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Walgreens inks GLP-1 clinical trial deal with major German drugmaker

Health Care Dive

Under the deal, Walgreens will find candidates who are overweight or have obesity or diabetes and connect them with a Phase III clinical trial for Boehringer’s GLP-1 drug survodutide.

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Industry Voices—Change Healthcare attack: Where do we go from here?

Fierce Healthcare

Change Healthcare’s parent company UnitedHealth has said that “a substantial | Boards and executives must prioritize cybersecurity at healthcare organizations, and, for those smaller provider organizations with limited resources, we must have more support and resources from our government.

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Why 90% Of The Medicaid Access Rule Is ‘Positive’ For Home-Based Care Providers

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership When the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized last week, the 80-20 provision stole the show, due to its unpopularity among home-based care leaders. But experts have pointed out that the rule is much more than just the 80-20 provision. “The rule, including the preamble, was over 1,000 pages, and I joke that it’s being reduced to less than 1,000 characters,” Georgia Goodman, director of Medicaid at LeadingAge, told Home Health Ca

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Here's how major payers fared in a Q1 dragged by a cyberattack, MA challenges

Fierce Healthcare

It's been a bit of a weird start to the year for the insurance industry, as ongoing headwinds in Medicare Advantage and a massive cyberattack drove results that buck the typical earnings trends.

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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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Thyme Care Launches Virtual Palliative Care Program to Enhance Cancer Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Thyme Care , the leading value-based cancer care enabler, today announced Julia Frydman, MD as the company’s first medical director for palliative care. – An academic researcher and former assistant professor from a leading health system renowned for its palliative care and geriatrics department, Dr. Frydman brings important clinical expertise to Thyme Care and will launch the company’s Enhanced Supportive Care services.

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Truveta unveils new mother-child dataset to support maternal, pediatric health research

Fierce Healthcare

Truveta, a real-world data analysis company, has announced the launch of a new mother-child EHR dataset. | The dataset includes just over 1 million mother-child pairs, collected from 30 health systems. Going back between five and 10 years, this makes it the largest mother-child EHR dataset available today, according to the company.

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Chutes & Ladders—Ascension, BCBS Tennessee name new CFOs

Fierce Healthcare

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.

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Machine learning reveals link between metabolites and Alzheimer’s

Health IT Analytics

A machine learning method recently shed light on how gut microbial metabolites interact with cells’ receptors and contribute to Alzheimer's disease.

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Debbie Stabenow, Susan Collins Advocate Against Home Health Payment Cuts In Letter To CMS

Home Health Care

Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, urging her and the agency to avoid cuts to home health payment as it nears time to release a proposed rule for 2025. “We appreciate CMS’ commitment to helping people get the care they need, where they need it.

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Weathering the Storm: The Intersection of Health Policy, Climate Resilience, and Extreme Weather

NASHP

Climate affects both physical and economic health of people and states. Extreme weather and climate events cost the U.S. $603 billion and resulted in 1,996 premature deaths from 2019 to 2023. Reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show that states in the South, Central, and Southeast regions have experienced the highest cumulative costs from 1980 to 2023.

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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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Friday Links

Healthcare ECONOMIST

ISPOR is next week… IRA is a hot topic. Spending on AI vs. the Manhattan Project. Competition and dating apps. Coverage of UnitedHealth cyberattack Good news Friday.

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Firstsource Acquires Quintessence to Bolster AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Management Solutions

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Firstsource Solutions Limited (FSL), a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) services, announced the acquisition of Quintessence Business Solutions & Services Private Limited (QBSS). – The strategic acquisition strengthens Firstsource’s position in the healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) market, particularly in the United States.

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3 Leading Ways Optometry Practices Improve Revenue Cycle Management

Clearwave Inc

Reading Time: 4 minutes Today’s healthcare landscape is becoming increasingly competitive for optometry practices. The best way to stay ahead of the curve is by implementing effective strategies that streamline your revenue cycle management processes. Keep reading to learn three leading ways optometry practices can improve cash flow and boost their financial performance!

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Modivcare CEO Strikes Optimistic Tone On Personal Care Segment, Final 80-20 Provision

Home Health Care

Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) is currently facing financial hurdles, but believes its “wins will outpace the losses” by the end of 2024. Without some contract wins being reflected until later quarters, contract losses are overshadowing gains, according to the company’s leaders. Its personal care segment has been steady thus far at least, growing 5% year over year.

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A roadmap for designing more inclusive health chatbots

Healthcare It News

Researchers from the University of Westminster; Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and Positive East looked at resources from the UK's National Health Service and the World Health Organization to develop their community-driven approach for increasing inclusivity, acceptability and engagement with artificial intelligence chatbots. WHY IT MATTERS Aiming to identify activities that reduce bias in conversational AI and make their designs and implementation more equitable, researchers looked

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DACA recipients eligible for Affordable Care Act coverage under CMS rule

Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday the agency will not exclude immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections from receiving coverage | The Biden administration is expanding coverage for immigrants under DACA through the Affordable Care Act, CMS announced Friday.

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WeightWatchers for Business Integrate with Personify Health to Offer Comprehensive Weight Management Solutions

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – WeightWatchers (NASDAQ: WW) , (“WeightWatchers,” “WW,” or the “Company”) today announced that WeightWatchers for Business is partnering with Personify Health (formerly Virgin Pulse) to support employers looking to provide weight health care solutions for their populations. – Now, organizations using the Personify Health personalized health platform will have integrated access to WeightWatchers for Business and its full-spectrum weight health platform, which is