Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has found its first national health system buyer for hospital drugs currently in short supply. | The 71-hospital for-profit is the first national health system buyer to cut a deal with the billionaire-backed generic drug maker. The companies are kicking off their partnership in CHS' Texas and Pennsylvania hospitals.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 7, 2024
Michael McCallen, managing director in Deloitte’s Health Care Strategy practice, explains why a governance structure is key to successful adoption of artificial intelligence.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, otherwise known as ICHRA, are enjoying a surge in popularity. | Venture capital firms are looking toward the ICHRA market as a potential opportunity because of its growing popularity among small employers and remote companies.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 7, 2024
At least six federal lawsuits seeking class-action status were filed since the cyberattack, alleging the technology firm didn’t have reasonable cybersecurity measures in place.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Four Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) hospitals are the first in the country to achieve the Joint Commission’s sustainable healthcare certification. | Four Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals are the first in the country to achieve the Joint Commission’s sustainable healthcare certification. The voluntary program for hospitals went into effect at the start of this year and provides a framework to help organizations tackle decarbonization efforts.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 7, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to relieve clinician burnout, as well as to help patients access care more easily. MEDITECH’s EHR platform, Expanse, leverages AI to create actionable insights that can support clinical decision-making from patient data gathered both inside and outside the organization. Join MEDITECH’s Director of Marketing, Rachel Wilkes, as she talks about use cases for AI in healthcare and pilot programs using Expanse to enhance patient care and gives
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 7, 2024
ASX-listed medication management platform MedAdvisor is working to introduce conversational AI to elevate the patient experience for its partner pharmacies. It recently partnered with United States-based Brand Engagement Network (BEN), whose AI assistants – combined with MedAdvisor's insights into pharmacy patient engagement – can help deliver a "personalised, conversational experience" for patients.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Austin, Texas-based Wheel continues to build out its health tech partnerships to integrate more virtual care capabilities into its platform. The company has added three big healthcare players— | Austin, Texas-based Wheel continues to build out its health tech partnerships to integrate more virtual care capabilities into its platform. The company has added three big healthcare players—Talkspace, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company and Health Gorilla—to its virtual care network.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 7, 2024
The 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition takes place on March 11-15, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Learn more and register.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
As part of its investor day on Thursday, Cigna's Evernorth arm announced an expansion to its GLP-1 management solution as well as the launch of a new behavioral-health-focused medical group. | As part of its investor day on Thursday, Cigna's Evernorth arm announced an expansion to its GLP-1 management solution as well as the launch of a new behavioral health-focused medical group.
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2024
What You Should Know: Healthy.io, the global leader in transforming the smartphone camera into a medical device, is launching a groundbreaking program utilizing smartphone-based technology to improve wound care management for patients suffering from chronic diabetic wounds. This pilot program expands access to Healthy.io’s Minuteful for Wound solution to patients in the division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Below is a roundup of payer-centric news for the week of March 4, 2024. | This week, the CMS concedes to Elevance Health on its star ratings verdict, Humana grows its kidney disease partnership and a new report finds the government is not enforcing its copay accumulator regulations.
Health IT Analytics
MARCH 7, 2024
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)-Reports, a set of 10,000 machine-readable pathology reports, may bolster large language model applications in oncology research.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Renton, Washington-based Providence closed out its year with a -4.1% operating margin and a $596 million net loss but touted “significant progress in operating performance” and an 8.7% year-over-ye | Higher volumes and increased pay rates drove revenues up 8.7% year over year. Nevertheless, Providence has more work before it escapes the red.
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2024
What You Should Know: Nuance Communications, Inc. , a Microsoft Company, today announced that WellSpan Health is advancing its leadership in providing high-quality provider and patient experiences by adding the Nuance Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) Copilot solution to its existing deployment of innovative solutions to automate and accelerate the creation of clinical documentation during exam room and telehealth visits.
