Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Most alarms triggered by hospital staff’s wearable safety alert systems occurred outside of the emergency department and more often during weekdays, non-holidays, surges of COVID-19 and even during | Aggregate data from 200,000 workers' wearable duress systems suggest emerging or active violent incidents occur "throughout every part of the hospital," and are more frequent during weekdays, COVID-19 surges and full moons.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Alabama-based Baptist Health argued the insurer had received a “windfall” due to illegal payment cuts in the 340B drug discount program.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Redesign Health, a healthcare startup creator, is reducing its workforce, cutting 77 staff positions, as it slows the pace of new company launches this year, Fierce Healthcare has learned. | Redesign Health, a healthcare startup creator, is reducing its workforce, cutting 77 staff positions, as it slows the pace of new company launches this year, Fierce Healthcare has learned.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Washington state Senate advanced legislation Thursday that grants the state attorney authority to deny mergers that may limit healthcare access.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Chronic care provider Omada Health is expanding its GLP-1 program to better care for patients interested in maintaining weight loss progress while discontinuing usage of the drugs. | Omada executives shared they are expanding upon its GLP-1 Care Track, pushed by the belief that helping patients regain muscle mass is a critical to weight maintenance after tapering off utilization.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The health insurer has quietly laid off thousands of employees since September, according to sources.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A “rebel” is both a noun and a verb. As a noun, Merriam-Webster tells us that a rebel is a person who opposes or takes up arms against a government or a ruler. As a verb, “to rebel” is to oppose or disobey one in authority or control, or otherwise renounce and resist by force the authority of one’s government.” An additional definition of the verb is, “ to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion.” If you’ve been a patient facing a diagnosis of an

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cityblock is expanding its services to Medicaid patients in the New York City area through a partnership with Centene-owned Fidelis Care. | Cityblock will collaborate with the health plan to provide primary care, mental health and social services to thousands of members in the New York City area and Long Island.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Managing Partners Kimmy and Sergio Paluch What You Should Know: – Beta Boom, a pre-seed and seed-stage VC firm focused on impact investing, has secured $14.5 million for its Fund II. – Led by Managing Partners Kimmy and Sergio Paluch, the fund targets early-stage startups addressing critical needs within fast-growing, underserved communities.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Zocdoc has launched a new guided search to help patients choose and book the right provider with greater confidence. | The guided search offers a more tailored set of results based on patients’ unique care needs. It aims to take the guesswork out of what provider is the best fit by using symptoms and the type of treatment being sought, instead of the type of provider.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership At some point in their lives, most Americans will need some type of in-home care support. The issue is that — due to the caregiver shortage, the rising cost of care, Medicaid qualifications and a number of other factors — many of them won’t be able to afford it. As a way around the more expensive and traditional at-home care, many seniors have been turning to alternative home-based care models that offer consumers flexibility and cost-effectiveness

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Baptist Health has filed a lawsuit against Humana arguing the payer’s Medicare Advantage Plans had underpaid for outpatient drugs purchased through the 340B Drug Pricing Program in light of a 2022 | After HHS was ordered to revise and repay a five-year 340B pay cut, Baptist Health argues in a recent lawsuit that Humana's failure to do the same breaches the terms of the pair's Medicare Advantage agreement.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Brian Williams, Life Sciences Strategy & Innovation at EPAM Systems, Inc. Although the traditional nearly decade-long clinical trial timelines completely collapsed during COVID, this truncating was not necessarily novel. Precedent exists for accelerating approval timelines during health emergencies such as the AIDs/HIV epidemic, where Compound S, a re-make of AZT, or azidothymidine, originally developed to fight cancer, became controversially fast-tracked after the discovery that it could bl

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cigna is teaming up with HelloFresh, which delivers meal kits to customers' homes, to make discounts for its services available in its employer plans. | Cigna is teaming up with HelloFresh, which delivers meal kits to customers' homes, to make discounts for its services available in its employer plans.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What You Should Know: – eHealth Exchange , a health information exchange network, is offering an incentive program to encourage early adoption of public health data sharing. – The initiative aims to increase the flow of critical information to public health agencies, ultimately leading to a healthier population across the United States. HIE and Public Health Incentive Program Details Free Annual Fees for Three Years: The first five health information exchanges (HIEs) or state and loc

