Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2023

Across a five-and-a-half-year period, North Carolina hospitals seeking payments brought nearly 6,000 lawsuits against roughly 7,500 patients and their family members, according to a recent analysis | The hospitals were awarded a total of $57.3 million by North Carolina's civil court system across five and a half years, with "a small subset" of hospitals and health systems leading the way.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 22, 2023

The pharma’s suit, which claims Medicare’s new power to negotiate certain drug prices is unconstitutional, comes days before the agency will reveal the first 10 medicines to be included under the plan.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2023

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers believed virtual care would have a huge, broad impact on how care is provided across the country. | As COVID-19 has receded, employers' confidence in virtual care to drive changes in care delivery has waned, according to a newly-released survey from the Business Group on Health.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 22, 2023

The EHR vendor and technology giant are working together to quickly deploy “dozens” of tools like clinical note summarization and coding suggestions.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2023

Thyme Care, a value-based oncology platform, has raised $60 million in a series B round. | Powered by a team of nurse practitioners, oncology nurses and resource specialists, the company aims to help members better understand their diagnosis, manage and address symptoms and quickly connect them to care with its platform, Thyme Box.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 22, 2023

Inspired by Operation Warp Speed, the new federal program aims to fund development and testing of new therapies that can stay ahead of an evolving virus.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 22, 2023

According to the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport's Abigail Norville, there is a need to foster and train our existing healthcare workforce to operate in new ways as healthcare evolves.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2023

Most Americans support the idea of value-based care but don’t understand or resonate with the term, according to new research from United States of Care. | In total, 64% of people in a national survey supported value-based care over the fee-for-service model. Most resonated with terms and phrases other than value-based care, including “quality-focused care” and “patient-first care.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 22, 2023

Innovaccer said "Sara for Healthcare" – named for Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and language – automates workflows, generates insights and conversationally supports decisions for healthcare leaders, clinicians, care coordinators and contact center representatives. WHY IT MATTERS Kanav Hasija, cofounder and chief product officer of Innovaccer, announced the suite of AI that could take "high-quality, low-cost, patient-centered care to the next level" at

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2023

Two Florida families have filed a class-action lawsuit against a state health agency, alleging that low-income individuals are losing Medicaid coverage and don’t know how to challenge the decisions | In an apparent first case of its kind, two families are suing Florida saying they were illegally kicked off the state's Medicaid rolls.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 22, 2023

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting healthcare providers’ third-party business associates, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Critical Insights.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2023

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina touted the success of its Premier Blue program, saying it helped the company saved $164 million in 2022 and $650 million since the launch of the product | Blue Cross NC touted major savings thanks to improved outcomes racked up by providers in its value-based Blue Premier program.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

Andy Coville, CEO, Brodeur Partners Alice Holland, Ph.D., NP-C, CSE Nurses have the highest level of public trust across medical professions, yet there’s a huge chasm between Americans’ appreciation for nursing and the profession’s uncertain future. A nursing shortage, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, has been fueled largely by high levels of moral distress, politicization, and lack of support.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2023

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of children and young adults being treated for mental health or substance abuse problems

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

What You Should Know: Innovaccer Inc. , a data platform accelerating innovation in healthcare announced the launch of its new suite of AI solutions at the Innovation Keynote , the company’s annual online event. During Innovation Keynote, company leaders introduce groundbreaking technologies to help health systems improve patient outcomes, strengthen financial performance, and better engage providers and consumers.

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The Rand Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

Placing an officer in a school appears to reduce violence and petty crimes within a school, but also creates long-term negative consequences for students who are increasingly likely to become involved in the school disciplinary system. Even as we believe that, by putting more police officers in schools, we are keeping our kids safer, we are also closing off future success to some of them.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 22, 2023

Over the next few years, hundreds of thousands of home care workers will be needed to meet demand. In order to meet that demand in the Badger State, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and state health officials are hoping to certify 10,000 new home care aides through a new online certification program. The program includes a $500 bonus for individuals who become certified and remain employed for six months.

