Health Care Dive
APRIL 16, 2024
Steward Health Care’s forbearance period ends in less than 15 days. Analysts say this time, creditors are unlikely to extend the embattled company another lifeline.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
UnitedHealth Group released its first-quarter earnings Tuesday morning as the industry continues to reel from the massive cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit. | UnitedHealth Group released its first-quarter earnings Tuesday morning as the industry continues to reel from the massive cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit.
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 16, 2024
Investors on Tuesday got a clearer picture of the cyberattack's financial fallout on the healthcare juggernaut. Some said it wasn't as bad as they'd feared.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
The House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on innovation will hold a hearing Wednesday to discuss data privacy and the protection of kids online. | The House Energy & Commerce Committee holds a legislative hearing to discuss a slate of privacy and online safety bills Wednesday, one of which would give consumers more control over health data collected by apps and big tech.
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 16, 2024
In the wake of the Change Healthcare attack, experts advised hospital leaders to increase their cyber defenses. Change will not be the last sector-wide attack, they warned.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
Healthcare providers held the receptive ears of lawmakers during a congressional hearing Tuesday morning exploring cybersecurity and related policy changes to be made in the wake of the Change Heal | With UnitedHealth Group out of the room, lawmakers were happy to entertain providers' calls for greater third-party cybersecurity liability and antitrust during a recent subcommittee hearing.
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 16, 2024
Payers will not only need to comply with the 2024 CMS Final Rule pertaining to materials and content, but they will need to go the extra mile because it affects star ratings, says Ernie Crawford, president and CEO of Crawford Technologies.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 16, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission alleged the digital mental healthcare company had provided sensitive data to third parties and maintained “sloppy” security practices.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) hosted a spring conference last week, with sessions on post-acute care, fraud, implementation best practices, health equity and legislative priorities. | At last week's value-based care conference, presenters explained why its best practices playbook has no health equity section, legislative priorities during a lame duck Congressional session and the future of skilled nursing facilities.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 16, 2024
Legislators also slammed UnitedHealth Group, which acquired Change Healthcare nearly two years ago, for not sending a representative to the House subcommittee hearing.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
Two Chairs, a hybrid behavioral health provider, has closed $72 million in a series C equity and debt financing round. | The company operates in three states with plans to expand to new markets. It will also use the latest capital to beef up its technology.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 16, 2024
S ipra Laddha, MD, Co-Founder & Shama Rathi, MD, Co-Founder at LunaJoy Health What You Should Know: – LunaJoy Health , a FemTech company dedicated to improving women’s mental health, has announced the launch of LunaCare, a novel integrated care program specifically focused on maternal mental health. – The initiative is backed by $4.2M in fresh funding from a distinguished group of investors, including Y Combinator , FoundersX Fund , and Goodwater Capital.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
CVS Accountable Care and inVio Health Network, a collection of more than 600 providers in South Carolina, are partnering to improve care outcomes for 60,000 Medicare beneficiaries. | A new ACO is forming between CVS Health and a South Carolina-based provider health network, aimed at improving health outcomes for 60,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 16, 2024
Michael Gao, MD, CEO and co-founder of SmarterDx Applying artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in hospitals and health systems can be overwhelming for leaders due to AI’s complexity (it’s not one technology, but several) and rapid proliferation. This is in addition to the usual technology hurdles within healthcare that include data quality and accessibility, interoperability, and clinical validation and adoption.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
Maven Clinic is expanding its fertility and family building program with additional providers and platform enhancements to streamline patient data and invoicing. | Maven has shared the details of its health coaching program, focused on natural conception, and has enhanced its provider portal to enable partner clinics to get paid quickly. It is also expanding its provider network to better support male fertility care.
KHN
APRIL 16, 2024
A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA’s most serious recall, the agency announced Monday. Related Article Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk? The HeartMate 3 is considered the safest mechanical heart pump of its kind, but a federal database contains more than 4,500 reports in which the medical device may have caused or contributed to a patient’s death.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 16, 2024
While all eyes were on UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday for an update on the cyberattack that's continuing to disrupt the industry, the healthcare giant also offered an update on multiple critical tre | UnitedHealth is a bellwether for the insurance industry, and was the first to sound the alarm last year about a spike in utilization among seniors that dragged the medical loss ratios of multiple companies.
