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Express Scripts embraces cost-plus pricing with new ClearNetwork model

Fierce Healthcare

The country's largest pharmacy benefit manager is taking a page out of Mark Cuban's book. | The country's largest pharmacy benefit manager is taking a page out of Mark Cuban's book.

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One Medical enters New Jersey through latest health system deal, with Hackensack Meridian Health

Health Care Dive

The partnership announced Tuesday adds another hospital operator to the company’s bench of health system affiliates. One Medical plans to open its first clinic in the Garden State by the end of next year.

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New York State proposes new cybersecurity regulations for hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

New York has proposed a slew of new cybersecurity regulations for the state’s hospitals and plans to funnel $500 million from its FY24 budget to help facilities upgrade their technology systems, Go | Should its proposal be finalized, the Empire State will give hospitals a year and access to a $500 million fund to bring their facilities into compliance.

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New AMA policies focus on GLP-1 coverage, resisting corporate medicine

Health Care Dive

The lobbying group advanced a range of policy resolutions it says will advance access to patient care at its annual interim meeting.

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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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Medicaid enrollment to decrease by 8.6% in 2024: KFF

Fierce Healthcare

Medicaid enrollment is projected to slide further next year, according to an annual budget survey of Medicaid officials conducted by KFF and Health Management Associates in collaboration with the N | State Medicaid directors once again see redeterminations as one of the biggest challenges they face heading into next year.

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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

Healthcare It News

Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey needed to optimize care and capacity: Reimbursement gets tighter every year while patient demand grows. The practice aims to improve access for necessary in-person care and procedures while offering patients complementary proven interventions ideally suited for telemedicine. THE PROBLEM "Gastroenterology is a complex specialty," said Dr.

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State Medicaid officials project enrollment nosedive next year amid unwinding

Health Care Dive

Enrollment in the safety-net insurance program could plummet 8.6% in the 2024 fiscal year — the largest year-over-year drop since 1998, according to KFF.

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Under Amazon, One Medical builds out health system, employer partnerships for primary care services

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon's One Medical inked a major partnership with Health Transformation Alliance, expanding access to its primary care services to 67 employers and nearly 5 million employees. | Amazon's One Medical inked a major partnership with Health Transformation Alliance, expanding access to its primary care services to 67 employers and nearly 5 million employees.

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Naturopathic doctors: Underutilized partners in public health and primary care

Healthy Debate

Naturopathic doctors (NDs) have an important role to play in the health-care system. We need a pilot project to assess the viability of ND integration into team-based primary care models.

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Teen behavioral health app BeMe inks partnerships with payers in Kansas, California

Fierce Healthcare

BeMe, a digital behavioral health app aimed at teenagers, has inked several partnerships with major payers, including $1.5 million in investment from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS).< | Nicki Tessler, CEO of BeMe, told Fierce Healthcare that while the COVID-19 pandemic has shined a brighter light on youth mental health challenges, it didn't create them.

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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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Edge Computing’s Role in Shaping the Future of Wearable Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Jiang Li, founder and CEO of Vivalink Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has become an integral part of modern healthcare, utilizing wearable devices to track patients’ conditions outside the clinic or hospital setting. Devices like these collect critical information from patients, such as their heart rate, activity levels, and temperature, which providers can use for real-time insights to guide treatment and identify conditions proactively.

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'Podnosis': A deep dive into Q3 earnings, and key takeaways from the Fierce Health Payer Summit

Fierce Healthcare

In this week’s episode of "Podnosis," you'll hear from two journalists from the Fierce Healthcare team: Paige Minemyer, senior editor of Fierce Health Payer, and Dave Muoio, a staff writer for Fier | In this week’s episode of "Podnosis," you'll hear from two journalists from the Fierce Healthcare team: Paige Minemyer, senior editor of Fierce Health Payer, and Dave Muoio, a staff writer for Fierce Healthcare.

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Game-Based Technology Keeps Seniors Happier and Healthier

HIT Consultant

Joel Landau, founder and chairman of The Allure Group If I told you to picture a gamer, what comes to mind? Likely a teenager or young adult sitting at a desk in their game room, which is outfitted with a multitude of monitors, gaming consoles, and other gadgets. The last image that would probably come to mind is that of a 70-year-old woman wearing a virtual reality headset and playing an interactive game.

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Reviewing Solidarity in the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill Of Health

By Eduardo Arenas Catalán The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles), entail a notable attempt to consolidate lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. After the largely non-solidaristic international response to COVID-19, the Principles outline the advantages and limitations of embedding human rights discourse within the global public health machinery.

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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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Mercy’s AI-Powered Texting Platform Intercepts Chemo-Related Hospital Admissions

HIT Consultant

Jiajing Chen, Data Scientest What You Should Know: – Mercy has developed a new AI-driven texting platform called The Chen Chemotherapy Model, which is helping to keep chemotherapy patients out of the hospital by raising red flags before symptoms become severe. The model was created by Jiajing Chen, a data scientist who passed away from cancer earlier this year. – The Chen Chemotherapy Model predicts the likelihood of outpatient chemotherapy patients experiencing symptoms that may res

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‘Plans Are Very Bullish’ On Addus’ Value-Based Care Proposals, Leaders Say

Home Health Care

Despite the fee-for-service rate environment, Addus Homecare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is bullish long term on home health care, which represents its smallest segment of business. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. What Addus is really in on is home health care alongside personal care, which it can offer across Illinois, New Mexico and Tennessee.

