Insulin Nation
JANUARY 19, 2016
Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dietitians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I’m a relatively new pump user, and I’m starting to have trouble finding good sites for my infusion sets.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
JANUARY 22, 2016
It’s only the beginning of 2016 but here at BHM Healthcare Solutions we have been keeping a close eye on the upcoming healthcare trends for the year. So far we’ve discussed the important trends of Pharmacy and Behavioral Health and how each of those industries is expected to make great strides in the New Year. Today, we are actually going to focus on some issues that we can expect to greatly impact the healthcare industry in 2016.
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American Well
JANUARY 20, 2016
By Sarah Natoli. Amwell is pleased to share that our affiliate national telehealth network of providers, Online Care Group, just received certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for physician credentialing, with a perfect score of 100 percent! With this certification, Online Care Group demonstrates its continued commitment to excellence under the leadership of Dr.
ACA Times
JANUARY 22, 2016
A year after federal regulators barred employers from offering so-called “skinny” Affordable Care Act health plans that did not pay for hospital stays, some employers are presenting workers with plans for 2016 that exclude payment for outpatient surgeries. Today two-thirds of all operations in the United States are outpatient surgeries, where the patient returns home after a procedure without an overnight stay in a hospital, according to hospital industry data.
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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.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 19, 2016
Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dietitians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I’m a relatively new pump user, and I’m starting to have trouble finding good sites for my infusion sets.
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American Well
JANUARY 20, 2016
By Sarah Natoli. American Well is pleased to share that our affiliate national telehealth network of providers, Online Care Group, just received certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for physician credentialing, with a perfect score of 100 percent! With this certification, Online Care Group demonstrates its continued commitment to excellence under the leadership of Dr.
ACA Times
JANUARY 21, 2016
More than 153,600 consumers selected Affordable Care Act health care plans through the Healthcare.gov online marketplace during the 11th week of open enrollment, according to the “weekly snapshot report” issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. Enrollment ends Jan. 31. The volume for the week of Jan. 10 to Jan. 16 was more than double the 74,200 who selected insurance plans during the 10th week of open enrollment.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 20, 2016
The teenage years can be a tough time for blood sugar control, as parents must slowly cede control of blood sugar testing to teens, who may or may not want the responsibility. This, plus raging hormones, can lead to some soaring A1C scores. Many parents are looking for ways to get teen offspring to take diabetes self-care seriously. A small study suggests bribing might work.
Chilmark Research
JANUARY 21, 2016
Remote Monitoring CAN work – but that doesn’t mean it WILL. (Figure from Chilmark’s Connected Health Report). The results of a six-month study on the impact of connected devices on chronically ill patients are in – and they’re not good. The Scripps Translational Science Institute found that in a randomized control trial (RCT) comparing chronic care using connected devices against standard disease management models, the devices had no discernible impact on healthcare utilizatio
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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.
American Well
JANUARY 20, 2016
By Sarah Natoli. American Well is pleased to share that our affiliate national telehealth network of providers, Online Care Group, just received certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for physician credentialing, with a perfect score of 100 percent! With this certification, Online Care Group demonstrates its continued commitment to excellence under the leadership of Dr.
ACA Times
JANUARY 19, 2016
If you or anyone in your family enrolled in an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan through the federal Healthcare.gov health insurance marketplace or a state exchange, you may be eligible for the premium tax credit. The premium tax credit helps eligible individuals and families with low or moderate income afford health insurance purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 20, 2016
The teenage years can be a tough time for blood sugar control, as parents must slowly cede control of blood sugar testing to teens, who may or may not want the responsibility. This, plus raging hormones, can lead to some soaring A1C scores. Many parents are looking for ways to get teen offspring to take diabetes self-care seriously. A small study suggests bribing might work.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 21, 2016
Pump-maker Medtronic recently announced it will be expanding its insulin pump operations in China. According to a Fierce Medical Devices report, Medtronic plans to build a manufacturing plant in Chengdu that will create next-generation versions of the insulin pumps and sensors the company currently offers in China. Alejandro Galindo, who heads Medtronic’s diabetes device division, said the new plant’s location is advantageous because Chengdu is a global medical technology hub.
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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 21, 2016
Pump-maker Medtronic recently announced it will be expanding its insulin pump operations in China. According to a Fierce Medical Devices report, Medtronic plans to build a manufacturing plant in Chengdu that will create next-generation versions of the insulin pumps and sensors the company currently offers in China. Alejandro Galindo, who heads Medtronic’s diabetes device division, said the new plant’s location is advantageous because Chengdu is a global medical technology hub.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 21, 2016
Pump-maker Medtronic recently announced it will be expanding its insulin pump operations in China. According to a Fierce Medical Devices report, Medtronic plans to build a manufacturing plant in Chengdu that will create next-generation versions of the insulin pumps and sensors the company currently offers in China. Alejandro Galindo, who heads Medtronic’s diabetes device division, said the new plant’s location is advantageous because Chengdu is a global medical technology hub.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 19, 2016
Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dietitians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I’m a relatively new pump user, and I’m starting to have trouble finding good sites for my infusion sets.
ACA Times
JANUARY 18, 2016
Will consumers make more cost-effective choices of health services and doctors if they are spending their own money? Common sense suggests they would, but researchers have found that consumers don’t always make health care decisions that way. The study was based on a survey of nearly 2,000 Americans who had recently purchased medical services were asked what factors they consider when choosing a doctor or medical service.
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This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 18, 2016
Did you know that Insulin Nation has a sister publication in Type 2 Nation? At type2nation.com , you can get the same depth of diabetes coverage you can find on Insulin Nation, but with a Type 2 focus. Why are we telling you about this here? It’s because we know that some people with Type 2 diabetes are on insulin therapy, and some people with Type 1 have family members with Type 2.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 18, 2016
Did you know that Insulin Nation has a sister publication in Type 2 Nation? At type2nation.com , you can get the same depth of diabetes coverage you can find on Insulin Nation, but with a Type 2 focus. Why are we telling you about this here? It’s because we know that some people with Type 2 diabetes are on insulin therapy, and some people with Type 1 have family members with Type 2.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 18, 2016
On Saturday, January 16, Iran released four United States’ citizens formerly held in detention in a prisoner swap held after a deal was struck to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons program. However, the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Robert Levinson, who has Type 1 diabetes and has been imprisoned in Iran since March 2007, remain unknown; Levinson also suffers from hypertension and gout.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 18, 2016
On Saturday, January 16, Iran released four United States’ citizens formerly held in detention in a prisoner swap held after a deal was struck to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons program. However, the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Robert Levinson, who has Type 1 diabetes and has been imprisoned in Iran since March 2007, remain unknown; Levinson also suffers from hypertension and gout.
Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist
If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.
ACA Times
JANUARY 18, 2016
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has announced plans to shut down Kynect, the state’s highly successful marketplace for Affordable Care Act health insurance, and switch to the federal Healthcare.gov platform. The move would be the first time a state has abandoned a smoothly functioning state exchange, through which about 87,000 Kentucky residents have purchased insurance.
ACA Times
JANUARY 20, 2016
The Supreme Court declined to consider a new constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act that was based on the way the law was enacted. The Pacific Legal Foundation , representing Iowa artist Matt Sissel, argued that passage of the law violated the Constitution’s requirement that revenue-raising legislation must originate in the House of Representatives.
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