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2017 Open Payments Database: Managing Physician Conflicts of Interest

With the annual publication every summer of the CMS open payments database, healthcare providers can manage risk to their financial health, tax-exempt status, and reputation by implementing a process to monitor payments made to their affiliated physicians.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Underinvests in its HR Systems and Processes: Podcast

The spend in the healthcare industry for HR overall is less than one percent of annual budget. They actually spend more in most healthcare systems on maintenance than they do on people.

April 01, 2021

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What’s Going on with Home Healthcare Conditions of Participation (COPs)?

CMS has issued new COPs for home health for the first time in a couple of decades; these changes will result in cultural change in the home health world.

April 01, 2021

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What Can We Learn from the Latest “Open Payments” Data?

While it is difficult to draw conclusions based on the year to year fluctuations in data from the Open Payments Database, we can begin to see trends by analyzing the data over three years.

April 01, 2021

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Solving the Turnover Epidemic with Great Recruiting

Successful recruiting requires a powerful combination of understanding, recruiting tools, collaboration, and communication. Healthcare Organizations need to empower its recruiters with this toolkit.

April 01, 2021

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HIPAA Audits: The Proof Is in the Process

The expense of staffing and technology related to HIPAA compliance can never be an excuse for failing to have an established audit and risk analysis process.

April 01, 2021

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Seven Best Practices of HLC Administration

HLC Administrators are at the heart of every successful HealthStream learning program. The practices below will elevate your learning management experience and provide the best outcomes for your entire organization.

April 01, 2021

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How Does Hiring the Right People Affect Your Bottom Line in Healthcare?

The first step is to hire the right people. If you are recruiting people who align with your vision and mission as an organization, you will have a much easier time retaining them.

April 01, 2021

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Customers Aid Our Research on Infection Prevention: HealthStream Living Labs

The HealthStream Living Labs blog series’ purpose is to shed light on innovations in assessing and developing the healthcare workforce—ultimately improving the quality of healthcare. We looked at Infection Prevention & Control, which is important in any healthcare setting.

April 01, 2021

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HR Analytics Are Essential for Driving Organizational Performance in Healthcare

It has never been more important for your Human Resources Department to know the business and to step up as an integral component to the success of your healthcare organization. HR leadership must be able to validate their value and be able to speak in quantitative, objective terms.

April 01, 2021

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Adapting to the New Realities of Clinical Trials

A sometimes-daunting array of processes and technologies is putting a new kind of pressure on clinical research professionals that demands innovative training and a core reassessment of how to demonstrate skillsets.

April 01, 2021

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We Must Focus More on Lifelong Learning in Healthcare

Lifelong learning was one of eight recommendations in the 2010 IOM report that stated, “Significant barriers must be overcome if the shortage of nurses is going to be offset and more advanced and expanded nursing roles are going to be filled.

April 01, 2021

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Predicting and Ensuring Physician Success: Assessments and Training

When it comes to physician-hospital alignment and physician engagement, you probably agree with Bryan Warren of Select International that there is no secret sauce for predicting success.

April 01, 2021

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ACA Section 1557: Open to Interpretation?

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act requires the availability of qualified interpreters for any persons with limited English proficiency and can impose corrective action or monetary penalties for failure to comply.

April 01, 2021

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Solving Revenue Cycle Staffing and Hiring Shortages with the nThrive Transitions Program

Revenue cycle roles such as Patient Access reps, CDI Specialists, and other revenue cycle roles are either short in supply or limited on what they have available for qualified professionals in their market. The Transitions Program from nThrive can help solve this problem.

April 01, 2021

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Molding a Talent Strategy for Care Organizations

Successful organizations across the continuum of care must define a hiring strategy built around specific behavioral attributes. The ones who do so improve patient and resident satisfaction scores, build a more engaged workforce, and often improve employee retention.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Trends are Reshaping the Recruitment Landscape: Infographic

Emerging, long-range trends impact the healthcare workforce in key ways, including driving up demand for staff across the board. Healthcare faces a shortage of important roles. Learn in this infographic how recruiting and hiring must change in healthcare.

April 01, 2021

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Core Competencies Could Strengthen Clinical Research Workforce

Having a set of core competencies will be “incredibly helpful” in addressing the current clinical research associate (CRA) shortage. This will benefit those transitioning into clinical research, as well as those making lateral or vertical moves in the clinical trial workplace.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Employee Retention: Best Practices

In 2015, Memorial Hermann staff were working feverishly to keep up with demand for healthcare in their growing Houston service area. Implementing tools like Stay Interviews, the healthcare organization raised the overall retention rate from 75% to 88%.

April 01, 2021

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Improve Your Odds of Healthcare Hiring Success with Psychometric Testing

Those who are reticent toward psychometric testing would be well-served by thinking about building the entire selection system without focusing on the assessment alone.

April 01, 2021