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Meditech

AUGUST 22, 2023

When a health system decides to deploy a new EHR , most of its resources and efforts focus on the go-LIVE, and rightly so — a project of this size has to be managed effectively and within strict timelines. Healthcare systems often need to bolster their IT infrastructure to accommodate the EHR deployment, and the go-LIVE can feel more like the end of a process rather than the beginning of a new one.

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Health Recovery

AUGUST 22, 2023

HOBOKEN, N.J. - Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) has been awarded a national group purchasing agreement for Virtual Care with Premier, Inc. Effective Aug. 15, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for telehealth and RPM technologies.

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Health IT Analytics

AUGUST 22, 2023

New deep learning model outperformed traditional methods for detecting signs of atrial septal defect, an underreported but potentially serious heart condition.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2023

Due to their delayed return to medical services and diagnostic testing in the COVID-19 pandemic era, U.S. employees are expected to sustain serious health impacts that will drive employers’ health care costs, envisioned in the 2024 Large Employer Health Care Strategy Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH). Dealing with mental health issues is the top health and well-being impact workers in large companies are addressing in 2023.

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Sequence Health

AUGUST 22, 2023

In a world where digital media reigns supreme, healthcare organizations can’t afford to lag behind. Video content has emerged as a powerful tool for engaging patients and conveying complex medical information in an easily digestible format. But how do you create compelling healthcare video content that resonates with your audience? Be Mindful of Visual Elements The first step in creating healthcare video content is to be intentional with your visual elements.

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

What You Should Know: Private equity investment firm Cressey & Company LP (“Cressey”) acquires HealthDrive , a leading multi-specialty clinical services organization to patients residing in long-term care facilities, from Bain Capital Double Impact. The investment will enable continued expansion of access to HealthDrive’s high-quality healthcare offering for long-term care residents.

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Bill Of Health

AUGUST 22, 2023

By John Tingle The English National Health Service (NHS) was 75 years of age on 5 th July 2023 and there was a lot to celebrate. We are proud of our universal health care system which provides free care at the point of delivery. The NHS is an intrinsic part of our national heritage and culture. The King’s Fund provide some facts and figures on the NHS.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

What You Should Know: Today, Epic , Microsoft , and Nuance announced an expansion of their strategic initiative to bring generative AI to healthcare at scale, integrating conversational, ambient, and generative AI technologies across the Epic EHR ecosystem. This initiative will expand secure access to AI-powered clinical insights and administrative tools within a wide range of Epic modules to enhance patient care, increase operational efficiency, improve healthcare experiences, and support the f

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Etactics

AUGUST 22, 2023

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes pioneering cybersecurity standards. In this blog, we look at two of their well known special publications (SP) and discuss: How to derive CMMC Strategies from the RMF NIST SP 800-53 Explained NIST SP 800-171 Explained Conclusion How to derive CMMC Strategies from the RMF This blog will explain the role SP 800-53 plays within the Risk Management Framework (RMF).

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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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Nordic

AUGUST 22, 2023

Telehealth and virtual care options increased dramatically during the pandemic and have remained high relative to pre-pandemic levels of use. Undoubtedly a good thing when it comes to efficient and timely care, ensuring that quality and compassion remain consistent between a virtual and in-person experience has become paramount. While it may seem counterintuitive, large language models and artificial intelligence have the ability to optimize the telehealth experience, increasing compassion and e

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HIStalk

AUGUST 22, 2023

Top News Waystar is reportedly considering an IPO that could.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 22, 2023

Through a collaboration with Minnesota-based nonprofit health plan Medica, HealthRules Promote enables analysts to test configuration changes in minutes through a user-friendly web-based interface. WHY IT MATTERS Medica needed to rapidly expand in eight states and teamed up with HealthEdge for infrastructure support, and codeveloped the tool to control and simplify administrative processes, and to save on time and costs, the companies said in today's announcement.

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HIStalk

AUGUST 22, 2023

Five9 to Acquire Aceyus extending the Five9 platform to streamline.

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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.