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Withings Body Pro 2: A Game-Changer for Early Diabetes Detection

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Withings Health Solutions has launched Body Pro 2 , a revolutionary cellular-connected smart scale that is designed to improve the way patients with diabetes are cared for. – Body Pro 2 is a cellular-connected smart scale that can be used to capture advanced health metrics such as weight and body composition. Diabetic Foot Ulcers Assessment The first module of Body Pro 2 is prescription-only and focuses on improving care for patients with diabetes, addressing

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Building a strong foundation to bridge the gaps between clinicians and technology [Podcast]

Meditech

While EHRs play a valuable role in the delivery of patient care, their use has also created unintended consequences such as clinician burnout. To mitigate this issue, organizations need to build a foundation strong enough to bridge the gap between people and technology. Dr. Priscilla Frase, CMIO at Ozarks Healthcare and a 2024 HIMSS Changemaker in Health Awards finalist, is a tremendous example of a leader finding ways to deploy information technology without overburdening providers.

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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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Providence Pioneers Data Sharing for Value-Based Care with HL7® Da Vinci Clinical Data Exchange

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Providence has become the first health system in the United States to develop a data-as-a-service (DaaS) product driven by HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). – This product facilitates the exchange of clinical data between providers and payers, aiming to standardize clinical data across the system.

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Breaking Down The Home Care Market Opportunity For Senior Living Operators

Home Health Care

Many senior living operators have launched home care service lines over the last few years. Doing so is not easy. But if done correctly, it can unlock tremendous value from both a caregiver and client perspective. To that end, HomeCare Advocacy Network has made its name in the industry by helping senior living operators get their home care businesses up and running.

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Widespread Ultrasound Adoption in Primary Care Expected Within 5 Years, Exo Study Reveals

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Exo, a pioneering medical imaging software and devices company, today released its 2023 Survey Report: Unlocking Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Based on a survey of more than 150 U.S.-based physicians, the report uncovers trends related to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) adoption and use—such as challenges with existing solutions, their perceived value of handheld POCUS devices, and the impact of new innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI) on medical imaging and ultras

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Home Health Providers Are Beginning To Tie Clinician Compensation To Value-Based Care Success

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home health providers are adjusting their operations to be better set themselves up for value-based care. One thing they need to be sure of, though, is that those adjustments are making their way down to the front line. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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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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Large Language Model Diagnoses, Triages Without Introducing Biases

Health IT Analytics

UCLA Health researchers determined that Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 can accurately diagnose and triage patients without introducing racial and ethnic biases.

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Aiberry Expands Mental Health AI-Powered Assessment Platform to Cover Major Anxiety Disorders

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Aiberry® , a leading AI-powered mental health assessment platform, today announced that it has expanded its capabilities to include screening for anxiety disorders, in addition to the clinically-validated depression assessments it has provided to date. The comprehensive anxiety screening includes assessments for five distinct anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), and obsessiv

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News 11/15/23

HIStalk

Top News New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposes regulations that.

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Teen Mental Health Startup BeMe Health Raises $1.5M From BCBS Kansas

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: BeMe Health (BeMe) , creator of an interventional behavioral health platform built by and for teens, has announced a $1.5 million funding investment from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS). This investment and strategic partnership will extend mental health support to an estimated 20,000 teenagers across Kansas, addressing a critical need as suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among those aged 15 to 24 in the U.S.

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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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Transforming Healthcare Real Estate: Insights from the SoCal Summit

Sheppard Health Law

The Healthcare Real Estate Team at Sheppard Mullin attended the SoCal Healthcare Real Estate Summit on October 18, 2023. This event offered valuable insights into critical issues for health systems and those involved in catering to their real estate requirements. Here are the key takeaways from the summit: Enhancing Healthcare Accessibility: A central theme of the summit was the importance of improving healthcare accessibility.

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Hackensack Meridian Health and One Medical Partner to Expand Access to Care in New Jersey

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Hackensack Meridian Health , New Jersey’s largest health network, and One Medical , a prominent national virtual and in-office primary care organization, are joining forces to provide a new primary care option in New Jersey. – The partnership will provide more primary care providers in New Jersey and will ensure that residents and employers have seamless coordinated care.

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Enhancing Patient Care and Business Strategies: Insights from Connect Healthcare Real Estate Conference

Sheppard Health Law

The Healthcare Real Estate team at Sheppard Mullin had the privilege of attending the Connect Healthcare Real Estate Conference in Newport Beach, California, on September 28, 2023. This event provided an invaluable opportunity for our team to engage with thought leaders and professionals within the industry. Here are the key takeaways that resonate with our commitment to advancing healthcare real estate solutions: Meeting Growing Demand: Health systems are facing unprecedented challenges, includ

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MIT Spun Out Layer Health Launches with $4M to Build the AI Layer for Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Layer Health Co-Founders Luke Murray, Monica Agrawal, Divya Gopinath, David Sontag, Steven Horng (Left to Right) What You Should Know: – Layer Health , a healthcare AI company spun out of MIT, has been launched with $4M in funding from investors such as GV (Google Ventures), General Catalyst , and Inception Health. – The company is focused on solving the information problem in healthcare by using AI to quickly perform any clinical, administrative, or research task that requires chart

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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.