Home Health Care
APRIL 16, 2024
Home-based care dealmaking remains in a lull, one it hasn’t been able to shake since the historical M&A highs of 2020 and 2021. “We didn’t expect it to be that flat and that consistent for 2023,” Mark Kulik, senior managing director at M&A firm The Braff Group, said during a presentation at Home Health Care News’ Capital + Strategy conference last week.
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Health Populi
APRIL 16, 2024
This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues. Now, let’s dive into the four alternative futures built off of our two driving forces we discussed in Part 1.
Home Health Care
APRIL 16, 2024
It was a turbulent start to the year for the health care giant UnitedHealth Group, driven by the cyberattack on Change Healthcare and a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust investigation. Amid the DOJ investigation, UnitedHealth Group’s planned acquisition of the home health company Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) came into focus, with reports circulating that the DOJ was considering an attempt to block that deal specifically.
Nordic
APRIL 16, 2024
The pathway to a great patient experience is filled with potential hurdles, potholes, and unexpected twists. Connecting patients and their data with their multi-pronged care team is an essential task for a modern health system. In this endeavor, thoughtful, human-centered design that keeps both the patient and clinician in mind can lead to positive outcomes for every stakeholder in the healthcare ecosystem.
The Rand Blog
APRIL 16, 2024
By not providing consistent leadership on priority issues, and by allowing China to assert hegemony, the United States is losing its strategic influence in the Indo-Pacific. Establishing a Combined Maritime Forces focused on law enforcement as a soft power approach would provide a cohesive structure, improved partnerships, and a clear way to push back against Chinese gray-zone tactics and overt aggression.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
APRIL 16, 2024
Some key trends to watch from some of my colleagues at FTI in their article The Evolution of Healthcare: Trends to Watch in 2024. Commercialization of Healthcare. Over the past decade, private equity’s presence in the healthcare sector has significantly accelerated, with annual deal values soaring from $41.5 billion in 2010 to $119.9 billion in 2019.
Clearwave Inc
APRIL 16, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patient Revenue Platform Provider’s clearwaveCARE Program Honored in 2024 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service ATLANTA – April 16, 2024 – Clearwave today announced its clearwaveCARE customer support and success program won a Bronze Stevie® Award for Customer Service Department of the Year in the Healthcare Industries category.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 16, 2024
What You Should Know: – A new survey by Wolters Kluwer Health reveals a significant shift in US physicians’ attitudes towards generative AI (GenAI). – The study reveals that 40% of doctors are now prepared to use GenAI tools when interacting with patients at the point of care. This marks a rapid rise in acceptance, with nearly 70% of respondents admitting their views on GenAI have become more positive over the past year.
Health Care Law Blog
APRIL 16, 2024
In recent years, Michigan has been home to two of the largest sexual abuse scandals involving doctors in history: the sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar while employed by Michigan State University and the sexual abuse committed by Robert Anderson while employed by the University of Michigan. In both circumstances, the former doctors carried out their sexual abuse under the guise of medical procedures and without the informed consent of their targets.
Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA
Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 16, 2024
What You Should Know: – Pine Park Health , a rapidly growing primary care provider focused on senior living communities, has announced its adoption of Innovaccer’s leading healthcare AI platform. – The integration aims to optimize population health analytics and further Pine Park Health’s mission of serving residents with exceptional care.
Home Health Care
APRIL 16, 2024
A group of policymakers has introduced legislation aimed at strengthening the long-term care workforce. The Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act was introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), along with Sens. Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.). The impetus behind the bill is the instability in the caregiver workforce, which is the result of high demand, but low wages.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 16, 2024
What You Should Know: – inVio Health Network and CVS Accountable Care Organization, a division of CVS Health , have announced a collaboration to participate in the new Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) REACH program. This initiative focuses on improving access to high-quality healthcare for traditional Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina. – The collaboration builds upon the past achievements of Prisma Health Upstate and Prisma Health Midlands Networks, which merged in
The Rand Blog
APRIL 16, 2024
The most profound aspect of the recent U.S.-Japan summit was the underlying message: the U.S.-Japan alliance is now global. This is an alliance now focused on the public goods of global peace, stability, and prosperity, committed to jointly building a free and open international order.
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.
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