What Is Environmental Services (EVS) in Healthcare? Sometimes referred to as housekeeping or janitorial services, environmental services is a term used exclusively in healthcare to describe the process highly trained support service staff conduct to clean and disinfect medical equipment, patient rooms and other common areas within healthcare facilities. Environmental services prevent infections from spreading…
By GEORGE HALVORSON Special Needs Plans Change Lives for The Lowest Income and Highest Need Patients The people who benefit the most from Medicare Advantage are clearly the very low-income and high health-need people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid as programs and who enroll as members in the Medicare Advantage Special Needs…
In this episode, we’re joined by Priyanka Jain, CEO and co-founder of Evvy, a vaginal health company. Jain discusses how Evvy is trying to improve women’s health research and what she hopes to achieve as a founding member of the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network. The post MedCity FemFwd: How Evvy Is Advancing Women’s Health…
Boston-based startup Cascala Health raised an $8.6 million seed round to expand its AI platform for risk-bearing providers. The platform is designed to make patient care transitions safer and more efficient, as well as to help care teams spot risks earlier. The post AI Meets Care Transitions: How One Startup Is Seeking to Reduce Readmissions…
Collecting patient payments is an ongoing struggle. Bills are confusing, reminders go missed and patients can’t always afford to pay. Rising self-pay costs, new medical debt mitigation regulations, Medicaid changes and staff shortages all put added pressure on billing teams. The result is often poor patient financial experiences, wasted staff time and bad debt. As…
One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan’s vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. As her head spun, she said, she called her husband. He picked her up and drove her to the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. It was the latest in a drumbeat…
Ninety-two percent of organizations experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months, a report by Proofpoint and Ponemon Institute concludes
The application of AI technology is part of a carefully orchestrated effort dependent on human intelligence, and the collaboration of physicians, disease-specific specialists, nurses, data scientists, and technologists. Done right, these efforts can lead to profound benefits, and offer a promising future for clinical research and patient care. The post Augmenting Brain Power: Real-World Data, Advanced…
This analysis examines the potential impacts on states and Medicaid enrollees of implementing a per capita cap on the federal share of Medicaid spending for the ACA Medicaid expansion population only, which is another proposal that has been discussed by members of Congress.
The transition to hybrid measures in 2024 has been more than just a regulatory requirement — it’s been a catalyst for meaningful change in how we approach quality reporting. Here are five critical insights that can help healthcare organizations comply with requirements and excel in their quality reporting journey. The post 5 Critical Lessons from…