Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Hims & Hers' strong revenue growth streak continued in the third quarter as the digital health and wellness business brought in $227 million, up 57% from a year ago. | With continued strong revenue growth, Hims & Hers expects to be profitable by the first half of 2024. The digital health and wellness company boosted its revenue outlook for the year and announced a new AI-powered service to personalize treatments.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As extreme weather events caused by climate change ramp up in frequency, hospitals are struggling with financial and data challenges in disaster planning.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Virtual and augmented reality are gaining wider acceptance in healthcare. While there are still challenges and deployment hurdles, more and more organizations are using AR and VR as the technologies evolve and the many benefits of tools that once may have sounded like sci-fi become apparent. A few recent announcements show just how AR and VR are catching on across an array of different use cases.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The physician staffing firm, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this spring, said it has since reduced its debt by more than 70%.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A recent federal district court ruling against the office overseeing the 340B Drug Pricing Program has opened the doors for hospitals to more broadly claim discounts, healthcare legal experts say.< | Alongside a broader definition of a "patient" under the drug discount program, legal experts say that Friday's federal district court decision will have downstream effects for ongoing disputes over drugmaker's contract pharmacy restrictions and hospitals' child site regis

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p3care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Gear up, providers! CMS has just released the MIPS 2024 final rule. CMS has provided the proposed rule before finalizing the policies for PY 2024 reporting. The clinicians need to be extra vigilant this time, as we notice that CMS is in full form. In CY 2024, it has already set the performance criteria and scoring standards. Now, it’s truly the clinicians’ responsibility to take part in the healthcare improvement battle with full spirit.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Kaiser reported a $239 million profit and $83 million in investment income, compared to multi-billion dollar losses in the same period last year.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

By Eric A. Friedman and Lawrence O. Gostin In 1984, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted the Siracusa Principles , which state that restrictions on human rights must meet standards of legality, necessity, and proportionality. States must use the least restrictive means available when putting in place rights-restricting measures.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: – Emory University has launched the Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute as part of its AI.Humanity initiative to leverage AI and big data to transform healthcare globally. – The institute aims to use AI to discern patterns in health data, make predictions, and improve patient health outcomes in diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and more.

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Health Recovery

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The number of people struggling with wounds increases yearly. These wounds can be complex, hard to heal, and expensive to treat—issues exacerbated by a shortage of wound-certified nurses. Virtual wound care offers a solution to this growing problem, today.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: Health Payment Systems (HPS) today announced it has selected Madaket Health to help manage its provider directory and roster requirements for No Surprises Act (NSA) compliance. HPS, which supports 27,000 providers across 96 hospitals, selected Madaket’s Provider Data Exchange thanks to its innovative approach to data verification, ease of use and automated update model.

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Meditech

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In the last few years, we’ve undergone a lot of changes at Boone Health. These changes have given us the opportunity to adopt new internal modules, adjust our framework, and elevate the way that we address problems within our organization.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: LeanTaaS, Inc., the market leader in providing AI-powered and SaaS-based capacity management, staffing, and patient flow software for health systems, today announced the release of its annual The State of Cancer Centers in 2023 Special Report, capturing the firsthand experiences and insights of nearly 100 nursing directors and operational leaders from a diverse set of cancer centers nationwide.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is getting rid of one of the biggest pain points for home health providers: prior authorization. The change will eliminate more than 14,000 authorizations, according to the company. Broadly, patients being discharged from the hospital to home health care will not need advanced approval. The types of care that will be impacted include physical therapy, occupational therapy, home health aide and nurse visits, and social worker visits.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: – AppliedVR , an immersive therapeutics pioneer, conducted a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) on virtual reality (VR) therapy for treating chronic low back pain (CLBP) at home. – Results of the study were published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health and demonstrated that AppliedVR’s RelieVRx program produced clinically meaningful improvements in adults with CLBP. – AppliedVR aims to provide a non-pharmacological and non-invasive approa

