Sat.Nov 29, 2014 - Fri.Dec 05, 2014

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5 Ways People with Diabetes Are More Successful

Insulin Nation

'When I’m not taking care of a child with Type 1 diabetes, I’m a corporate speaker for the Energy Project. The project’s purpose is to partner with organizations to create workplaces that are healthier, happier, more focused and more purposeful. I strive to help people become more accountable for their own happiness and the success of their organizations.

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PowerPoint — 7 Questions Shaping the Patient Digital Health Platform (PDHP) Ecosystem

E-CareManagement

I hope you’ll enjoy reviewing my slides from my December 3 presentation at the 11th Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference. The presentation is formally entitled: “Patient Digital Health Platforms (PDHPs): Epicenter of Healthcare Transformation?”… …but more informally, I pose and address 7 key questions — the answers to which will shape the future of the PDHP ecosystem.

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Suit Denied Over Employer Mandate Delay

ACA Times

A legal challenge to the administration’s postponement of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate was denied by a 3-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel ruled on Dec. 2 that the Florida company challenging the postponement did not have standing to sue because it failed to show it had been harmed by the delay. In February of 2014 the Obama administration delayed by two years, to 2016, the mandate for businesses with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health insuranc

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7 Stocking Gift Ideas for People with Type 1

Insulin Nation

'In the festive spirit of giving, it’s truly the thought that counts. That being said, I’ve graciously received many diabetes-themed gifts that I either later donated to the others or to the trash bin. For example. sugar-free candy has been a popular Secret Santa present with my name on it. I was never a big fan of candy as a kid, and I didn’t feel deprived without it, so it usually sat around for months until my cat made a toy out of the wrappers.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Sam Fuld Refuses Limits as a T1D Athlete

Insulin Nation

'There are many reasons for Sam Fuld, an Oakland A’s outfielder with Type 1 diabetes, not to go through with a telephone interview. For one, it’s his birthday, and he’s celebrating with his family at home in New Hampshire. For another, he’s on daddy duty, and you can hear one of his children excitedly piping up in the background. It’s also an uncertain time of year to be a baseball player, as Fuld is between contracts and won’t know for a few weeks whether he’ll be re-signed by the A’s.

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Hiding Hypos, Viruses and Type 1, BMI and Insulin

Insulin Nation

'Each month, we share some of the most interesting research on Type 1 diabetes that we find: Hiding Hypoglycemia. Danish researchers report that efforts to restrict driving rights for people with diabetes may be causing people to hide how often they have bouts of severe hypoglycemia. In 2012, researchers combed through medical records of people with diabetes after Denmark adopted new driver’s licence health restrictions for people with diabetes.

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Can I Trust My Meter?

Insulin Nation

'Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. In 2015, Insulin Nation will be featuring a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted by people within the Type 1 diabetes community. Q: I’ve heard that not all blood glucose meters are accurate.

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Dancing with Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Nation

'Being a dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company is my dream job, but getting here did not come without some hurdles, thanks to my Type 1 diabetes. Just as I was achieving my goals as a dancer, I had to learn how to take care of my condition. In 2001, at age 27, I was diagnosed with Type 1; I consider myself a “late bloomer”. This was also the year that I was hired for Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance.

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La Culpa de la Diabetes

Insulin Nation

'A menudo me sorprendo por la cantidad de pacientes que acuden a mi oficina y de inmediato me dicen: “He sido un fracaso”, o “me engañó”, cuando se refirieron a no haber perdido el peso que habían esperado o por no haber hecho todas la elecciones de alimentos que habían establecido. Por otra parte, los pacientes vienen programados pensando que sus médicos los van a regañar por problemas físicos que pudieran resultar en un páncreas que no trabaje como debería.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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ACO Lessons Learned: Revisiting the Timing of Downside Risk

E-CareManagement

The editor and publisher of Accountable Care News have been generous in allowing me to republish my article from the November 2014 issue. Click here to download a.pdf copy of the article. It’s in-depth — about 2,000 words. Here’s the article in a nutshell: One of the most critical aspects of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACO has been around the timing and certainty of requiring mandatory downside financial risk for physician and hospital participants.