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Lake Washington Vascular Ransomware Attack Affects 21,500 Patients

The HIPAA Journal

The compromised data included files maintained by its human resources department in connection with its self-insured health plan. HealthRev Partners HealthRev Partners, an Ozark, MO-based company that provides software solutions for home health and hospice agencies, has identified unauthorized access to employee email accounts.

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5 Business Ideas for an Enterprising NP

Minority Nurse

Blood products, TPN, dobutamine for heart failure, and other therapies can be administered in hospices , nursing homes, assisted living and memory care facilities, and other settings. A weight management clinic could bill insurance or provide services that clients pay for out of pocket. Idea #3: Skin Care Skin care is big business.

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The Line Between Passion and Profession in Nursing is Thin. Here’s How I Walk it as an On-demand Nurse

Minority Nurse

They were calm, compassionate, and hyper-focused on helping peoplenot just with their immediate health needs, but with things like emotions, nutrition, and health insurance. But these nurses were more like case managers; we’d work side-by-side, me handling the social work side of a case and them managing the medical and insurance side.

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Medicare Advantage or disadvantage? Lawmakers hear about the good, the bad, and the prior authorizations

Medical Economics

Meanwhile, enrollees will pay an average of $198 in premiums this year due to overpayments to MA insurers. He used the example of a Texas surgeon who had a conflict with an insurer, then used a GoFundMe online fundraiser to keep her practice afloat. What are consumers getting for all of this money?

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U.S. Hospitals Will Lose $323 Billion in 2020 – Before Accounting for Growing COVID Cases

Health Populi

leading to growing un- and under-insured people). These included: Drug acquisition and drug shortage costs. Wage and labor costs. Uncompensated care costs (owing to the sharp upturn in unemployment in the U.S., Non-PPE medical supplies and equipment costs, and, Capital costs for filling the need for additional treatment capacity when needed.

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Nurses with Disabilities: A Skilled Workforce

Minority Nurse

Every Path Is Different Sandra Nosek, MSN, RN , has been a nurse for over 30 years with experience in management, staff development, QA wound care, long-term critical acute care, hospice, and skilled nursing facilities. She recently obtained an RN case manager position with a small hospice in her community. “

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Wait Till Health Care Tries Dynamic Pricing

The Healthcare Blog

Yashaswini Singh and Christopher Whaley wrote in The Hill : “Over the last decade, private equity firms have spent nearly $1 trillion on close to 8,000 health care deals, snapping up practices that provide care from cradle to grave: fertility clinics, neonatal care, primary care, cardiology, hospices, and everything in between.”

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