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Intermountain Study Finds Follow-Up Care with Medication, Testing After Heart Attack Can Prevent 94% of Patients from Having Second Cardiac Event or Death

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Monday, November 7, 2022
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Having one cardiac event, like a heart attack or stroke, puts a person at high risk of having a second one.

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  • Having one cardiac event, like a heart attack or stroke, puts a person at high risk of having a second one.
  • The question for heart researchers, is what can clinicians do to mitigate that risk?
  • In comparison, those who had a follow up LDL-C blood test and statin prescription only had a six percent chance of a second cardiac event or death.
  • They say these findings reinforce the importance of follow-up care with patients who already have heart disease and are at a high risk of a having a second cardiac event.

World’s Largest DNA Mapping Study Is Already Saving Lives – Utah Woman Discovers Breast Cancer Risk Thanks to Participation

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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She was asked if she wanted to donate a small blood sample to participate in the study.

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  • She was asked if she wanted to donate a small blood sample to participate in the study.
  • The goal of this massive genomic mapping initiative is to discover new connections between genetics and human disease.
  • HerediGene is helping us discover an entire population who have an inherited cancer risk, said Lincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD, HerediGene Study founder and Intermountain Healthcare oncologist.
  • Thanks to her participation in the HerediGene study, it was discovered that Certonio carries the BRCA2 gene, which means that she is genetically predisposed and at high-risk to develop breast cancer.

SelectHealth Medicare HMO Plans Earn 5-Star Rating for 2023

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Monday, October 17, 2022
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Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that SelectHealth Medicare HMO plans earned a 5 out of 5 Overall Star Rating for 2023 and is ranked among the highest-rated Medicare Advantage plans in the country.

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  • Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that SelectHealth Medicare HMO plans earned a 5 out of 5 Overall Star Rating for 2023 and is ranked among the highest-rated Medicare Advantage plans in the country.
  • To learn more about the Medicare Star Quality Ratings and SelectHealth Medicare plans in your service area, visit selecthealthmedicare.org or call 855-442-9900 (TTY: 711).
  • For 2023, SelectHealth Medicare HMO plans in Utah, Idaho, and Nevada received a 5 out of 5 star rating, the highest-possible rating awarded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
  • SelectHealth Medicare HMO plans received 5 out of 5 Stars for contract year 2023.

Graphite Health Adds Microsoft Chief Architect for Healthcare to its Advisory Board

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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphite Health, a software company intent on transforming the digital future of healthcare, announced today the addition of Joshua C. Mandel, M.D., Chief Architect for Healthcare at Microsoft, to its advisory board. A physician and software engineer who was the Chief Architect behind SMART Health IT, a four-year $15 million collaboration between Harvard Medical School and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Mandel brings years of experience in clinical data and health information technology.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphite Health , a software company intent on transforming the digital future of healthcare, announced today the addition of Joshua C. Mandel, M.D., Chief Architect for Healthcare at Microsoft, to its advisory board.
  • "We look forward to leveraging Josh's expertise to unlock the tools that connect today's healthcare landscape and improve health system operations and ultimately, care delivery."
  • Graphite Health is a software company that is committed to digitally transforming healthcare.
  • Graphite Health is backed by Intermountain Healthcare, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, SSM Health, and Kaiser Permanente.

VNS Health Medicare Plans Earn a 4.5 Overall CMS Star Rating

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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading home and community-based health care nonprofit VNS Health announced today that their Medicare health plans earned an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 Stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2023. VNS Health Medicare (formerly known as VNSNY CHOICE Medicare) is the highest rated Medicare Advantage plan in New York City and Long Island.

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading home and community-based health care nonprofit VNS Health announced today that their Medicare health plans earned an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 Stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2023.
  • "Star ratings offer a very effective system of checks and balances," said Hany Abdelaal, President, Health Plans from VNS Health.
  • The VNS Health portfolio of health plans includes VNS Health EasyCare (HMO), VNS Health EasyCare Plus (HMO D-SNP),and VNS Health Total (HMO D-SNP), in addition to VNS Health MLTC, a Medicaid Managed Long Term Care plan, and SelectHealth from VNS Health, a specialized Medicaid plan for people living with HIV, individuals who are transgender or gender nonconforming, or homeless individuals regardless of HIV status.
  • In alignment with the VNS Health mission to improve the health and well-being of people through high-quality, cost-effective health care in the home and community, VNS Health Health Plans currently serves more than 30,000 members with their specialized Medicare and Medicaid plans.

ixlayer Joins Coalition to Enable the Home to be a Clinical Site of Care

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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ixlayer , the leading health testing platform today announced that it has joined Moving Health Home (MHH), a coalition of stakeholders working to change federal and state policy to enable the home to be a clinical site of care.

