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St. Paul Wipes Out $40 Million in Medical Debt for 32,000 Residents

Scrubs

In an unprecedented step toward financial relief and health equity, the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, has announced the erasure of nearly $40 million in medical debt for 32,000 residents. Through a partnership between city and state leaders and medical debt relief organizations, this initiative aims to lift a massive burden off the shoulders of St. Paul residents, allowing them to “breathe easy” and focus on their well-being without the looming stress of unpaid medical bills.

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The Essential Role of Social Workers in Mental Wellness

We Care Online

Mental health is a critical component of overall well-being, influencing every aspect of our lives, from relationships to work. As mental health challenges become increasingly recognized, the role of social workers in this space has proven to be indispensable. They provide essential support, advocacy, and care for individuals navigating mental health issues, and their contributions are vital to the broader field of mental wellness.

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Rising Numbers, Rising Need: Addressing Addiction and Mental Health in Minority Veterans

Minority Nurse

The demographics of Veterans in America are changing. Although the overall Veteran population is expected to decline, the number of minority Veterans is projected to increase. Minority Veterans (all races/ethnicities excluding non-Hispanic white Veterans) currently make up about 25% of the total Veteran population but will make up just over 35% by 2040.

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Mental Health Crisis in Miscarriage–an Unrepresented Patient Population

The Healthcare Blog

By TAMARA MANNS I walked into the emergency department already knowing the outcome. In these same rooms I had told women having the same symptoms as me, “I am so sorry, there is nothing we can do for a miscarriage”. I handed them the same box of single ply tissues I was now sobbing into, as I handed them a pen to sign their discharge paperwork. Two weeks after my emergency room discharge, I continued to live life as if nothing happened, returning to work without any healthcare follow-up to addre

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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American Nurse Tragically Murdered in Budapest: The Case of Mackenzie Michalski

Scrubs

In early November 2024, a shocking tragedy unfolded in Budapest, Hungary, as American nurse Mackenzie Michalski was murdered while visiting the city. Michalski, a 31-year-old nurse practitioner from Portland, Oregon, was an accomplished medical professional working in neurosurgery. Known for her dedication to patient care and her compassionate nature, she was widely respected in her community and beloved by family, friends, and colleagues.

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5 Risk Control Considerations as Nurse Practitioners’ Scope of Practice Expands

Minority Nurse

Driven by the need for increased access to care and the demand for more healthcare providers, recent legislative changes now allow nurse practitioners (NPs) in certain jurisdictions to perform a broader range of services, including diagnosing and treating patients independently. While these changes enhance the role of NPs and allow them to practice to the full extent of their training, they also introduce legal and ethical challenges that NPs must navigate to mitigate liability risks.

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Streamlining the Clinical Peer Review Process: WCCH's Journey with PHP

Performance Health

This case study showcases how West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital revolutionized its clinical peer review and incident reporting processes by implementing Performance Health Partners’ software, leading to dramatic improvements in efficiency, patient safety, and administrative agility. The collaboration not only streamlined operations but also significantly enhanced data-driven decision-making and transparency across the hospital.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Patient Scheduling

Medical Economics

This eBook will walk readers through what AI is and highlight how AI is transforming healthcare, especially in patient scheduling. Integrating AI, like Veradigm’s Predictive Scheduler, can optimize schedules by using machine learning to predict patient needs, reducing wait times and easing staff burdens. Traditional scheduling methods can be inefficient, leading to prolonged wait times and adding stress to already limited staff.

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Medicare’s Hidden Information Hurts People & Policy

The Healthcare Blog

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Open enrollment season for Medicare, which began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7, triggers a deluge of information about various options. Since I’m a health care consultant and researcher as well as a Medicare beneficiary, I’ve looked critically at what we’re told and what we’re not. Unfortunately, information crucial both for the individual and for the broader policy goal of moving toward a “value-based” care system is often difficult to find or not available at all.

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How Montefiore is Training the Next Generation of Nurse Practitioners

Minority Nurse

Post-graduate training programs for newly practicing nurse practitioners are crucial because they allow new clinicians to feel supported and safe and truly excel in the field of primary care. In the long term, they have been shown to improve confidence, reduce burnout, and keep providers practicing. As Nurse Practitioners are increasingly entering primary care at higher rates than our physician colleagues, these training programs are crucial to increasing the primary care workforce.

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Everything You Need to Know About Phlebotomy Training

Serenity Nurse Aide Academy

Phlebotomy is an essential skill in the medical field, involving the drawing of blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. If you’re considering a career in healthcare, enrolling in one of the medical training programs in Charlotte, North Carolina , could be your first step. Phlebotomy training prepares you for various responsibilities and introduces you to the tools and techniques you’ll need in a clinical environment.

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What Stays True for U.S. Health Care Post #Election2024 (1) – Consumers’ Dissatisfaction with Drug Prices

Health Populi

For health care, there are many uncertainties as we reflect, one week after the 2024 U.S. elections, on probably policy and market impacts that we can expect in 2025 and beyond. In today’s Health Populi post, I’ll reflect on the first of several certainties we-know-we-know about U.S. health citizens and key factors shaping the American health ecosystem.

