Health Care Quality Digest

One year after unwinding, community health centers struggle with Medicaid reenrollment

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 10, 2024

Almost all community health centers (95%) are reporting Medicaid disenrollment, influencing the level of care provided to individuals that rely on these locations. A new study looks at how community health centers have been impacted. States have handled the Medicaid redetermination process with varying degrees of success.

Medicaid

80% of nonprofit hospitals' community investments lag their tax savings, Lown Institute finds

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 25, 2024

Four in five nonprofit hospitals are spending less on community benefit areas like financial assistance than what they are estimated to receive in tax breaks, according to the latest annual report | Even after accounting for discounted care and community benefit investments, the money 2,425 nonprofit hospitals saved through tax breaks in 2021 would (..)

Hospitals

Hospitals Accountability

Planned community Lake Nona collects residents' data for longitudinal health study

Healthcare It News

MARCH 13, 2024

Juan Santos, SVP of brand experience and innovation at the Tavistock Group, opened the Venture Connect Forum by discussing the community's collection of resident data to improve healthcare outcomes.

Healthcare

Industry Voices—A new reimbursement model is needed to ensure the future of community pharmacy

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 8, 2024

Community pharmacies are well positioned to make a difference in the lives of their patients by providing convenient access to quality, affordable clinical pharmacy services while closing gaps in c | The current environment of decreasing reimbursement and increasing drug costs is not sustainable for either chain or independent pharmacies.

19 Massive Telehealth Learnings After 4,000,000 Visits in 2021

Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

As patient network communities and payers collect data, unifying it all poses serious challenges. However, due to the rapid rollout, many practices and health systems were forced to cut corners when establishing their Telehealth programs.

Telemedicine

FTC opposes Novant Health's $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 25, 2024

Regulators are pumping the brakes on Novant Health’s deal to buy two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems (CHS), citing concerns of higher healthcare costs and little incentive fo | The transaction for Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, Davis Regional Medical Center and other assets would give Novant Health 65% control of the inpatient (..)

Hospitals

Hospitals Regulations Healthcare

Community Health Systems misses Wall Street's EPS consensus as costs outpace revenue, demand growth

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Community Health Systems (CHS)’ higher inpatient volumes and reimbursement rates couldn’t outpace rising costs, dragging the for-profit’s fourth-quarter earnings well below its performance in 2022. |

Hospitals

Florida Blue donates $3.3M to community organizations battling food insecurity

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 4, 2023

million in grants being awarded to nine community organizations by Florida Blue through its Florida Blue Foundation. The adage “you are what you eat” seems to be the operative mindset behind $3.3

The health of a community depends on fair health insurance practices

Health Care Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

Access to local and convenient care is critical for a community’s health. However, the current approach from payers puts this at risk, argues Antonio Rios, chief of population health at Northeast Georgia Health System.

Population Health

Industry Voices—Driving health equity through community: Confronting bias in health algorithms for older adults

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 12, 2024

Designing community-centric programs that bridge public health and healthcare can address the inequities AI in healthcare continues to perpetuate. AI is riddled by bias, especially in healthcare.

Healthcare

Global Coalition on Aging, partners launch community health initiative to address CVD in Baltimore

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) has teamed up with local leaders to launch a community health initiative in Baltimore focused on addressing cardiovascular disease.

Prevention

Community Health Systems logs expected Q1 net loss but beats on revenues

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 24, 2024

Community Health Systems (CHS) is kicking off 2024 with a somewhat narrowed $41 million net loss (-$0.32

Kaiser Permanente launches online directory, call center to address social needs in communities

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Community Support Hub is a self-service online directory of community resources with a call center for referral assistance. Kaiser Permanente said the approach will increase touch points with patients and better address the overall health of its communities.

Pennsylvania community health system pursuing affiliation with UPMC

Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 21, 2023

UPMC has signed a non-binding letter of intent to affiliate Washington Health System, a two-hospital nonprofit community health system based in Pennsylvania, according to a release shared Tuesday.<

Hospitals

Pediatricians send an SOS to rest of medical community

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Pediatricians send an SOS to rest of medical community. Thu, 12/08/2022 - 07:59.

Community health centers facing acute workforce loss

Health Care Dive

APRIL 12, 2022

A majority of health centers reported they lost up to a fourth of their workforce in the past six months alone, according to a new survey from the National Association of Community Health Centers.

'Podnosis': Medicaid eligibility determinations, healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community

Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 27, 2023

Also under discussion is healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community. . | This week on "Podnosis," we talk about the role commercial insurers play in Medicaid eligibility determinations.

Medicaid

Medicaid Healthcare

Community Health Systems stays in the red in Q3 with $91M loss

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Community Health Systems' leadership pointed to strong volume growth in patient admissions and clinic appointments in the third quarter as key improvements but the for-profit health system ultimate | Community Health Systems' leadership pointed to strong volume growth in patient admissions and clinic appointments in the third quarter as key (..)