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its objective to enroll all of its Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030. Currently, roughly 13.2 million Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries are assigned to an ACO. With this in mind, there has been more activity and investment around accountable care organizations (ACOs), including for at-home care providers, which are strategically collaborating with these organizations.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Jussi Reijonen, Account Manager at Medixine While contemporary healthcare is slowly but surely embracing novel technologies, front-line nurses are still a much under-used resource in bridging the gap between innovation and patient well-being. Digitalization in the healthcare sector has perhaps the most significant impact potential as the technology with the transformative power to change the way nursing is practiced.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Diving into value-based arrangements with payers always sounds good, in theory, for home health providers. But it is easier said than done. Providers have to commit to value-based care, but even before that, they need to do their homework to be successful over the long haul. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Dave Bennett, CEO of pCare The pandemic took a significant toll on healthcare professionals due to the increase in critical patients, decrease in staff, reduced supplies, and greater safety risks. While these challenges have plagued the industry prior to the pandemic, the effects were greatly exacerbated by the worldwide crisis. According to a recent AMN Healthcare survey focused on the ongoing impact of the pandemic, 30% of nurses say they remain likely to leave their career in healthcare and

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Health IT Analytics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Northwestern Medicine researchers have developed a generative AI model that can outperform radiologists at interpreting chest X-rays in some cases.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: – 23andMe has launched 23andMe+ Total Health , a comprehensive prevention-based health membership. – Total Health provides clinical-grade exome sequencing, biannual blood testing, genetics-based clinical care, and access to clinicians trained in genetics. Comprehensive, Prevention-Based Health Membership The offering aims to provide a comprehensive approach to prevention, enhancing patient understanding of disease risks and leading to healthier lives.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Biosimilar drugs for biologic treatments are analogous to generic drugs for branded small molecules. Switching to biosimilars after biologic patent expiry can save payers and patients money. Why doesn’t it happen more often? There are a variety of reasons but a paper by Bond et al. (2023) argues that the 340B program incentivizes hospitals to prescribe the reference biologic product rather than the less expensive biosimilar.

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: Signal (Epic’s provider-efficiency tracking tool) is a familiar sight at many organizations using the Epic platform —these organizations harness Signal data to understand the diverse and complex ways end users interact with the EHR. They often use Signal data to pinpoint providers who may be struggling and could gain the most from EHR training interventions.

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Nordic

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I recently read an article by Yale’s F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE about medicine’s Cassandra problem with artificial intelligence (AI). I was intrigued even before I read the first sentence because … who was Cassandra again?

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: – Particle Health , an intelligent data platform that aggregates and delivers actionable patient data and insights and Hona have formed a strategic partnership to enhance Hona’s AI-driven healthcare solution. Hona is a customizable, HIPAA-compliant artificial intelligence product that searches and converts thousands of health records into one simple patient overview for healthcare providers, – The collaboration between Particle Health and Hona aims to simp

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On November 2, 2023, the American Hospital Association and Texas Hospital Association, in conjunction with the Texas Health Resources and United Regional Health Care System, filed suit against the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) regarding OCR’s guidance on the use of online tracking technologies by HIPAA entities.

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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.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: – Kythera Labs , a healthcare technology and data analytics company, has secured $20M in Series A funding and debt financing from BIP Ventures and CIBC. – The funding will support the growth and scaling of Wayfinder, Kythera’s data-transforming technology platform, and the development and adoption of new and existing offerings.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Healthcare transactions are complicated endeavors and approaching them with your eyes wide open can be the difference between closing the deal and the negotiations falling apart. Failing to consider and navigate common pitfalls is an easy way to wreck a deal. On Thursday, November 9, leaders from Sheppard Mullin and Jarrard Inc. will co-host a webinar discussing potential blunders that could sabotage a deal and best practices healthcare organizations can take to prevent them.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What You Should Know: – Wider Circle and Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (ApolloMed) are partnering to provide Enhanced Care Management (ECM) to high-need Medicaid members in California as part of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative. – The collaboration aims to deliver patient-centered care and ECM by combining Wider Circle’s community-based engagement model with ApolloMed’s clinical care management expertise and technology platform.

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Healthcare Associates

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD for short, is a common, long-lasting lung disease. It is a progressive disease, which means its symptoms get worse over time. There are several stages of COPD, each of which has different symptoms depending on how far the disease has progressed. Here’s more about the stages and how to contact Healthcare Associates of Texas if you need help managing this condition.

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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.