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MDaudit’s 2024 Benchmark Report Reveals a Fivefold Increase in Dollars At-Risk from Payer Audits While Coding-Related Denials Surged by Over 125%

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. External audit volume more than doubled in 2024 over 2023-including higher rates of pre-payment audits-and total at-risk dollars increased fivefold to $11.2 million per MDaudit customer, impacting healthcare provider organizations’ cash flow and exposing them […] The article MDaudit’s 2024 Benchmark Report Reveals a Fivefold Increase in Dollars At-Risk from Payer Audits While Coding-Re

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8 Reasons Why You Should Become a Nurse Practitioner

Minority Nurse

Nurse practitioners have a significant impact on the healthcare system. Not only do they provide comprehensive, holistic care, but they also develop relationships with their patients’ family members, leading to overall better health outcomes. Patients who are cared for by NPs, specifically in primary care, experience an increase in access to healthcare and a decrease in hospitalizations, which impacts not only their patients but also the healthcare system.

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From Me to We – A Team First Mindset

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN For years, nurse leaders never thought much about teamwork. It seemed like such a natural part of nursing. Over the past couple of years, nurse managers have seen changes in how many younger nurses view teamwork and collaboration. Consider the story a nurse manager told during a […] The post From Me to We – A Team First Mindset appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Primary care news round-up (7th to 13th November 2024)

Practice Index

Cost increases are an “existential” threat to practices A campaign has been launched to reverse the threat to practices from the recent Budget. Yesterday, the BMA declared the rise in employer payments to be an “existential” threat to general practice. The BMA is calling on its members to take a range of measures to put pressure on the government to fund the increased costs.

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Workflow Automation in Healthcare: How Solutions Powered by Generative AI Transform Operations

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ben Manning, director of product management, ETHERFAX. Despite significant progress in health information technology (HIT) and artificial intelligence (AI), many healthcare processes remain inefficient. Administrative workflows are cumbersome and error-prone, and they can lead […] The article Workflow Automation in Healthcare: How Solutions Powered by Generative AI Transform Operations a

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5 Business Ideas for an Enterprising NP

Minority Nurse

When new nurse practitioners graduate from school, they’re ready to hit the ground running and find jobs in their respective areas of specialization. It’s an exciting time when an NP can finally strut their stuff and work as the medical providers they’ve trained to become. We find NPs in acute care, family practice, cardiology , neurology, and all clinical settings.

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“People will see wellness, peace and healing” – Reading the GWI Future of Wellness Report, 2024 Trends

Health Populi

Healthy eating and weight loss, personal care and beauty, exercise and physical activity, and wellness tourism are the four biggest components of the world’s wellness economy, quantified in The Future of Wellness, 2024 Trends , the perennial report from the Global Wellness Institute (GWI). Here’s the bubble chart, which I’ve updated with the 2025 data so we get a sense of what the coming year will bring for the eleven total segments that make up the global wellness market.

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Many Bird Flu Infections Among Dairy Workers Go Undetected

Forbes Healthcare

The number of H5N1 bird flu cases in dairy cattle workers in the U.S. may be much higher than reported, indicates a new CDC study.

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Buying What SELECT is Selling: Semaglutide

Sensible Medicine

I am huge of fan of the The Skeptical Cardiologist, who I will refer to as TSC. His opinions are often ones I hope I would have come to if I was thinking about the same topic. His substack and twitter feed are totally worth following. I read his post last week on Sensible Medicine and agreed with pretty much everything he said. I also was left with a different conclusion.

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NPs in 2025: Trends to Watch 

Minority Nurse

A greater role for technology, especially artificial intelligence, and more states introducing legislation to allow NPs to practice at the top of their license are among the trends NPs will see in 2025. So forecasted Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, FNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), in an interview. “I firmly believe that technology is going to play an increasingly important role in the way that we provide care, particularly through the use of artificial int

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Health systems band together to test and publicly rank top AI models

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Mass General Brigham, Emory and other providers will assess different AI models from companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

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Canada Reports First Human Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu

Forbes Healthcare

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human case in the country in the current outbreak.

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Systematic reviews 101

Sensible Medicine

4 mistakes people make in systematic reviews

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The dos and don’ts of Section 179

Physicians Practice

Section 179 allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software during the tax year.

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CMS to lower importance of ‘call center’ metric in Medicare Advantage star ratings

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Regulators’ assessment of customer support centers has spurred recent lawsuits from UnitedHealthcare, Centene and Humana. But the metric “is going to have a smaller weighting on star ratings moving forward,” the director of Medicare said.

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InnovationRx: Positive Clinical Trial Results For Generative AI-Designed Drug

Forbes Healthcare

Plus: How AI can make it easier to find drugs from nature and a study suggests Ozempic could treat alcoholism.

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3 tools providers can adopt to boost patient satisfaction and collection rates

Medical Economics

When providers adopt digital tools, they can deliver a better consumer experience that promotes greater patient satisfaction and increases the likelihood of prompt collections.

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Major Wins for Therapy Providers in the Finalized Physician Fee Schedule for 2025

Medbridge

On Friday, November 1, 2024, the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, with some major wins for therapy providers as well as some bad news sprinkled in. First, the Bad News: Payment The rule finalizes a 2.8 percent cut to reimbursement, continuing the worrying trend […] The post Major Wins for Therapy Providers in the Finalized Physician Fee Schedule for 2025 appeared first on MedBridge Blog.