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CMS Urged to Extend Deadline to Submit 2020 Interoperability Program Data
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend the deadline for hospitals to submit 2020 data for the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program from March 1 to at least May 1, 2021, citing problems this year with the system used to submit the data.
Atlantic Health System Successfully Combats Human Trafficking
New Jersey-based Atlantic Health system transformed recognition and response processes to human trafficking, becoming a model of success and making its communities safer. In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, hear from Atlantic’s Ingrid Johnson, R.N., and its CEO and past AHA Board Chair Brian Gragnolati, as they discuss the importance of c-suite leadership in supporting efforts to raise awareness of and combat human trafficking
What It Takes to Create Disproportionate Value in Challenging Times
A complicated set of factors involving governmental and private-sector spending on health care will bring about significant changes over the next several years that will effectively flatten reimbursement levels, even as demand for services is expected to keep growing. While that’s generally bad news for providers, those who develop innovative new business models can create disproportionate value in this challenging market, notes a recent McKinsey & Co. analysis.
A New Era Begins in Connected Health at Home
Sixty percent of health care organizations will invest in virtual care technology in 2021, according to a recent BDO survey of health care chief financial officers. Responding to this growing demand, tech companies large and small have been working feverishly on devices for the home that can help patients not only better monitor their health, but also detect diseases earlier.
Intermountain, Memorial Hermann, Trinity Take Stake in $300 Million Private Equity Fund
Intermountain Healthcare, Memorial Hermann and Trinity Health are just a few of the provider organizations and payers who have taken a stake in a Nashville private-equity firm The Heritage Group’s latest $300 million fund. About 70% of the $300 million already committed comes from health systems and insurers like Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
Kaufman: Make 2021 year of true advancement in diversity, equity and inclusion
Inspired by recent examples in sports and a Hamilton show tune, Kenneth Kaufman, managing director and chair of management consultancy KaufmanHall, challenges senior health care leaders to “make 2021 the year of true advancement in diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Accreditor accepting comments on revised standards for workplace violence prevention
The Joint Commission released for comment through Feb. 16 proposed new and revised workplace violence prevention standards for accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals.
NIH launches database to track COVID-related neurological problems
The National Institutes of Health has launched an online data portal to collect clinical information on neurological symptoms, complications and outcomes related to COVID-19.
Eli Lilly says neutralizing antibody cocktail nets significant reduction in COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Company said its neutralizing antibodies cocktail of bamlanivimab and etesevimab combine to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Regeneron unveils early, ‘positive’ data for passive vaccination therapy
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced interim data indicating that its REGEN-COV antibody cocktail could be used as a passive vaccine to prevent COVID-19.