Fierce Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
Most Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees use one or more supplemental benefits, with most health plan members using multiple benefits, according to a newly released report from the Elevance Health Pu | Extra benefits from Medicare Advantage plans are highly utilized by enrollees, which improves health outcomes among at-risk populations, new analysis shows.
Health Care Dive
JULY 26, 2023
With the release of HealthScribe, AWS is the latest tech giant to leverage the futuristic algorithms to streamline medical notetaking for physicians.
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
The need for speed underpins a collaborative effort by Blue Shield of California and Microsoft that will utilize the cloud to deliver data about members to the insurer and providers in real-time, t | Blue Shield of California is collaborating with Microsoft to move to its cloud platform to improve data collection, storage and analysis.
Healthcare It News
JULY 26, 2023
In a new report released this week, researchers with the Sequoia Project showed how meaningful improvements in health information access for patients, caregivers and care partners are critical to boosting interoperability. WHY IT MATTERS During months of direct research, the Sequoia Project's Consumer Voices Workgroup facilitated discussions and polls focused on patient and provider experiences using electronic health record-based patient portals as the vehicle for accessing, using and shari
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
Digital mental health company Headspace secured $105 million in new debt financing as it eyes opportunities to expand its business with employers and health plans. | Headspace CEO Russell Glass spoke with Fierce Healthcare an exclusive interview about the new debt financing, the company's recent restructuring and layoffs and future plans for the mental health company.
Healthcare It News
JULY 26, 2023
Healthcare information technologies like AI-driven decision support and patient outreach tools can enable hospitals and health systems to achieve improved outcomes through proactive, predictive patient oversight, some health IT experts contend. Why is proactive, predictive patient oversight important in today's healthcare industry? What role does AI-driven decision support play in this kind of patient oversight?
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Healthcare It News
JULY 26, 2023
While facing rising costs and workforce shortages, healthcare systems across Asia-Pacific have been exploring ways to make healthcare services more accessible by shifting to a data and digital-enabled distributed model of care delivery, a new Philips report found. FINDINGS The latest Future Health Index 2023 report by Royal Philips gathered responses from nearly 3,000 healthcare leaders and young professionals in 14 countries.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
One in three counties in the U.S. is considered a maternal healthcare desert. | In response to the maternal mortality crisis, providers are using every seed in their seed bag by leveraging multimodal technology strategies to predict health emergencies before they happen.
Healthcare It News
JULY 26, 2023
The use of voice interfaces to follow up with discharged patients at home can extend care and reduce readmissions, said Freddie Feldman, director of voice and conversational interfaces at Wolters Kluwer.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
Nevada insurance officials yesterday announced | Nevada had been the last state to give up on the idea that Friday Health Plans could somehow function until the end of the year. But now it plans to liquidate the insurtech in September.
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Health Care Dive
JULY 26, 2023
The suit argues that PBMs, including CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, use their market power to drive up the cost of insulin for Cleveland residents — approximately 16.8% of whom are diabetic.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission has pulled back the curtain on a new final rule that requires public companies to disclose within four days all cybersecurity breaches that could impact their | The Securities and Exchange Commission's newly adopted rule sets a four-day countdown for public companies hit by a "material" cybersecurity incident, along with other annual reporting requirements.
Health Care Dive
JULY 26, 2023
Executives made the case to investors that the company's whole-person virtual care products will beat the competition in a crowded market.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) was hit with a class action lawsuit this week by patients who said its decision to turn over the medical records of patients receiving gender-affirming c | A class action lawsuit argues Vanderbilt University Medical Center knew about state government's "active targeting of the transgender community" and should have pushed back against law enforcement's demands for information.
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Health Care Dive
JULY 26, 2023
The hospital operator raised lower-bound revenue expectations for 2023 after reporting a year-over-year increase in profit and revenue.
Bill Of Health
JULY 26, 2023
Image courtesy of Matthew “Hezzy” Smith. By Matthew “Hezzy” Smith Bangladesh, at the frontlines of global climate change, provides a critical litmus test for advocacy to ensure that persons with disabilities are included in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The disastrous effects of last summer’s historic flooding in the Sunamganj and Sylhet districts on persons with disabilities show that while the country’s laws and policies gesture toward inclusion, considerabl
Home Health Care
JULY 26, 2023
Now that the public health emergency (PHE) has ended , one segment of the senior care space that had a particularly difficult time throughout the pandemic could make a serious comeback. That is adult day services. “Adult day definitely struggled during the pandemic in a lot of ways that other care models didn’t,” Brendan Flinn, a senior policy advisor at the AARP Public Policy Institute, told Home Health Care News.
