Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

The scale of UnitedHealth Group's sprawling empire was under the microscope on Wednesday as CEO Andrew Witty testified before a key Senate panel about the cyberattack on Change Healthcare that's ha | The scale of UnitedHealth Group's sprawling empire was under the microscope on Wednesday as CEO Andrew Witty testified before a key Senate panel about the cyberattack on Change Healthcare that's had ripple effects across healthcare.

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Health Care Dive

MAY 1, 2024

Runaway inpatient spending in particular caused CVS’ insurance costs to snowball after returning “to patterns we have not seen since the start of the pandemic,” its CFO said.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

The latest batch of Hospital Safety Grades from independent watchdog The Leapfrog Group suggest that patients’ care experiences, which deteriorated during and since the pandemic, may finally be tur | New data from the watchdog reflecting CMS-reported patient safety measures show that hospitals are, on average, working their way back from patient experience and hospital-acquired infection scores that plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 1, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of virtual care has become pivotal in reshaping patient experiences. Amanda Bury, chief commercial officer at Infermedica, a digital health company specializing in AI-powered systems for symptom analysis and patient triage, knows telehealth's potential to enhance and optimize patient experiences and outcomes while emphasizing convenience, affordability and empowerment – tying in responsible AI innovation and strategies for e

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

A newly formed group of women’s health companies aims to tackle gaps in care, with a focus on improving outcomes while reducing costs. | A newly formed group of women’s health companies aims to tackle gaps in care, with a focus on improving outcomes while reducing costs.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 1, 2024

Walmart is closing Walmart Health and Walmart Health Virtual Care, saying the business model was not profitable nor sustainable. The Walmart Health centers opened in 2019. "Through our experience managing Walmart Health centers and Walmart Health Virtual Care, we determined there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue," the company said by statement.

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MAY 1, 2024

In addition to analyzing client ransomware incidents and other cyberattacks, the privacy and data security specialists at BakerHostetler compared incident response statistics across industries and looked at data breach regulatory response and lawsuits. Of all incidents Baker Hostetler analyzed, healthcare, biotech and pharma took the lion's share at 28%.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

CVS Health is lowering its guidance for the year after a first-quarter miss on both profit and revenue. | The company posted $1.1 billion in profit for the quarter as well as $88.4 billion in revenue. Both fell short of Wall Street analysts' expectations, according to Zacks Investment Research.

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Health Care Dive

MAY 1, 2024

Since 2022, S&P Global Ratings has tracked an increase in violations of debt agreements as macroeconomic pressures and low operating margins challenge providers.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

News this week that Walmart is shuttering all 51 health cen | Many digital health leaders say recent moves by Walmart and Optum to exit telehealth are not a signal that the telehealth era is over but that the virtual care market is moving away from commoditized models like virtual urgent care.

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Health Care Dive

MAY 1, 2024

CEO Saum Sutaria says the health system is a “new company” following nine hospital sales in the first quarter.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

Did you know about SciTech City, a developing mini city in Jersey City? It's quickly becoming a hub for investment, although it might not be widely known yet. | This week on "Podnosis," Fierce Healthcare Senior Writer Anastassia Gliadkovskaya dives into the details of the innovation hub being built in New Jersey's SciTech City.

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Home Health Care

MAY 1, 2024

Internal and external headwinds have conjoined to curtail dealmaking in home-based care over the last couple of years. Amid those headwinds, however, there are companies like New Day Healthcare and VitalCaring that are banking on big-time growth in 2024 and 2025, largely driven by acquisition. As growing providers, each company has picked up what they believe to be the right assets, at the right time, over the last couple of years.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, retailers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. | Novant Health's regulatory roadblocks, Medical Properties Trusts' real estate sell-offs, CVS Health's new MA broker and more M&A news from April.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

Steve Albert, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, R1 It’s a perfect storm of financial pressures facing healthcare provider organizations – from rising costs to labor shortages to constrained capacity – that stymies revenue growth. Growing challenges with payer payments only exacerbate these issues. According to a Kaufman Hall report , 73% of leaders surveyed said claims denials, which was the top revenue cycle issue in 2022, had increased in 2023.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

EmblemHealth, a New York-based not-for-profit health insurer, has tapped virtual maternal health startup SimpliFed to provide members with easier access to baby feeding and breastfeeding servi | EmblemHealth, a New York-based not-for-profit health insurer, has tapped maternal telehealth startup SimpliFed to provide members with easier access to baby feeding and breastfeeding services.

