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Virtual Musculoskeletal Care: Key Benefits for Patients, Providers, and Health PlansPhysical therapy or the regular physical activity that successful treatment of MSK disorders makes possible helps reduce the risk of many chronic conditions including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and hypertension, dementia, and mental health issues like depression and anxiety.
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Speeding Up Prior Authorization, Healthcare’s SlowpokeNew federal rules set time requirements for some insurers.
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What Healthcare can Learn About Digitization from COVID-19Healthcare has always been evolving, but now it's evolving more than ever. What has changed are the trends in the health/tech space, the challenges CEOs are facing, and ways brands are improving convenience for the consumer.
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Where Should Care Management Reside in the Healthcare Continuum?In today’s COVID-19 environment, care management has become more important than ever. Currently, about one in four Americans live with multiple chronic conditions, and when one considers that 80% of outcomes are determined by nonclinical factors, it’s an indisputable claim that people need help between healthcare encounters.
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Why Now is the Right Time to Double Down on Digital Workforce ManagementBy doubling down on digital investments that transform the workplace, organizations improve their workforce management through the end of the crisis and build up their digital capabilities for a promising future.
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Why Now is the Right Time to Double Down on Digital Workforce ManagementBy doubling down on digital investments that transform the workplace, organizations improve their workforce management through the end of the crisis and build up their digital capabilities for a promising future.
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Exploring the Challenge of Access to Mental Health TreatmentIt’s difficult for people seeking mental health treatment to get it right now. COVID-19 has effectively halted most non-essential doctors’ visits and accessing behavioral health treatment is even more challenging than in the past due to limitations with residential treatment and outpatient group sessions.
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Zoom Clinical Call Provides Help to Physicians About Palliative CarePhysician Performance LLC’s Weekly Zoom Clinical Call fills physicians in about the initial steps of palliative care.
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Opinion: Physician Suicide, PTSD, Medical Burnout: An Unexpected Casualty of Covid-19Dr. Charity provides mental health support and advice to the growing number of burned out health workers.
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The Hospital of the Future: Balancing Risk, Revenue in Post-Pandemic WorldHealthcare providers have increasingly entered into value-based contracts with payers in recent years because they offer the opportunity to increase revenue-the primary driver of change for any business.
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CMS Predicts Healthcare Spending to GrowPer member spending in private insurance is expected to grow at 6.8% annually due to both utilization and increases in price.
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Four Truths Guiding Healthcare’s Post-Pandemic Digital TransformationAs the world has gone virtual during the coronavirus pandemic, so has healthcare. Digital transformation has accelerated at warp speed, with virtual care delivery going from rare exception to operating norm almost overnight.
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Leading with Digital to Drive Financial Performance Post-COVID19A digital-first strategy is a way to navigate through the COVID-19 storm.
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Opinion: Study Will Not be the Final Word in Caring for Complex PatientsFor those of us who spend our lives and careers fighting to improve care for individuals with the most significant medical, social and behavioral health needs, a study that found disappointing results from a well-regarded model will not deter us, but only reinforce the power and necessity of our endeavor.
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How Life Sciences Companies Can Make a Difference During the COVID-19 PandemicHotspots can be predicted by identifying areas with a large percentage of residents with chronic conditions.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights the Need for Primary Care PhysiciansDwindling reliance on primary care physicians is burdening healthcare system and limiting care resources.
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Five Key Steps for Better Healthcare CoordinationAmid considerable uncertainty in healthcare, quality care coordination is largely within your own control and can make an immensely positive impact on those you serve.
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Military Principles Can Help Hospital Incident Command Centers Prepare for a Second WaveAs the U.S. begins reopening, potentially sparking a “second wave” of COVID-19 cases, hospitals and health systems will need to continue operating in a state of high-stress readiness.
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Military Principles Can Help Hospital Incident Command Centers Prepare for a Second WaveAs the U.S. begins reopening, potentially sparking a “second wave” of COVID-19 cases, hospitals and health systems will need to continue operating in a state of high-stress readiness.
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COVID-19 Changes Landscape, Highlights Need for Women in STEMThe COVID-19 pandemic is having a dramatic impact on healthcare, the global economy, and people’s daily lives. FinTech executive Monica Eaton-Cardone notes that the crisis also underscores the need to encourage women to make careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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New Theories Explaining Why Women are More Susceptible to Autoimmune Disease than MenThree new scientific theories explaining that although autoimmune disease affects both genders, women are at an overwhelming disadvantage.
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FHIR Interoperability: What is it and Why Should We Care?Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, or FHIR, is a long-awaited interoperability rule that will enable seamless, on-demand information exchange of clinical records among providers and data systems and will result in coordinated, cost-efficient care.
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The Post-Pandemic Challenge for Addiction Treatment FacilitiesDespite everything we hear in the news lately, there is a silver lining to the Covid-19 cloud. For certain, the landscape of the Addiction Treatment Industry has changed and arguably, the old ways of doing business are no longer sustainable in this environment.
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Factors Shaping the Post-COVID Payer MarketUnderstandably, there is a lot of nervousness around how COVID-19 is going to affect the healthcare industry-both in the near-term as well as the distant future. As the organizations that will have to take on a majority of the financial and operational burden of the COVID pandemic, providers will be hit the hardest in the short-term. As a result, a majority of relief, both at federal and local levels, can be expected to be centered around rescuing providers post-COVID.
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Factors Shaping the Post-COVID Payer MarketUnderstandably, there is a lot of nervousness around how COVID-19 is going to affect the healthcare industry-both in the near-term as well as the distant future. As the organizations that will have to take on a majority of the financial and operational burden of the COVID pandemic, providers will be hit the hardest in the short-term. As a result, a majority of relief, both at federal and local levels, can be expected to be centered around rescuing providers post-COVID.
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New state copay accumulator laws complicate the coupon compliance landscapeStates are moving to curb copay accumulators as federal government pulls back from regulation.
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What to Expect from CMS’ response to COVID-19As the pandemic enters its fourth month in the U.S., the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center) has announced several changes that, on the whole, increase flexibility for program participants.
