Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Hospices acquired by private equity firms and publicly traded companies shift their operational strategies toward maximizing profits, the new study in JAMA Network Open suggests.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Virgin Pulse and benefits administrator HealthComp are set to merge in a $3 billion deal that aims to drive lower costs and improve outcomes for employers. | Virgin Pulse and benefits administrator HealthComp are set to merge in a $3 billion deal that aims to drive lower costs and improve outcomes for employers.
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Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The Transcarent platform integrates directly through the care pathway of each of the 10 health systems it is partnering with, including scheduling and pre- and post-care, support services and same-day payment for providers. WHY IT MATTERS Transcarent says the ecosystem will provide the employees of national self-insured employers with faster access to verified high-quality digital or in-person care, higher-quality care, and affordable and predictable costs with full transparency.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Expect premiums, benefits and plan choices for Medicare Advantage (MA) and the Medicare Part D prescription drug program to look similar in 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (C | CMS announced that nearly three-quarters of MA plan beneficiaries will not see their premiums rise.
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Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The divestiture to Humana’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care business comes after Cano CEO Mark Kent said in August the company was exploring a potential sale amid its worsening liquidity position.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Digital health company Waltz Health is cracking into the payer market by inking its first partnership. | Digital health company Waltz Health is cracking into the payer market by inking its first partnership.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Tech-enabled primary care company Cano Health is selling off its senior-focused clinics to Humana's CenterWell in Texas and Nevada, according to an announcement. | Tech-enabled primary care company Cano Health is selling off its senior-focused clinics to Humana's CenterWell in Texas and Nevada, according to an announcement.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The health insurers originally expected their merger to close before the end of 2023, but have hit snags receiving the regulatory green light in Louisiana.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Elevance Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana are pressing pause on $2.5 billion merger plans as state regulators raise concerns about the impact it could have on local competition.
p3care
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Medicare and Medicaid are the two biggest healthcare insurance programs in the United States. They provide healthcare coverage for different medical specialties, and cardiology is one of them. The federal government has made different rules and regulations applicable to eligible populations. These rules may change or modify with time, causing confusion for medical billing services.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Elevance Health, Humana, Hims & Hers Health and HCA Healthcare are among the best large, public healthcare companies to work for, according to a new industry-specific ranking published Tuesday | The ranking of top public healthcare employers considered metrics such as compensation and work/life balance. The list was largely dominated by pharma and biotech companies.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
What You Should Know: Exo (pronounced “echo”), a medical imaging software and device company, today unveiled a category-redefining handheld ultrasound device, Exo Iris™, to put high-performance medical imaging into the hands—and pockets—of every caregiver. Built on Exo’s advanced silicon technology, Exo Iris delivers versatile imaging performance for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at a fraction of the size and cost of cart-based systems.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Payers, providers are cautiously optimistic about their value-based care efforts.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
G. Scott Herman has been in the home health industry for a long time. But when it comes to his new venture – New Day Healthcare – he’s not running the company based on what worked in the past, or even what may work best right now. He’s trying to build a forward-looking, sustainable home-based care business. To do that, he’s relying on strategies that he may not have relied on at prior stops.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Employee healthcare navigation company Transcarent unveiled Tuesday new partnerships with a network of major health systems to help its employer customers offer their workers access to high-quality | Transcarent unveiled Tuesday new partnerships with a network of major health systems to help its employer customers offer their workers access to high-quality medical services at lower cost, according to CEO Glen Tullman.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Alliance Homecare has teamed up with Sollis Health, a members-only urgent and emergency medical care concierge service. The partnership will give Alliance’s home health clients access to complimentary Sollis memberships. The partnership allows Alliance to extend care for its clients beyond the home in the event of emergencies or more acute illness, Amanda Howland, director of client services at Alliance, told Home Health Care News.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Healthcare continues to face unprecedented challenges in the wake of COVID-19, and women are playing a key role in driving the transformation necessary to weather the storm. | We're seeking nominations for women who are on the front lines of this transformational moment in healthcare. And this is where you come in.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
