Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2023
LAS VEGAS—A new analysis finds that mor | LAS VEGAS—A new analysis finds that more pharmacists are electronically prescribing medications as they assist in managing chronic disease, which offers a peek at the next evolution in primary care.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2023
As startups look for exits or are forced to consider a sale due to a lack of new capital in the next two years, companies have the opportunity to build their value propositions at reasonable prices, investors said at HLTH.
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Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Humana CEO Bruce Broussard will step down from the role in the latter part of 2024, and the insurer has already found a successor. | Humana CEO Bruce Broussard will step down from the role in the latter part of 2024, and the insurer has already found a successor.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The average cost of organizations’ most expensive cyberattack increased 13% year over year, according to a survey from the Ponemon Institute.
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Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services are no longer working toward a merger, the systems announced Wednesday. | The cross-market deal would have yielded a 48-hospital nonprofit with more than 4 million patients. The Iowa- and New Mexico-based organizations did not disclose a specific reason for their decision, though outside reports say UnityPoint's CEO has also stepped down.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Super apps — so-called “everything apps” that combine multiple services in one platform — haven’t taken off in the U.S., but CVS is angling to change that.
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Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 11, 2023
RPM maker Dozee from India has unveiled a new AI-powered continuous patient monitoring system that can be used outside the ICU and at home. HOW IT WORKS Much like Dozee's existing connected bed platform , the new Dozee Pro Ex, according to a press release, can also continuously monitor patients' vitals and comes with an AI-powered early warning feature that alerts care teams in instances of patient deterioration.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2023
A recent survey found that up to 4 in 10 employers intend to cover GLP-1 drugs in 2024, up from the 25% of employers that currently cover the medications. | Despite its costs, interest in covering GLP-1 drugs among employers in 2024 has nearly doubled, according to a new survey.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Jim Rechtin, president and CEO of physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare, will take the reins as chief executive of the payer in the latter half of 2024.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Amid reimbursement uncertainty in Medicare-certified home health, investors are slowly shifting focus to other home-based care types. This shift, while not a radical departure, is something stakeholders are keeping an eye on heading into 2024. “I think we’re already seeing a little bit of that,” Rebecca Springer, lead health care analyst at PitchBook, told Home Health Care News.
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Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In an interview on the center’s launch, the California-based system's chief innovation officer also said that venture firm General Catalyst, which announced plans to buy a health system this week for product testing, will face "real trial and error.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Home-based care startups and large payer-provider hybrid companies are not alike in many ways. One way in which they are similar, though, is their belief that they can drive care in the home forward. That’s one takeaway from a recent panel discussion that took place at the 2023 HLTH conference. A company like Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), for instance, is in a unique position.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Wentworth, who will become Walgreens CEO effective Oct. 23, is the former CEO of Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager acquired by Cigna in 2018.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Eric Ly, Founder & CEO of KarmaCheck Healthcare staffing, an essential pillar of the U.S. healthcare system, involves a myriad of entities, including healthcare providers, facilities, staffing agencies, credentialing bodies and regulatory agencies. At the heart of this process lies the critical function of credentialing — the rigorous verification of clinician qualifications–and how the system is reimbursed.
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) – one of the largest insurers and home health providers in the country – announced a leadership transition Wednesday. Longtime CEO Bruce Broussard will step down, with Jim Rechtin stepping into his position in 2024. This was a “long-planned” CEO transition, according to Humana. Rechtin will join Humana on Jan. 8, 2024 as president and COO and will report to Broussard.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2023
What You Should Know: – Walmart announced it is expanding virtual primary care, building on the traditional telehealth service for occasional sick visits for Walmart associates and their families. – As part of this expansion, virtual care options for digestive health and physical therapy will also be available, including some basic at-home lab work early next year.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
OCTOBER 11, 2023
There has been much research showing that fee-for-service (FFS) leads to increased provision of medical services and capitation leads to decreased provision of medical services. My own research shows that there are system-wide effects and that the impact of capitation for primary care physicians on services may depend on whether specialists are also reimbursed via fee-for-service.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2023
What You Should Know: Ontada , announced it was awarded a competitive contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance the use of real-world data (RWD) in the U.S. community oncology setting. Ontada will conduct real-world research (RWR) that aims to strengthen the scientific understanding of the natural history of rare cancers by leveraging Ontada’s community oncology footprint and unique RWD.
