Hush, Here Comes the Not ‐So‐Little Baby Tax
Gabriella Beaumont-SmithThe U.S. baby formula industry is in trouble. For most of 2022, parents faced bare shelves when looking for formula. Even in the last week,34 percent of households reported difficulty finding formula. What ’s more depressing, Reckitt Benckiser, an infant formula producer, expects low supplies topersist into the spring.While reports of problems began in August 2021, alarm bells didn ’t ring until theshutdown of a major U.S. plant in early 2022. The shutdown caused a massive supply shock and by June 2022, national out-of-stock levels of infant formulaexceeded90 percent. The crisis wasn ’t just b...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 8, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Source Type: blogs
Timely Dying in Dementia: An Evolving, Binding, Irrevocable Contract to Persuade Physicians to Honor Advance Directives that Request Cessation of Assisted Oral Feeding
Stanley Terman (Caring Advocates or Institute for Strategic Change), Timely Dying in Dementia: An Evolving, Binding, Irrevocable Contract to Persuade Physicians to Honor Advance Directives that Request Cessation of Assisted Oral Feeding (2022): Background: Using advance directives to avoid prolonged... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 8, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group Implements RPA for Pennies
It is hard to picture Robotic Process Automation (RPA). There is nothing physical or tangible. There is no user interface that users interact with on a regular basis. In fact, when RPA is properly implemented, it works completely in the background without anyone noticing. That’s why the term RPA is nebulous for many people. What is it? How have organizations successfully deployed it?
Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group (TPMG), a network of over 250 physicians and advanced clinicians in over 85 offices across the Tidewater and surrounding areas, has successfully implemented RPA. The ROI was almost immediate, and the...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management AGS Health Claims Processing Dinesh Pai Gartner Healthcare Scene Featured Nicholas Frenette physician group RCM revenue process Robotic Process Source Type: blogs
Technology Solutions Are Critical to Value-Based Success
The following is a guest article by Hugh Lytle, Founder and CEO at Equality Health.
The transition from fee-for-service medicine to value-based payments represents the greatest shift in healthcare in more than a century; according to CMS, by 2030 the vast majority of this country’s estimated $6.8 trillion healthcare spending will be tied directly to patient outcomes and satisfaction.
This shift represents a material win for patients – but what of the providers who deliver their care? Some 56% of primary care providers (PCPs) are concerned about the impact that value-based care (VBC) programs will have on earnings, pr...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management Administrative Overload CMS EHR Equality Health Hugh Lytle PCP Primary Care Providers Technology Sol Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Director, Digital Health Strategist
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Director, Digital Health Strategist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by TransForm Shared Service Organization and is an international hybrid position in the Ontario West Region of Canada.
Here’s a description of the position:
Location: Ontario West Region (Hybrid: Both remote and onsite work)
Posting Period: November 3, 2022 to November 25, 2022 Closed at 4:00 pm
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Benefits: Pension, Health & Dental, Paid Si...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 23, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Canadian Health IT Jobs Digital Health Strategist Director Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers TransForm Jobs Source Type: blogs
Avoiding Red Flags: Finding the Right Productivity Balance
The following is a guest article by John Wallace, PT, OCS, Senior Vice President of RCM at WebPT.
When it comes to the number of patients providers can see in a day, some might think that more is more. After all, more patients should generate more billable services—and thus, more payments. But as organizations balance productivity goals with payer policies, sometimes their version of “enough” patient volume is actually too much.
The number of Medicare TPEs and commercial payer take-back audits alone is skyrocketing. Providers who have timed codes for billing may be putting themselves at risk if they do not optimize ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Regulations Revenue Cycle Management ADR Advanced Document Request Audit CMS Department of Labor John Brickley John Wallace Medicare MedStar Health Physical Therapy OIG Payer Audits Payers providers Source Type: blogs
One Person ’ s Trash …
BY KIM BELLARD
Gosh, so much going on. Elizabeth Holmes was finally sentenced. FTX collapsed. Big Tech is laying off workers at unprecedented rates, except TikTok, which should, indeed, be cautionary. Elon Musk’s master plan for Twitter remains opaque to most of us. Americans remain contentedly unworried about the looming COVID wave.
With all that to choose from, I want to talk about space debris. More specifically, finding opportunity in it, and in other “waste.” As the old saying goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, so one person’s problems ar...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health Debris Remediation Elizabeth Holmes Space Source Type: blogs
Implantable Device Adheres to Muscle, Treats Atrophy
This study by Dave Mooney and his group is a very elegant and forward-looking example of how this type of mechanotherapy could be used clinically in the future.”