The Rand Blog
MARCH 7, 2024
The public needs rigorous and thorough health research, but individual patients should have rights over their medical information. Today they have very little.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2024
What You Should Know: Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC) , the global leader in whole-person virtual care, today announced expanded capabilities designed to help employers and health plans manage rising demand for anti-obesity medication such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists and support safe, sustainable weight loss and cardiometabolic health improvement for members.
Home Health Care
MARCH 7, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Grand opening, grand closing. Hospice providers began to work with Medicare Advantage (MA) via the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) demonstration in 2021. At the end of 2024, the “hospice carve-in” model will cease. This will have an impact on home health providers who offer hospice services, obviously.
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 7, 2024
Climate change has at least two characteristics that are likely to drive second- and third-order political and social reactions whose effects on U.S. strategic interests may be substantially greater than those that occur in direct reaction to individual extreme weather events.
Home Health Care
MARCH 7, 2024
Payer innovation success, continued progress with its people strategy and strong performance with quality outcomes. According to Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) leaders, these areas were the company’s key achievements in 2023. On the payer innovation front, CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer credits Enhabit’s hospital readmission rate for the company’s success when negotiating with payers and conveners.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MARCH 7, 2024
How NICE has applied it’s disease severity modifier. Non-profit hospitals and bond ratings. Calculating cell & gene therapy breakeven point using RWD. Public vs. private Medicaid. Supplementing VA with private insurance.
Nordic
MARCH 7, 2024
In late February, revenue and payment cycle company Change Healthcare was victim to a ransomware attack that has significantly compromised healthcare operations across the US. Recognizing the severe financial impact of ransomware attacks on providers Industry experts estimate that the disruptions to revenue cycle processes are costing some healthcare providers more than $100 million a day.
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Clearwave Inc
MARCH 7, 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Chloe From Clearwave | March 7, 2024 Patient self-scheduling has gone from a nice-to-have to a deal-breaker for prospective and existing patients. One survey found a staggering 82% of patients prefer a provider who offers online scheduling, while 61% of patients reported that they’ve skipped doctor appointments altogether due to challenges associated with scheduling, including being directed to call the practice to book an appointment.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2024
Jerry Hogge, Chief Operating Officer at MultiPlan What You Should Know: – MultiPlan Corporation (NYSE: MPLN), a leading provider of data-driven cost management solutions for the US healthcare industry, has announced the appointment of Jerry Hogge as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). – As COO, Hogge will lead MultiPlan’s day-to-day operations, fostering clarity, alignment, and accountability.
Icanotes
MARCH 7, 2024
The Therapist's Guide to Passive Income: Exploring Revenue Streams Beyond Therapy Sessions Becoming a therapist or counselor is a rewarding career that enables you to engage in your passion for helping others heal. However, it's not uncommon for those who studied clinical, counseling or applied psychology to have high student debt-to-income ratios. One study found that students pursuing a doctoral degree in these sectors end up owing more than twice as much in student debt as they earn , even f
Health Business Group
MARCH 7, 2024
Clinical registries can provide profound insights into disease patterns and treatment effectiveness, and ultimately improve patient outcomes. New technology, including AI enables faster and better data collection and analysis. Today’s guest, Matt Hollingsworth is co-founder of Carta Healthcare , which fuses technology, data, and human expertise in a quest to radically improve outcomes.
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.
NCQA
MARCH 7, 2024
Almost 400 quality advocates from 30 states gathered in Los Angeles March 4-5 for NCQA’s first Health Equity Forum. Day 1 focused on the big-picture “why’s and how’s“ of improving health equity, including the role of public policy. Day 2 was an interactive dive into NCQA Health Equity Accreditation. This successful event is a model for future NCQA conferences about building better, more equitable care.
HIStalk
MARCH 7, 2024
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Leading Republicans in the House are demanding answers regarding a recently uncovered catheter billing scheme that has critical implications for Medicare and accountable care organizations. | In light of a recent Medicare fraud scheme impacting providers and ACOs across the country, Republicans are looking for answers from the feds.
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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