Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
When Joseph Schneier, a transgender man then in his early 40s, started experiencing unusual spotting and elevated progesterone levels in 2021, his partner urged him to get checked out. | When Joseph Schneier, a transgender man in his early 40s, started experiencing unusual spotting and elevated progesterone levels in 2021, his partner urged him to get checked out.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
According to the Department of Justice, enforcement in Medicare Advantage is of “critical importance” as the number of beneficiaries in the privatized insurance program swells.
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Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network is an academic health system based in eastern Wisconsin. It embarked on a journey to foster disruptive innovations by establishing Inception Health as an independent vehicle to drive innovation and digital transformation, focusing on digital health technology. Artificial intelligence is at the heart of some of its most disruptive innovations.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Elevance Health's CarelonRx will begin offering a weight management program, providing its members access to digital-first coaching and wellness tools. | Elevance Health's CarelonRx will begin offering a weight management program for members, including those that take GLP-1 medications.
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Removing barriers to care and improving care access through analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH) data is a key strategy.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Revenue cycle management technology giant R1 RCM has received an offer from private equity firm New Mountain Capital to buy out the roughly two-thirds of shares it doesn’t already own and take the | The private equity firm and its affiliates currently control almost a third of R1 RCM's shares. The all-cash offer's disclosure on Monday drove stock prices up by about 32% compared to Friday’s close.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
LOS ANGELES—Inaccurate and out-of-date health plan provider directories continue to be a vexing problem in healthcare and can make it difficult for patients to find a clinician when they need care. | Humana tapped data automation company Veda to improve the accuracy of its provider information and ensure that seniors have real-time details about in-network providers.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The private equity firm’s offer represents a 24% premium to R1’s closing price on Friday, but could be undervaluing the company, analysts said.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Signify Health is expanding its in-home diagnostics offering to include a test for heart arrhythmias. | Signify Health is expanding its in-home diagnostics offering to include a test for heart arrhythmias.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Revenue from acquisitions and outpatient services helped the Catholic health system trim losses.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
b.well Connected Health, maker of a platform unifying patient data, has announced a $40 million series C funding round. | b.well brings together a patient’s data by connecting a variety of stakeholders, including doctors, pharmacies, labs and devices, in one platform. It also provides personalized content that guides patients to take specific actions, harnessing behavioral psychology and game theory to engage the consumer in their health journey.
NCQA
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Responsible Stewards of Antibiotic Use , our project to spread the word about smart use of antibiotics , has progressed to the second phase. This milestone matters for two reasons: A new utilization measure increases our understanding. We’ve included Antibiotic Utilization for Respiratory Conditions (AXR) as the fourth HEDIS measure we use to track antibiotics stewardship.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Under fire from government officials, Steward Health Care released a six-point action plan late Friday outlining a $150 million financing agreement, asset sales and a partial restructuring that wil | The strained for-profit system shared word that it has secured a $150 million financing agreement with its lenders and is working to sell several assets to "reset its operations and address vendor obligations.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Andrew Molosky, the president and CEO of Chapters Health System, is keenly aware of the struggles that coincide with turning a large health care provider organization into a value-based one. The first priority in that situation, in his mind, is making sure that the entire organization is on the same page in terms of what value-based care really means, he told Home Health Care News last month at Home Care 100 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
LOS ANGELES—Highmark is teaming up with Epic and Google Cloud to improve the flow of data between payers and providers to enhance care coordination and drive better outcomes. | LOS ANGELES—Highmark is teaming up with Epic and Google Cloud to improve the flow of data between payers and providers to enhance care coordination and drive better outcomes.
The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Strikes against state-backed militias like the Houthis degrade these groups' military capabilities. But such strikes will almost certainly not deter the group from launching additional attacks. They could, however, take key capabilities and leaders off the battlefield, challenging Iran and the militias it backs to field the same quantity and quality of attacks in the future.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Livonia, Michigan-based Trinity Health brought its six-month operating losses down from last year’s $270.3 million (-2.6% operating margin) to $38.6 million (-0.3% operating margin) thanks to highe | The Catholic system improved its six-month operating margin from last year's -2.6% to -0.3% and said it pulled operations into the black from the first to the second quarter.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Assaf Ohana, Chief Product Officer at Hello Heart What You Should Know: – Hello Heart, a provider of innovative digital health solutions appoints Assaf Ohana as its inaugural Chief Product Officer. – Prior to joining Hello Heart, Ohana served as Chief Product Officer at ActiveFence and Alto Pharmacy, where he played instrumental roles in developing cutting-edge products aimed at improving healthcare accessibility and efficiency.
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The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Chinese strategists continue to be quite fixated on Russian attack helicopter operations in Ukraine. Helicopters appear to be at the very heart of any Chinese strategy to conquer Taiwan, since they can provide both extensive air cover and firepower for amphibious forces coming ashore and provide transport capabilities to deliver forces further inland in a hypothetical Taiwan scenario.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) and Biofourmis announced a strategic collaboration today, aiming to revolutionize patient care by enabling safe and effective care at home. – The strategic partnership leverages the expertise of both companies to deliver innovative care-at-home solutions, improving patient experiences and addressing healthcare system challenges. – GE HealthCare will begin distributing Biofourmis solutions to customers in the United States sta
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
People who receive home health care during the last three years of their lives are more likely to utilize hospice care at the end of life. That’s according to a recent Rutgers Health study that was published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. As part of the study, researchers examined a sample of over 2 million U.S. Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who passed away in 2019, and were enrolled for at least three years before their death.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – b.well Connected Health , a leading platform provider for connected healthcare ecosystems raises $40M in Series C funding led by Leavitt Equity Partners. – b.well’s FHIR-based platform empowers healthcare organizations to create a unified experience for consumers, allowing them to manage their health information, receive valuable insights, and access care services conveniently.
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HKLaw
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – DeepScribe , a pioneer in AI-powered medical documentation, today announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at accelerating the secure scaling of large language models (LLMs) within the healthcare sector. – The strategic partnership will integrate AWS HealthScribe into DeepScribe’s platform, fueling the development of even more advanced AI-assisted clinical documentation solutions.
The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Many eighth graders don't even have access to algebra I, let alone geometry. Even when those courses are offered, the criteria for who can enroll vary a lot. Together, these circumstances can lead to deep inequities in who gets into advanced math classes by high school.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), which spun off of General Electric (NYSE: GE) last year, is making more investments in at-home care. On Monday, the company announced a partnership with Biofourmis, a home-based care enabler. The partnership aims to enhance care continuity in the post-acute setting with a focus on lowering the cost of care. GE Healthcare plans to integrate Biofourmis’ care-at-home solutions into its patient monitoring portfolio.
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.
HIStalk
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
In the US, our love of technology often overtakes our.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Anthony Loss, Director of Solutions Strategy at ClearScale Having a comprehensive data strategy is paramount in the healthcare sector. Data can be both a blessing and a curse for healthcare organizations, depending on how well they manage their data. On one hand, data is the key to unlocking personalized medicine, research breakthroughs, and effective population health management.
HIStalk
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
B.well Connected Health Secures $40M to Power The Connected Health.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
In countries that have universal health insurance, but limited patient out-of-pocket costs for public hospital services, non-urgent hospital treatment often has a waiting list in public hospitals. To address this issue, some countries (e.g., UK, Canada) use strategies such as setting maximum wait targets, monitoring provider performance, or adding public funding; other countries (e.g., Australia, Ireland) rely on a parallel private health sector to alleviate pressure on public hospitals when pri
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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