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Care Management Weekly News Update 8/11/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Thu, Aug 11, 2022 @ 11:56 AM

HHS Awards Nearly $90 Million to Community Health Centers to Advance Health Equity through Better Data

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded nearly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to nearly 1,400 community health centers across the country to advance health equity through better data collection and reporting.

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Care Management Weekly News Update 8/4/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Thu, Aug 04, 2022 @ 12:41 PM

CMS finalizes 4.3% bump for hospital inpatient payments in 2023

The Biden administration finalized a 4.3% bump for inpatient payments for the federal fiscal year 2023, an increase compared to the 3.2% that was originally proposed back in April. The rule also details health equity quality measures hospitals must now meet for participation in the Inpatient Quality Reporting program.

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Care Management Weekly News Update 7/28/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Thu, Jul 28, 2022 @ 11:58 AM

What Amazon's $4B One Medical play reveals about its healthcare ambitions

With Amazon's proposed deal to buy One Medical, the company is placing another massive bet on its healthcare strategy—to the tune of nearly $4 billion.

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Care Management Weekly News Update 7/21/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Thu, Jul 21, 2022 @ 11:45 AM

Until recently, there were literally no words to describe health care services or procedures delivered via augmented intelligence (AI)—often called “artificial intelligence”—in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, known the “language of medicine.”   Appendix Sto the CPT code set provides uniform terminology and a taxonomy that creates a path to payment for AI-related medical services and...

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Care Management Weekly News Update 7/13/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Jul 13, 2022 @ 11:25 AM

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, payers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. Here’s a roundup of new deals that were revealed, closed, rumored or called off during the month of June.

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Care Management Weekly News Update 7/6/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Jul 06, 2022 @ 11:45 AM

"VA is undertaking a multi-year endeavor to develop national standards of practice for each of its 50 health care professions to ensure the continued safe, high-quality care for our nation’s Veterans," said Deputy Under Secretary for Health Performing the Delegable Duties of Under Secretary for Health Steven Lieberman, M.D. “These standards will ensure VA health care professionals are able to deliver services in...

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Care Management Weekly News Update 6/29/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Jun 29, 2022 @ 11:45 AM

The Biden administration rolled out the Enhancing Oncology Model, aimed at improving equity and care coordination for cancer treatments. The new voluntary model will start in July 2023 and run through 2028. 

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Care Management Weekly News Update 6/22/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Jun 22, 2022 @ 11:45 AM

Stakeholders reported that advanced primary care and ACO initiatives have not successfully integrated specialty care into their organizations and/or care delivery infrastructure due to a complex set of barriers and disincentives. Four themes emerged from interviews that can inform model designs to better integrate specialty care.

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Care Management Weekly News Update 6/17/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Fri, Jun 17, 2022 @ 11:45 AM

Oracle is Developing a National Health Records Database

Two days after it completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of Cerner, Oracle announced plans to build a national, anonymized health information management system.

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Care Management Weekly News Update 6/8/22

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Jun 08, 2022 @ 12:00 PM

Oracle closes $28B deal to buy EHR giant Cerner

Oracle said it obtained the required antitrust approvals for the deal, including European Commission clearance. The deal will close on June 8, 2022. As of 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, at the end of the day on June 6, 2022, 69.2% of the total Shares, have been validly tendered.

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