Industry Voices—Where we go from here: Community pharmacy in a post-pandemic world

Fierce Healthcare

MAY 11, 2023

Industry Voices—Where we go from here: Community pharmacy in a post-pandemic world pminemyer Thu, 05/11/2023 - 14:47

Community Health Network finds big ROI in consumer-centric technology

Healthcare It News

JUNE 15, 2023

Since its inception more than 60 years ago, Community Health Network, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit health system, has worked to stay true to its tagline: “Exceptional Care. To engage, reach and attract patients, Community Health needed to make access to care more searchable, discoverable and accessible for consumers online.

Urgent Care

Urgent Care Primary Care Integration Population Health

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Is your community prepared so you get the job done?

Doctors

Doctors Telemedicine Hospitals Population Health

Tax breaks exceed community care spending at large majority of nonprofit hospitals: report

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.

Hospitals

Community Health Network reports online tracking data breach affecting 1.5 million

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Community Health Network said it discovered on September 22 that the configuration of certain pixels on its digital properties allowed for a broader scope of patient information collection and transfer to third-party vendors, such as Meta and Google, than it realized. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. This past week, the U.S. ON THE RECORD.

Accountability

Accountability Healthcare Providers Healthcare Hospitals

Community Health Systems reports 6.2% revenue bump but $38M net loss

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 2, 2023

Higher volumes and revenues weren’t enough to keep Community Health Systems (CHS) from a $38 million net loss (-$0.29

Indigenous communities need to be engaged with healthcare choices

Healthcare It News

APRIL 19, 2024

Native leaders should work to ensure culturally relevant education and care for their populations, says Dr. Donald Warne, codirector of the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins and a HIMSS24 Changemaker.

Healthcare

Community Health Systems improves chronic condition outcomes with RPM

Healthcare It News

JULY 25, 2023

Community Health Systems operates more than 80 affiliated hospitals and more than 1,000 outpatient sites of care in 16 states. PROPOSAL When Community Health Systems was evaluating remote patient monitoring vendors, it looked at the patient experience, the clinician experience, the ability to scale and the financial model. Dr. Lynn T.

Primary Care

Primary Care Integration Prevention Hospitals

Community Health Network pays $345M to settle illegal referral scheme allegations

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network has agreed to a $345 million settlement with the Department of Justice to settle allegations of illegal physician referrals and related False Claims Act | The Indianapolis-based nonprofit system allegedly paid "hundreds" of physicians "well above market value" for referrals, government (..)

Integration

A look inside UnitedHealthcare's community health program Catalyst

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

Population health initiatives require payers to plug into the local community, and for UnitedHealthcare, that work is baked into a program called Catalyst, which operates in 28 states. Population health initiatives require payers to plug into the local community, and for UnitedHealthcare, that work is baked into a program called Catalyst.

Population Health

Geospatial analysis is helping improve community health outcomes

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One of the tenets of UVA Health's mission is community and health equity. The health and well-being of people in its community, especially those who are challenged by social determinants of health, can be improved through community-based care. "We did not limit ourselves to medical data.

Primary Care

Primary Care Integration Health Data Hospitals

Community Health Systems logs $51M Q1 2023 loss despite higher volumes

Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2023

Community Health Systems logs $51M Q1 2023 loss despite higher volumes dmuoio Mon, 05/01/2023 - 20:17

How community-based organizations are taking a tech-driven approach to connect health services to social care

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 21, 2022

How community-based organizations are taking a tech-driven approach to connect health services to social care. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:18.

CVS Health launches initiative with Meharry Medical College, Sinai Chicago aiming to reduce disparities in marginalized communities

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 27, 2023

CVS Health launches initiative with Meharry Medical College, Sinai Chicago aiming to reduce disparities in marginalized communities agliadkovskaya Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:25

CMS' disproportionate share hospital payment formula structurally disadvantages Black communities, study finds

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

CMS' disproportionate share hospital payment formula structurally disadvantages Black communities, study finds. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 17:17.

Hospitals

NSW Ambulance adopts mobile emergency alert app to empower community response

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

NSW Ambulance is promoting community emergency response by equipping volunteer responders with a mobile emergency alert and dispatch app developed in the United Kingdom. The said registry will allow the community to log the location of defibrillators that could then be accessed by a responder. The emergency service signed a A$2.5

Health Technology

Health Technology Integration Hospitals

Community Health Systems sells two North Carolina hospitals to Novant Health for $320M

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Community Health Systems sells two North Carolina hospitals to Novant Health for $320M dmuoio Tue, 02/28/2023 - 16:51

Hospitals

MultiCare community hospital agrees to HIPAA settlement over 'snooping' security guards

Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 15, 2023

A Washington community hospital is paying settlement fees and implementing a corrective action plan after a Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights investigation caught numerous security | Twenty-three emergency department security guards at MultiCare's Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital were reported to have used their login credentials (..)

Hospitals

Mark Cuban's drug company inks first health system partnership to sell directly to Community Health Systems

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2024

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has found its first national health system buyer for hospital drugs currently in short supply. | The 71-hospital for-profit is the first national health system buyer to cut a deal with the billionaire-backed generic drug maker.

