Health Care Dive
JUNE 15, 2023
The unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency and recent legislation are expected to influence health spending across the country’s major payers over the next decade.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 15, 2023
Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens inked another partnership to recruit participants for research as it continues to build out its clinical trials business. | Retail pharmacy giant Walgreens inked another partnership to recruit participants for research as it continues to build out its clinical trials business.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 15, 2023
U.S. consumers doubled their use of wearables between 2020 and 2021, with smartwatches outpacing other devices.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 15, 2023
The former manager of a morgue at Harvard Medical School is up against federal charges for allegedly stealing, selling and shipping human body parts, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. | The former manager of a morgue at Harvard Medical School is up against federal charges for allegedly stealing, selling and shipping human body parts, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 15, 2023
The medical lobby this week also approved recommendations meant to prevent overdoses, reduce gun violence and pare back physician reliance on body mass index.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 15, 2023
Yet another bill that aims to reform the pharmacy benefit management industry has been introduced in Congress, this time by the Senate Finance Committee. | Yet another bill that aims to reform the pharmacy benefit management industry has been introduced in Congress, this time by the Senate Finance Committee.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare It News
JUNE 15, 2023
Since its inception more than 60 years ago, Community Health Network, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit health system, has worked to stay true to its tagline: “Exceptional Care. Simply Delivered.” A team of roughly 16,000 healthcare professionals shares in that mission by offering the full breadth of healthcare services with a particular focus on population health management.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 15, 2023
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.
p3care
JUNE 15, 2023
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) can be a complex landscape to navigate. However, with strategic planning and understanding, you can leverage it to your practice’s advantage. Here are top tips and best practices to master MIPS 2023. Understand the Four MIPS Categories MIPS scores are based on four categories: Quality, Cost, Improvement Activities, and Promoting Interoperability.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 15, 2023
Most people with either public or private healthcare insurance like their coverage—but they like it a lot less when they’re sick, according to a new
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 15, 2023
Of physicians who left their organization, 56% had previously said they were “very likely” to leave compared with 8% who said they were “very unlikely” to leave, according to a Klas report.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 15, 2023
A Washington community hospital is paying settlement fees and implementing a corrective action plan after a Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights investigation caught numerous security | Twenty-three emergency department security guards at MultiCare's Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital were reported to have used their login credentials to access 419 people's electronic medical records.
p3care
JUNE 15, 2023
Running a successful medical practice is no easy feat, especially when you encounter hurdles like denied insurance claims. These denials can affect your practice’s revenue cycle, drain resources, and consume time that could be better spent on patient care. In short, if your medical billing services are not right as per standards, your practice’s survival can become difficult.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 15, 2023
Premier Inc. | The deal will allow Premier to focus on growing its core healthcare business and, potentially, return capital to stockholders. The deal comes after tough finances led the group purchasing organization to review strategic alternatives such as a full or partial sale.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 15, 2023
What You Should Know: Cala, the bioelectronic medicine leader setting a new standard of care for chronic disease, today announced the commercial launch of its next generation therapy: the Cala kIQ™ System, the first and only FDA-cleared wearable device that delivers effective therapy for action hand tremor relief in people with essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.
Meditech
JUNE 15, 2023
Today’s healthcare ecosystem faces a number of challenges, from workforce shortages to cyber threats to financial sustainability, organizations need to stay agile to survive. And one of the greatest resources for healthcare leadership is connecting with peers in their industry to learn from each other's experiences.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 15, 2023
What You Should Know: The U.S. digital therapeutics market size is estimated to reach $21.46B by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 33.8% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new reports by Coherent Market Insights, Inc. Digital therapeutics solutions help improve medication adherence with personalized incentives to encourage long-term behavior change in patients and people with chronic conditions.
