Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

Google is doubling down on its ambitions for healthcare AI by exploring how generative AI can help clinicians in medical decision-making, understand lab and imaging information and provide con | Google is hyper-focused on generative AI in healthcare, pushing forward research to advance gen AI capabilities that can help clinicians in medical decision-making, understand lab and imaging information and provide consumers with personalized health insights based on their wearable data.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 19, 2024

The Medicare Advisory Payment Commission also suggests tying the rate of physician payment increases to the Medicare Economic Index — a move some industry groups support.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

Launched out of stealth about a year ago, Hippocratic AI launched its first generative AI product and pocketed $53 million in series A funding, the startup announced Monday. | Launched out of stealth about a year ago, Hippocratic AI launched its first generative AI product and pocketed $53 million in series A funding. The fresh funding boosts the company's valuation to $500 million.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 19, 2024

As healthcare providers worldwide grapple with worsening healthcare staff shortages and rising service demand, low-code technologies have proven indispensable in bridging these twin challenges while promoting positive outcomes for both patients and clinicians. Take the case of Mount Alvernia Hospital, a 300-bed private not-for-profit medical institution in Singapore.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

Google Health unveiled an open-access dataset of real-world dermatology images in partnership with Stanford Medicine. | Thousands of people contributed their images of skin, hair and nail conditions to the Skin Condition Image Network (SCIN) for a diverse dataset reflecting various skin tones, ages, settings and condition severities.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 19, 2024

Major pharmacy benefit managers continue to double down on specialty as a reliable source of business amid a growing crop of pharmacy upstarts.

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MARCH 19, 2024

At HIMSS24, Dr. Denise Hines and Shirelle King of Georgia Health Information Network discuss social integration to foster trust in underserved communities.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

Elevance Health has inked a deal to acquire Kroger Specialty Pharmacy. | The grocery chain announced Monday that an agreement is in place, saying it's expected to close in the back half of 2024 pending regulatory approvals.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 19, 2024

Smaller companies may already have worse credit ratings and could struggle with cash flow disruptions caused by the outage.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

The upcoming crop of soon-to-be physicians learned on Friday where they would spend their residencies. Match Day 2024 saw record-high applicants and residency positions offered. | The upcoming crop of soon-to-be physicians learned on Friday where they would spend their residencies. Match Day 2024 saw record-high applicants and residency positions offered.

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Meditech

MARCH 19, 2024

Whether it was connecting with customers, prospects, industry thought leaders and other champions of innovative health IT solutions, or exploring connection through interoperability and open data exchange – the spirit of connection was tangible at HIMSS24.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

This week on “Podnosis,” we explore the dynamics surrounding the financial distress gripping hundreds of hospitals nationwide. | This week on “Podnosis,” we explore the financial distress gripping hundreds of hospitals nationwide. Despite this, a surge in mergers and acquisitions suggests opportunities for value creation and partnerships amid these challenges.

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The Rand Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Trends like weakening governments and fragmenting societies suggest that the era of industrial superpowers is over and we've entered a new medieval age. The U.S.-China rivalry may have more in common with the fitful conflicts of the 14th century than with the cataclysmic world wars of the 20th.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, is turning 50 this year and lawmakers are curious to hear about how the law could be updated to increase coverage affordability and care acces | As Congress seeks input on how the law dictating employee benefit plan requirements should be improved, large employer plan sponsors are pushing for stronger preemption over state requirements as hospitals warn of vertical integration.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

What You Should Know: – Google Health recently hosted its annual event, The Check Up, showcasing significant progress in applying generative AI to revolutionize healthcare. – These advancements aim to improve personalized care, radiology workflows, information accessibility, and ultimately, empower individuals to take charge of their health.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the ACO Primary Care Flex Model (ACO PC Flex Model), allowing eligible accountable care organizations to treat people with with | Accountable care organizations are largely supportive of CMS' new primary care model released Tuesday, they wish the agency would broaden its scope to include all ACOs.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

What You Should Know: Today, Komodo Health unveiled a new self-service solution for rapid patient cohort analysis and insight generation. MapView is the industry’s first and most sophisticated analytics application that allows users without data science expertise to easily extract insights from Komodo’s Healthcare Map. MapView is designed to accelerate decision-making across the Life Sciences enterprise by generating powerful, automated business intelligence for every team and at every stage of

