Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The average cost of organizations’ most expensive cyberattack increased 13% year over year, according to a survey from the Ponemon Institute.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage (MA) has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder. | LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder.
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Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Telemedicine has had an interesting history. During what may be seen as the utopian period for telemedicine – the COVID-19 pandemic – telemedicine lived its gilded age. The pandemic was tragic from a health perspective, with so much loss of life. But it has offered technological advancements that are taking better care of people today and will set up healthcare workers for crises in the future.
p3care
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The snowy winter season has approached, and the MIPS 2023 reporting process is now at its peak. Clinicians participating in MIPS 2023 have completed segment 2 of their reporting successfully. Yes, you got it right. Now it’s time for the final eligibility determination before the submission window opens. Alongside, we have virtual group Elections for MIPS 2024, starting on October 2, 2023.
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Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The launches tie in with Microsoft’s ethos of developing high-impact but low-risk use cases for AI in healthcare, according to Microsoft’s VP of healthcare.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical made big waves when it was announced in July 2022, signaling that the online retailer had bold ambitions to expand its reach in healthcare. | One Medical CMO Dr. Andrew Diamond is bullish about what Amazon is building in healthcare. He believes Amazon Health can help tackle the burden of chronic diseases in the U.S.
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Healthcare Success
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Healthcare consumers demand better, more personalized experiences at every touchpoint. According to Google, approximately 77% of people use search engines to start their patient journey. Listen to the podcast: So, it makes sense for healthcare businesses to focus their attention on their websites, landing pages, and paid search campaigns. But what happens after your ads have captured their attention—especially with a PPC or display ad?
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 13, 2023
René Quashie, an executive at the Consumer Technoloy Association, argues that artificial intelligence could be pivotal for the healthcare industry — with regulation and guardrails.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Four in 10 people insured by employer-provided health plans find their out-of-pocket costs are so expensive they need to dip into savings and take on debt, according to a nationwide survey of 2,500 | A new survey revealed that nearly half of respondents said they would struggle to afford a medical emergency.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare. Consider that medical care may only account for between 10% and 20% of health outcomes, while a patient's neighborhood and environment, economic stability and education, social and communi
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Amid reimbursement uncertainty in Medicare-certified home health, investors are slowly shifting focus to other home-based care types. This shift, while not a radical departure, is something stakeholders are keeping an eye on heading into 2024. “I think we’re already seeing a little bit of that,” Rebecca Springer, lead health care analyst at PitchBook, told Home Health Care News.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Employers face a difficult decision over whether to cover pricey weight loss drugs that pits the health and wellbeing of their employees against the health of their bottom line.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Supply chain and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against healthcare organizations are among the leading threats to patients’ care and outcomes, according to a new survey report from cyberse | A newly published industry survey also found that IT executives were less concerned about ransomware vulnerability despite an uptick in organizations experiencing such an attack within the past year.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 11, 2023
RPM maker Dozee from India has unveiled a new AI-powered continuous patient monitoring system that can be used outside the ICU and at home. HOW IT WORKS Much like Dozee's existing connected bed platform , the new Dozee Pro Ex, according to a press release, can also continuously monitor patients' vitals and comes with an AI-powered early warning feature that alerts care teams in instances of patient deterioration.
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 10, 2023
As more high-acuity care moves into the home, providers are keeping an eye on how workers in the field are responding to new types of work. A new study found that caregiver burden is mild to moderate in both the home and acute care facility settings. The study results, according to its authors, suggest that hospital-at-home programs are a viable alternative for acutely ill patients.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 13, 2023
About 42% of Medicare Advantage plans that offer prescription drug coverage in 2024 earned four or more stars, compared with just over half this year.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2023
LAS VEGAS — The team at retail giant Walmart didn't realize how fortuitous a virtual primary care pilot would prove to be when it launched in January of 2020. | LAS VEGAS — The team at retail giant Walmart didn't realize how fortuitous a virtual primary care pilot would prove to be when it launched in January of 2020.
Healthy Debate
OCTOBER 9, 2023
A universal masking policy in health-care settings that protects the health and well-being of those seeking medical care is well-justified.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Well Care Health is divesting its personal home care division to Avid Health at Home. For Well Care Health, it’s an opportunity to capitalize off of the demand for its well-established home care footprint, while also focusing on a new strategic direction moving forward. “There’s a couple of drivers behind [the move],” Well Care Health CEO Zac Long told Home Health Care News.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The search capabilities work alongside Google’s healthcare-focused large language model, Med-PaLM 2, connecting to outside sources and the patient’s medical record.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Google's cloud division unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities to help doctors and nurses quickly access patients' clinical notes and other medical information a | Google's cloud division unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities to help doctors and nurses quickly access patients' clinical notes and other medical information across different data sources.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 9, 2023
What You Should Know: – Today, the American Health Information Management Association ® (AHIMA) unveiled its groundbreaking initiative, Data for Better Health™ , at its annual conference, AHIMA23, in Baltimore, MD. – The Data for Better Health initiative is poised to revolutionize the healthcare landscape by enhancing awareness of the transformative potential of social determinants of health (SDOH) data to improve health outcomes.
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Home-based care startups and large payer-provider hybrid companies are not alike in many ways. One way in which they are similar, though, is their belief that they can drive care in the home forward. That’s one takeaway from a recent panel discussion that took place at the 2023 HLTH conference. A company like Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), for instance, is in a unique position.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
A historic three-day strike at Kaiser Permanente ended on Saturday. However, unions and the health system have not yet agreed to a new contract for over 75,000 workers, and the unions say another strike may be coming.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. | Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. Clear, a company well recognized for its biometric identity verification used in airports, wants to fix these pain points.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 12, 2023
What You Should Know: KLAS Research presented the 2023 KLAS Top 20 Emerging Solutions awards at HLTH 2023, highlighting the top 20 emerging healthcare solutions with the greatest potential to disrupt and improve healthcare. Selected by healthcare leaders working with KLAS, the solutions were rated on how well they could advance the “Quadruple Aim of Healthcare” – improve outcomes, reduce the cost of care, improve the patient experience, and improve the clinician experience.
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.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 13, 2023
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is making value-based care the centerpiece of its long-term strategy, and home-based care is a key piece of that puzzle. “[Value-based care] delivers on the promise of high-quality clinical outcomes and experiences at lower cost than traditional models,” UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call Friday.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The report from the Chair of the Senate HELP Committee calls for more federal oversight into nonprofit hospitals' charity care, accusing the systems of providing "paltry amounts" of charity care
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 13, 2023
UnitedHealth Group kicked off another round of quarterly earnings calls Friday morning, when it reported $5.8 billion in profit for the third quarter. | UnitedHealth Group kicked off another round of quarterly earnings calls on Friday morning, where it reported $5.8 billion in profit for the third quarter.
Vie Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Episode Introduction Sue shares how creating a volunteer army transformed a struggling community hospital into a profitable, national award-winner, why the patient experience and the employee experience can’t be separated and reveals strategies that can move 20% in a patient satisfaction metric in 18 months. She also explains how leveraging greatness in people, service and growth creates a magnet for talent, and why hospitals can never declare victory in greatness.
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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