Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Osterhaus Pharmacy in Iowa — which is also suing CVS Caremark — is taking issue with pharmacy benefit managers’ use of performance-based fees that it says are contributing to independent pharmacy closures.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Health systems, insurers, retailers like CVS and tech companies like Amazon are all scrambling for a bigger piece of the medical pie. | Patients are looking for easier access to medical services and more convenience and this is opening big opportunities for insurers, retailers, tech companies and nontraditional players to muscle their way into primary care.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The suit alleges a Steward-run hospital improperly billed Medicare for more than 1,000 false claims.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Knownwell, an integrated primary and obesity care provider, is launching a new teen program for weight management. | The new program aims to create a patient-focused environment to uncover and treat the root cause of early obesity. The care model is built on involving the teen’s family with nutritional counseling, behavioral health services and pharmacotherapy when appropriate.
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Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2023
However, the program was linked to savings in Medicare Advantage and for the CMS overall.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The Veterans Health Administration is tapping AppliedVR to expand military veterans' access to virtual reality-based therapy for chronic lower back pain. | The Veterans Health Administration is tapping AppliedVR to expand military veterans' access to virtual reality-based therapy for chronic lower back pain.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Rite Aid has been hit with a five-year ban on the use of AI facial recognition technologies after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the retail pharmacy chain “failed to implement reasonable p | The retail pharmacy chain's spotty facial recognition and "persons of interest" database generated "thousands" of false-positives, particularly among women and people of color, the FTC says.
Healthcare Associates
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Starting a new vitamin regimen for your health can be exciting. Vitamins are naturally ingested through the foods we eat daily, but if you are lacking in one or some, your doctor may recommend you take supplements to replenish them in your body. You may have a few questions about it, such as how long it takes for the vitamins to work. When can you start to see the effects of particular vitamins?
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Among our most-read stories of the year, one topic clearly rose to the top: Medicare Advantage. | Many of the most-read health insurance stories from Fierce Healthcare in 2023 center on Medicare Advantage.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Cam Roberson, VP at Beachhead Solutions Healthcare delivery organizations and those working with them that are still in business are either well aware of their duties under HIPAA, work with managed service providers that understand the law well, or…are lucky to have made it this far. Even for organizations that have steered clear of both cyberattacks and regulatory fines, vigilance is essential to maintaining a clean bill of (cybersecurity) health.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The healthcare labor pool continued its incremental crawl back to pre-pandemic trends during the waning months of 2023 with higher payrolls and flattening wage growth, per data from the U.S. | Hospital and ambulatory payrolls have improved for 22 and 34 consecutive months, while average hourly earning growth "has remained relatively flat" across the last few months, Fitch said.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2023
What You Should Know: The healthcare revenue cycle is getting a major makeover, driven by a surge in automation and artificial intelligence (AI). A new survey by AKASA , a leading developer of AI-powered revenue cycle automation solutions, reveals that 74% of healthcare organizations are already automating some part of their revenue cycle operations, and 80% of those not currently using it plan to do so by the end of 2025.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Staffing shortages, rate cuts and Medicare Advantage penetration will continue to be trends in the home health market in 2024. Those aren’t new. What is new, however, is how providers plan to combat the issues that stem from those trends. Home health leaders are focused on mitigating margin compression, utilizing more technology, leveraging Artificial Intelligence, working smarter with MA plans and more in the new year.
Vie Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Episode Introduction Tom outlines the evolution of psychological safety, why diversity will remain ‘’on paper’’ without inclusion, and why high-performing teams possess high degrees of psychological safety. He also explains the principle of the Andon Cord and how behaviors, practices and leadership are the three keys to creating psychologically safe working environments.
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HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2023
What You Should Know: – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking a major step forward in pain management by expanding its contract with AppliedVR , a provider of immersive therapeutics (ITx) using virtual reality (VR). – This contract expansion will significantly increase access to RelieVRx®, the first and only FDA-authorized in-home VR treatment for chronic lower back pain (CLBP).
Healthcare ECONOMIST
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The term “Carer QALY” was coined in a paper by Mott et al. (2023) and is identified as the case where “it is possible for an effective treatment that provides survival gains (with relatively little or no QOL gain) to appear less effective than the comparators when carer QOL is considered.” While the term “Carer QALY trap” is new, this issue has long been known.
Healthy Debate
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Health-care workers and experts share their wishes for Canada's health-care system this holiday season.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Intermountain Health recently reached a major milestone with its hospital-at-home program. The health system has officially treated 1,000 patients at home since the launch of the program in 2020. Dr. Nathan Starr — the medical director of home services for Intermountain — considers the milestone especially significant with the context of the pandemic.
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Healthy Debate
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Family physician Alykhan Abudulla begins to doubt the existence of Santa Claus. He writes to the editor in search of answers.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 20, 2023
In the first year that truly felt “post-COVID,” home-based care providers did not see a shortage of challenges. Instead, in 2023, home health providers saw another year defined by payment struggles, with both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Home care providers, meanwhile, were still grappling with high billing rates on the private-pay side.
HIStalk
DECEMBER 20, 2023
News OpenAI posts a guide to GPT prompt engineering, explaining.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2023
What You Should Know: – Absci , a generative AI drug creation company, and PrecisionLife , a pioneer in computational biology for complex chronic diseases, have announced a powerful partnership to develop a joint portfolio of potential therapeutics. – This collaboration aims to leverage the strengths of both companies to address unmet medical needs and accelerate drug development.
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The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent visit to Vietnam aimed to reinvigorate bilateral ties, but produced mixed outcomes. Hanoi and Beijing signed a number of substantive bilateral deals, but Vietnam is also strengthening partnerships with other strategically significant nations, complicating any future Chinese aggression.
Nordic
DECEMBER 20, 2023
In 1952, Shepherd Mead wrote How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , a tongue-in-cheek “instruction manual” based on his experiences climbing the corporate ladder. Sample chapter titles included “Stab the Right Backs,” “The Look of Suffering,” and don’t forget “Be a Meeting-Leaver.” The book was soon turned into a Broadway musical and then a movie!
Health Policy News
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Happy Holidays! As is customary for Health Policy News, our December 2023 edition is a retrospective of this past year, with a quick preview of topics and developments the Health.
NCQA
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Peggy O’Kane We close 2023 with our annual year-end State of Health Care interview with NCQA President Peggy O’Kane. In this interview, Peggy talks with Vice President for Public Policy and External Relations, Frank Micciche, about NCQA’s progress in 2023—both in improving equitable access to health care and implementing digital transformation across the ecosystem.
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 Policy News
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Reflections in 2023, Predictions for 2024 Unwinding the Public Health Emergency Much of 2023 was spent planning for and implementing the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), while.
HIStalk
DECEMBER 20, 2023
2024 Regulatory Changes and their ImpactBy Vatsala Kapur Vatsala Kapur,
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The top contributors to food insecurity in American households are disability and disease, fixed income, age and being a single parent, according to | The FarmboxRx report surveyed more than 2,000 individuals living on food stamps to explore the factors driving higher food insecurity rates.
HIStalk
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Get Well Announces Expansion Into Health Plans, Brings Health Plan.
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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