Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
UTHealth Houston unveiled a partnership with OpenAI on Friday to build and deploy algorithms for use in medical training and at the patient’s bedside. | UTHealth Houston, an academic medical center in Texas, is partnering with OpenAI to give clinicians, faculty and students access to ChatGPT tools to build custom, HIPAA-compliant AI solutions.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
IU Health Plans will operate under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand after the deal closes, which is expected at the end of 2024.
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Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Iowa Total Care, a subsidiary of the St. Louis-based payer, can continue doing business in Iowa’s managed care program, which paid it $2.8 billion in the last fiscal year.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Queensland to pilot telestroke service at Hervey Bay Hospital The Queensland government has designated Hervey Bay Hospital as the pilot site for the upcoming statewide telestroke service. Based on a media release, doctors and nurses at Hervey Bay Hospital are being prepared for the Queensland Telestroke Service pilot happening in the coming weeks. Queensland is the remaining Australian state to launch a telestroke service.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.
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HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Courtney Fortner, President and Chief Executive Officer at Navvis Is value-based care still the right strategy to reduce U.S. healthcare costs? Or is it time to move to what comes next in the generation-long battle to constrain total medical spending? The question is being increasingly asked and with good reason. For 2024 medical costs are projected to rise 7.0% year over year for Individual and Group markets.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Over 300 organizations sent letters to the White House and Congress on Tuesday asking them to extend telehealth controlled substance prescribing rules for an additional two years. | Stakeholders that support the prescription of all controlled substances via telehealth are fighting an uphill battle to get the pandemic-era prescribing flexibilities extended.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The leaders of Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts had until Wednesday to walk back statements they made in July — or face potential legal action. However, the executives are sticking to their guns.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Matt Mastenbrook, DPT, clinic manager and treating physical therapist at Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation, says one of his first goals as a manager was to set his clinic apart from the many others in the area. And leading-edge technology would be a key change agent. THE PROBLEM Mastenbrook decided to advance and optimize Baylor's use of the CogPT platform, developed by vendor Academy Medtech Ventures.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Ferdinand Hamada, Managing Director and Pharma Life Sciences Industry Lead Partner at MorganFranklin Consulting The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has evolved far beyond traditional cybersecurity responsibilities, especially in healthcare organizations. Today, a CISO must be positioned as a vital connector, aligning business goals, operational efficiency, and security needs.
Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski
In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Yet another significant cut to home health payments has been proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2025. For providers, that means more pushback against cuts is in order, locally and in Washington, D.C. But it also means preparing for a world where Medicare fee-for-service is no longer a reliable backbone. CMS proposed a permanent prospective adjustment to the CY 2025 home health payment rate of -4.067% back in June.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, M.D., defied a subpoena to testify before Congress Thursday morning, leading heads of the investigating committee to promise civil enforcement and crimina | Despite receiving a Congressional subpoena, Ralph de la Torre, M.D., did not attend a Thursday morning hearing where he was scheduled to testify on the for-profit's financial struggles.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Hospitals continued to add workers to payrolls, while annual wage growth rates stabilized. Both are promising signs for nonprofit and for-profit providers.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Luca Chittaro of Italy's University of Udine talks about how immersive virtual reality stories can gamify physical therapy to help distract from pain and encourage patients to increase treatment compliance.
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HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
What You Should Know: – Innovaccer Inc. , a leading healthcare AI company, announced the launch of its Care Management Copilot. – This new solution brings Innovaccer’s healthcare-native AI model, Sara, into its industry-leading care management solution, reducing the documentation burden on care managers, saving them over ten hours per week, and enabling them to engage 30-40% more patients.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Alex Oosterveen, co-founder and CEO of Miami-based Caribou Health Technologies, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Half of women in the U.S. skip or delay medical care due to the “triple threat” of affordability, access challenges and past negative experiences, a new Deloitte report finds. | The Deloitte report, based on a survey of more than 2,000 consumers, found that 50% of women report skipping or delaying medical care and are 35% more likely to skip care than men.
CDC
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
For the last seven years, Get Ahead of Sepsis has encouraged patients, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals to know the risks, spot the signs and symptoms, and act fast if they suspect sepsis during Sepsis Awareness Month and year-round. Anyone can get an infection, and almost any infection can lead to sepsis. Some people are at higher risk, including children younger than one.
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Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
What You Should Know: – WhiteGlove , the first full-service healthcare concierge for international care coordination, was unveiled today under the leadership of Dropbox, LinkedIn, and IIT Bombay alum, Anand Prakash. – WhiteGlove’s mission is to provide a streamlined approach to managing healthcare for loved ones living outside of the United States, with an initial focus on India.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
A Detroit-area couple who owned home health care companies was sentenced to prison last week for Medicare fraud and tax evasion, according to U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison. Noli and Isabel Tcruz of Washington Township, Michigan, were sentenced on Sept. 4. Noli Tcruz received six years in prison, and his wife was given three years and two months. The Tcruzes were convicted and sentenced for schemes related to their operation of several Macomb County home health care companies.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Retail pharmacy chain Rite Aid has emerged out of bankruptcy after slashing about $2 billion from its debt, the company announced last week. | Retail pharmacy chain Rite Aid has emerged out of bankruptcy after slashing about $2 billion from its debt, the company announced last week.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The incident was related to a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer software, which was linked to data breaches at thousands of organizations last year.
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Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
“If the U.S. were sensible, weight management would be treated as a public health issue,” David Cutler writes in the JAMA Health Forum dated August 15, 2024. Dr. Cutler, distinguished economics professor at Harvard, talks about “the pathology of U.S. health care” citing the example of weight loss medications — in short, the uptake of GLP-1 drugs to address Type 2 diabetes first, and subsequently obesity.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Neeraj Mainkar, VP of Software Engineering & Advanced Technology at Proprio In healthcare, the impact of well-designed medical devices reaches far beyond their physical form. When these devices are thoughtfully crafted with the end-user in mind, they become catalysts for efficiency and accuracy in diagnoses and treatments. A symbiosis of clear interfaces, intuitive controls, and an overall positive user experience not only propel healthcare professionals toward optimal care delivery but also
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
While getting a fair rate is top of mind for home health providers, the ones that are seeing the most success in their negotiations with Medicare Advantage (MA) payers are selling their ability to be a solution. Even before entering negotiations with MA plans, providers should have a clear understanding of the challenging reimbursement environment they are walking into, according to Fred Bentley, managing director at the research and advisory firm ATI Advisory.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The four largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S. | The four largest pharmacy benefit managers in the United States control 70% of the national market, according to new data from the American Medical Association.
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This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
In healthcare, serving people is the real Job 1. But we can only do that job effectively through a relentless focus on quality.
Bill Of Health
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
by James Toomey Imagine that you were to develop dementia and someone else had to make medical decisions on your behalf. How would you want them to decide? Then suppose that you had to make medical decisions on behalf of another person with dementia. Would you think about decision-making in the same way? A new study in AJOB Empirical Bioethics by myself, Jonathan Lewis, Ivar Hannikainen, and Brian Earp suggests that people may favor different decisions when deciding for others versus when decidi
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
What You Should Know: – Withings , a global leader in connected health, has announced that its Sleep Rx sleep apnea device has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). – Sleep Rx represents a significant advancement in the diagnosis of sleep apnea, offering a more convenient and accurate alternative to traditional in-lab testing.
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