Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 17, 2023

SEATTLE—Amazon Pharmacy is launching drone delivery for prescription medication orders with the service initially taking flight in College Station, Texas, the company announced Wednesday. | SEATTLE—Amazon Pharmacy is launching drone delivery for prescription medication orders with the service initially taking flight in College Station, Texas, the company announced Wednesday.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Physicians accounted for nearly half of departures from 2021 through 2022, with staffing shortages putting care quality at risk, according to a new report from Definitive Healthcare.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Changes to the Medicare Part D program—including capping insulin copays and out-of-pocket spending and eliminating the 5% coinsurance requirement for the catastrophic phase—from the Inflation Reduc | A survey of health plans gave further insight into how Medicare Part D will change following the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The North Carolina-based health system sparked controversy by filing 2,482 lawsuits against patients with medical debt between 2017 and 2022.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 17, 2023

More internal medicine, family practice doctors left the workforce in past 2 years than other specialties, report finds dmuoio Tue, 10/17/2023 - 16:27

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The primary care operator is facing roadblocks to expanding existing clinics' ability to treat a wider variety of patients, including integrating One Medical and Iora’s electronic health records systems.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sign language and other interpretation delivery methods are getting more tech-enabled, says Kathryn Jackson, VP of language operations at AMN Healthcare, who offers tips to help providers ensure patients with hearing difficulties receive proper care.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Alignment Healthcare is teaming up with pharmacy giant Walgreens to launch new Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for 2024. | Alignment Healthcare is teaming up with pharmacy giant Walgreens to launch new Medicare Advantage plans for 2024.

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p3care

OCTOBER 17, 2023

MIPS performance categories are a set of evaluation criteria for eligible clinicians. As we know, these categories have varying weights assigned, contributing to the total MIPS score. Do you know what the category score distribution in MIPS 2023 is? Well, in MIPS 2023 reporting , there is no change in each category score distribution. It is the same as of 2022.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this week’s episode of “Podnosis,” we delve into how Humana is expanding its reach in senior-focused primary care and home health. | In this week’s episode of “Podnosis,” we delve into how Humana is expanding its reach in senior-focused primary care and home health. Fierce Payer Senior Editor Paige Minemyer caught up with Sanjay Shetty, M.D., president of Humana’s CenterWell segment, to explore why the insurer is placing its bets on primary care and the strategies the company intends to use t

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2023

More than a third of transactions announced in the third quarter included a party that cited financial distress as a reason behind the deal.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens is teaming up with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation to support research into valvular heart disease among older seniors. | Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens is teaming up with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation to support research into valvular heart disease among older seniors.

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Healthy Debate

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The post Beyond birth control: The benefits of universal contraception don’t end at pregnancy prevention appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

By Adithi Iyer The cultural, informational, and medical phenomenon that is 23andMe has placed a spotlight on precision medicine, which seeks to personalize medical care to each patient’s unique makeup. Thus far, advances in direct-to-consumer genetic testing have made saliva-sample sequencing services all the rage in this space, but regenerative medicine, which relies on cells and tissues , rather than saliva , now brings us to a new, increasingly complex inflection point.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Everyone in home-based care wants to get further into value- and risk-based contracting. No one can agree on the best way to do so. Some providers believe that honing in on just one or two core service lines – like home health and hospice care, for example – is the best way to go. Others believe that establishing a full continuum of care within the home is the best way to improve outcomes and attract payers.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2023

What You Should Know: – Memorial Hermann Health System is teaming up with Midi Health , a virtual care clinic focused exclusively on women navigating midlife hormonal transition for women in perimenopause and menopause. – Memorial Hermann will work with Midi to extend the care their providers can give to women. Midi’s virtual clinic offers high-touch telehealth services while supporting patients’ continued connection to the expertise and care of their Memorial Hermann-affiliate

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Reimagine Care — an in-home cancer care enabler — announced Tuesday that it received an investment from Memorial Hermann Health System. The investment lends even more credence to at-home cancer care as an emerging service line. Reimagine Care declined to disclose the terms of the investment. Memorial Hermann joins the ranks of the company’s current institutional investors: Santé Health, Martin Ventures, LRV Health and Sable Investments.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2023

What You Should Know: – Densitas ® , a provider of artificial intelligence solutions for breast cancer screening, announced a strategic partnership with Intelerad Medical Systems ® , a provider of medical imaging software and services to advance AI-driven breast cancer screening. – This partnership strengthens clinical decision-making, increases operational efficiencies, reduces costs, and improves mammography quality and mammography facility adherence with MQSA EQUIP standards.

