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New Approaches to Managing Health Care Costs, Improving Outcomes

InterWest Insurance Services

Some of the strategies require a proactive approach by engaging with their broker and insurer, and even local health care providers, efforts that may be hampered by location and how flexible insurers may be. The differences in cost for these pre-planned services can often be hundreds of dollars, if not more.

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New Rule Aims to Expedite Prior Authorization Requests

InterWest Insurance Services

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published a final rule aimed at improving how prior authorizations are handled by health insurers. The interface must facilitate a more efficient electronic prior authorization process between providers and payers by automating the end-to-end authorization process.

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What Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Mean For Your Skilled Nursing Facility?

Hireology

Most importantly, be patient with those that don’t want to get the vaccine now or in the future. As long as their decision does not endanger your patients or other employees, then you should be able to make reasonable accommodations for those staff members. What to do if you (or your employees) are getting the vaccine?

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How Employee Voice and Recognition Boosted Engagement at Bayhealth

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more likely to see increased employee engagement—a known outcome of frequent and meaningful recognition. more likely to see increased employee engagement—a known outcome of frequent and meaningful recognition. For all organizations, building a culture of recognition is critical to driving the engagement needed to succeed.

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More Providers Charge for Telemedicine, Phone Visits and Doctor E-Mails

InterWest Insurance Services

More hospitals and insurers have started charging patients for virtual care services as they have grown in usage and providers are spending more time meeting patients in telehealth appointments and responding to their e-mails. Even then, fees for these types of appointments are typically lower than for in-person visits.

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Recruitment Strategies to Retain Your Team

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Unfortunately the stakes are much higher than other professions, as your patient care hinges on the quality and longevity of your hires, so keeping your team around matters a lot. . Here’s how to build your recruitment strategy around retaining top talent. Do you offer outstanding patient care? Feature Employees.

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The Problem With Making a Poor Fit Hire — and How to Fix It

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If you are like many resource constrained healthcare organizations, hiring and recruitment may not be as high of a priority compared to all of the other responsibilities that you have to your patients, their families, your existing employees, and your business as a whole. . What’s the problem with hiring the wrong person? Costly Investment.

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