Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Bankruptcies have spiked this year as federal COVID-19 funding lapsed and heightened interest rates, regulatory changes and labor shortages squeezed the sector.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Open enrollment on the insurance marketplaces began on Nov. | Open enrollment on the insurance marketplaces began on Nov. 1, and more than 4.5 million people have selected plans in the early weeks of the process, according to new federal data.
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Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Failure to get tests or complete referrals is a leading cause of diagnostic errors, and it’s particularly important in primary care, researchers said.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Ayble Health, a digital health platform for patients with chronic gastrointestinal conditions, has announced a new collaboration with the Mayo Clinic. | Ayble is working with the Mayo Clinic Complex Care Program to offer a hybrid care model to match patients with the appropriate virtual and in-person care based on acuity and need.
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Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Inflation is a contributor to the increase, but rising prescription drug costs are likely to have a longer-term impact, according to a Mercer report.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Memorial Hermann Health System is implementing Laudio’s platform to enhance employee efficiency and engagement. | Memorial Hermann Health System is tapping Laudio’s AI platform to promote efficiency and engagement among its employees.
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Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Health tech veteran Leo Grady believes the microbiome is going to revolutionize healthcare. | Leo Grady, the former CEO of Paige, saw an opportunity to leverage his work in healthcare AI to unlock the microbiome for health. He launched Jona, a company that provides an at-home microbiome profiling kit and then uses AI to analyze an individual's gut microbiome to deliver actionable, personalized insights.
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Australia is facing a shortfall of at least 110,000 aged care workers by 2030 , according to a projection by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. The issue is expected to have a profound impact on the aged care sector as it is predicted to be competing with other nursing sectors to hire and retain between 20,000 to 40,000 available staff over the next two years.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.
Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Publicly traded health insurers’ financial results held steady in the third quarter, boosted by strong investment income and membership growth, according to the credit ratings agency.
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Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
UPMC’s operations dipped into the red this quarter as volumes and their associated care delivery costs and insurance claims continue to climb. | The integrated nonprofit system's nine-month total operating revenue growth of 9.3% was outpaced by a 11% rise in total operating expenses.
Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The health system's head of emergency medicine, Brendan Carr, will replace the long-standing CEO early next year.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Pharmacy benefit management giant Optum Rx is aiming to address maternal and fetal health by leaning on the power of independent pharmacies.
Healthy Debate
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The post ‘It’s the structures that are sick – it’s not the kids’: Experts stress importance of clean air in schools appeared first on Healthy Debate.
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Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Walgreens is an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 120-year heritage of caring for communities. | Founded in 1901, Walgreens has been a part of the US healthcare ecosystem for a very long time. In this interview, Chief Growth Officer Steve Wogan explores the company’s recent evolution and looks ahead to what the future has in store.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
What You Should Know: More than half (51%) of U.S. adults are optimistic new applications of artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to major advancements and breakthroughs in healthcare in the year ahead, according to a new survey from Medtronic , a global healthcare technology leader, and Morning Consult. Some of the highest levels of optimism for AI in healthcare are around diagnoses and improving healthcare access.
Home Health Care
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver was a major boost for organizations hoping to implement or expand hospital-at-home programs. As of Nov. 21 2023, 305 hospitalsand 129 systems in 37 states have been approved to provide hospital-at-home care under the CMS waiver program. Still, CMS’ waiver program was never meant to be permanent.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
That is the finding from a CDC report released this month. Mortality rates fell by 24% between 2001 and 2021. Specifically, the cancer death rate for youth ages 0–19 years was 2.75 per 100,000 in 2001, but decrease to 2.10 per 100,000 in 2021. The analysis uses data including (i) cause of death data from National Center for Health Statistics 1999–2020, and (ii) population information from the US Census, , Some key figures and a more detailed summary are below.
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HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
What You Should Know: Summer Health , a text-based service for parents to get answers to urgent needs from pediatricians, is expanding into primary care. Improving Access to Medical Professionals Summer Health’s care teams are expanding their services to benefit thousands of parents across the nation in the following ways: 1. Families will now have unlimited access to dedicated medical practitioners assigned to their accounts, similar to a primary pediatric practice.
Home Health Care
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Home health providers’ battle for fair reimbursement from Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be a “generational battle,” and not one they will win overnight. But, at least for larger home health providers, their strategies in that battle are much more definitive than they were even a couple of years ago. Luke James, the president of VitalCaring, told Home Health Care News earlier this month that he’s had positive conversations with MA plan executives of late – ones where home health care’s impor
Advanced Data Systems
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Maintaining an efficient and compliant medical practice is crucial in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry. One key aspect often overlooked is the efficacy of medical billing software. Older systems may become obsolete, inefficient, or non-compliant with current standards as technology advances. Here are five signs indicating it's time for your practice to u pgrade its medical billing software.
Home Health Care
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
For this episode of the Home Health Care News Disrupt podcast, we caught up with Vince Moffitt, president and CEO of Basin Health Companies. During the conversation, Moffitt talks about how the CMS final rule will impact his agency, how difficult it is to maintain high Medicare star ratings in today’s environment, some unique retention strategies and so much more.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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NCQA
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
In this episode of Inside Health Care, we present two interviews that each ask really basic, yet complex, questions about health care. Taylor Justice The first question: Why is it so hard to develop a health care coordinator service for patients at the local level? It’s something most of us could use: a helper to walk with us through a health journey, advise us in a crisis and make sure we get all the tests and records we should have.
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
“Thanksgiving.” Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the word, first, as “the act of giving thanks.” Second, it’s “a prayer of expressing gratitude.” And, third, the word means a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness. We each have our own stories about how a loved one’s life has ended. If we’re lucky, that beloved person had a good death: in sleep, perhaps, or simply of old age with no hospital events or trauma.
NCQA
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
In this episode of Inside Health Care, we present two interviews that each ask really basic, yet complex, questions about health care. The first question: Why are patient alcohol and substance use issues so often overlooked in primary care? This interview will not only answer that question: it will point patients and providers in the right direction: toward adoption of universal alcohol screening and follow-up.
Healthcare Associates
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Colds are the most common reason people see a doctor in the United States. Adults may catch a cold up to four times a year, whereas children tend to be exposed more and may contract as many as eight per year. These illnesses are highly contagious, frequently spreading through droplets from a sneeze or cough. Colds are caused by various viruses — more than 200, to be exact.
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 Business Group
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The physical and mental toll of digestive diseases is often under-appreciated. Bill Snyder , CEO of Vivante Health shares how his personal experiences fueled his mission to tackle digestive health head-on, leading him to launch innovative digital gut health programs through Vivante Health. Vivante is leveraging technology, data, and artificial intelligence to revolutionize digestive healthcare.
HIStalk
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Tri-City Medical Center resumes nearly full operations after cybersecurity attack.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Hospitals are petitioning the Biden administration to crack down on Medicare Advantage (MA) plans they say are flaunting coverage requirements recently codified by the Centers for Medicare & Me | The nation's largest MA operator is skirting new CMS regulations prohibiting MA plans from limiting or denying coverage for hospital services that would be covered under traditional Medicare, the hospital industry told federal officials this week.
NASHP
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Nationally, five million children live in food-insecure households in which both children and adults are food insecure. 1 Food insecurity is defined by a lack of consistent access to enough food for every person in a household to live an active, healthy lifestyle, 2 whereas nutrition security is having consistent and equitable access, availability, and affordability to nutritious foods. 3 Food insecurity impacts child health outcomes and is associated with increased risks of some birth defe
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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