The MAGENTA device with its tough hydrogel adhesive surface (shown on the left) was implanted on a mouse’s calf muscle that in the atrophy model then was immobilized for a longer period of time to induce muscle wasting. Actuating the device by turning the electricity on lets it contract, generating mechanical stimulation to the underlying muscle, whereas turning the electricity off allows the device and muscle to relax (top row on the right). The pa...
Source: Medgadget - November 16, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Orthopedic Surgery Rehab muscle atrophy wyssinstitute Source Type: blogs
Why We Should Care About U.S. Labor Market Regulation
Ryan BourneThe U.S. mid-term election cycle brought mixed results on state and local ballot measures determining wage and employment laws.Nebraskan voters approved a minimum wage hike from $9 per hour to $15 per hour by 2026, as DC voters opted to mandate that tipped workers ’ minimums rise from $5.35 per hour to $16.10 per hour by 2027.Ballot measures in Laguna Beach, California and elsewhere looking to introduce special minimum wages for staff in particular industries (such as hotel staff) genuinely failed. Illinois voters opted to enshrine a state constitutional amendment for the right to collectively bargain, whereas...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne Source Type: blogs
Keeping rural hospitals in the game [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Without a strong rural health care system, our nation’s ability to expand and contract with surges in demand will become very limited. When hospitals work together, they can better ensure that no community is left without a rural hospital for urgent care.” Richard Watson is
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Keeping rural hospitals in the game [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Physicians are only good for 90 days
“Nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Physicians are commonly offered one, two, and three-year employment contracts that appear ironclad and have automatic renewal clauses. The length of these contracts encourages us to believe we can confidently make major financial decisions based on expected income. Moreover, we want to believe that enduring years of training
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Physicians are only good for 90 days originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Aaron Morgenstein, MD and Victoria Brown, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Did Something Happen in Crypto This Week?
Jack SoloweyFrank Sinatracrooned, “You’re riding high in April, shot down in May.” When it comes to CEO of the FTX crypto exchange and would‐be policy impresario Sam Bankman‐Fried (“SBF”), it’s more like “You’rethrowing twitter shade on Saturday, looking for a bailout next Tuesday. ”In crypto, karma moves fast. And in Washington, a crisis —such as a prominent brand in a buzzy industry losingbillions—is thought to be a terrible thing to waste. Nonetheless, policymakers should not hastily patch perceived regulatory gaps in counterproductive ways, such as by scapegoatin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 11, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jack Solowey Source Type: blogs
Implanted Magnets for Prosthetic Control
Engineers at MIT have developed a system that could let users of robotic prostheses to more sensitively control their bionic limbs. The technology involves implanting pairs of small magnetic beads into muscles. When the muscles contract, the beads move closer together, allowing prosthetic devices to more precisely calculate a user’s intentions and mirror these.
Current systems measure the electrical activity in muscles, but this is not as accurate as measuring actual muscle movement. Medgadget last covered the technology in August 2021, and since then, the researchers have tested it in turkeys, showing that the impla...
Source: Medgadget - November 11, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Rehab mit prosthetics Source Type: blogs
Post doctoral and doctoral opportunities at Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain)
FUNDED POSTDOCTORAL CANDIDATE POSITION – Signal Processing in Neuroimaging group at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.euINFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION Position: PostdoctoralResearcher Profile: R2, Recognised Researcher (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent) / R3, Established Researcher(Researchers who have developed a level of independence)Number of vacancies: 1Project: OpenLocation: Spain> Donostia-San SebastianResearch Field: Cognitive NeuroscienceJob Statu...
Source: Talking Brains - November 9, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Battery-Free Light-Powered Pacemaker Now a Reality
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a battery-free light-powered pacemaker that uses optogenetic stimulation of cardiomyocytes to achieve heart pacing. With conventional pacemakers, the leads of the device are anchored into the wall of the heart, using invasive hooks or screws. Small electrical shocks are then sent through the entire heart, potentially causing discomfort and pain. The new light-based pacemaker relies on four “petals” that wrap around the heart non-invasively, and uses light to stimulate genetically-modified cardiomyocytes to contract. The technology is primarily useful for cardiac r...
Source: Medgadget - November 7, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Genetics uarizona Source Type: blogs
