Quality and Safety
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Enabled by AI, AvaSure has a virtual nursing platform that is helping to bring the joy back to nursing, says CEO Adam McMullin.</span></span></span></p>
The Medical Group Management Association has sent a letter to the OCR seeking clarification of responsibility.
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<p>Post acute care is here to stay as COVID-19 brought to light the need for these services and the right technology to drive better outcomes, says Heidi Wold, chief population health officer at Longevity Health Plan.<br />
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There is a sharp racial divide in premature deaths, says a new Commonwealth Fund State Health Disparities Report.
Rule requires 80% of Medicaid Home and Community Based Services payments to directly compensate workers rather than "administrative overhead."
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<p>The biggest barrier is having the curiosity and confidence in each other to try things that might not work, says Dr. Emily C. Webber, CMIO at Indiana University Health and 2024 Changemaker Award winner.</p>
Imposing fines or cutting Medicare payments, in the AHA's view, would diminish resources needed to combat cybercrime.
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<p>Founder and president of Medonations Marina El Khawand realized her calling after a 2020 explosion in Beirut, when she helped a woman affected by a blast who badly needed her asthma medication.</p>
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An AI-powered alert system at Stanford Hospital is predicting which patients are in decline and keeping them from the ICU.
Witnesses and members of Congress slam insurers for making money while providers struggle.