Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 20, 2024
Artera has spent the past nine years developing tech solutions to solve industrywide pain points and streamline patient communications. | Artera's tech helps healthcare providers deliver timely patient communications with automated referral outreach and real-time responses and automates pre-visit communications to make sure patients and staff are prepared for the appointment.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 20, 2024
The health system has been hit with at least 35 lawsuits in the last year alleging issues ranging from unpaid bills and falsified checks to doctor kickback schemes.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 20, 2024
Ophelia, a virtual provider of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, is now in-network for Highmark Wholecare members. | Ophelia has been part of Highmark Health’s network in Pennsylvania since 2021, serving 2.9 million commercial members. It is now in-network for Wholecare Medicaid and dual-eligible members. Ophelia works with 13 Medicaid plans overall.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 20, 2024
Value-based care and physician interest groups said the model should create a more stable cash flow for physician groups.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 20, 2024
PocketHealth, a medical image exchange platform, has raised $33 million in a series B round. | PocketHealth, founded in 2016 by Rishi and his brother Harsh, gives patients instant access to their medical images from partner providers and enables image exchange between providers.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 20, 2024
Health systems should embrace transparency to keep patients connected and informed – and to avoid losing them to retail clinics and other nontraditional providers, says Dr. Geeta Nayyar, MDI Health's executive clinical advisor.
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Health Care Dive
MARCH 20, 2024
Travis Crum, currently senior vice president of finance, will assume the CFO role in the summer. He replaces Debbie Bloomfield, who is set to retire at the end of the year.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 20, 2024
Large-scale Medicaid disenrollment in Tennessee nearly 20 years ago led to increased total crime rates, a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found. | A new study, that draws parallels to current day redeterminations, delves into the relationship between mass Medicaid disenrollment in 2005 and how it may have led to violent crime.
Pro CRNA
MARCH 20, 2024
By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA Born in Denmark in the early 1800’s, Hans Christian Anderson was a prolific writer best known for his fairy tales. Among his famous fables, The Emperor’s New Clothes is a classic story that continues to be referenced two centuries later when the reality that we experience does not align with what we are told is “the truth”.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 20, 2024
Preventive care or healthcare innovation legislation promising decades-long savings benefits may soon get fairer appraisals from Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper. | The bipartisan bill, passed Tuesday, would allow lawmakers to request a 30-year cost savings projection for healthcare legislation related to preventive care. Backers say it opens the door to more longitudinal investments in health and realigned incentives within the private sector.
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Health IT Analytics
MARCH 20, 2024
Healthcare organizations report an average 124% ROI for their data investments, but many cite data management and integration as major roadblocks.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: – Google Health and Apollo Radiology International are joining forces to tackle some of the country’s biggest health challenges – tuberculosis (TB), lung cancer, and breast cancer – using AI-powered screening technology. – Over the next decade, Apollo will leverage AI models to provide 3 million free screenings for TB, lung cancer, and breast cancer.
Home Health Care
MARCH 20, 2024
This article is sponsored by Interlace Health. In this interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Allison Reichenbach, President at Interlace Health, to talk about longevity and credibility in health care, and how Interlace is helping providers navigate those areas as the home-based care space evolves. She discusses the steps providers can take to eliminate inefficiencies and put time and money back into their businesses, as well as the role of eForms and eSignature solutions in that missio
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: AstraZeneca has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation radioconjugates (RCs). The acquisition marks a major step forward in AstraZeneca delivering on its ambition to transform cancer treatment and outcomes for patients by replacing traditional regimens like chemotherapy and radiotherapy with more targeted treatments.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
MARCH 20, 2024
Modelling health care cost is often problematic because are distributed in a non-normal manner. Typically, there are a large number of $0 observations (i.e., individuals who do not use any health care) and cost distribution that is strongly right skewed among health care users due a disproportionate number of individuals with very high health care costs.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: – Cybin Inc. (NYSE American: CYBN), a company developing next-generation psychedelic therapies for mental health, has secured $150M in a private placement of common shares led by Deep Track Capital and included participation from other institutional investors. The price per share was set at $0.43, representing a 17% premium over the 10-day volume-weighted average trading price. – The funding will fuel the development of CYB003, a potential first-in-class psyched
Home Health Care
MARCH 20, 2024
A significant majority of buyers are planning to be more acquisitive in the home-based care space compared to 2023. However, the success in that endeavor hinges on three key factors: quality deal flow, capital markets and regulatory developments. That’s according to a new survey conducted by M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart, which interviewed 51 of the most active acquirers interested in home health, hospice, personal care and private-duty nursing.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: – Artera, a leading SaaS digital health provider, enhances its Artera Harmony platform with premium capabilities through Artera Referrals. This expansion aims to assist healthcare providers in optimizing referral communications, boosting patient outreach, engagement, and loyalty. – Addressing the challenge of incomplete patient referrals and the priority to retain patients within networks, Artera Referrals offers a timely solution for healthcare providers, tackl
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Home Health Care
MARCH 20, 2024
UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE:UNH) planned acquisition of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) appears to be in danger. Late Wednesday, a report suggesting that the Department of Justice is considering a lawsuit to block Optum’s takeover of Amedisys surfaced. The deal was first agreed to in June of last year. The news comes just a few weeks after the DOJ opened up an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: – BillionToOne (BTO), a company dedicated to accessible and accurate genetic testing, has launched BabyPeek , a first-of-its-kind prenatal test uses advanced technology to predict a baby’s non-medical traits as early as 10 weeks. – BabyPeek is designed to bring a touch of lighthearted joy to your pregnancy journey and complements the essential UNITY test, which screens for chromosomal abnormalities and recessive genetic conditions.
