Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022. | Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
On the insurer’s earnings call, analysts peppered Centene with questions about its Medicare Advantage business until its CFO attempted to change the subject.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Several COVID-era flexibilities relied upon by opioid treatment programs and their hundreds of thousands of patients will become permanent later this year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Healt | The final rule allows some providers to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder like buprenorphine via telehealth without an initial in-person exam. It also allows them to dispense unsupervised, take-home doses of methadone to relatively stable patients.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences. Moreover, these at-home and remote patient monitoring technologies can optimize resource utilization, streamline care delivery, reduce length of stays in the acute settin
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 6, 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. | Missouri's $10 billion health system merger, Cardinal Health's $1.2 billion specialty care play and more merger and acquisition news from January.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mynd Immersive – a technology company that specializes in extended reality therapies for aging adults – will collaborate with VA Immersive, part of the VA's Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, to address the psychological wellbeing of Vietnam veterans. WHY IT MATTERS The company said the three-year cooperative research and development agreement will enable the combination of advanced virtual reality technology with o
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
There are a variety of applications of ChatGPT and LLMs in healthcare, and various uses that have the potential to help or harm patients. Dr. Srinivasan Suresh, VP, CIO and CMIO at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, digs into these tools.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Startup Homeward is now a B Corp-certified company as it doubles down on its focus to improve rural health and expand its services to more patients. | As the company deepens its relationships with payers in Michigan and Minnesota to serve wider populations, achieving B Corp certification alongside its existing public benefit corporation status reinforces Homeward's commitment to the rural communities it works in, executives said.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The purchase comes as Dignity’s parent CommonSpirit Health has struggled financially, posting a $441 million operating loss in its first quarter.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
UCSF Health has locked in a deal with CommonSpirit Health’s Dignity Health to acquire two of the city’s oldest hospitals and their associated outpatient clinics, the academic system announced Monda | The academic health system said it will maintain or expand services, end religious affiliations and retain all employees and staff when it acquires San Francisco's Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St.
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The announcement comes a week after the for-profit operator also announced a replacement for its CFO.
Healthy Debate
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The post Please leave politicians out of the exam room. Proposed changes to transgender health policies set a dangerous precedent appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
By Jon Larsen and Sterling Johnson Addressing the opioid crisis cannot stop at providing better access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) , expanding and enhancing harm reduction efforts, and reimagining the role of law enforcement, as explored previously in this blog series. The response must go further to make treatment and harm reduction more effective, by acknowledging the opioid epidemic as a reflection of the conditions of the whole society , identifying those conditions, and addre
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
What You Should Know: – TRIPP , the award-winning wellness company, announces its arrival on the highly anticipated Apple Vision Pro , redefining the boundaries of personalized well-being experiences. – The integration with Apple Vision Pro unlocks TRIPP’s most immersive and visually captivating journey yet, seamlessly blending awe-inspiring worldscapes with users’ surroundings through Apple Vision Pro’s groundbreaking spatial computing capabilities.
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Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
During the pandemic, some senior care models succeeded, and some didn’t. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) was one that did. In 2023, PACE enrollment exceeded 70,000 participants and has seen an over 40% growth in enrollment since 2019. Many home-based care providers have already gotten into PACE. The Jacksonville-based Alivia Care – a home health and hospice provider – has even become a PACE administrator itself.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Eric Zerneke, Chief Growth Officer at Zerigo Health What You Should Know: – Zerigo Health , a provider of digital home treatment solutions for chronic skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema, announced today the appointment of Eric Zerneke as its Chief Growth Officer. – With Zerneke’s leadership and expertise, Zerigo Health is poised for significant growth, expanding access to its transformative phototherapy solution and empowering more individuals to take control of their sk
Meditech
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Spanning six different counties across southern Colorado and part of northern New Mexico, San Luis Valley is known as the world’s largest alpine valley. With unpredictable weather given the time of year and a unique set of geographical features that can restrict transportation, San Luis Valley Health has always prioritized patient access.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
myPlace Health — a SCAN Group and the Commonwealth Care Alliance-backed PACE organization — has opened its first care center. Robbie Pottharst, CEO of myPlace Health, emphasized the company’s care delivery model is far broader than this one center, however. The company’s model is adapted to deliver care that’s customized to each of its participants’ needs.
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
David Minikin, General Manager at epocrates What You Should Know: – athenahealth, Inc. , a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems, today announced the appointment of David Minkin as the new general manager of epocrates. – epocrates, an athenahealth company, delivers digital clinical decision support to over one million prescribers nationwide.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Around 2019, Medicare Advantage (MA) was all the rave among home care providers. That’s because, in 2018 and 2019, two pathways opened for MA plans to provide more benefits to beneficiaries: the primarily health-related benefit pathway and the Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) pathway.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
What You Should Know: – GrandPad , the leading tablet specifically designed for seniors, announces a groundbreaking innovation: Grandie , the first-of-its-kind AI-powered virtual companion tailored to older adults. – The patent-pending technology aims to revolutionize the way seniors connect, engage, and enjoy the digital world, fostering meaningful interactions and personalized experiences.
HIStalk
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Top News Inovalon acquires clinical surveillance and patient safety software.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
What You Should Know: – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced they are joining forces to invest over $20 million in a groundbreaking initiative to improve health information technology (IT) adoption and capabilities in behavioral healthcare settings. – The strategic collaborative effort, aligned with the HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration and the Pr
Nordic
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Overhauling the patient experience can be one of the most challenging hurdles that a health system can undertake. Honoring the work that clinicians have done in the past, while also gaining buy-in for future transformation can be a very small needle to thread. Despite the difficulties that come with a top-to-bottom transformation of a health system, it can often lead to better outcomes for every stakeholder in the healthcare ecosystem.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
What You Should Know: – Nudj Health , a leader in tech-enabled healthcare interventions, announces the launch of Nudj Cardiac Complete™. – The innovative program combines Medicare-approved Virtual Intensive Cardiac Rehab (v-ICR) with evidence-based Collaborative Care to bring accessible and effective cardiac care directly to patients at home.
NASHP
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
NASHP developed the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development ( AHEAD) Model Application Assistance Tool to help states understand and navigate the application requirements for the AHEAD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The Tool is an Excel workbook with tabs that reference the components of the application, making it a guide and checklist for states as they draft their applications.
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
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
What You Should Know: – Advantus Health Partners , a provider of end-to-end healthcare supply chain solutions, and Alliant Purchasing LLC , a national group purchasing organization (GPO), have announced a strategic partnership aimed at maximizing purchasing power for their combined membership base. – The strategic collaboration brings together Advantus’ strategic approach to supply chain and Alliant’s extensive network of vendors, offering members significant cost savings
Icanotes
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Conflict Resolution in Group Therapy: Navigating Disagreements Constructively Miscommunication, disagreements, and conflict are common, if not inevitable, aspects of group therapy. Being unable to address or overcome conflict during group therapy can fracture the group and disrupt the entire process. But when the therapist is able to identify and resolve conflict quickly and efficiently, conflict in group therapy can become a fantastic growth opportunity for clients.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
David McNeil, Chief Revenue Officer at Weave What You Should Know: Weave , the all-in-one experience platform for small/mid-sized healthcare businesses, has announced the appointment of David McNeil as Chief Revenue Officer. – As CRO, McNeil will bring his expertise in scaling SaaS businesses to lead Weave’s sales, customer success, revenue operations, and payments teams.
HIStalk
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Jonathan Rosenberg, PhD is chief technology officer and head of.
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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