Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
Amazon Pharmacy expanded its same-day medication delivery service to New York City and Los Angeles, with plans to add a dozen more U.S. | Amazon Pharmacy expanded its same-day medication delivery service to New York City and Los Angeles, with plans to add a dozen more U.S. cities by the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 26, 2024
Nonprofits’ cumulative “fair share” deficit is enough to pay off the medical debt of everyone in California, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania combined, according to the Lown Institute.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is still a very big deal. | Love it or hate it, the Affordable Care Act's enrollment numbers have exceeded 21 million as some companies double down on ICHRA.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 26, 2024
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said UnitedHealth’s “rapid consolidation and vertical integration” has major consequences for the healthcare sector, including increased control of the health IT market.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
Walk the floors of a busy hospital today and you’ll see signs of a healthcare workforce in crisis. It really doesn’t matter which hospital, or where. The signs are the same across the country. | Nurses have been pushed to the limit. Their dedication and resolve is tested every day against the stark reality of an overburdened system. It’s a persistent and pervasive crisis, and the healthcare system has so far failed to adequately address it.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 26, 2024
Not-for-profit aeromedical services provider Royal Flying Doctor Service has introduced what could be the first unmanned virtual medical emergency centre in Australia's outback. The new RFDS William Creek Community Health Service in the outback tourism town of William Creek in South Australia features a 24/7 virtual emergency centre with a telehealth unit that members of the community and tourists can access to connect with on-call RFDS doctors.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 26, 2024
Since the onset of the pandemic, patient experience scores from Press Ganey, a firm with more than 40 years of experience in patient experience, have taken a drastic dive – with much of the data pointing to staffing shortages and other challenges as key indicators of the decline in scores. However, since February 2023, the firm has observed a steady rise in patient experience scores – at the end of 2023 nearly reaching pre-pandemic levels.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
Ascension has a definitive agreement in place to offload three Northern Michigan hospitals and other facilities to MyMichigan Health. | The large Catholic nonprofit system's selloff, set to close in the summer, follows last year's deal to hand management of eight other Michigan hospitals to Henry Ford Health under a joint venture arrangement.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 26, 2024
Beginning June 1, the Catholic health system will cede responsibility of hospitalist functions to staffing firm SCP Health.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
This week on “Podnosis,” we explore the pressing questions surrounding AI’s role in healthcare. | This week on “Podnosis,” we explore the pressing questions surrounding AI’s role in healthcare. From clinician trust to algorithm accuracy and patient privacy, there’s significant uncertainty about AI’s potential and impact in the healthcare sector, a topic that garnered considerable attention at this year’s South by Southwest conference.
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p3care
MARCH 26, 2024
RPA (Robotic Process Automation) not only ensures the data of medical billing remains error-free and protected but also simplifies the complexities of manual billing. Promising effects on the healthcare system by saving time and cost can be seen with the help of RPA (Robotic process automation). Resolve your Administration Duties with automated Medical Billing Services The healthcare billing system is completely swamped with time-consuming administration duties.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
Abridge, a startup that develops generative AI tools for medical documentation, has notched another major health system partnership to put its technology in front of more physicians. | Sutter Health will launch Abridge's platform in early April with groups of doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary and specialty care across the health system's California footprint.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
Patricia Smith, Director of Revenue Cycle Consulting at SYNERGEN Health What You Should Know: – SYNERGEN Health , an industry-leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle services and solutions for healthcare organizations appoints Patricia Smith as Director of Revenue Cycle Consulting. – Smith brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare revenue cycle management and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) operations.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
While digital tools have the potential to improve access to maternal care, a new Deloitte report shows that gaps in cultural competency and affordability still remain. | Though many respondents are using digital tools on their care journey, Black, mixed-race and Hispanic respondents were twice as likely as white respondents to say that digital tools for maternal health did not meet their personal needs or align with their cultural backgrounds.
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
What You Should Know: Artificial intelligence has transformative potential for driving value and insights from data. As we progress toward a world where nearly every application will be AI-driven, developers building those applications will need the right tools for creating experiences from these applications. This is why InterSystems is excited to announce the addition of vector search to the IRIS data platform.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
Supreme Court justices are concerned that their ruling on unprecedented cases challenging the availability of mail-order abortion medication, and the federal agency that regulates it, could have co | A hotly watched case brought by physicians who object to providing abortion care "seems like a prime example of turning what could be a small lawsuit into a nationwide legislative assembly on FDA rule or other federal government action,” Justice Neil Gorsuch said Tuesday.
