Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a host of actions ranging from broker compensation, health equity, mental health, supplemental benefits and biosimiliars, in the Contract Year | Medicare Advantage plans will need to adjust to new star ratings requirements, industry watchers warned following a final rule on Thursday.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 5, 2024
The once high-flying telehealth stock has traded below the exchange’s minimum listing requirements for 30 days, according to a new notice.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Four in 10 therapists are planning to raise their fees in 2024, a new survey has found. | In last year’s report, 64% of therapists said they were planning to raise their fees in 2023. Yet only a third did, which could be explained by therapists' desire to remain accessible to patients.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 5, 2024
Diabetes WA discloses data breach Diabetes WA, the peak body for diabetes in Western Australia, has reported unauthorised access to the personal information of some of their contacts. Based on its initial investigation, the following information may have been accessed by hackers: name, address, birth date, email, telephone number, marital status, Aboriginal status, Medicare number, referring doctor, and type of diabetes.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Amwell could find itself dropped from the New York Stock Exchange if it isn’t able to turn its share prices around. | The telehealth giant's shares have closed below $1 on average for the past 30 days. The company said it would address the deficiency by effecting a reverse stock split.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 5, 2024
The Wisconsin-based health system furloughed about 3% of its employees earlier this year, and most are impacted by these job cuts.
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 5, 2024
While technology innovators look to artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes and experiences, they are also finding ways to cut the red tape that generally slows healthcare down, according to many announcements this week. Northwestern Medicine, the Nevada Health Link, Cohere Health and Kyruus Health are partnering withDell Technologies, Google Cloud Marketplace and others to offer providers and payers ways to tackle the daily challenges that delay care approvals and prevent patients f
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
In a major corporate shift, Jason Gorevic has stepped down as CEO of virtual care giant Teladoc after leading the company for 15 years. | In a major corporate shift, Jason Gorevic has stepped down as CEO of virtual care giant Teladoc after leading the company for 15 years.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 5, 2024
Moving forward, it's working with Epic on EHR chart summarization via artificial intelligence, with an initial focus on inpatient hospital course summary. The top digital health MD tells all.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Provider organizations that keep a handle on their nurse managers’ workloads are rewarded with significantly lower registered nurse turnover and reduced workforce spending, according to a recent re | New data make a financial case for splitting up nursing teams or hiring assistant nurse managers to shoulder nurse leaders' burden.
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 5, 2024
As private equity firms buy up hospitals and staffing firms, lawmakers grow increasingly concerned that patient care could suffer.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 5, 2024
A management shakeup is likely coming at the right time, as the virtual care company undergoes an operational review to boost its bottom line, analysts said.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 5, 2024
Meet S.A.R.A.H.: A Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health What You Should Know: – The World Health Organization (WHO) unveils S.A.R.A.H. , an AI-powered digital health promoter, available 24/7 in eight languages via video or text. – S.A.R.A.H. provides tips to destress, eat right, quit tobacco and e-cigarettes, be safer on the roads as well as give information on several other areas of health.
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Health IT Analytics
APRIL 5, 2024
An AI-driven clinical deterioration intervention was associated with a 10.4 percent reduction in the risk of escalations of care during hospitalization.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – CareDirections and Carium announce the launch of StrokeCP, a groundbreaking digital health platform designed to revolutionize post-stroke care. – Developed by researchers at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and powered by Carium’s patient engagement technology, StrokeCP is poised to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.
Home Health Care
APRIL 5, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Every home-based care provider wants to recruit and retain better this year than they did last year. But that’s easier said than done. Companies are constantly tinkering with their approaches to attract and retain skilled professionals, and are doing so in 2024 yet again. Between new recruiting processes, career advancement opportunities and more technology, there’s a lot to learn from some of the more forward-thinking organizations in home-based c
HIT Consultant
APRIL 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – Commure , a leader in healthcare communication solutions unveils Commure Scribe, a free, AI-powered tool that automates documentation and generates SOAP notes directly within existing Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). – With this release, hundreds of thousands of providers across 350+ locations and 40 major health systems gain access to Commure’s cutting-edge technology.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
APRIL 5, 2024
That is the topic from a recent study by Hayes et al. (2024) : Payments for some diagnostic scans undertaken in outpatient settings were unbundled from Diagnosis Related Group based payments in England in April 2013 to address under-provision. Unbundled scans attracted additional payments of between £45 and £748 directly following the reform. We examined the effect on utilization of these scans for patients with suspected cancer… We applied difference-in-differences regression to patient-l
Sequence Health
APRIL 5, 2024
When considering outsourcing to an inbound call center, healthcare providers should meticulously choose a partner that will uphold the standards necessary for sensitive patient interactions. Choosing an inbound call center company involves getting a partner that will effectively represent your healthcare facility and manage patient communications with the utmost care and professionalism.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – HealthArc , a virtual healthcare company secures $5M in funding led by ScOp Venture Capital to transform healthcare through its advanced care management platform. – HealthArc provides a comprehensive suite of virtual care programs and ensures seamless integration with existing systems to empower healthcare providers to deliver exceptional care to their patients.
Etactics
APRIL 5, 2024
Telemedicine, also known as telehealth, is remote medical care. It literally means “healing at a distance.” Telemedicine uses telecommunications technology to provide services. This technology such as phone calls, video conferences, and other platforms. This is much different than a traditional in-person doctor’s visit. Telemedicine opens the door to treating patients from the comfort of their own homes and beyond.
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HIT Consultant
APRIL 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – Availity , a real-time health information network launches Predictive Editing, a revolutionary feature within its Availity Essentials Pro™ platform. – The AI-powered tool developed in partnership with Anomaly Insights empowers healthcare providers to significantly reduce claim denials, leading to smoother revenue cycle management and improved financial performance.
Home Health Care
APRIL 5, 2024
The hospital-at-home movement continues to gain steam. Boston Medical Center (BMC) on Wednesday announced the launch of its new hospital-at-home program. The initiative is aimed at providing high-quality medical care to patients in the comfort of their own homes. “BMC Hospital at Home is anchored in BMC’s commitment to deliver transformative models of care that improve access and equity across the communities we serve,” Dr.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – Osso VR , the leader in immersive procedural training, announces a groundbreaking collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to develop a state-of-the-art training curriculum for left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) procedures. – The strategic partnership marks a significant leap forward in the field of medical education, leveraging virtual reality (VR) technology to enhance interventional cardiologists’ training.
Home Health Care
APRIL 5, 2024
WTWH Media, LLC (“WTWH Media”) Healthcare is pleased to announce the inaugural class of the 2024 Memory Care Innovation Awards. This program honors the people focused on providing innovative cognitive care delivery across the behavioral health, home health and home care, hospice and palliative care, senior housing and senior living, and skilled nursing industries.
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.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 5, 2024
Yesterday, in part one of our in-depth interview with Dr. Brian Hasselfeld of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the senior medical director of digital health and innovation and associate director of Johns Hopkins inHealth, discussed the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare overall. Today, Hasselfeld, who also is a primary care physician in internal medicine and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, turns his focus to Johns Hopkins itself, where he and a number of teams throughout the
Home Health Care
APRIL 5, 2024
Medicaid payment rates for home- and community-based services (HCBS) vary drastically across states, causing workforce instability and access challenges for services. That’s according to a recent report from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). MACPAC makes recommendations to Congress, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and states on issues affecting Medicaid.
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