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The Rand Blog

MAY 1, 2024

As difficult as policing vigorous dissent may be, having a flexible and adaptive strategy that draws from best practice and lessons learned will be the most effective way for police to plan, execute, adapt, and resolve the scenes to which they are called.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Security researchers at Nozomi Networks Labs identified three vulnerabilities in the Merge DICOM Toolkit C/C++ SDK (versions prior to v5.18). – These vulnerabilities could be exploited by attackers to crash medical imaging systems through seemingly harmless actions like opening a DICOM file or processing network data.

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The Rand Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The accident in Baltimore is both a human tragedy and a reminder of how an adversary could seek to close critical waterways. By taking sustained actions to prevent and respond more effectively to obstructive attacks, the United States can help mitigate the risk and protect the maritime movements on which its security depends.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Baton Health has launched its Universal Primary Source, revolutionizing healthcare credentialing by granting access to hundreds of primary source databases instantly. – The platform has garnered over 30 organizations as clients and early adopters, showcasing its potential to transform healthcare credentialing and reduce verification times from hours or days to mere seconds. – Baton Health’s state-of-the-art platform eliminates manual data entry and

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HIStalk

MAY 1, 2024

News Google highlights the medical capabilities of its unreleased Med-Gemini.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Cedar Gate Technologies (Cedar Gate) , a leader in value-based care technology, announced today the potential for significant healthcare cost savings through early identification of at-risk patients. – An analysis of their national Healthcare Benchmark Database, encompassing nearly 13 million member lives, revealed a staggering $1.4 billion in potential savings.

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The Rand Blog

MAY 1, 2024

A new Haitian transitional council faces serious challenges in seeking an end to violence, the establishment of a representative government and, ultimately, an enhanced potential for long-term stability, but the island nation's civil society, its youth, and its diaspora could offer a level of hope.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Prescryptive Health , a leading healthcare technology company, today announced the National Community Pharmacists Association’s (NCPA) renewed endorsement of Prescryptive AI Pricing. – Prescryptive AI Pricing creates a dynamic and competitive cash pricing system, enabling independent pharmacies to thrive in the ever-evolving healthcare landscape.

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Healthcare Associates

MAY 1, 2024

Menopause affects each woman differently and can cause a variety of changes in her body. Changes in hormones and metabolism during menopause can affect the fats in a woman’s blood, including cholesterol. 1 Because of this alteration, menopause can cause high cholesterol. Cholesterol and the menopausal transition Menopause occurs when a woman hasn’t had a period for 12 months straight. 1 The time leading up to this, when women might experience symptoms such as changes in their menstru

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

Aledade, Inc. What You Should Know: – Aledade , the nation’s leading network of independent primary care practices, announced today the acquisition of Michigan-based Medical Advantage. – This strategic acquisition further solidifies Aledade’s position as the preeminent Accountable Care Organization (ACO) network and a driving force in value-based care.

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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.

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Briggs Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke. The faster stroke is treated, the more likely the patient is to recover.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: · Navina, the AI-driven primary care platform revolutionizing the interpretation of intricate patient data into actionable guidance during care encounters, has unveiled the initial outcomes of its collaboration with Upperline Health. Upperline Health stands as the nation’s largest network committed to value-based specialty care and pioneers of their own ACO REACH.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 1, 2024

In some exciting news, Bryan Perry has joined FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy. Below is an excerpt from the press release. Washington, D.C., May 1, 2024 — FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the appointment of economics and litigation expert Bryan Perry as a Senior Managing Director in the Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy within the firm’s Economic Consulting segment.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Trovo Health , a groundbreaking healthcare technology company, announced today its official launch and a $15 million Series A funding round led by Oak HC/FT. – Trovo’s mission is to revolutionize patient care by equipping providers with an AI-powered platform backed by a multidisciplinary care team. Empowering Providers to Deliver Exceptional Care Trovo’s innovative platform addresses a critical need in healthcare: empowering physicians and other p

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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.