Smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy found to significantly decrease insomnia, substantially outperforming sleep education
This study was a single-blinded RCT conducted from March 2021 to January 2022, with screening and randomization conducted at Peking University First Hospital in China. Following eligibility assessment, eligible participants were enrolled and allocated 1:1 to DCBT‑I or sleep education groups, and data were evaluated from January to February 2022. A total of 82 participants were included in the study, with 41 randomized to sleep education and 41 randomized to DCBT‑I.
The DCBT‑I group significantly outperformed the control group in improved insomnia severity and subjective sleep quality, demonstrating the intervention...
Source: SharpBrains - May 17, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation Chinese cognitive-behavioral-therapy DCBT-I digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia insomnia severity randomized clinical trial sleep education Source Type: blogs
Sagility LLC Acquires Devlin Consulting, Inc.
Tech-enabled healthcare BPM organization bolsters payment integrity expertise
Sagility LLC, a leading provider of technology-enabled business process management (BPM) services, announced today their acquisition of Chandler, Arizona-based Devlin Consulting, Inc. (DCI). For the past 28+ years, DCI has made a name for itself as a healthcare technology services company providing payment integrity services to several of the country’s leading health plans.
With this acquisition, Sagility broadens the 360-degree precision payment integrity solution offering they provide to five leading US health plans and regional Blue plans. ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT analytics BPM Business Process Management Contract Central Technology Platform DCI Devlin Consulting Inc Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare Costs Healthcare M&A Healthcare Payments Payment Integrity S Source Type: blogs
Leveraging Data to Reduce Member Churn, Maintain Access to Care, and Avoid Care Gaps as a Result of the Medicaid Redetermination Process
The following is a guest article by Ashley Perry, MPH, Chief Strategy and Solutions Officer at Socially Determined
When Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, it decoupled the Public Health Emergency (PHE) from the Medicaid program’s continuous enrollment provision, which was implemented as part of the PHE in March 2020. It also established April 1, 2023 as the date on which the Medicaid redetermination process would resume nationwide.
The continuous enrollment provision resulted in substantial growth in Medicaid enrollment nationwide and helped bring the national uninsured rate to an all-time low...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Ashley Perry California Department of Health Services CBOs CHWs CMS Community Health Workers Community-Based Organizatio Source Type: blogs
Scene Health Secures $17.7 Million Series B Financing Led by ABS Capital Partners
Funding Will Grow Medication Adherence Services for Medicaid and Other Under-Resourced Populations
Scene Health, the leading medication engagement company, has closed an oversubscribed $17.7 million Series B growth financing led by ABS Capital Partners with participation from existing investors Claritas Health Ventures, as well as Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, PTX Capital, and Kapor Capital.
The investment is the latest validation of Scene Health’s unique video-based platform, which empowers people to take medication properly through person-to-person connections, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT ABS Capital Partners Cal Wheaton CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Chronic Conditions Claritas Health Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Healthworx Kapor Capital Medicai Source Type: blogs
Value Based Contracting Can Drive Health Equity
In conclusion, the goal is not just to identify SDoH but to make measurable progress in identifying these factors specific to a given population. We need to move from broad agreement that social determinants are an important aspect of designing intervention to actually impacting these factors and thus reduce health inequities. Putting incentives into the design and execution of SDoH interventions through VBC can make this a reality.
About Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes is a seasoned healthcare executive, having over 30 years of senior executive experience with both managed care and provider organizations. He has extensive experie...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Revenue Cycle Management CWH Advisors Dr. Eric Olmsted Healthcare Payers Incentivizing Internet Access MCO Medicaid Medicare Paul Source Type: blogs
Medicaid Recovery for All?: Iowa ’s Controversial Managed Care Organization and the State’s Abrogation of the Collateral Source Rule
Jenna Nelson (University of Iowa), Medicaid Recovery for All?: Iowa ’s Controversial Managed Care Organization and the State’s Abrogation of the Collateral Source Rule, 108 Iowa L. Rev. 2 (2023): While the collateral source rule has deep roots in state, common... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 28, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How to Discover Better Insurance Coverage, Together
Streamlining and improving revenue is hyper-important for healthcare organizations right now. One challenge is finding the right patient payer information. Technology can help organizations identify more billable insurance coverage for self-pay patients, maximizing revenue, increasing efficiency and improving patient experience.
The following is a guest post from Inovalon.
