Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage (MA) has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder. | LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
A historic three-day strike at Kaiser Permanente ended on Saturday. However, unions and the health system have not yet agreed to a new contract for over 75,000 workers, and the unions say another strike may be coming.
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Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Google's cloud division unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities to help doctors and nurses quickly access patients' clinical notes and other medical information a | Google's cloud division unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities to help doctors and nurses quickly access patients' clinical notes and other medical information across different data sources.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
The impending purchase is part of a new health business being spun out by General Catalyst, called the Health Assurance Transformation Corporation.
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Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. | Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. Clear, a company well recognized for its biometric identity verification used in airports, wants to fix these pain points.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
The new deal has made Uber a “patient entry point” into the health benefits system, according to Uber Health global lead Caitlin Donovan.
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Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
The Drug Enforcement Administration and the HHS announced they would extend pandemic-era flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances virtually through the end of 2024.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
As more patients seek tech-enabled care in the palm of their hand, providers are increasingly looking to expand their slate of virtual care offerings. | The app will make virtual care providers available around the clock for urgent issues and same-day appointments for primary care with the goal of reducing wait times for patients. All insurance types that Cedars-Sinai takes will be accepted.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
It’s the tech retailer’s first foray into prescription-based medical device sales.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Boulder Care, a telehealth provider for substance use disorder, has met all of its performance quality measures in a value-based payment arrangement with a managed Medicaid insurer in Oregon. | The contract with Umpqua Health Alliance links reimbursement to a set of patient outcomes. Boulder agreed to put a portion of its reimbursement for medical services at risk until quality performance metrics were achieved.
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Healthcare Success
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Healthcare consumers demand better, more personalized experiences at every touchpoint. According to Google, approximately 77% of people use search engines to start their patient journey. Listen to the podcast: So, it makes sense for healthcare businesses to focus their attention on their websites, landing pages, and paid search campaigns. But what happens after your ads have captured their attention—especially with a PPC or display ad?
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Venture capital firm General Catalyst unveiled a new company Sunday designed to provide advisory services to health systems while also eyeing a big acquisition by next year. | Venture capital firm General Catalyst unveiled a new company Sunday designed to provide advisory services to health systems while also eyeing a big acquisition by next year.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
“There are some aspects of care that are better done in person,” a top Amazon exec said Sunday at HLTH.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Walgreens workers are expressing their dissatisfaction at current working conditions, as reports say pharmacy workers are planning a walkout from Oct. 9 to Oct. 11. | Walgreens pharmacy workers at some locations across the country appear to be leaving work for several days. Posts on social media platforms indicate they are protesting unfair working conditions.
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Healthy Debate
OCTOBER 9, 2023
A universal masking policy in health-care settings that protects the health and well-being of those seeking medical care is well-justified.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored just how many food deserts dot the nation and how poor nutrition often lays the foundation for poor health.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 9, 2023
What You Should Know: – Today, the American Health Information Management Association ® (AHIMA) unveiled its groundbreaking initiative, Data for Better Health™ , at its annual conference, AHIMA23, in Baltimore, MD. – The Data for Better Health initiative is poised to revolutionize the healthcare landscape by enhancing awareness of the transformative potential of social determinants of health (SDOH) data to improve health outcomes.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—Innovations around generative AI are rapidly coming into the healthcare market. | Leading health systems are joining together with health plans, research organizations, tech companies and nonprofit associations to help bridge this gap by exploring uses, pitfalls, and best practices for Gen AI in health care and research, and accelerate execution and real-world evidence.
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Well Care Health is divesting its personal home care division to Avid Health at Home. For Well Care Health, it’s an opportunity to capitalize off of the demand for its well-established home care footprint, while also focusing on a new strategic direction moving forward. “There’s a couple of drivers behind [the move],” Well Care Health CEO Zac Long told Home Health Care News.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Concert Health, a tech-enabled behavioral health medical group, is teaming up with Mass General Brigham to expand behavioral health services through primary care. | The program will be rolled out across the health system’s primary care, pediatric and OBGYN practices in Massachusetts, giving more than 400 primary care providers and their patients access to behavioral health services.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 9, 2023
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Personal home care and home health care are both branches connected to the post-acute care family tree. As such, home care leaders believe that there are numerous ways that their organizations can help alleviate home health provider pain points. One major pain point that can be seen across home health care are referral rejection rates.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Visana Health, a virtual-first women’s health clinic, has teamed up with WIN, a family-building benefits provider, to provide an integrated women’s health care solution to employers and payers in a | Through a strategic partnership, WIN patients will have access to Visana’s clinicians for a wide range of women’s health conditions, from menopause to endometriosis to PCOS.
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Health Populi
OCTOBER 9, 2023
What if… you were given the opportunity to build a health system from scratch in this new era of platforms, cloud computing, AI and machine learning, curious-digital-empowered consumers, and collaborators in retail and community settings operating close to peoples’ homes and workplaces? With the HLTH 2023 Conference meeting up in Vegas these past couple of days, this “what if” scenario can be constructed with announcements coming out of the meeting, coupled with recent de
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Luna, an in-home musculoskeletal (MSK) care provider, has launched five new value-based specialty programs to reduce the total cost of MSK cost of care and improve patient outcomes. | The new products will serve a variety of needs, from surgical assessments to postoperative care, and are available in 28 states covering 190 million U.S. residents.
The Rand Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2023
More than 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente went on strike last week. While it is unusual for American medical workers to go on strike, there is reason to believe Kaiser is on the leading edge of more labor unrest among care providers in this country.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS—The second day of HLTH kicked off with main-stage speakers from Google, LinkedIn, McKesson and Amazon. | The second day of HLTH kicked off with main-stage speakers from Google, LinkedIn, McKesson and Amazon.
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
OCTOBER 9, 2023
What You Should Know: – DUOS , a digital health company empowering older adults to live independently through partnerships with Medicare Advantage (MA) health plans, today announced the DUOS+AI platform while at HLTH 2023 in Las Vegas. – Founded to help older Americans retain independence and make optimal use of their health plans, DUOS works with caregivers, health plans, and health care providers to connect older Americans with the resources and care they need.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 9, 2023
“Our goal is to be the most convenient health and wellness destination, whether you’re physically in our stores or virtually in our stores,” said Tracey Brown, Walgreens’ chief customer officer and president of retail, at HLTH.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 9, 2023
What You Should Know: care.ai today announced at HLTH ‘23 it is building Google Cloud’s generative AI and data analytics tools into its Smart Care Facility Platform to improve healthcare facility management and patient care and move toward its vision for predictive smart care facilities. care.ai’s platform will help solve an acute and growing problem; there aren’t enough clinicians to deliver healthcare, and yet the amount of paperwork is growing.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 9, 2023
This article is sponsored by nVoq. This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Jason Banks, VP of Post Acute Business Development at nVoq and Jennifer Maxwell, CEO of Maxwell Healthcare Associates. This discussion took place on August 30, 2023, during the HHCN FUTURE Conference. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.
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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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