HIT Consultant
JULY 26, 2023
What You Should Know: HealthLock , a leading medical fraud and overbilling protection solution, today unveiled insightful findings from a recent attitudinal study exploring how adults in the United States feel about healthcare, from claims and billing to medical fraud and privacy. The study sheds light on consumer attitudes and preferences, highlighting the need for innovative solutions to address the public’s concerns.
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Home Health Care
JULY 26, 2023
While referrals to home health care are ballooning, providers are rejecting them at an unprecedented rate. As hospitals scramble to place patients in the hands of appropriate post-acute care providers, skilled nursing facilities’ referral volume has rebounded. Home health referral volume also remains above pre-pandemic levels, but providers are struggling with staffing challenges and sicker patients.
HIT Consultant
JULY 26, 2023
Patty Hayward, GM of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Talkdesk Generative artificial intelligence (AI) arguably is the hottest topic today in the world of business and technology. With the ability to create content such as text, images, audio, and video, generative AI algorithms are being tested for use cases in marketing, finance, education, and healthcare.
Home Health Care
JULY 26, 2023
As health care providers look to shift more care into the home, Biofourmis is cementing its spot as a home-based care enabler for its partners. Biofourmis was founded in Singapore back in 2015. The company’s U.S. offices are headquartered out of Boston. One of the key segments of Biofourmis’ business is centered around managing post-acute and complex chronic care patients.
Meditech
JULY 26, 2023
At the heart of healthcare is the people. From providers to patients, human connection leads the care experience, and the Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston, WI embraces that philosophy. As Juneau County’s sole full-service hospital, Mile Bluff serves an estimated 55,000 residents in an eight-county region. They remain an independent rural healthcare system with a thriving 40-bed acute care hospital, five outreach medical centers, two rehabilitation centers, an assisted living facility, and re
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Health IT Analytics
JULY 26, 2023
New research showed that drug discovery, infection biology, and diagnostics are functions of AI and machine learning in treating infectious diseases.
HIStalk
JULY 26, 2023
News Amazon Web Services launches AWS HealthScribe, which allows developers.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JULY 26, 2023
That is the title from a recent N.Y. Times article. Here is an excerpt: There’s a general sense that all that unpaid labor required to get medical care is increasing. This is in part because as health costs spiral upward, health plans have tried to find incentives to steer treatment to reduce costs. These incentives can be a crucial part of managing costs in a country that spends about twice as much on health care, as a percent of its economy, as other high-income countries.
Lexis Nexis
JULY 26, 2023
After the open enrollment period begins for your plan, you may be excited to see the number of new enrollees rolling in. However, chances are that hidden within the wave of enrollees are some new members who are not who they say they are. It’s an unfortunate reality. Enrollment fraud remains a major challenge for payers. It is an ongoing issue any time of the year, but the stakes are higher during open enrollment.
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
JULY 26, 2023
What You Should Know: Headspace , a digital healthcare company focused on mental health announced it has closed $105M in senior debt facility from Oxford Finance , a specialty finance firm providing senior debt to healthcare and life sciences companies worldwide. Proceeds from the financing will be used to further support the expansion of Headspace’s innovative mental health platform.
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On July 25, 2023, CMS posted QSO-23-02-ALL … EXPIRED EFFECTIVE: June 5, 2023. The Staff Vaccination Requirements have expired for all providers: Long-Term Care and Skilled Nursing Facility Attachment A-Expired 6/5/2023 Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) Attachment Expired 6/5/2023 Hospice Attachment Expired 6/5/2023 Hospital Attachment Expired 6/5/2023 Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) Attachment Expired 6
HIT Consultant
JULY 26, 2023
What You Should Know: – Whole Foods Market co-founder, John Mackey today announced the launch of an integrated new health and wellness company, Love.Life. – The company’s virtual health optimization programs and plans for its first flagship location in El Segundo, CA is slated to open in the summer of 2024. The Future of Health The company’s new optimization programs provide patient-centric medical care that is outcome-driven, personalized, and dedicated to addressing all aspec
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 26, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has determined that there is an unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with entrapment and other hazards from adult portable bed rails (APBRs). CPSC has identified 284 fatal incidents related to entrapment by APBRs between January 2003 and December 2021.
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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