Many healthcare providers find themselves wondering whether a revenue cycle management (RCM) partner would benefit their organizations. When providers can find the right partners – partners that add value to the organization’s industry expertise by d...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management billable coverage Healthcare Scene Featured Inovalon insurance discovery Medical Bills patient co-pays patient deductibles Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – February 5, 2023 – 78% of data breaches result from hacks or IT incidents, Nova Scotia taps Oracle Cerner for EHR modernization, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Research and Studies
Nearly 80% of healthcare’s data breaches can be attributed to hacking and IT incidents, according to a recent report from managed security services provider Fortified Health Security. That represents ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Security and Privacy Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Adam Kautzner ADAMS Center Agewell AHIMA AnMed AristaMD Aruba Atlanta Women's Health Group Atlas Dataset Brightside Health CCS Cerner C Source Type: blogs
13 Year Old McAllen
BY IAN MORRISON
As a Scot, obviously I am a whisky fan, and although I prefer the smoky malts of Islay (where my grandfather was from and where I visit my friends there frequently), I am also a huge fan of McCallan 18-year-old whisky, the sticky toffee pudding of single malts.
But as all policy wonks know, McAllen Texas is not famous for whisky but for Atul Gawande’s “Cost Conundrum” article in the New Yorker, in 2009 which is still required reading in medical school and MPH classes and was arguably the cornerstone of Obama health policy and the ACO movement.
Dr. Atul Gawande described overutilization and hi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: The Business of Health Care Affordable Care Act Atul Gawande Ian Morrison McAllen Texas Source Type: blogs
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Managed care contracts could be a valuable tool for state Medicaid programs seeking to promote racial equity.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - December 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shilpa Patel, Laurie Zephyrin Source Type: blogs
New Evidence That Nurse Practitioners Provide Excellent Primary Care Services
Jeffrey A. Singer and Spencer PrattEver since thefirst nurse practitioner (NP) was created in 1965, a debate has raged between the medical profession and the advanced practice nursing profession (APRNs) over whether NPs can provide primary care services comparable in quality to physicians. Organizationsrepresenting APRNs argue that nurse practitioners receive training that fully qualifies them to provide primary care services. Organizations such as theAmerican Medical Association maintain that “care from nonphysicians is dangerously being promoted as ‘just as good’ as that provided by doctors—despite the huge ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 4, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer, Spencer Pratt Source Type: blogs
TLC Todd-versations: Todd Linsky in Conversation with Dr. Alan Greene
Todd Linsky, a food and organic industry veteran, hosts the podcast Todd-versations. He interviews guests from around the globe — influencers, leaders, and innovators in their respective fields. In this episode, Todd and Dr. Greene discuss the pediatric roots of longevity, the importance of nutrition in health, Dr. Greene’s reasons for creating DrGreene.com, his next projects, and a whole host of side topics.
Transcript of Todd-versation Podcast with Todd Linsky and Dr. Greene
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Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - October 6, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Source Type: blogs
Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board
Additional funding brings Series D round to $320M total
Trevor Fetter, MBA, senior lecturer on the faculty of Harvard Business School and former longtime Tenet Healthcare chairman and CEO, named to Board
Sachin H. Jain, physician executive with government, pharmaceutical, payer and provider experience, joins Board
Biofourmis, a Boston-based global leader in virtual care and digital medicine, today announced that Intel Capital, the strategic investment arm of chipmaker Intel Corporation, has joined its Series D financing in an extension that brings the total funding raised in the round to $320M. The initial Series D funding...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 25, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Biofourmis Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Home-Based Care Intel Capital Kuldeep Singh Rajput Mark Rostick NYSE:CVS Sachin H. Jain Trevor Fetter Source Type: blogs
Lilly Pulls the Plug on Mix-and-Inject Glugagon Rescue Kits
For those who didn ' t hear the news when it broke, diaTribe news reported (seehttps://diatribe.org/glucagon-options-expand-lilly-discontinues-emergency-kit for the news) that Lilly announced that the company intends to discontinue manufacturing its traditional Glucagon Emergency Kitshttps://www.lillyglucagon.com/ by the end of 2022. The kits are old-school, mix& inject kits that many patients (and caregivers alike) really despise because they are rather cumbersome and inconvenient to use when time is of the essence. Having an unpopular product works in the absence of competition, but when newer, more convenient produc...
Source: Scott's Web Log - August 17, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Eli Lilly and Company glucagon PBM rebates Source Type: blogs
2022 Annual State HIT Connect Summit Creates Value for Medicaid Agencies and Public Health
The following is a guest article by Eliana Donner-Klein, Sr. Associate, Audacious Inquiry, a PointClickCare company. In-person meetups trumped video conferencing at the 2022 State HIT Connect Summit held last week in Baltimore, Maryland. After three years of virtual events, attendees finally gathered in real life to break down siloes and celebrate new ways for […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability AHCA Aneesh Chopra Audacious Inquiry CareJourney CDC Eliana Donner-Klein Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Florida HIE Jay Ludlam managed care organizations Medicaid Source Type: blogs
