Issue53

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the May edition of The Acclivity Health Report! During the month of May each year, there are several significant events that are held in honor of the dedicated individuals who work in the healthcare industry. We see these heroes in action every day at Acclivity, so we wanted to help spread the word and recognize all the hard work and dedication these professionals bring to their jobs each and every day to help improve the…

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• Healthcare Adds 44,000 Jobs in April, Hospitals Lead in Hiring: Healthcare businesses added 44,000 jobs in April, another big surge for the industry and representing more than a quarter of the 160,000 jobs created that…
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• Raising Medicare’s Eligibility Age Could Trigger Gov’t Savings, but Tally Higher Total Health Spending: Healthcare spending for some services dropped by nearly a third when people turned 65 and switched from private…
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• Cybersecurity in the Health Sector: The health sector is under siege with cybersecurity threats. Some of the largest announced cyber attacks in U.S. history…
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• What’s Good for the Doc Is Good for the Hospital?: CMS’s acting principal deputy administrator, Patrick Conway, said the agency is eyeing changes to meaningful use – but can’t go that far…
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• Huge Health Care Price Differences Even within Same Area, by State: Huge variations exist in the prices of some of the most common medical procedures across state lines, by according to a report major insurers…
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• Patient Discharge Coordinator
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