Health Care Dive
APRIL 17, 2024
Independent practices have clearer financial incentives to lower medical spending than hospitals participating in accountable care organizations, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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 15, 2024
Chronic disinvestment and inadequate training have created a shortage of primary care workers. Leaders at the Milbank Memorial Fund, National Association of Community Health Centers and the American Academy of Family Physicians argue for solutions.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 12, 2024
ChatGPT has been making an impact on enduring healthcare challenges. Many providers and patients are reporting the artificial intelligence helping with preventative care and preventing non-emergent emergency department visits. Imran Qureshi is chief technology officer at b.well Connected Health, a FHIR-based interoperability platform vendor. He has expertise in AI and a lot of advice to share on the subject of health systems harnessing ChatGPT and other large language model-based technologies.
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p3care
APRIL 17, 2024
Several challenges are faced by billers in the dynamic world of OBGYN/Gynecology medical billing. Keeping physicians out of the dilemma of assisting patients and administrative workflow alongside, P3 Healthcare Solutions facilitates a gynecology medical billing system that minimizes the administrative load to the max. So that, physicians focus more on patients’ health.
Home Health Care
APRIL 15, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home care agencies that are part of larger franchise networks get to reap the benefits of operating under established names and reputations. But that doesn’t stop franchise owners from thinking up various ways to stand out in the crowd. Franchise owners at companies like Always Best Care, Right at Home and Griswold Home Care are doing this by offering services that fall outside of the norm.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2024
Medical records software giant Epic and venture-backed health tech company Particle Health are mired in an ongoing dispute over healthcare data exchange practices. | Health IT experts say the rift between the two companies exposes larger problems with health data exchange including a lack of transparency on who is accessing data and how it's being used along with the need for better gatekeeping.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 15, 2024
Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 17, 2024
What You Should Know: – Accenture Federal Services has entered into an agreement to acquire Cognosante , a mission-driven provider of digital transformation and cloud modernization solutions for federal health, defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. – Founded in 2008 by Michele Kang, Cognosante has grown rapidly to become a trusted provider of innovative technology solutions with its federal government clients, including healthcare programs supporting veterans, active-duty mil
Home Health Care
APRIL 12, 2024
When it comes to expanding their business portfolios, home health leaders can continue to do what they know best, or they can decide to branch out. Leaders at companies like Choice Health at Home and The LTM Group have found themselves in this exact position. As a result, they have created a framework for determining when to diversify their business portfolios versus when to focus on developing their core care services.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2024
The decadelong decline of independent physicians rolled on in 2022 and 2023 with a new high of 77.6% doctors employed by hospitals or other corporate entities as of the new year, according to a new | Nearly 4 in 5 physicians are employed by a hospital, payer, pharmacy chain or other corporate entity as of Jan. 1, a 5.1% increase over early 2022 and a continuation of a decadelong trend, according to a new report.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 18, 2024
Two years ago, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs' Riyadh-based hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, became the first in the world to reach Stage 7 in four different HIMSS models. (It's recently become a pioneer with some impressive work to reach Stage 6 on another model.) Its advanced use of health information and technology has been a boon for the health system's 1.3 million patients.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 17, 2024
What You Should Know: – Ophelia , a leading provider of virtual care for opioid use disorder (OUD), has been designated as a Center of Excellence (COE) by Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services. – The milestone achievement makes Ophelia the first statewide and virtual-first COE in the state, offering a critical new access point for Pennsylvanians battling addiction.
Home Health Care
APRIL 12, 2024
In past years, Medicare-certified home health agencies and Medicaid personal care services providers have been big focus areas for government watchdogs. While there’s still plenty of oversight, the spotlight on home health and personal care providers appears to have dimmed somewhat. Instead of focusing on home health and personal care, watchdogs are increasingly targeting hospices, nursing homes and other areas.
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 12, 2024
Rampant consolidation continues to threaten the existence of independent physicians, according to a new report from Avalere and the Physicians Advocacy Institute.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 15, 2024
Virtual mental health startup Cerebral has agreed to pay the government more than $7 million, abide by a “first-of-its-kind” restriction on the handling of consumers’ sensitive information and rewo | The embattled mental health startup had inappropriately shared 3.2 million people's sensitive information, upheld "sloppy security practices" and slow-walked consumers trying to cancel services, the FTC said.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 18, 2024
Securing transportation and other needed resources for patients through text messages is one way to ensure health equity for the underserved, says Dr. Emily C. Webber, CMIO at Indiana University Health and 2024 Changemaker Award winner.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 17, 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: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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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.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 15, 2024
Meanwhile, Centene, Elevance and Humana held onto statewide contracts. The reprocurement was especially positive for Centene, which had been expected to lose market share, analysts said.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 15, 2024
Insurers Humana, Centene and Elevance Health were selected as the three statewide Medicaid contract awardees in Florida on April 12. | Just three insurers earned statewide contracts for Florida's state-run managed care program, but UnitedHealth, Aetna and Molina were not selected.
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.
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
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.
Health IT Analytics
APRIL 18, 2024
A Stanford Medicine-led meta-analysis revealed that artificial intelligence algorithms can help healthcare practitioners diagnose skin cancers more accurately.
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 11, 2024
Health systems urge Congress to lay down a 'permanent roadmap' for telehealth services as clock ticks on December deadline hlandi Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:23
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 18, 2024
A new statistical analysis of 90 distinct hospital websites, drawn from a nationally representative sample of 100 community hospitals, finds that those providers – when they had privacy policies available for consumption – were inadequate in how they accurately disclosed the use of third-party tracking technologies to consumers. In addition to comparing details about third-party recipients of collected user data, user rights and potential uses, the study also looked at the readabilit
Advanced Data Systems
APRIL 17, 2024
The healthcare industry is notoriously complex, particularly when it comes to medical billing. Podiatry practices, with their unique set of services and patient demographics, face specific challenges that can significantly impact their operational efficiency and financial stability. This comprehensive guide explores the intricacies of podiatry medical billing, the benefits of outsourcing these tasks, and how modern solutions like those provided by Advanced Data Systems (ADS) can transform a prac
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.
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.
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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