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Healthy Debate
OCTOBER 11, 2023
A junkyard of broken donated medical devices behind a Ugandan hospital illustrates a key issue in existing global health initiatives.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2023
What You Should Know: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) today announced that it is growing its network of virtual care providers to treat two chronic conditions: gastrointestinal (GI) conditions and diabetes. Oshi Health and Virta Health are now part of Blue Cross’ network and, as part of their agreements with Blue Cross, offer convenient access to virtual care for members.
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 11, 2023
This article is sponsored by Netsmart. This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Ashley Puchalski, senior director of Care Coordination at Ohio’s Hospice, Hannah Patterson, vice president and general manager of Workforce Management at Netsmart, and Divesh Aidasani, vice president of Strategy at BAYADA. This discussion took place on August 30, 2023 during the HHCN FUTURE Conference.
HIStalk
OCTOBER 11, 2023
News Microsoft introduces new healthcare-related tools to its Fabric analytics.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Butterfly Network, Inc., a digital health company transforming care through the power of portable, semiconductor-based ultrasound technology and intuitive software, today announced the addition of two new ultrasound education offerings that will complete its full suite of education products. The new offerings will include: – Butterfly Certified™ , a complete set of virtual and in-person POCUS courses designed to meet local training or privileging requirements, delivered in partnership with
The Rand Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
As Kim Jong-un's actions become more threatening, the risks of a catastrophic accidental nuclear war become more likely. The United States needs to make North Korean denuclearization a long-term objective but focus in the immediate future on limiting the size and danger of the North Korean nuclear weapon force.
Nordic
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Since well before the pandemic, healthcare system leaders and hospital executives have been focused on clinician burnout, and for good reason. In 2017, the National Academy of Medicine published a call to explore and address the problem, highlighting burnout as an “underrecognized threat to safe, high-quality care.” They noted that more than half of U.S. physicians were experiencing substantial symptoms of burnout and that 35% of hospital nurses had high degrees of emotional exhaustion.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2023
What You Should Know: – Amwell forms a strategic partnership with Discovery Health, a health insurance administrator, which will introduce the first-ever digital therapeutic benefits funded by a health insurer in South Africa. – As part of the collaboration, clinicians are now able to prescribe SilverCloud by Amwell, a clinically validated, evidence-based and affordable digital mental healthcare platform, to Discovery Health members.
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.
Bill Of Health
OCTOBER 11, 2023
By Ameet Sarpatwari , Liam Bendicksen , and Aaron S. Kesselheim Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues relevant to current or potential future work in the Division.
Patient Safety Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Every year they come around: audits. They are important to ensure the quality of care, but often cost a lot of time and effort to complete. For example, audits use long questionnaires and forms, which are scanned or manually converted to spreadsheets in order to check in an overview whether work is being done as defined in the process descriptions or work instructions.
NCQA
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In this episode of “Inside Health Care,” we meet two guests, in two interviews. Our first guest advocates for birth, racial and gender equity, driven by her own distressing experiences as a patient. Our second guest developed effective ways to implement virtual care on a large scale to improve equity and representation for rural communities. Sinsi Hernández-Cancio Sinsi Hernández-Cancio , JD, is a vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families , where she leads the Health Ju
Briggs Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Handwashing with soap and water is one of the simplest, most effective ways to stop the spread of germs and stay healthy. Keeping hands clean can prevent 1 in 3 diarrheal illnesses and 1 in 5 respiratory infections, such as the common cold or flu. Each year on October 15, CDC works with global partners and colleagues to highlight Global Handwashing Day and raise awareness about the importance of handwashing with soap and water.
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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