Change Healthcare Teams with Luma Health + Provides e-Book & Webinar
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Luma Health, a digital health company, has announced a strategic partnership with Change Healthcare, in which the two companies will develop solutions to meet health systems' demand for streamlined and unified clinical, operational, and financial journeys.
MEANWHILE, Change Healthcare has published its 2022 Medicare Advantage e-Book, to help payers learn how to take advantage of the growth opportunities as Medicare Advantage enrollment increases.
AND, watch this on-demand webinar from Change Healthcare: Improve Health Equity with Streamlined Risk, Quality, and Value-Based Care Data. (Marcia Augsburger, JD, Bay Area)
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Choice in Aging Discusses County Health Services, Master Plan for Aging & More
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Recent episodes of Choice in Aging's "Dishing with Debbie" video series include:
>> Guest Anna M. Roth, Director of Contra Costa Health Services, a renowned leader in system redesign and innovation and a strong advocate for the inclusion of patients, families and the community as full partners in the delivery of health services.
>> Guest Amanda Lawrence, Project Director for the #MasterPlanforAging at the California Department of Aging, who previously served as strategist and program consultant on several projects at the California Department of Public Health, including the launch of the Department's Healthy Aging Initiative.
>> Guest Kiku Johnson, Executive Director & Trainer at Rainbow Community Center Of Contra Costa County, who has 30+ years of experience with youth development and responsive community program design, outreach, implementation, impact, evaluation, and advocacy through a social justice lens. (Debbie Toth, Bay Area)
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Cigna Launches Provider Consult Service to Drive Better Outcomes for Cancer Patients
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Cigna Corporation announced a new service to improve health outcomes for patients with complex cancers. The service, powered by Cigna's health services business Evernorth, connects patients and their community oncologists with cancer subspecialty experts at National Cancer Institute-designated centers. By connecting community oncologists with national subspecialty experts, patients benefit from the latest developments in the rapidly advancing fields of diagnostic innovations and evidence-based research, all while keeping the patient's care close to home and family. (Chris De Rosa, OC)
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El Camino Health Earns 'A' in Spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Program + Featured in HealthcareIT News
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El Camino Health's Mountain View campus earned an 'A' in the spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade program, marking the fourth consecutive time the hospital has earned top marks for safety. Leapfrog measures publicly available safety data to grade more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year with A, B, C, D or F ratings based on their performance to prevent errors, injuries, accidents and infections. The Mountain View campus has earned an 'A' rating since fall 2020.
MEANWHILE, El Camino Hospital in Mountain View is spotlighted in a June 6 article in Healthcare IT News: "For El Camino Hospital, the pandemic was a springboard into broad virtual care; The organization now does everything from tele-stroke diagnoses to virtual urgent care to lactation assistance via telehealth." (Cecile Currier, SV)
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Elemeno Health Closes $7 Million Equity Financing
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Elemeno Health announced the closing of a Series A financing. The $7 million round was led by SJF Ventures and joined by new investor SustainVC and several existing investors. Designed by former nurses for nurses, Elemeno provides clinicians with a unique "playbook in your pocket" for enhancing patient care and executing day-to-day tasks efficiently. The microlearning solutions powered by Elemeno feature content that is accessible, digestible, and customized to each hospital department's preferences. (Arup Roy-Burman, MD, Bay Area)
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FOMAT / Febo's Nick Focil Named to UCR's "40 Under 40" Honorees
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HHS Announces Funding Opportunities Via SAMHSA & Extends American Rescue Plan Spending Deadline
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Illumination Foundation Participates in Innovative New LifeArk Housing & Services; CEO Spotlighted in Podcast
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Illumination Foundation (IF) recently participated in the opening of the first LifeArk location in El Monte, CA - the first fully certified and approved plastic housing in the world and a life-saving housing innovation serving those who have been displaced by homelessness, emergency, or climate disaster. IF will be the main service provider for this housing by providing intensive case management, counseling, and medical care.
MEANWHILE, Paul Leon, CEO of IF, was interviewed in a recent "How Can I Help?" podcast episode, AND Paul published an article - How can the United States reverse decades of health inequality? (Paul Leon, OC)
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Kaiser Permanente Honored for Medication Safety & for Diversity
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For the 12th year in a row, Kaiser Permanente (KP) has earned the Pharmacy Quality Alliance's Laura Cranston Excellence in Quality Award for high achievement in medication safety and appropriate use. The award goes to Medicare Advantage drug plans with at least a 4.5-star Part D summary rating and a 5-star rating on all 5 PQA medication measures used within the CMS Star Ratings Program.
AND, KP has been named to the DiversityInc Top 50 Hall of Fame for the fifth year in a row, recognizing its focus on diversity and inclusion in hiring, retaining, and promoting women, people of color, veterans, people with disabilities, and people in the LGBTQ community. (Marcos Vasconcelos, Bay Area)
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LigoLab Reports on Billing & Coding Automation & Direct-to-Consumer Lab Testing
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In How Billing and Coding Automation Increases Laboratory Revenue, LigoLab discusses costly lab billing denials, how they're triggered, and how to harness the power of rules and automation - the key to quality and scalability.
ALSO, LigoLab and CEO Suren Avunjian are spotlighted in a recent Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry article - Why You Should Embrace Direct-to-Consumer Lab Testing, which shares that one of the many advantages for patients in opting for direct-to-consumer lab testing is that it typically costs less in terms of time and money spent than when going through a health insurance company. Also, these types of tests enable patients to access their test results directly, enabling individuals to take a more active role in the management of their healthcare. (Suren Avunjian, LA)
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Mazzetti Plays Role in New UW Behavioral Health Teaching Facility
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Construction is under way for the University of Washington Behavioral Health Teaching Facility, for which Mazzetti is providing mechanical and plumbing design. In addition to facilitating integrated care to patients requiring long-term behavioral health recovery, this site will serve as the training site for the next generation of behavioral healthcare providers in Washington state.