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

By Kyle Kiser, CEO, Arrive Health | Today’s PA review and approval processes generate too many manual tasks and slow down patient access. Prescription data transparency will help. The problem with PAs isn’t that they exist; it’s that the current process to review and approval them is broken. Adding transparency to the process helps.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group (UNH) announced continued progress in restoring services disrupted by a recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare , a subsidiary that processes a significant portion of healthcare transactions in the United States. – On March 15, the company restored Change Healthcare’s electronic payments platform and is proceeding with payer implementations.

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The Rand Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

New RAND research reveals that teachers wield incredible influence in leveling the playing field in math class—and in helping students achieve their full potential.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

What You Should Know: – Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed two powerful AI models, UNI and CONCH , that represent a significant leap forward in computational pathology (CPath). – Published today in Nature Medicine , the two new foundation models, trained on massive datasets, hold immense potential for improving diagnoses, predicting patient outcomes, and even identifying rare diseases.

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Advanced Data Systems

MARCH 19, 2024

Efficient billing and coding practices are imperative for healthcare providers specializing in pain management procedures. Complementing the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Pain Management, adherence to coding information, documentation requirements, and utilization guidelines is essential for ensuring optimal reimbursement and regulatory compliance.

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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.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

Christine Gall, Chief Nursing Officer at Collette Health What You Should Know: – Collette Health, a provider of virtual patient observation solutions appoints Christine Gall DrPH, MS, BSN, as Chief Nursing Officer. – As the newly appointed Chief Nursing Officer at Collette Health, Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, will take charge of overseeing all clinical operations and spearheading innovation initiatives.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2024

Having health insurance in America is no guarantee of actually receiving health care. It’s a case of having health insurance as “necessary but not sufficient,” as the cost of deductibles, out-of-pocket coinsurance sharing, and delaying care paint the picture of The Hidden Lives of Workplace-Insured Americans. That’s the title of a new report that captures the results of a survey conducted in January 2024 among 1,516 employed Americans who received employer-sponsored heal

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

What You Should Know: Ribbon Health , a provider data and technology company, today announced the launch of Ribbon Provider Data Platform , disrupting a long history of industry challenges with provider data. The cloud-native SaaS platform combines Ribbon’s high-quality provider data directory with advanced data management capabilities – a powerful, first-of-its-kind combination for the industry that allows healthcare enterprises to easily configure custom data workflows to drive operational eff

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Bill Of Health

MARCH 19, 2024

By Vincent Joralemon MDMA (also known as the club drug “molly” or “ecstasy”) is a Schedule I controlled substance — the most restrictive drug class with the most severe criminal consequences linked to it. But, perhaps not for long. A recent effort to get MDMA approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) means the drug may be rescheduled, which will lead to substantially decreased regulations attached to it.

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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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Home Health Care

MARCH 19, 2024

A Georgia House Bill that would create a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) was passed by the state senate earlier this month. House Bill 1078 passed in a 49 to 1 senate vote. Specifically, the bill creates a new adult day center licensure exclusion in order to authorize the Department of Community Health to establish and implement PACE in Georgia as part of the state’s medical assistance program.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

What You Should Know: QDx Pathology Services, an independent anatomical, molecular, and clinical pathology laboratory serving medical professionals and facilities throughout the United States, is working with Proscia® , a leading provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, to innovate its practice. The laboratory has deployed Proscia’s software to enable its pathologists to work faster and more confidently.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary model Tuesday – centered around primary care providers – that could offer home-based care providers more opportunity to dive into risk-based care. Dubbed the ACO Primary Care Flex Model (ACO PC Flex Model), it will provide one-time advanced shared savings payments and monthly prospective primary care payments to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to empower primary care providers, according to a CMS release.

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Nordic

MARCH 19, 2024

A course on information technology is not a prerequisite to graduate from medical school, yet so much of a physician’s day-to-day interactions occur in a digital environment. From a doctor’s perspective, understanding the basics of how and why a software program was designed can greatly enhance their experience with the digital tools at their disposal.

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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.