Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Signify Health is expanding its services with the addition of a new in-home testing option for chronic kidney disease. | Signify Health is expanding its services with the addition of a new in-home testing option for chronic kidney disease.
Health Care Dive
JULY 31, 2023
Black, Hispanic or Latino, Spanish-speaking and Medicaid patients are more likely to be jumped over in line, which increases their odds of leaving before receiving treatment.
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Last year, Blues plan giant Anthem unveiled a corporate rebrand as Elevance Health, a move it said better illustrated its ambitions to be more than just a health plan. | The company is updating the branding for its Amerigroup segment to Wellpoint in a bid to better align the government insurance business with its push toward whole health.
Health Care Dive
JULY 31, 2023
Digital health startups across the globe raised $3.4 billion across 348 deals in the second quarter, with mega-rounds making up more than a quarter of all funding.
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Tenet Healthcare beat the street in the second quarter, reporting Monday $123 million in net income thanks to higher volumes and revenues across its ambulatory care segment. | The for-profit system beat the street with net operating revenues up 9.5% year over year, prompting an increase to 2023 guidance.
Health Care Dive
JULY 31, 2023
The groups, normally at odds, have found a source of agreement in proposed rules meant to standardize data exchange processes.
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Healthcare It News
JULY 31, 2023
Data privacy is about more than keeping personal information safe and secure, says Dr. Eric Liederman, Kaiser Permanente's director of medical informatics – it's an essential component for establishing trust with patients that healthcare organizations take personal safety seriously. At the HIMSS 2023 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum , scheduled for September 7 and 8 in Boston, Liederman will highlight his experiences implementing systems and procedures that foster a culture of privac
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
The Upstate Foundation in Syracuse, New York, gets $165,000. CHRIS 180 in Atlanta gets $300,000. Trellis in Minneapolis and Saint Paul gets $200,000. | UnitedHealthcare awarded 66 organizations in 12 states $11.1 million to help address social determinants of health.
Health Care Dive
JULY 31, 2023
Clinical excellence starts with a supported and educated workforce.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Portland, Maine-based Martin’s Point Health Care will pay $22.48 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting inaccurate diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage ( | Martin's Point Health Care will pay $22 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting inaccurate diagnosis codes for Medicare Advantage enrollees to receive larger payments from CMS.
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Healthcare Success
JULY 31, 2023
As a hospital or health system, you know the value of patient engagement. You understand that it’s crucial for improving the overall patient experience and health outcomes for people of all socio-economic classes. But are you up-to-date with the latest patient engagement strategies? In this blog post, I’ll share ten targeted marketing campaigns to help you increase patient engagement.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Nationwide hospital margins continued their upward recovery in June, though analysts warn that not all hospitals are seeing their fortunes improve. | The latest monthly report from Kaufman Hall outlines workforce reductions and a widening gap between high-performing and struggling hospitals.
The Rand Blog
JULY 31, 2023
The U.S. Air Force is experiencing a shortfall in Fiscal Year 23 military personnel appropriation funding. While the Department of Defense and Congress have taken action to shore up Air Force funding in the short term, the more critical task is to rebalance long-term military personnel funding for sustainable workforce development and utilization.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Nonprofit Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs), administered by organizations like Accessia Health, have been integral to the healthcare system for decades. | Accessia Health speaks to changing market conditions and access challenges; demonstrates new approach to patient assistance to meet emerging needs.
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HIT Consultant
JULY 31, 2023
What You Should Know: Juno Diagnostics , a healthcare technology company developing the next generation cell-free DNA-based noninvasive prenatal test solutions announced it has ceased commercial operations, effective immediately. The company released a statement citing “unforeseen circumstances have led to this difficult decision, and we’re devastated that we can no longer continue our mission-driven work to support expectant mothers like you.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
In what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today described as a “parity adjustment recalibration,” the agency said it will
HIT Consultant
JULY 31, 2023
What You Should Know: – Augmedics , a provider of augmented reality (AR) surgical navigation, announced it has been named the successful bidder for the digital health assets of Surgalign and Holo Surgical following a competitive auction process. – Augmedics’s bid for the digital health assets consists of a cash purchase price of $900,000 and the assumption of certain liabilities, as set forth in the asset purchase agreement.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries are caught up in a Medicare program contractor breach that compromised the personal information of millions of people, according to statements and filings rel | Medicare program contractor Maximus Federal Services, which uses MOVEit for file sharing, told CMS that beneficiaries' sensitive data may have been accessed and copied in late May.
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HIT Consultant
JULY 31, 2023
What You Should Know: Henry Schein Medical , the U.S. medical business of Henry Schein, Inc., and Medpod Inc. launches Medpac – a lightweight, portable telediagnostic solution that allows health care providers to offer comprehensive professional care regardless of location, helping to bridge the gap between remote telemedicine consultations and in-person office visits.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
The federal government is seeking to improve quality of life for both people with dementia and their caregivers through a new model called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience, or GUIDE. | CMS and HHS will test an alternative payment system for individuals with dementia to better assist patients and caregivers.
Home Health Care
JULY 31, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary nationwide dementia care model on Monday. Dubbed the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, its goal is to “support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.” But the ramifications of the new model, which is set to go live on July 1, 2024, could be wide ranging.
HIT Consultant
JULY 31, 2023
Whilst growth in the overall digital pathology AI market is set to scale quickly, cannibalization and consolidation are expected to create headwinds for individual AI vendors. How do investors know where their money is safest? The recent abundance of digital pathology (DP) media coverage can make it hard to remember that not too long ago, this was a market perpetually ‘lagging’ versus other digital healthcare sectors.
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Home Health Care
JULY 31, 2023
Two of home health’s biggest advocacy organizations have joined forces on a proposed payment rule pre-comment letter addressed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). On Friday, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) submitted a joint comment letter that called for “corrective action” in the final rule.
Health Populi
JULY 31, 2023
Nearly all patients are concerned about their medical records getting leaked or breached, which is The State of Patient Privacy , the title of a consumer study from Health Gorilla with a headline finding that “Patients don’t trust Big Tech with their health data.” With trust the “backbone” of health information exchange, Health Gorilla calls out, we have to face a big challenge here as health care enters its own sort of industrial revolution embedded AI and data an
Home Health Care
JULY 31, 2023
The number of Medicare-certified home health agencies in the United States continues to dwindle, the latest data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reveals. While not a dramatic drop, the decrease in the home health provider ranks is important considering pending cuts from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Healthy Debate
JULY 31, 2023
The post More research needed to understand medical students’ shift from exclusively clinical to scholarship appeared first on Healthy Debate.
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.
Health IT Analytics
JULY 31, 2023
New research described how the desire to digitally transform healthcare contributes to third-party technology investments.
Patient Safety Movement
JULY 31, 2023
One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. They are just not being used. “The problems and solutions, they’re so well known that we have actionable evidence-based practices,” Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California, explained in a talk at the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit
Cloud Blogs
JULY 31, 2023
This is an exciting time for partners and Microsoft. Last week, we celebrated the opportunities and successes across our products, services, and global partner ecosystem. Partners across multiple industries joined us at Microsoft Inspire 2023 to learn about the latest developments at Microsoft. It was great to see industry infused throughout several sessions and news at Microsoft Inspire 2023.
HIT Consultant
JULY 31, 2023
What You Should Know: New Day Diagnostics LLC announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Epigenomics AG , a molecular diagnostics company focused on blood testing for the early detection of cancer. Under the terms of the agreement, New Day Diagnostics would acquire substantially all of Epigenomics AG’s assets and intellectual property.
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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