days are usually on weekends or adjacent to weekends (Mon-Fri), and that this is

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The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

Welldoc is a consumer facing tool that has been around a long, long time in the diabetes management space. It was the first company to be certified by the FDA as Software as a Medical Device, and it has moved into wide range of diseases as the consumer front-end for many organizations. Welldoc itself is hiding behind the scenes in most of these relationships but it has grown steadily and not had to raise money since 2016.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 12, 2024

An expert panel convened by the National Academies has proposed a common definition for long Covid. This definition may benefit researchers, clinicians, and patients.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 11, 2024

The health system found financing after its original backer Medical Properties Trust declined to provide more funds. Steward will present the deal in federal bankruptcy court later this week for final approval.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 14, 2024

The study found that hospitalized patients whose care teams received AI-generated alerts about adverse changes in their health were 43% more likely to receive timely escalated care and significantly less likely to die.

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The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

By KIM BELLARD You may have read the coverage of last week’s tar-and-feathering of Dr. Anthony Fauci in a hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. You know, the one where Majorie Taylor Greene refused to call him “Dr.”, told him: “You belong in prison,” and accused him – I kid you not – of killing beagles. Yeah, that one.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 14, 2024

Lefkofsky, the founder and CEO of Tempus, spoke with Forbes about the IPO and the company, which is built on a massive trove of AI-trained patient and genomic data.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 14, 2024

State regulators, workers and creditors reacted to Steward's new loan terms, which demand the health system transition or close facilities that don't sell at auction.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 13, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Carina Edwards, CEO, Kipu Health. According to one report, business executives mentioned Artificial Intelligence (AI) more than 30,000 times in earnings calls at the end of 2023. AI, and debates around fears, capabilities and […] The article Adopting AI In Behavioral Health Practices: Three Factors for Success appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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MedQuest College

JUNE 10, 2024

Medical assistants embark on a journey filled with learning and growth, and one essential aspect of their education is mastering medical terminology. Medical terminology serves as the foundation of effective communication in the healthcare field, allowing professionals to accurately describe symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and procedures. Understanding Medical Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Medical terminology is built upon a combination of prefixes, roots, and suffixes, each contributing to the

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 14, 2024

Two executives of Done Global Inc. were accused by the Department of Justice of creating a $100 million scheme to distribute over 40 million ADHD medication pills to patients with no “legitimate medical purpose.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 12, 2024

The influential advisory group has been lobbying the federal government to collect more detailed information on how states loop providers into funding Medicaid for almost a decade.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 14, 2024

Cara Lunsford is the VP of Community at Nurse.com , fostering a community where nurses can find peer support, allies, professional opportunities, resources, and education. She ’ s also the host of Nurse.com ’ s NurseDot Podcast and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting a variety of voices within the nursing industry while also speaking to her personal experiences as an RN and founder of HOLLIBLU, a social networking app exclusively for nurses (acquired by Nurse.com in 2022).

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 10, 2024

This is a story about placebo effects. I raise the issue because the prominent journal JAMA-Psychiatry published a paper purporting to show that placebos have great effects in many psychiatric conditions. The erroneous conclusion provides excellent teaching points. First a Thought Experiment Say I gave 100 cyclists a red supplement designed to increase muscle contraction and increase pedal power.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 11, 2024

Discover what AI hallucinations are in healthcare, why they're a problem, and how we can fix them. Learn the steps to spot and resolve false positives effectively.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 13, 2024

The vice president also called for states to increase oversight of their nonprofit health systems’ charity care programs, noting some patients incurred debt when they should have qualified for assistance.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 12, 2024

Blake Lynch, aka Nurse Blake , loves caring for and helping patients and caring for and helping fellow nurses. As a popular nursing influencer, internationally touring comedian, healthcare advocate, and keynote speaker, Nurse Blake uses humor to bring nurses together. Working in trauma centers around the country, Nurse Blake started posting original comedy videos aimed at his profession to cope with the stress of his nursing job.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 12, 2024

What are “ultraprocessed foods” and are they a health risk? One would think there is reason for concern, given all the hyped headlines, but as is often the case the data is somewhat complicated. The complexity begins with the fact that there is no agreed-upon operational definition of “ultraprocessed food” (UPF). Processed food generally refers to food products that are already prepared […] The post Ultraprocessed Foods first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 12, 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.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 14, 2024

The redo comes after regulators lost two court cases over the methodology used to determine 2024’s quality ratings, and should result in hundreds of millions of dollars in additional bonuses to plans that see their ratings improve.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 8, 2024

Recently, Aaron Goodman, a hematologist at UCSD, tweeted: It generated a backlash, particularly among doctors who run research labs, some e.g.s The dialog raises several adjacent questions Are physician scientists — people who mostly run labs and see patients 1/2 a day a week in clinic and 2-4 weeks a year in the hospital — good doctors ?

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99MGMT

JUNE 14, 2024

Social media has become an integrated part of today's world, and it is no surprise that it plays an increasingly important role in our lives. As healthcare professionals, you know the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest technologies, including social media-related ones.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 10, 2024

We must prioritize patients' best interests over political considerations. Patients and taxpayers will be better off if we dare to let patients take the driver’s seat.

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