MEANWHILE, Mazzetti CEO Walt Vernon published an article - Guns or Butter, in which he shares, among other things, that at a recent healthcare conference he listened to Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health. Michael was reflecting on his work at Northwell and the creation of his Center for Gun Violence Prevention; Northwell notes that gun violence in the U.S. is a public health crisis. (Walt Vernon, JD, Bay Area) [EDITOR'S NOTE: According to USA Today, there have been at least 245 mass shootings so far this year.]
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MedWand Playing Role in "Living Longer Festival" at The Smithsonian Futures Exhibition
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At The Smithsonian Futures Exhibition in Washington DC on June 25, MedWand will be taking part in the Living Longer Festival: Health + Wellness 2050. The full day of activities will include "The Doctor is In (Space)!" in which attendees will visit a healthcare provider in the year 2050 with a futuristic distanced healthcare visit. In partnership with MedWand, this one-day-only installation shows you how you and your medical professionals could monitor your key health data from anywhere, anytime, allowing for distanced diagnoses and immediate care. MedWand is also supporting an audience-guided panel experience - We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Panel, where attendees will be invited to decide the panelists' discussion content in real-time while learning about the latest innovations of our futures. (Bob Rose, OC)
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Nelson Hardiman Presents Updates on Telemedicine & Abortion Access; Physician Insurance Premiums; New Rights for Substance-Use Patients & Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act Essentials
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A recent Nelson Hardiman Legal Update - No Woman is an Island: Telemedicine and Abortion Access after the Demise of Roe v. Wade - co-authored by Harry Nelson, shares several practical questions that the healthcare industry must address: (1) What is the status of private insurance plans that currently cover some abortion procedures once these procedures become banned by state law? (2) Can employer-funded plans substitute out-of-state abortion coverage once lawful, in-state, options become unavailable? (3) In states that prohibit medication abortions via telemedicine, are there legal risks for providers who disseminate information related to obtaining an abortion out of state?
ALSO, Harry co-authored Priority Update: Recalculating Insurance Premiums for Physicians in California, as well as Senate Bill 349: New Rights for Substance Use Patients, Tough Measures Against Deceptive Marketing, Trolls, and Patient Brokering.
AND, on August 16, Harry will be the presenter at a webinar - Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act Essentials - What Providers Need to Know. (Harry Nelson, JD, LA)
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On Lok's Unique Services & Future Spotlighted in Feature Article
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On Lok CEO Grace Li spoke with Eden Housing for their current newsletter, to share a deeper look at what makes the organization unique and its plans for the future. Through its relationship with Eden Housing, On Lok co-locates housing and provides services to help seniors age in place in their own homes for as long as possible. In the article - As CEO of On Lok, Grace Li Champions Vital Services for Local Seniors, Grace shares what makes On Lok unique, how it has evolved over the years, its new partnership with Chef Martin Yan, and more. (Grace Li, Bay Area)
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PSYCHeANALYTICS CEO Interviewed at ViVE Health
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Royal Ambulance Vies for Inspiring Workplaces Award; CEO to Present at EMS Leadership Conference
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Royal Ambulance is a Finalist in the 2022 North America Inspiring Workplaces Awards; winners will be announced on June 22 in New York.
AND, on July 25, at the Pinnacle EMS Leadership Conference in Marco Island, FL, Royal Ambulance CEO Steve Grau will co-present an intensive how-to workshop - Attrition or Attraction: Competing for Caregivers in a Post Pandemic World. Participants will learn what pay, benefits and perks are most meaningful; core elements of a retention management plan; and more. (Steve Grau, SV)
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Satellite Healthcare Affiliate National Nephrology Alliance Teams with Nephrology Associates Medical Group
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National Nephrology Alliance, an affiliate of Satellite Healthcare, has announced its strategic alliance with Nephrology Associates Medical Group, a prominent provider of nephrology care with the largest nephrology clinical practice serving Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. This collaboration clinically and financially aligns the two organizations to advance individualized, patient-centered kidney care and keep patients with chronic kidney disease as healthy as possible. (Jeff Goffman, SV, & Bernadette Vincent, Bay Area)
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Savi Group Shares Ways to Boost Healthcare Profitability + Medical Practice Challenges
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In Ways to Boost Healthcare Revenues & Profitability, Savi Group discusses working with revenue cycle management experts to help shed light on areas of improvement within the organization. Data analytics in particular can be quite helpful in this regard and help identify changes and trends in healthcare metrics important to the practice. Also, ensuring that patients are enjoying their experience with your medical practice by offering them easy ways to communicate, make payments, and receive care as needed.
AND, in Common Challenges Medical Practices Face Today, Savi explores administrative concerns, low patient engagement, employee turnover and burnout, and more. (Sumit Mahendru, OC)
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Wipfli Provides Healthcare-Focused Webinars & Events + Wins Awards
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Watch the replay of a recent webinar from Wipfli - Leveraging Cloud Based Accounting for Healthcare.
AND, on July 19, Wipfli will present a webinar - Recruiting and retaining with unique employee benefits.
PLUS, July 11-15, Wipfli will hold its Stronger to Serve 2022 Wipfli National Training Conference, in Las Vegas, particularly useful for nonprofit and FQHC leaders.
MEANWHILE, Wipfli recently won five Hermes Creative Awards (4 platinums and a gold), administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. (Jeff Johnson, John Dao & Steve Rousso, Bay Area)
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