Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
Scripta Insights, a digital health company focused on pharmacy navigation, is teaming up with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company to bring transparent drug pricing to patients. | Scripta will integrate Cost Plus Drugs’ discounted pricing into its platform to help members understand their medication options.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
Cigna’s medical costs in the quarter were “well-controlled,” one analyst said, but faced pressure from higher estimated risk-adjustment payments in the ACA individual exchanges.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
This week, enforcement of San Diego’s new homeless encampment ba | Street medicine entails delivering medical care to those without housing or living in poverty, whether on the streets or in shelters. Such programs have been shown to provide significant cost savings and be a cost-effective way to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities in underserved populations—particularly as Medicaid redeterminations threaten many individuals' access to care.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
Independent evaluation could help the healthcare industry figure out which digital health products are backed by evidence, argues Caroline Pearson, executive director of the nonprofit Peterson Center on Healthcare.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
Large-scale sociopolitical issues are causing negative mental health effects on the country’s younger population. | Society's biggest problems, like racism and gun violence, are wearing on the mental health of the country's youngest demographic.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
On Monday, AdventHealth and CommonSpirit announced their joint venture, Centura Health, has officially dissolved after almost three decades.
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Healthcare It News
AUGUST 3, 2023
Engaging patients and communities to take surveys is always a challenging task for provider organizations of all shapes and sizes, regardless of who they serve. But in some communities, gaining population-based insights is critically important, despite the challenges. THE PROBLEM With any survey, efforts must be made to best explain the end result and how it will impact overall patient satisfaction and outcomes.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth finalized the breakup of Centura Health, a 20-hospital joint venture that ran for 27 years in Colorado and western Kansas, on Aug. | The nonprofits' 20-hospital joint venture had served Colorado and Kansas patients for 27 years. As of Aug. 1, AdventHealth is the direct manager of five hospitals and CommonSpirit the remaining 15.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
The telehealth company’s results are being impacted by churn on Amwell’s legacy platform as it migrates customers to its Converge software, CFO Robert Shepardson said.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
Multiple major health plans have warned that utilization, particularly in Medicare Advantage (MA), is set to rise in the latter part of this year. | Multiple major health plans have warned that utilization, particularly in Medicare Advantage, is set to rise in the latter part of this year. Cigna executives echoed those sentiments Thursday morning.
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
The trial linked the AI-supported screen-reading procedure, ScreenPoint Medical’s Transpara, to a 44% reduction in radiologist workload.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
Amwell trimmed its 2023 revenue outlook as it faces some headwinds in converting customers to its new technology platform and saw its net losses balloon in the first half of the year. | Amwell trimmed its 2023 revenue outlook as it faces some headwinds in converting customers to its new technology platform and saw its net losses balloon in the first half of the year.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
The healthcare and hospital group leverages data to track costs, engage with suppliers and fortify itself against future disruptions.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 3, 2023
To improve maternal and infant healthcare, Health Care Service Corporation announced the launch of a program that will rely in part on the cooperation of local groups to ensure its success. | HCSC’s new program will lean on trusted community organizations to try to ensure that information about maternal health spreads locally.
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
The uninsured rate fell to a record low in March, but Medicaid eligibility checks could reverse that progress, according to experts.
Health Populi
AUGUST 3, 2023
An aging U.S. population with a preference for growing older at home — and a fiscally challenging health care financing outlook — are setting the demographic and financial table for the shift of medical care to peoples’ homes discussed in The State of Health at Home Models: Key Considerations and Opportunities , published by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 3, 2023
After CHS posted a net income loss of $38 million on Wednesday, leadership told investors they have a plan to recover.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Interwell Health , a value-based kidney care company, has recently expanded its network with more than 20 new physician practices–supporting the shift to more value-based kidney care. The Interwell Health provider network now includes 1,700 nephrologists from across the country who are aligned with its mission to reimagine kidney care and help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) live healthier lives.
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Home Health Care
AUGUST 3, 2023
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model this week. Stakeholders are already weighing in on how the model may affect home-based care agencies. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 3, 2023
What You Should Know: AdvancedMD , a provider of cloud-based healthcare software for independent medical, mental health, and physical therapy practices, announced today the results of a mental health survey of healthcare providers employed at ambulatory practices. The survey revealed patients are more stressed out now than they were three years ago during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 3, 2023
The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) is leveraging its ubiquity to push care into the home. “Unlike many of our competitors, we directly employ hundreds of field-based infusion nurses,” Cigna Chairman and CEO David Cordani said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday. “Today, they are located within 75 miles of approximately 90% of the U.S. population.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 3, 2023
Beena Wood, Senior VP of Product Management, Safety and Medical Affairs, ArisGlobal The future of safety intelligence is now. New safety reporting and analytics advancements have redefined how pharmacovigilance (PV) teams operate by putting next-generation safety intelligence at the fingertips of those needing it most. Teams that can streamline data flow and enable stakeholders to self-service real-time insights are delivering unprecedented value by enabling greater case management visibility an
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.
GoMoHealth
AUGUST 3, 2023
We are all somewhat familiar with the “mind-body” connection and have probably heard the cliché, “mind over matter,” yet ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been increasing buzz surrounding the influence of body on mind and vice-versa. Safe to say, it’s clear that mental health and physical health are intricately connected, and taking care of the body and brain are essential for lifelong health and happiness.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Virtual care TytoCare secures $49M in additional growth funding for their Series D round led by global software investor Insight Partners , which also led TytoCare’s previous round. Notably, the round includes new investors, including MemorialCare — a leading California health system — as well as two major pension funds, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) and Clal.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 3, 2023
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended a COVID-19 pandemic-era waiver that will allow home- and community-based service (HCBS) providers to take advantage of flexibilities in their state programs. The Appendix K waiver allowed HCBS providers more wiggle room during emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS introduced the waiver to support states in responding to the unique challenges brought on by the public health emergency.
Advanced Data Systems
AUGUST 3, 2023
Chart auditing is a critical component of revenue cycle management in the healthcare industry. Here are some tips to ensure you ace your next coding audit.
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.
Health IT Analytics
AUGUST 3, 2023
When applied to hospitalized patients, a deterioration index model could modestly foresee patient outcomes with some disparities.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Uptiv Health announced the launch of a new hybrid infusion care experience, providing a holistic approach to care that includes personalized in-person care and extends beyond the infusion center to support patients and improve outcomes via a consumer-friendly digital platform. Uptiv was built at Redesign Health by Torben Nielsen and the founding team and has raised $7.5 million in seed funding.
Sheppard Health Law
AUGUST 3, 2023
As we previewed in our blog article in March on the establishment of California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), OHCA has issued proposed regulations available on the OHCA website, that provide anticipated details on OHCA’s advance review authority regarding certain transactions in the healthcare space. As a reminder, under the healthcare omnibus bill SB 184 signed into law last year, starting April 1, 2024, “health care entities” will be required to provide OHCA at least 90 day
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Movano Health , makers of the Evie Ring , the first medical-grade wearable smart ring for women announced that it has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The submission has passed the first milestone of the review process, an initial review for completeness, and is now under full review by the FDA.
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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