The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2022.
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Most consumers want to keep telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth was more of a novelty than a necessity. The concept of touching base with a doctor remotely was promising, but there were hurdles.
Now, though, with many of those hurdles at least temporarily lifted — due to po…
Intermountain Healthcare enters partnership with the University of Utah on population health
In a new partnership with Intermountain Healthcare, the University of Utah will be offering a new population health program focused on preemptive care.
Advocate Aurora Enterprises acquires Senior Helpers
Advocate Aurora Enterprises, Advocate Aurora Health’s new subsidiary, is expanding its suite of senior care services with the acquisition of in-home care company, Senior Helpers.
Through its over 320 franchised and corporate-owned locations in the Uni…
Two vaccination sites close after adverse reactions to Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Americans are getting COVID-19 vaccinations at a steady clip, but national inoculation efforts hit a snag this week as two different vaccination sites, one in North Carolina and one in Colorado, shut down temporarily after an abnormal number of adverse…
HIMSSCast: Livongo founder’s new venture seeks to eliminate waste, advocate for patients – with Glen Tullman
Livongo founder Glen Tullman speaks to HIMSSCast about his new venture, Transcarent, and why he believes it can succeed at solving some of healthcare’s hardest problems.
MVP Health Care, University of Vermont Health Network to co-create MA plan focused on elder care
Non-profit MVP Health Care, a health plan based in Vermont and New York, and the University of Vermont Health Network are teaming up to launch a joint Medicare Advantage plan, the organizations announced this week.
The entities are currently focused on…
More than 500k Americans have enrolled in marketplace coverage during the special enrollment period
More than half a million consumers have already signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov as a result of the Biden Administration’s Special Enrollment Period for the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to Department of Health and Hu…
How patient-generated data contributes to clinician burnout
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Health literacy seen as an important tool in increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake
Healthcare professionals largely see vaccines as a key tool in ending the COVID-19 pandemic, but they will only work to that end if enough Americans become inoculated so as to achieve herd immunity. The vaccines themselves are largely effective. The ch…
