Below are the Contents of our current ABL Healthcare Online News & Trendletter + Mimi Grant’s Blog/Vlog
November 6, 2018
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HEALTHCARE MEMBER NEWS
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- 10 Finalists Selected for Innovations in HealthcareTM ABBY Awards: Winners to Be Chosen on December 5th & 12th, in Southern & Northern California
- AgilisIT a Finalist in HHS Competition to Advance Care Through Patient Assessments
- Alinea Medical Imaging Highlighted on L.A. News
- Alvaka & Dept of Homeland Security to Present Security Strategy Workshop
- Anka Behavioral Health Wins Grant, Announces Event
- CAREMINDr Publishes Article on Benefits of Mobile-Enabled Remote Patient Monitoring
- Carl Zeiss Gets FDA PMA Approval for ReLEx SMILE
- Ceresti Expands Program with Landmark + Gets Capital Investment
- County of Santa Clara Hosts Binational Health Week
- Felton Institute Celebrates Children’s Education
- GeBBS Chosen by NYC Cancer Center & Large Florida Health Center
- Gorman Health Group Reports on Bundled Payments & 2019 Checklist
- Health Coach Institute to Present Conference
- Kaiser‘s Medicare & Workplace Wellness Programs Among Nation’s Best
- Kindred & Mercy Iowa City Announce Plans for Inpatient Rehab Hospital
- King & Spalding Reports Latest Healthcare Legal News
- Mazzetti on Building Value for All Healthcare Facility Experts
- Mission Hospice Opens Woodside Hospice
- Nelson Hardiman Examines Current Legal Issues in Healthcare
- NxStage Sees Significant Increase in Connected Health Platform Adoption
- Royal Ambulance Honored on Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work
- SAVI Group Examines HIPAA & Medical Billing
- Shriners Hospitals for Children – Northern California Hosts Orthopaedic Residents
- Tulare Regional Medical Center Reopens
- VivaLNK Partners with Reckitt Benckiser
- WIPFLi Enlists Cybersecurity Program to Help Businesses Reduce Data Risk
TECH MEMBERS’ HEALTHCARE NEWS
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
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- Vishal Ghandi, founding Managing Director of Keval Health
- Michelle McGowen, Senior Director Strategic Planning at El Camino Hospital
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Mimi Grant’s Vlog/Blog Series: Featuring “Pillars of Corporate Culture”
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- In two short vlogs and a blog, Mimi gives examples of how Chris Dyer’s “7 Pillars of Company Culture” – positivity, uniqueness, listening, mistakes, transparency, measurement, and acknowledgement – help improve a company’s productivity, performance, and profit.
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UPCOMING ABL HEALTHCARE ROUND TABLES
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- 11/07 – Orange County Round Table
- 11/08 – East Bay / Bay Area Round Table
- 11/13 – Silicon Valley Round Table
- 11/14 – San Francisco / Bay Area Round Table
- 11/15 – Sacramento Round Table
- 11/16 – Los Angeles Round Table
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HEALTHCARE & GOVERNMENT
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- Voters in Multiple States to Decide on Medicaid Expansion
- What’s the Difference Between Medicare-For-All and Single-Payer?
- State Wants to Peg Rates to What Medicare Pays, but Hospitals Worry About Ripple Effects
- Telehealth from Home to Be Added to Medicare Advantage Plan’s Benefits Under New Rule
- Meanwhile, Four People Indicted for $931 Million Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
- Suit Against Sutter Spawns Fight with Bay Area Hospitals Over Trade Secrets
- California’s Medi-Cal Program Paid $4B to Recipients Who May Have Been Ineligible, Audit Shows
- Hackers Breach Healthcare.gov System, Taking Files on 75,000 People
IN PHARMA NEWS:
- HHS Wants List Prices of Drugs Costing $35+ a Month Displayed in TV Ads
- Meanwhile, Trump Offers Test Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Costs
- HHS Set to Implement Long-Delayed 340B Final Rule in January
- Drug Co’s & Law Enforcement Struggle to Stop Online Sales of Fake Meds That Can Kill
- FDA Clears First Consumer Genetic Test for How Well Your Meds May Work
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HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS
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- Sunrise Senior Living Offers Medicare Advantage Health Plan
- To Fight High Prices, Utah Will Pay for Public Employees to Go Fill Rx’s in Mexico
- Epic Introduces App Orchard Low-Cost Option & Cuts Prices
- Given Food as Medicine, Hospitals are Focusing on Nutrition
- 5 Apps & Services for Productivity & Wellness
- Dignity-CHI Merger Cleared by Vatican
GAINING TRACTION: THE RETAILIZATION OF HEALTHCARE:
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