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  • ixlayer , the leading health testing platform today announced that it has joined Moving Health Home (MHH), a coalition of stakeholders working to change federal and state policy to enable the home to be a clinical site of care.
  • ixlayer joins 25 MHH member companies, including Amazon Care, Amwell, Hackensack Meridian Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Signify Health and other innovators, in the shared mission to create a future in which care comes to patients.
  • MHH works to accomplish this by advancing a policy agenda focused on enabling clinical models of care centered around the home.
  • Moving Health Home is a coalition made up of stakeholders working to change federal and state policy to enable the home to be a clinical site of care.

Intermountain Healthcare Names Mandy Richards New Chief Nursing Executive

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Salt Lake City, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mandy Richards, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, has been named as the chief nursing executive (CNE) for Intermountain Healthcare and will serve as a member of the Enterprise Leadership Team.

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  • Salt Lake City, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mandy Richards, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, has been named as the chief nursing executive (CNE) for Intermountain Healthcare and will serve as a member of the Enterprise Leadership Team.
  • Richards has built a distinguished career in executive nursing, coming to Intermountain from Hartford HealthCare in Hartford, Connecticut where she has served as the executive vice president and chief nursing officer over the past two years.
  • Before her time in Connecticut, she spent 15 years with Allina Health in Minneapolis, Minnesota where she served in ever-expanding leadership roles, and ultimately as the chief nursing officer for the health system.
  • This is a pivotal leadership position for Intermountain, said JP Valin, MD, chief clinical officer at Intermountain Healthcare.

Generosity generates happiness; Colorado Gives Day set for Dec. 6

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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That makes Colorado Gives Day , set for Tuesday, Dec. 6, potentially the happiest day in Colorado when Coloradans come together to give and support Colorado nonprofits.

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  • That makes Colorado Gives Day , set for Tuesday, Dec. 6, potentially the happiest day in Colorado when Coloradans come together to give and support Colorado nonprofits.
  • This year, Coloradans can give a buck to any of the 3,200 nonprofits participating in the 24-hour Colorado Gives Day event.
  • "But by giving on Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 6, we hope to bring joy and happiness to everyone in Colorado."
  • Community First Foundation launched the online giving platform that powers Colorado Gives Day in 2007, and since then, donors have given more than $511 million to Colorado nonprofits.

Luna becomes the fasting growing physical therapy clinic nationally, and earns 'Exceptional' Award from Medicare

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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ROCKLIN, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna has become the fastest growing physical therapy (PT) clinic nationally with 6,183% growth in visits during the four consecutive years since it was founded in 2018.

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  • ROCKLIN, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna has become the fastest growing physical therapy (PT) clinic nationally with 6,183% growth in visits during the four consecutive years since it was founded in 2018.
  • This is higher than any reported growth during the same time frame from any PT clinic group.
  • Luna's outpatient "rehab-at-home" model is shaking up healthcare and has treated over 25,000 patients to date.
  • Luna has introduced many innovations in its platform, including Auto-Charting, Safety Shield, Luna Protocols and Care Pathways, Luna Dashboards for physicians, and integrated Luna Exercises.

MedStar Health Awarded Additional $2 Million Grant to Expand Research on National Telehealth Access, Safety, and Health Equity

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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 COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Health has received a nearly $2 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to expand its research collaboration with Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare focused on telehealth access, safety, and equity. The grant will allow researchers to establish a patient safety learning laboratory over a four-year funding period to apply a cross-disciplinary, human factors and systems engineering approach to connected care enhancements, especially among patients with chronic conditions and other vulnerable populations.

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  • MedStar Health awarded new $2M grant from AHRQ to expand research focused on telehealth access, safety, and equity.
  • The study found the unprecedented availability of telehealth during the pandemic did not lead to an increase in unnecessary primary care sessions.
  • Through the new grant, the team will continue work under the name Connected CARECare Access, Research, Equity& Safety Consortium and expand beyond their initial focus on primary care.
  • This AHRQ grant is a prestigious U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' R18 award and is the second such effort led by MedStar Health.