Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Under a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, outpatient hospital facilities and ambulatory surgical centers will get a 2.9% Medicare pay increase next year, up from | Under a final rule issued by CMS, outpatient hospital facilities and ambulatory surgical centers will get a 2.9% Medicare pay increase next year, up from the 2.6% boost in reimbursement that was floated in the draft rule.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Tom Cohen, Executive Vice President of Healthcare Solutions at Softheon Everything is becoming more expensive, so it’s not a surprise that employer-sponsored healthcare costs and premiums are growing exponentially. But the question arises: who bears the brunt of these increasing costs? The short answer is everyone. Employers, health plans, and especially employees are all impacted by rising employer-sponsored healthcare costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

What You Should Know: – Real Time Medical Systems (RTMS) is defending a preliminary injunction that prevents PointClickCare (PCC) from blocking RTMS’s access to patient electronic health records (EHRs). – PCC, which owns the EHR platform, attempted to block RTMS’s access to the data by implementing “indecipherable CAPTCHAs,” effectively preventing RTMS from providing its services.

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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

NOW on-demand, Value-Based Care Insights host Daniel J. Marino speaks with Alex Hannenberg, former President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Tufts School of Medicine, and Art Boudreaux, Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. The post Addressing Perioperative Inefficiencies Through Alignment and Standardization appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Our monthly round up of nurses news, from the associations, providers, hospital systems, and nurses themselves. The post NursesNOW Roundup October 2024 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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