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Why regulators didn’t challenge Amazon-One Medical deal, despite data concerns

Health Care Dive

The ecommerce giant's $3.9 billion buy of primary care company One Medical closed last week without a challenge from the FTC, even as consumer protection groups and regulators aired worries about the tie-up.

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Bright Health staring down bankruptcy, needs to raise $300M, execs say

Fierce Healthcare

Bright Health staring down bankruptcy, needs to raise $300M, execs say pminemyer Wed, 03/01/2023 - 14:40

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Oak Street Health posts $510M loss, outlines risks to CVS acquisition

Health Care Dive

Along with regulatory oversight and concerns about physician attrition due to the transaction, the merger could disrupt Oak Street by hurting relationships with its business partners — including Humana, according to a financial filing.

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Precision medicine company Tempus inks 3rd major pharma deal, securing nearly $1B revenue boost

Fierce Healthcare

Precision medicine company Tempus inks 3rd major pharma deal, securing nearly $1B revenue boost hlandi Wed, 03/01/2023 - 11:32

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Bright Health chases cash after overdrawing credit facility

Health Care Dive

Bright is required to maintain at least $200 million in the account, but overdrew its credit due to costs associated with discontinuing its health insurance exchange business, according to CEO Mike Mikan.

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BCBSA: Broader site-neutral payment policies would save $471B over 10 years

Fierce Healthcare

BCBSA: Broader site-neutral payment policies would save $471B over 10 years dmuoio Wed, 03/01/2023 - 14:20

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Cleveland Clinic closes Q4 strong but ultimately logs $1.2B net loss for 2022

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Cleveland Clinic closes Q4 strong but ultimately logs $1.

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8 simple steps to create trust in the workplace

Pro CRNA

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA Trust is a glue that holds relationships together whether they be family, social, or work related. Brittany has been a chief CRNA for almost a year and is struggling in the position. As a colleague, she was a rising star on the team and when the Chief CRNA retired, she was quickly moved into the position. Brittany is a person who likes to be liked and needs to be needed, therefore she avoids conflict by saying yes to every request that is made.

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House oversight panel launches new probe into major PBM tactics

Fierce Healthcare

House oversight panel launches new probe into major PBM tactics rking Wed, 03/01/2023 - 15:09

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Gross margins in MA market returned to pre-pandemic levels by end of 2021, report finds

Health Care Dive

The analysis of insurer markets in 2021, the latest year of available annual data, sheds light into the varied financial performance of insurers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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Staying Competitive in an Expanding Medicare Advantage Market

Fierce Healthcare

Staying Competitive in an Expanding Medicare Advantage Market jpiatt Wed, 03/01/2023 - 10:38

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Hospitals start year on better financial footing after challenging 2022, Kaufman Hall says

Health Care Dive

Volumes, emergency department visits, discharges and total revenues fell for hospitals in January while labor expenses rose, according to the report.

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Northwest Permanente P.C. subsidiary, XR startup launch CPR training with holographic patients

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Authenticity Paves the Way to an Inclusive Future at Women in Cybersecurity Conference

CiscoHealth

One intern who I met at the Women in Cybersecurity Conference (WiCyS) will always stand out to me because I had a front row seat to her career journey from Cisco intern to an amazing team member:… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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Specialty pharmacy costs, mental health are top employer concerns. Here's why

Fierce Healthcare

Specialty pharmacy costs, mental health are top employer concerns.

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PathGroup Expands Operations with Proscia Concentiq Dx

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – PathGroup , one of the largest providers of anatomic, clinical, digital, and molecular pathology services in the United States, is expanding its operations with Proscia’s software platform ( Concentriq® Dx ) to further enhance the delivery of faster, higher quality results for millions of patients, helping to better inform treatment decisions. – PathGroup currently supports more than 15,000 referring physicians and over 200 hospital customers with divers

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Long-term plans for hybrid care begin to take shape as health systems and digital platforms team up

Fierce Healthcare

Long-term plans for hybrid care begin to take shape as health systems and digital platforms team up aburky Wed, 03/01/2023 - 18:01

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Detroit Pistons Selects Progyny for Value-Based Family Building Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Progyny , a fertility benefits company pioneering value-based care, announced that they have partnered with the Detroit Pistons, to provide comprehensive, equitable family building care for employees and their families. – Through this partnership, the Detroit Pistons will have access to equitable and comprehensive family building care that its diverse workforce requires.

