Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

LOS ANGELES — AI took center stage at the ViVE 2024 conference this week and health systems across the country are deploying the tech to tackle issues from easing the drudgery of medical docum | AI took center stage at the ViVE 2024 conference this week and health systems across the country are deploying the tech to tackle issues from easing the drudgery of medical documentation to making it easier for patients to get information about their medical care.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Regulators are reportedly looking into the massive healthcare conglomerate’s potential anticompetitive effects, including the relationship between its health insurer UnitedHealthcare and physician network Optum.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Providers, researchers and government officials gathered Tuesday to discuss the "urgent public health crisis" of gun violence and throw their weight behind a new multimillion-dollar aware | The event, which emphasized the role of healthcare professionals in addressing gun violence, came with the announcement of an industry-backed, multimillion-dollar awareness and prevention campaign.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Elevance joins a growing list of insurers expanding their weight management offerings after demand for GLP-1 drugs has soared over the past year.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Danbury, Connecticut-based Nuvance Health is joining Northwell Health, New York’s largest provider and private employer, under a strategic merger agreement unveiled Wednesday. | The $18 billion combination, which still requires regulatory signoffs, would give Northwell a foothold in Connecticut and promises "significant investments" for Nuvance.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Pennsylvania-based hospital operator grew revenue 7% in 2023 despite operational challenges, including high labor costs and strained payer relations.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Burnout and turnover intention remains high among overwhelmed and under-resourced nurse leaders, according to a study from AMN Healthcare.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Walgreens will now accept a slew of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits online, including the option for home delivery, the company announced this week. | Walgreens will now accept a slew of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits online, including the option for home delivery, the company announced this week.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It is consolidating its contact centre functionalities across sites in Australia and Europe.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Congress is living up to its dysfunctional reputation, at least when it comes to healthcare reform. | Despite broad support, PBM reform appears unlikely in the short-term. Here's why advocates are not panicked.

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The Rand Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While politically challenging, a holistic update to U.S. immigration laws based on a better understanding of American immigration needs and the factors that are driving people to make the dangerous trek to cross the border would help reduce the numbers of migrants arriving daily to the U.S.-Mexico border and the challenges migration poses to receiving localities.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

LOS ANGELES — "How are you doing?" Those four words can have a big impact on getting people healthier by addressing unmet medical needs, says Ami Parekh, M.D., Included Health's chief health office | "How are you doing?" Those four words can have a big impact on getting people healthier by addressing unmet medical needs, says Ami Parekh, M.D., Included Health's chief health officer.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What You Should Know: – Absci Corporation (Nasdaq: ABSI), a company utilizing generative AI for drug discovery, announced today an initial public offering (IPO) of $75 million in common stock. – This IPO aims to support the advancement of Absci’s internal drug development programs, further investment in their Integrated Drug Creation™ platform, and general corporate purposes.

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Healthcare Associates

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Today, an estimated 80% of people with dementia are being cared for in their homes. 1 In most of these cases, their caregivers are friends and relatives. About one-quarter of dementia caregivers provide care for both an aging parent and children under the age of 18. 1 If you are caring for a parent with dementia at home, it helps to have a plan and routine that works with everyone in your household.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What You Should Know: – A recent study conducted by Access Partnership for Amazon Web Services (AWS) highlights a significant discrepancy between the perceived benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and the industry’s current preparedness to utilize it effectively. – The study underscores the need for collaboration between healthcare organizations and technology leaders like AWS to bridge the AI skills gap and unlock the full potential of AI in healthcare.

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Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

By Hannah Rahim Food is Medicine interventions aim to prevent and treat diet-related chronic health conditions and reduce food insecurity by providing food to individuals and communities, in connection with the health care system. While Food is Medicine has been gaining prominence in recent years, it has also received some criticism. This article will explore the development of Food is Medicine and its limitations, and briefly offer recommendations for successful Food is Medicine initiatives.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Charlotte-Hanneman, CFO at Philips What You Should Know: – Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, has announced the appointment of Charlotte Hanneman as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). – Ms. Hanneman will join the company’s Board of Management on June 1, 2024, officially assuming the CFO role on October 1, 2024.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the last home health proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency in charge of reimbursement rates sent out a request for information on home health aide utilization. Specifically, the agency wondered why Medicare-covered home health aide visits and utilization had fallen off a cliff over the last few decades.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Guy Friedman, co-founder and CEO of SteadyMD The past few years have seen upheavals in healthcare, and 2024 so far shows no signs of breaking that pattern. While the fundamentals of healthcare remain the same – caregivers treating patients – the who, how and where are changing, driven by shifting demographics, evolving consumer preferences, technological advancements and revolutionary drugs.

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Spok Inc

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Gain a deeper understanding of contact center operational challenges and the importance of multi-faceted approaches for delivering the best patient experiences. The post 4 common challenges for hospital contact centers in 2024 appeared first on Spok Inc.

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HIStalk

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Reframing Healthcare at HomeBy Philip Parks, MD, MPH Philip Parks,

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

VR surgery for PPE. SNAP, food insecurity and medication adherence. Hospital racial composition and VBP. Drinking and jobs ( part 1 , part 2 ) Geographies with ultra-low fertility.

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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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Life Qi

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

No matter what industry you are in, most would describe today's landscape as a challenging operating environment. Because of which the pursuit of continuous improvement isn't just a buzzword; it's a necessity for survival and growth.

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HKLaw

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) published its 2024 Final Rule governing healthcare conscience protections, "Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What You Should Know: Epicore Biosystems, a digital health solutions company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have partnered to bring Epicore’s novel biosensing capabilities to the anti-doping world as a new drug detection method to complement existing urine and blood collections.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Patients who receive home-based palliative care (HBPC) services experience fewer emergency department visits, fewer hospitalizations and lower costs once they start receiving services. That’s according to a recent study conducted by the West Health Research Institute of Blue Shield of California. “Home-based palliative care is a powerful tool to improve the care of seriously ill members who struggle to have their health care needs met in the doctor’s office,” Jenelle Hallock, senior manage

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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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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What You Should Know: Proscia®, a leading provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, today announced that Pramana, Inc., an AI-enabled health tech company modernizing the pathology sector, is now a Proscia Ready partner. Pramana joins the partner alliance to help life sciences organizations and diagnostic laboratories increasingly leverage enriched, high-quality data, including DICOM images, in their routine research and clinical operations.

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Wisconsin Healthcare Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

ACHE-WI Leadership Development Program (LDP) cohort XIV met with senior executives of Mayo Clinic Health System for an educational Site Visit with leaders at Mayo Clinic – La Crosse Hospital. Cohort members gathered for breakfast to learn about the history of Mayo Clinic, then spent quality time with system and regional leaders including Chris Hasse , Chief Administrative Officer MCHS; Tanner Holst , Regional Chair of Administration Southwest Wisconsin; and Dr.

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Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia recently dismissed an appeal by the Pharmaceutical Coalition for Patient Access (“PCPA”) that challenged a negative opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) concerning pharmaceutical manufacturers’ offers of cost-sharing subsidies to Medicare Part D (“Part D”) beneficiaries.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In order to be successful moving forward, home-based care providers will need to understand the value-based care landscape and be prepared to operate in this space. That’s one key takeaway from a new report released by Transcend Strategy Group, an at-home care-focused growth strategy firm. The report is an overview of value-based care’s history, as well as a guide to help providers operate in a larger value-based ecosystem.

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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.