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Dina — a digital network management company for home- and community-based services — recently closed a $7 million funding round. The round was led by venture capital investor First Analysis, with participation from existing investors Osage Venture Partners and First Trust Capital Partners. Dina also counts SCAN Group as one of its investors. The organization made a strategic investment in Dina in December.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What You Should Know: – Butterfly Network has unveiled its next-generation handheld ultrasound system, the Butterfly iQ3 , marking a significant advancement in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) technology. – Butterfly iQ3 is built on the next-generation P4.3 Ultrasound-on-Chip™ technology with the world’s fastest digital data transfer, enhancing frame rates, frequency and new 3D imaging capabilities – all on a smaller, lighter and more ergonomically designed probe. – Effective t

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Healthy Debate

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The post Expansion of community paramedicine one step in meeting the needs of struggling health-care systems appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The private equity company Nautic Partners has completed one of the first PE-driven deals of 2024. Announced Tuesday, the firm is acquiring the McKinney, Texas-based Angels of Care from Varsity Healthcare Partners. “I am extremely grateful to the entire VHP team for their extensive capital, operational and strategic support, which was instrumental in enhancing the growth and success of AOC during our partnership,” Angels of Care CEO Jessica Riggs said in a statement.

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The Rand Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Los Angeles is one of the least affordable places to live in the country. If the city prefers to keep strengthening renter protections while blocking developers from constructing affordable housing, residents will need to brace for a stricter, even pricier rental market under the growing watch of aggravated landlords and faceless corporations.

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HIStalk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Top News ONC and The Sequoia Project designate Kno2 and.

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Spok Inc

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Looking to move from Cortext? Spok offers secure messaging, enterprise directory, on-call scheduling, and automation to improve clinical workflows beyond a basic secure texting solution. The post Elevating your clinical communication platform: Why users should transition to Spok Care Connect® appeared first on Spok Inc.

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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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NCQA

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

NCQA’s public comment period is open and ready for your input. Public comment is your opportunity to weigh in on the relevance, scientific soundness and feasibility of new and revised HEDIS measures. Your feedback helps us determine changes to our content and programs. NCQA seeks comments on the following: Five new measures. Revisions to five existing measures.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Aneesh Kumar. Chief Digital Innovation Officer at Catalyst Solutions What You Should Know: – Catalyst Solutions , a leader in healthcare business process outsourcing (BPO), technology, and consulting services, announces the appointment of Aneesh Kumar as Chief Digital Innovation Officer. Kumar Bio Kumar joins Catalyst with a 25-year record of driving transformative changes in healthcare for companies like Apple, Elevance Health, Gainwell Technologies, Cigna and Accenture.

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Health Recovery

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

CMS remote patient monitoring reimbursement and telehealth reimbursement can be difficult subjects to navigate. Luckily, our reimbursement team has put together a FAQ to simplify things!

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What You Should Know: PointClickCare Technologies , a leading healthcare technology platform, today announced the availability of Pharmacy Connect , a solution designed to transform and simplify medication management for care teams in senior living communities and enable collaboration with pharmacies for timely medication availability. Pharmacy Connect, purposefully built for senior living, encompassing assisted living, memory care, and diversified communities, sets a new standard for healthcare

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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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HIStalk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

OCH Evergreen Clinic transitions to telehealth hub; Employees say patients.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Joe Harpaz, Co-Ceo at ModMed What You Should Know: – ModMed , practice technology leader and EHR pioneer, announcing the appointment of Joe Harpaz to co-CEO. Since 2018, Harpaz has served as President and Chief Operating Officer at ModMed responsible for helping the company execute against its revenue targets. – As Co-CEO, Joe will continue to help shape the company’s vision and strategic direction, alongside ModMed co-founder and co-CEO Daniel Cane, and co-founder and Chief Medical

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Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Alicia Ely Yamin J.D. (1991), M.P.H. (1996), Ph.D. is a Lecturer on Law and the Director of the Global Health and Rights Project at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics (PFC) at Harvard Law School; Adjunct Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Management at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; and Senior Adviser on Human Rights and Health Policy at the global health justice organization, Partners In Health.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What You Should Know: PathAI , a pioneering AI-powered precision pathology company, has just announced an exclusive collaboration with Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) aimed at advancing AI-enabled interpretation for companion diagnostics. Through this strategic partnership, PathAI will work exclusively with Roche Tissue Diagnostics to develop AI-enabled digital pathology algorithms specifically tailored for companion diagnostics.

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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.