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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Privia Health nets $17.8M in profit in Q4 as it eyes national expansion of provider network

Fierce Healthcare

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M&A: ArisGlobal to Acquire Amplexor Life Sciences

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – ArisGlobal , the leading provider of life sciences software designed to automate core drug development functions, acquired Amplexor Life Sciences , a global provider of regulatory, quality, and safety software solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – This combined product ecosystem provides a new opportunity for life sciences companies, bringing together best-in-breed solutions to form a cohesive solution serving customers’ regulat

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Despite Hardball Tactics With Home Health Providers, MA Plans Have High Gross Margins

Home Health Care

Insurers are reporting much higher gross margins per enrollee in the Medicare Advantage (MA) market than in other health insurance markets, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. At the same time, many Medicare Advantage plans continue to play hardball with home health providers by rationing utilization and offering low rates. The KFF analysis took a look at financial data in four insurer markets: Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, individual (non-group) and fully insured

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OpenText Partners with Bayer to Digitize B2B Operations

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Global tech anchor, OpenText ™ announced its collaboration with healthcare and agricultural leader, Bayer, to simplify its digital operations. – This partnership echoes the current trend which sees legacy companies adopting more robust digital solutions to elevate their businesses and free up time to focus on other priorities. – Bayer has strategically chosen OpenTextTM Business Network Cloud Enterprise, which will be tapped for strategic B2B integration

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

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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Enhabit’s ‘Swing Factors’ In 2023, According To Its Leaders

Home Health Care

After seeing a 4% decline in traditional Medicare beneficiaries in the markets the company serves, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) is working to build back up its home health fee-for-service business. That will start by working with referral sources and offering them a wide range of care services, according to Barb Jacobsmeyer, the president and CEO of Enhabit.

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Mayo’s Lucem Health Launches AI-Driven Early Disease Detection Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Lucem Health™ today announced the availability of its new early AI-driven disease detection solutions, Lucem Health Reveal that leverages existing EHR data to identify patients who may be at a higher risk of serious or chronic disease. – Reveal solutions surface previously undiscovered insights in readily available clinical data that can help provider organizations deliver greater clinical value for patients and more financial value to the organization.

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More Payers Leaning Into High-Acuity, At-Home Care Could Be ‘Game Changer’

Home Health Care

Hospital-at-home care had a breakthrough moment in the U.S. after the onset of COVID-19. At the end of 2022, the $1.66 trillion omnibus spending bill made sure that the financial setup that helped get hospital-at-home programs off the the ground during the pandemic would not go away once the public health emergency ended. But the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver is now just one part of the larger shift to high-acuity home-based care.

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PathGroup Expands Operations with Proscia Concentriq Dx

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – PathGroup , one of the largest providers of anatomic, clinical, digital, and molecular pathology services in the United States, is expanding its operations with Proscia’s software platform ( Concentriq® Dx ) to further enhance the delivery of faster, higher quality results for millions of patients, helping to better inform treatment decisions. – PathGroup currently supports more than 15,000 referring physicians and over 200 hospital customers with divers

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

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 Ukrainian Army Is Leveraging Online Influencers. Can the U.S. Military?

The Rand Blog

Much has been said about Ukraine's astounding success in the information battlefield. How might the U.S. military emulate Ukraine's success to not only help win wars, but also to address its flagging campaign to recruit new members?

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Eli Lilly Cuts Insulin Prices by 70%, Caps Patient Costs at $35 Per Month

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Eli Lilly and Company today announced price reductions of 70% for its most commonly prescribed insulins and an expansion of its Insulin Value Program that caps patient out-of-pocket costs at $35 or less per month at participating retail pharmacies. – The historic price cut makes it easier to access Lily insulin for Americans who may have difficulty navigating a complex healthcare system that may keep them from getting affordable insulin.

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Connecting industrial devices anywhere with Cisco’s new modules for LoRaWAN and 450MHz LTE

CiscoHealth

Extending connectivity to remote sites can be challenging, especially when connectivity requirements differ depending on location and use case.

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 ??MAiD mental-health debate should be about ‘agency’, not ‘autonomy’

Healthy Debate

The post ​​MAiD mental-health debate should be about ‘agency’, not ‘autonomy’ appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Top 12 Telehealth KPIs Every Health Tech Leader Should Know

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.