Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
A bipartisan group of senators announced Friday that they are working on new legislation for “long-term reforms” to physician payments under Medicare and other program changes. | The lawmakers plan to investigate and pass "long-term reforms" that will "ensure financial stability for providers," among other goals. They plan to seek stakeholder input "in the coming weeks.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The e-commerce giant is reducing the primary care operator’s corporate footprint days after confirming plans to lay off One Medical employees.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Banking on telehealth to reach rural patients, University of Rochester Medical Center rolls out innovative virtual care pilot hlandi Fri, 02/09/2024 - 14:36
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The Denver- and Indianapolis-based systems will fully integrate by the end of the year and serve approximately 2.5 million patients at 680 care sites.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The mental healthcare system in the U.S. | Commercial health plans might do a better job of making community-based healthcare that relies on laypeople a reality than the pilots launched by government officials, one expert says.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership As home health patients become sicker and more complex, providers have been forced to find ways to keep their care models financially viable. In order to combat some of those “acuity creep” challenges, industry leaders are leaning on technology, data-driven decision making and more value-based care. “We continue to navigate through a very regulated industry,” Janice Riggins, chief clinical officer at VitalCaring, told Home Health Care News.
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Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) is making some major changes to its U.S. Healthcare division, which includes all of its provider and at-home care assets. Most of note is the leadership change at the top. Walgreens acquired the remaining stake in the home care-focused convener CareCentrix for $392 million in 2022, after an initial investment of $330 million.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing new oversight of accrediting organizations performance and other changes in response to “several concerns” the agency said have cro | A new proposed rule released Thursday aims to address "inconsistent" survey results, conflicts of interest and other concerns around accrediting practices.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Two senators introduced a bill Thursday that would create a pilot program aimed at expanding the scope of hospital-at-home care in the U.S. Dubbed the At Home Observation and Medical Evaluation (HOME) Services Act, the bill was introduced specifically by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.). Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) was an original cosponsor of the legislation.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
More than half of new mothers were not able to see all the healthcare professionals they wanted to during their care journey, new data found. | Close to 7 in 10 women in a new survey saw between one and three different healthcare professionals throughout their pregnancy journey. Yet 57% had at least one they could not see. Nonwhite mothers reported higher rates of not being able to see their desired providers than white moms.
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The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Disruptions to shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal are likely to have only modest effects on Chinese goods trade with most of the Middle East but could lead to significant costs for China's global trade.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Doximity, a digital platform for medical professionals, is doubling down on its investment in artificial intelligence-powered technology to fuel its growth as it boosts its 2024 revenue guidance.
Sheppard Health Law
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Delaware-based ChristianaCare Health System (ChristianaCare) [1] recently agreed to pay $47.1 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the system’s former Chief Compliance Officer, Ronald Sherman. Among other things, the complaint alleged that the system’s arrangements with various private physician groups resulted in federal False Claims Act (FCA) and Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act (DE FCA) liability. [2] Specifically, Sherman alleged that ChristianaCare violated the FCA and DE FCA by pro
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Below is a roundup of payer-centric news for the week of Feb. 5, 2024. | This week, a report from Inseparable shows how mental health care could be improved in each state, CMS approved a mobile crisis intervention team in New Mexico and Penn State Health agreed to a $12 million improper billing settlement.
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HIStalk
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
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Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
By Katherine Drabiak In February 2023, The Satanic Temple (TST) opened a telehealth clinic that offers free screening, virtual appointments, and medication abortion prescriptions by mail for pregnant women seeking an abortion. Currently, TST offers the services only to patients in New Mexico, but it plans to expand into other states. Over the past several years, TST has filed lawsuits in multiple states, including Texas , Indiana , and Idaho , directly challenging those state laws that restrict
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.
Icanotes
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Diagnosis and Assessment of Gender Dysphoria According to the Pew Research Center, about 5% of young adults aged 18-29 in the United States feel that their gender is different from their assigned sex at birth. Whether they identify as transgender or nonbinary, many of these people struggle with what's called gender dysphoria. This experience is a significant feeling of distress, discomfort or incongruence between one's assigned gender and their experienced or expressed gender.
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