Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Software giant Oracle has integrated generative AI services into its Cerner electronic medical record system as health IT companies race to harness this cutting-edge tech for providers. | Software giant Oracle has integrated generative AI services into its Cerner EHR system as health tech companies race to harness this cutting-edge tech for providers.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
In over half of states, less than a quarter of nursing facilities would meet staffing requirements under a proposed federal rule, according to a new KFF analysis.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
A home health agency in Missouri recently announced it is shutting down due to the impact of | Home healthcare providers are experiencing severe payment cuts along with challenges to retain nurses and therapists, putting healthcare services at home in jeopardy.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Pharmacy benefit manager lobby PCMA and drugmaker lobby PhRMA pointed fingers over problems in the prescription supply chain during the House committee's second PBM hearing on Tuesday.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Digital health startup Equip is expanding its virtual eating disorder treatment services to adults as demand for care continues to grow. | Equip banked an additional investment from General Catalyst to fuel its growth as it expands its virtual eating disorder therapy services to adults.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The New Orleans-based health system will use generative artificial intelligence to draft messages to patients, which will be reviewed and edited by clinicians.
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Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The money will go to GE subsidiary Caption Health to develop AI tools to help with maternal care and pediatric lung health.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Patients checking their local hospital’s website for the cost of medical services may not find the same prices as those who called on the phone, according to a newly published study. | The comparison of 60 hospitals' listed prices and those obtained by secret shopper callers "highlight the continued challenges for uninsured patients and others who attempt to comparison shop for healthcare," researchers wrote.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
What You Should Know: – An analysis of “AI in Healthcare” related Google search data from 2020 to 2023 increased by over 300%, according to a study conducted by Dataconomy Media in August 2023. – From a mere 12,100 queries in 2020, the enthusiasm surrounding AI’s role in healthcare has surged to an impressive 33,100 searches in 2023.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
A Massachusetts behavioral health system allegedly pushed thousands of substance abuse patients to choose its services by illegally offering free sober housing at facilities it knew to be unsafe, a | Federal and state law enforcement officials allege that Massachusetts-based Bournewood Health Systems illegally induced thousands of patients to partner sober homes it knew were dangerous, allowing the behavioral health provider to bill government programs for millions.
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Bill Of Health
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
By Natasha Hammond-Browning Uterus transplantation first hit the headlines in 2014, with the birth of the first baby born following a uterus transplant. This first birth in Sweden has led to trials worldwide. Most recently, in August 2023, the United Kingdom saw its first uterus transplant. In the United States, the University of Alabama (UAB) Medicine uterus transplant program is the first program to offer uterus transplantation outside of a clinical trial, and the first birth in that program w
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule Monday to streamline enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) with the aim of making coverage affordable for 860,000 mo | A $26.16 billion CMS rule will streamline Medicare Savings Program enrollment, reducing administrative burden in the process.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
What You Should Know: Rising healthcare expenses, lack of certainty over costs and financial support and poor coordination between providers and payers have caused consumers to feel more stressed than ever before about their healthcare bills. According to the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study , 72% of consumers cite affordability as the biggest challenge to paying larger healthcare bills—not that they don’t want to.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Select Health, a subsidiary of Intermountain Healthcare, and its pharmacy benefit manager Scripius are teaming up with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company to offer its members access to more affordab | Select Health members will have access to more than 1,000 prescription products, including those for high blood pressure, certain cancers, dementia, asthma, diabetes and more.
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HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
What You Should Know: Zocdoc, the leading healthcare marketplace that makes it easy for patients to find and book in-person or virtual care across over 250 specialties and more than 18,000 insurance plans, today announced the launch of Zocdoc Practice Solutions. Zocdoc Practice Solutions is a free suite of tools that helps providers seamlessly reach, manage and keep patients.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Zocdoc, a healthcare marketplace and appointment booking platform, has launched a free suite of tools for providers to reach, manage and keep patients. | Zocdoc Practice Solutions is available to any practice or provider, regardless of whether they are on Zocdoc. Providers will also be able to use the tools for free for all of their patients, not just those who book through Zocdoc.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
What You Should Know: Avel eCare , a provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services acquires Fident Health, a Texas-based virtual hospitalist provider dedicated to delivering high-quality telemedicine care to rural and suburban communities. – The acquisition strengthens Avel eCare’s existing clinician network and builds on the company’s successful acute and post-acute telemedicine solutions to help hospitals, health systems and senior care facilities throughout the United States
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
ClosedLoop, a healthcare data science platform, has launched two new offerings to help measure and guide the real-world impact of healthcare programs. | The solutions are designed to help healthcare organizations analyze, evaluate, monitor and refine their programs to mitigate adverse events, improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary costs.
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Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The end of certain COVID-19 pandemic-era policies could have dire effects on family caregivers and home- and community-based services (HCBS) enrollees. Family caregivers played a key role in supporting the estimated 4 million people who utilized Medicaid-based HCBS during the pandemic. Several states used pandemic-era authorities to pay family caregivers in order to maintain services when the workforce shortage in home-based care was at its worst.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The CEO of DocGo, a provider of mobile health services, resigned Friday as the company faces growing scrutiny from state and city officials over its migrant care contract with New York City. | The CEO of DocGo, a provider of mobile health services, resigned Friday as the company faces growing scrutiny over its migrant care contract with New York City.
Health Recovery
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
This week is Telehealth Awareness Week (September 17-23, 2023), a time of the year when the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) invites telehealth solution providers and healthcare industry leaders to highlight to explore the role of telehealth in care delivery. The overarching theme this year is “ Highlighting the Value of Virtual Care ” which focuses on the need to establish a hybrid care model that includes in-person and virtual care.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Troubled insurtech Bright Health must shell out about $380 million to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) over the next 18 months, according to a recent
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Meditech
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
There’s a lot of talk about keeping patients at the centre of care to improve outcomes, but that can only be possible when healthcare providers see the full patient story. Data sharing barriers still exist, making it difficult for providers to deliver more informed, whole-person care.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
“What omnichannel really means: hearing the customer wherever they are and making them feel heard, valued, and understood.” That statement comes from Qualtrics’ explanation of omnichannel experience design. The very human needs of feeling one is heard, is valued, and is understood, underpin the rasion d’etre of omnichannel marketing.
HIStalk
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Top News Oracle announces “the new Oracle Health EHR platform”.
Healthy Debate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
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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.
Health IT Analytics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
A breast cancer screening AI demonstrated similar sensitivity and specificity to those achieved by 552 human readers of screening mammograms.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The answer is health plans according to a new paper by Sen, Chang and Hargraves (2023) : Using the Health Care Cost Institute’s data set of claims for one-third of the US population with employer-sponsored insurance, we found that unadjusted prices were higher in self-insured plans for most of the services we studied, with the largest differences found for endoscopies (approximately 8 percent higher in self-insured plans), colonoscopies (approximately 7 percent), laboratory tests (approximately
Nordic
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The mission and vision for primary care physicians and other clinical personnel is to leverage data and modern solutions to craft holistic care plans for individual patients. Patient care plans are never black and white. A patient’s ability to pay for necessary medications or whether they have transportation to and from an appointment can make them deviate from a standardized care plan, affecting their outcome.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
What You Should Know: Today, Rev1 Ventures, the venture studio that helps entrepreneurs and corporations accelerate innovation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital , and The Ohio State University announce expanded support for life sciences companies with the launch of Rev1 Catalyst Fund III, a $30 million fund that delivers capital and strategic services for pre-seed, seed stage and early-stage healthcare innovators.
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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