Health IT Analytics
MARCH 26, 2024
A deep neural network-based automated detection tool could assist emergency room clinicians in diagnosing COVID-19 effectively using lung ultrasound images.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MARCH 26, 2024
How did health care prices change over the past 2 decades. That is the question a paper by Papanicolas (2024) aims to answer, comparing US prices to those from Australia, Canada, France, and the Netherlands between 2000 and 2020. Before we get to the results, we first need to determine what types of price indices are out there? The authors cite three main types: Economy wide price indices : Examples include a GDP price index Price indices covering all goods and services consumed by households :
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
Co-Founders Trey Holterman (CEO), Diego Baugh (CPO), Tyler Johnson (CTO) (Left to Right) What You Should Know: – Tennr , a New York-based company that automates the messy, painful, manual work holding healthcare organizations back from seeing more patients, increasing revenue, and growing their business raises $18M in Series A funding led by a16z.
Meditech
MARCH 26, 2024
Regardless of the healthcare organization, patients are always the focus of the services and care that is provided. That’s what makes the healthcare industry special. Teamwork is necessary from organization to organization. You see it on the frontline every day. Hospitals often transfer patients out for a higher level of care or to rehabilitation providers.
Advanced Data Systems
MARCH 26, 2024
Pain management encompasses a diverse array of treatments tailored to the specific disease or disorder, the type and location of pain, and the individual patient's needs. Coding these procedures accurately requires a solid understanding of medical terminology, coding guidelines, and familiarity with the nuances of pain management CPT codes. In this guide, we'll explore various aspects of pain management coding, including category codes, updates for 2024, common CPT codes, chronic care management
Life Qi
MARCH 26, 2024
Achieving and maintaining a stellar CQC rating requires robust processes, and innovative solutions. See how Life QI can help you improve your CQC rating.
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Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.
HIStalk
MARCH 26, 2024
Top News Masimo considers spinning off its consumer business, which.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – Sagility , a healthcare services provider acquires BirchAI , a Seattle-based company specializing in cloud-based, AI-powered customer support solutions. This strategic move strengthens Sagility’s commitment to leveraging technology for a more efficient and impactful healthcare experience. – The acquisition broadens Sagility’s analytics and automation-backed healthcare engagement services that it provides to large national payers, Blues plans, regional pa
Home Health Care
MARCH 26, 2024
Oftentimes, talks between home health providers and their many referral partners are an exercise in education. For providers offering palliative care, that education usually starts at a 101-level. Part of that conversation with hospital and health system partners includes convincing case managers that patients will be better suited at home. “The longer a patient lays in a hospital bed, I’m convinced that it catches on fire,” Choice Health at Home CEO David Jackson said at the Hospice News/
HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – Brightside Health , a teletherapy provider for depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, raises $33M in Series C funding led by S32. – The funding round, which included participation from existing investors alongside new partners like Kennedy Lewis, Time BioVentures , and Anne Wojcicki’s Redwood Pacific, will fuel Brightside Health’s expansion plans. – The funding comes on the heels of the company’s recent expansion into Medicaid a
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.
The Rand Blog
MARCH 26, 2024
This month, utility prices began increasing throughout Baltimore City and in nearby counties, and will continue to increase over the next two years. The U.S. Department of Energy is taking key steps to work directly with communities affected by undue energy burdens to better understand how to improve the equity of the energy system. Maryland could follow that example.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – Samaritan Health Services , a leading healthcare provider in Oregon, has announced a partnership with KeyCare to offer 24/7 virtual urgent care services to their patients. – The collaboration expands access to convenient and affordable healthcare for over 265,000 residents in the mid-Willamette Valley and central Oregon coast, especially those in rural or underserved areas.
Home Health Care
MARCH 26, 2024
Two months after it was first listed on the public market, BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) has closed on multiple acquisitions. The company announced Tuesday that it has acquired a Maryland-based home health operation, the remaining equity interest in a behavioral therapy JV in Michigan and a long-term care pharmacy in Montana. For one, the deals align with what is likely to be a relatively aggressive M&A strategy from the home- and community-based services (HCBS) provider.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
What You Should Know: Trilliant Health , a premier analytics and market research firm in healthcare, has unveiled its entry-level tier of the Provider Directory on Databricks Marketplace. Today, Trilliant Health announced the launch of its Provider Directory’s basic tier on Databricks Marketplace, marking a significant step in healthcare analytics accessibility.
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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