Hospitals

Biden admin awards $55M in virtual care grants to community health centers

Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Monday that the Biden administration would continue to "step up" to assist community health centers, including working with Congress to try to double their funding.

Judge tosses motion to dismiss Stark Law case against Community Health Network

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Judge tosses motion to dismiss Stark Law case against Community Health Network. Fri, 10/22/2021 - 13:07.

Industry Voices—Financial reserves are critical to fulfill not-for-profit hospitals' missions of caring for all in their communities

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 21, 2023

Industry Voices—Financial reserves are critical to fulfill not-for-profit hospitals' missions of caring for all in their communities hlandi Fri, 04/21/2023 - 06:54

Hospitals

WELL Health, OSIS bring communications tech to community health centers

Healthcare It News

APRIL 21, 2022

WELL Health and OSIS announced this week that they had partnered to provide community health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers more seamless access to patient communications technology. OSIS' network comprises more than 115 health centers in 34 states, and WELL will be available via preferred access to 65 of those.

Quality of Care

Quality of Care Patient Experience Medicare Healthcare

HLTH21: Health systems targeting disparities should include community projects in their investment portfolios

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 18, 2021

HLTH21: Health systems targeting disparities should include community projects in their investment portfolios. Sun, 10/17/2021 - 22:05.

Telemedicine reached disadvantaged communities during pandemic, study finds

Health Care Dive

MAY 4, 2022

The results surprised Johns Hopkins University researchers, who said it contrasted with earlier findings showing an inverse link between socioeconomic status and use of telemedicine in the pandemic.

Telemedicine

Congressional Hearing: Home Health Care A ‘Lifesaver’ for Rural, Underserved Communities

Home Health Care

MARCH 13, 2024

The House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Tuesday focused on enhancing access to care-at-home in rural and underserved communities. The topic of the hearing is especially pressing because individuals living in rural communities often face barriers that prevent them from receiving adequate care.

Hospitals

Hospitals Medicare Prevention Primary Care

One year after unwinding, community health centers struggle with Medicaid reenrollment

80% of nonprofit hospitals' community investments lag their tax savings, Lown Institute finds

Trending Sources

Planned community Lake Nona collects residents' data for longitudinal health study

Industry Voices—A new reimbursement model is needed to ensure the future of community pharmacy

19 Massive Telehealth Learnings After 4,000,000 Visits in 2021

FTC opposes Novant Health's $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems

Community Health Systems misses Wall Street's EPS consensus as costs outpace revenue, demand growth

Florida Blue donates $3.3M to community organizations battling food insecurity

The health of a community depends on fair health insurance practices

Industry Voices—Driving health equity through community: Confronting bias in health algorithms for older adults

Global Coalition on Aging, partners launch community health initiative to address CVD in Baltimore

Community Health Systems logs expected Q1 net loss but beats on revenues

Kaiser Permanente launches online directory, call center to address social needs in communities

Pennsylvania community health system pursuing affiliation with UPMC

Pediatricians send an SOS to rest of medical community

Community health centers facing acute workforce loss

'Podnosis': Medicaid eligibility determinations, healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community

Community Health Systems stays in the red in Q3 with $91M loss

Industry Voices—Where we go from here: Community pharmacy in a post-pandemic world

Community Health Network finds big ROI in consumer-centric technology

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Tax breaks exceed community care spending at large majority of nonprofit hospitals: report

Community Health Network reports online tracking data breach affecting 1.5 million

Community Health Systems reports 6.2% revenue bump but $38M net loss

Indigenous communities need to be engaged with healthcare choices

Community Health Systems improves chronic condition outcomes with RPM

Community Health Network pays $345M to settle illegal referral scheme allegations

A look inside UnitedHealthcare's community health program Catalyst

Geospatial analysis is helping improve community health outcomes

Community Health Systems logs $51M Q1 2023 loss despite higher volumes

How community-based organizations are taking a tech-driven approach to connect health services to social care

CVS Health launches initiative with Meharry Medical College, Sinai Chicago aiming to reduce disparities in marginalized communities

CMS' disproportionate share hospital payment formula structurally disadvantages Black communities, study finds

NSW Ambulance adopts mobile emergency alert app to empower community response

Community Health Systems sells two North Carolina hospitals to Novant Health for $320M

MultiCare community hospital agrees to HIPAA settlement over 'snooping' security guards

Mark Cuban's drug company inks first health system partnership to sell directly to Community Health Systems

Biden admin awards $55M in virtual care grants to community health centers

Judge tosses motion to dismiss Stark Law case against Community Health Network

Industry Voices—Financial reserves are critical to fulfill not-for-profit hospitals' missions of caring for all in their communities

WELL Health, OSIS bring communications tech to community health centers

HLTH21: Health systems targeting disparities should include community projects in their investment portfolios

Telemedicine reached disadvantaged communities during pandemic, study finds

Congressional Hearing: Home Health Care A ‘Lifesaver’ for Rural, Underserved Communities

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