Home Health Care
JUNE 15, 2023
Patient transitions from the hospital to post-acute care providers, including home health agencies, continue to be plagued by incomplete medical records and missing information. Gaps in post-acute care transitions are so common, in fact, that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is calling out hospitals for putting patients and their families in harm’s way.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 15, 2023
What You Should Know: HandSport Surgery Institute (HSSI), a provider of hand and wrist surgical care launches virtual practice in Decentraland, a blockchain-based metaverse platform. The HSSI Decentraland practice features a futuristic, sophisticated, and professional design inspired by crypto and cyberpunk culture. Visitors can interact with a virtual receptionist to schedule appointments, explore a comfortable waiting room with patient success stories, and learn about hand and wrist procedures
Home Health Care
JUNE 15, 2023
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership There’s been an anxious buzz in the home health care industry of late. Big moves are happening. Whether those big moves are good for the industry, though, is yet to be determined. Many in the industry are still grappling with that question themselves. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?
HIT Consultant
JUNE 15, 2023
The 2023 annual report, titled “Mission Critical: Bringing drug discount stakeholders together so patients win,” outlines Kalderos’ vision for a new paradigm of cooperation among drug discount program stakeholders in which everyone benefits — particularly patients. What You Should Know: Kalderos , a data infrastructure and analytics company, identified nearly $1B in inaccurate drug discount requests from 2016-Q1 2023 on its drug discount management platform.
Health Populi
JUNE 15, 2023
We often talk about “the last mile” as the difficulty in getting broadband to cover folks in rural areas or bringing a product to fruition for delivery in a market. Uber Health is trying to solve another riff on the “last mile” challenge, which is expanding delivery of groceries and over-the-counter medicines to people who may be cut-off from transportation options, compelled to stay home due to physical limitations, or otherwise simply demanding the convenience of home d
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 15, 2023
Ram Krishnan, CEO, Valant Value-based care and fee-for-service are two kinds of healthcare reimbursement models for pricing healthcare services. While the fee-for-service model is more traditional, the newer value-based care model has been gaining popularity in recent years. Historically, value-based care has been harder to implement in behavioral healthcare due to difficulty measuring outcomes—it isn’t as simple as physical health.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 15, 2023
Drug development in space? MediCal lottery winner. Does raising the minimum wage increase homelessness ? Surgeon General on social media. One suggestion: “Policymakers should consider… warning labels like those on cigarette cartons ” Pharma companies to skip Medicare altogether ?
Health IT Analytics
JUNE 15, 2023
A new study found that a machine-learning approach can trace patient responses to drugs for COVID-19 based on demographic characteristics.
Home Health Care
JUNE 15, 2023
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) CFO David Afshar is resigning, the company announced Thursday. Afshar — who is also Aveanna’s principal accounting officer and principal financial officer — will exit officially on July 7. He is pursuing other opportunities and the move is not due to any disagreements with Aveanna management, policies or practices, according to the company.
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.
Healthcare Highways
JUNE 15, 2023
It’s true—we don’t know what we don’t know. And it’s affecting our health.
Advanced Data Systems
JUNE 15, 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of medical technology, Electronic Health Records (EHR) have emerged as a transformative force across diverse medical specialties. When it comes to urology practices, the integration of specialized EHR solutions holds the key to optimized patient care, streamlined administrative processes, and efficient documentation. Let's dive into how this cutting-edge solution can reshape urology practices and explore its updated features and capabilities.
Sequence Health
JUNE 15, 2023
Artificial intelligence has truly taken the world by storm. And if you’re wondering how to use AI in your medical care call center then you’re reading the right blog post. While AI can be dangerous in the wrong hands it can be incredibly helpful for health care practices and patients alike. So in this post let’s explore some of the ways you can leverage artificial intelligence in your medical call center operations.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 15, 2023
What You Should Know: Emory Healthcare and DispatchHealth collaborate to offer patients a new option to receive convenient and safe follow-up and/or high acuity medical care in the comfort of their own homes. The collaboration is designed to improve access to health care and reduce the total cost of care for patients throughout Atlanta, Georgia and surrounding communities.
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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