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RPM strategies for moving from discharge to hospital-at-home care

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McKinsey estimates $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare patients could shift from traditional facilities to the home by 2025. Hospital-at-home is not a discharge from the hospital, it is providing the hospital level care in the home. With that said, hospital-at-home takes the home setting to an all-new level.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Department of Justice should step up enforcement of the False Claims Act against medical providers who accept Medicare and Medicaid payments but fail to implement a reasonable level of cybersecurity. Vendors should be ready to assist with data extracts when a hospital comes calling and hospital IT should leverage these relationships.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates. However, EHR macros must accurately capture the patient’s condition on the day of the encounter. cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Gundersen Health is implementing a major strategy to build a culture that nurtures intrinsic motivations such as the desire to serve a higher need. For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance. These high levels of engagement can be attributed to the health system’s 89.2