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Meditech

OCTOBER 17, 2023

At MEDITECH, we know that organizations need the right tools to address today’s healthcare challenges, such as workforce shortages, evolving care needs, and financial pressures. Our solutions are designed to enhance physician and nurse efficiency and connect clinicians across a dynamic healthcare ecosystem in support of person-centered care. While each healthcare organization has its own definition of success, they all must navigate the needs of today, while preparing for the future of care deli

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2023

What You Should Know: – Ventricle Health – a new national, virtual cardiology clinical reimagining cardiac care delivery – raises $8M in seed funding led by RA Capital and Waterline Ventures. – This company will used the seed funding to expand Ventricle Health’s heart failure management therapeutic model in collaboration with value-based care provider groups and payers, which can reduce the overall average annual cost of heart failure care by at least 30-50%.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Via the Kaiser Family Foundation : In 2023, more than half (51%) of eligible Medicare beneficiaries – 30.8 million people out of 60.0 million Medicare beneficiaries with both Medicare Parts A and B – are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare Advantage enrollment as a share of the eligible Medicare population has jumped from 19% in 2007 to 51% in 2023.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

One half-of health care financial leaders plan to invest in technology to cut costs — and most believe that AI has the potential to re-define the entire finance function as they look to Leading the transformation, a study conducted by U.S. Bank among U.S. health finance leaders thinking about emerging technologies. U.S. Bank fielded a survey among 200 senior health care financial leaders in the U.S., 30% of whom were group CFOs, 20% regional/divisional CFOs, 25% senior managers, and the r

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sharecare Inc. (Nasdaq: SHCR) – a large digital health company that owns the home-based care coordinator CareLinx – confirmed last week that it had received an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Claritas Capital. Specifically, Claritas Capital’s proposal included an acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Sharecare common stock “for cash consideration of between $1.35 and $1.80 per share.

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The Rand Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Some commercial actors benefit from involvement in Chinese influence operations. What steps could the U.S. government take to address this?

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Amy Thompson, Research Manager at Signify Research The concept of an enterprise imaging strategy was coined over a decade ago, however, it’s only in recent years that the expansion beyond “enterprise radiology” has truly begun. The total market for IT across those nine specialties included in Signify Research’s report reached $6.6 billion in 2022; however, only 20% of market revenue was associated with enterprise deals.

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Nordic

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The critical role nurses play in the direct care of patients has never been more apparent. As nurse burnout and mental health challenges have contributed to a long-term nationwide nurse shortage – a trend that has been greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the need to keep staff in the workforce is paramount, it needs to go hand-in-hand with optimizing new, more efficient models of care.

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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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The Rand Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Large-scale research infrastructure is enormously expensive. Is the real impact and value of major investment in research facilities worth the cost?

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This month, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a Second Temporary Rule further extending the telemedicine waivers of the Ryan Haight Act (“RHA”) promulgated during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) from November 11, 2023 until December 31, 2024.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2023

What You Should Know: Amazon Web Services and Inovalon announced a collaboration to develop AI and ML-based solutions for healthcare organizations to improve patient outcomes and cost-savings. – The collaborated capabilities are being developed for multiple applications across the broader Inovalon ONE® Platform, the Company’s SaaS-based software platform supporting more than 20,000 customer organizations across the healthcare ecosystem.

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Health Recovery

OCTOBER 17, 2023

How Lee Health, the 4th largest public health system in the U.S.

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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.