When dissecting what makes a successful provider in home-based care, the spotlight often gravitates towards the C-suite level, or to the caregivers or home health aides on the ground. That’s generally for good reason. However, lost in the shuffle at times are the middle managers who are consistently leaned on to execute a CEO’s vision and create a winning and sustainable culture. “We spend a lot of time, as an industry, talking about the direct care workforce and the CEOs, but there is thi
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Medicaid expansion will launch in North Carolina on Dec. 1, adding more than 600,000 people to the state’s health insurance system, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday. | Deemed a major victory for Gov. Roy Cooper, the state anticipates more than 600,000 people will be eligible under Medicaid expansion.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
What You Should Know: Mission Bio , a leader in single-cell multi-omic solutions for precision medicine, announced the commercial launch of the Tapestri® Single-cell MRD (scMRD) AML Multiomics Assay. The company designed the scMRD AML Multiomics Assay to bring unprecedented resolution to disease relapse and recurrence in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), demonstrating the potential of single-cell DNA and protein multiomics to identify therapeutic targets in recurrent AML.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Holon Solutions, a health tech company focused on easing administrative burdens, has joined forces with a Nevada health information exchange (HIE) to transform information sharing in the state. | The latest initiative will enable care teams using Holon and the HIE to access precise insights at the point of care with the goal of improving care coordination and quality.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Theresa Hush, CEO and Co-founder of Roji Health Intelligence Given Artificial Intelligence’s potential to improve patient care and reduce costs, it’s no surprise that AI applications are gaining momentum in health care. As your organization explores the benefits of AI in your journey towards Value-Based Care, however, you need to carefully assess the implications, for better and worse.
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.
HIStalk
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Top News Release of information service provider Datavant acquires Healthjump,
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
What You Should Know: iRhythm Technologies, Inc. today announced the U.S. launch of its next-generation Zio® monitor and enhanced Zio® long-term continuous monitoring (LTCM) service. Zio monitor is iRhythm’s smallest, lightest and thinnest cardiac monitor, enhancing the cardiac monitoring experience for patients and healthcare providers together with new service enhancements.
The Rand Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
In shaping patterns of future warfare, militaries across the world will be seeking to absorb the key lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War. Chinese strategists are particularly attuned to the major role that landmines have played in the conflict.
Nordic
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Whether an organization is updating their current electronic health record (EHR) or moving from paper records for the first time, diligent data management is paramount, especially given just how many data points that organization will now soon have. Data for data’s sake won’t cut it, though. Unless their data infrastructure has been designed for actual use by and for actual clinicians, all the digitization in the world won’t make the system suddenly helpful.
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
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
What You Should Know: – Health Gorilla , a leading interoperability provider, and Amwell , a global leader in hybrid care enablement, announced a new lab capability within Amwell’s virtual care platform that will enable providers to offer patients a more connected hybrid care experience. – With this expanded partnership, Health Gorilla’s lab automation system will empower providers on the Amwell Converge platform with access to a broader lab network and enhanced digital diagnostic da
Briggs Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Wednesday, September 20, 2023, CMS posted QSO-23-21-NH … Updates to Nursing Home Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures. As noted above in the Summary: The actions described in this memorandum are separate from the proposed rule. CMS will review and address any comments related to the proposed rule through the rulemaking process.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
al health What You Should Know: – Cartwheel , a platform helping schools tackle the student mental health crisis by delivering affordable, evidence-based telehealth services with no waitlist raises $20M in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures. Reach Capital joined the round, as did earlier investors General Catalyst , BoxGroup and Able Partners. – The funding will allow Cartwheel to expand mental health services to hundreds of thousands of new students in current service areas, as
Briggs Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare While personnel shortages existed in the health care community before the pandemic, the pandemic exacerbated these shortages. Maintaining an appropriate level of personnel in health care facilities is essential to providing a safe work environment for health care personnel and quality care to patients.
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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