HIStalk
MARCH 20, 2024
News Google lists its recent accomplishments in applying generative AI.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: – A new survey by Carta Healthcare®, a company focused on harnessing the power of clinical data, sheds light on the pressing challenges faced by healthcare professionals in the United States. – In honor of Certified Nurses Day, the survey conducted Propeller Insights in January/February 2024 among 500 healthcare workers, reveals that staff shortages and burnout are taking a significant toll on the industry.
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Nordic
MARCH 20, 2024
The annual HIMSS Global Health Conference took place last week in Orlando. Like most large conferences, healthy food at reasonable prices was a rarity. For this reason, I implored a good friend of mine who was foolish smart enough to rent a car to drive us to a nearby Starbucks for breakfast. We intended to eat a quick breakfast in the store and catch up on the current state of healthcare IT, but that was not to be.
The Rand Blog
MARCH 20, 2024
The Ukraine war has exposed a challenge: how can allies gear their defence industries up to deliver materiel to Ukraine while remaining fit for purpose at home? By introducing a new integrated procurement model, the UK Ministry of Defence aims to consciously integrate lessons learned from past programmes—successful and otherwise.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
Sachin Patel, Chief Executive Officer, Apixio The lack of a complete and comprehensive patient record limits the ability of the physician to improve care and puts organizations at financial and regulatory risk. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimated that for payment year 2018 alone , it will recover $428.4 million (net) and $4.7 billion from 2023 through 2032, including extrapolation effects.
NCQA
MARCH 20, 2024
New recommendations help health care organizations (HCOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) build and sustain partnerships that solve challenges each organization can’t tackle alone. The Problem to Solve Many people face health challenges due to unmet social needs, such as food insecurity, unstable housing or lack of transportation. These social factors can reduce a person’s well-being, making it difficult to manage chronic conditions, recover from illness or maintain overall health
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.
Healthcare Associates
MARCH 20, 2024
Did you know that about 1 in 3 adults 1 over 40 who have diabetes also get diabetic retinopathy? It’s a big problem, and you might wonder if it can be fixed. Sadly, once you have it, it can’t be completely undone. But there’s still hope! You can slow down this eye problem by seeking care from your healthcare provider. Understanding diabetic retinopathy: is it reversible?
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and DUOS , a technology-enabled service provider announces a new collaborative program to enhance the healthcare experience and improve health outcomes for Louisiana veteran members with chronic conditions. The initiative links veterans with chronic conditions to DUOS, where they undergo an assessment of health needs and goals.
Home Health Care
MARCH 20, 2024
Traditions Health appoints VP of finance and controller Traditions Health has promoted Todd Scott to the role of vice president of finance and controller. “Todd has been an indispensable member of our team, consistently demonstrating his leadership and culture of service,” Traditions Health CFO John Kerndl said in a press statement. “Todd’s contributions have been vital as we continue to establish ourselves as the post-acute care provider of choice.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 20, 2024
What You Should Know: – Abridge , a leader in generative AI for healthcare documentation forms a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to leverage NVIDIA’s cutting-edge technology and expertise to significantly improve clinician workflows and patient care through AI-powered solutions. – Abridge also secured an investment from NVentures , NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, further solidifying their commitment to revolutionizing healthcare documentation Unearthing a Sea of Lost In
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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