Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2024

As the disruption caused by the cyberattack at Change Healthcare stretches beyond its tenth day, cybersecurity experts say that the incident could spur greater emphasis on enhancing protocols | As the disruption caused by the cyberattack at Change Healthcare stretches beyond its tenth day, cybersecurity experts say that the incident could spur greater emphasis on enhancing protocols — and greater oversight from the feds.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 1, 2024

Providers said the outage at the UnitedHealth-owned technology company has affected billing, eligibility checks, prior authorization requests and prescription fulfillment.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2024

Payers, providers and pharmacies are scrambling to keep up after a high-profile cyberattack against a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary took down critical systems. | Payers, providers and pharmacies are scrambling to keep up after a high-profile cyberattack against a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary took down critical systems.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 1, 2024

Ahead of HIMSS24, they discuss their upcoming book, "Diagnosed," which is written for patients navigating their care journey, and preview an accompanying white paper designed to help IT leaders create intuitive and empathetic patient experiences.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 1, 2024

It’s the second recent Medicaid state loss for Molina, despite executives expressing confidence about the insurer’s ability to retain contracts.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2024

Health tech Q4 earnings recap—Hims & Hers reaches profitability; Progyny hits $1B in revenue; GoodRx offers upbeat guidance hlandi Fri, 03/01/2024 - 13:12

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2024

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 1, 2024

The primary care chain plans to shutter its remaining clinics in the state by April 19 as Walgreens continues to cut costs.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2024

Home health patients under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have worse functional outcomes compared to traditional Medicare patients, likely as a result of receiving fewer visits, according to a new study. The new study is from researchers with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Washington. “Of [nearly 300,000] patients, MA patients had shorter home health length of stay by 1.62 days and had 3% and 4% lower adjusted odds of improving in mobility and self-care, respectively,”

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 1, 2024

Peter M Carlson, CEO at Spectral AI What You Should Know: – Spectral AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDAI), a leader in AI-powered wound care diagnostics, announced key leadership changes and positive financial outlooks today. – Peter M. Carlson assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and joins the Board of Directors. Mr. Carlson boasts a proven track record of driving growth and financial success for multiple public companies, including experience in the wound care industry. – Wen

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Bill Of Health

MARCH 1, 2024

By Tehseen Noorani and Neşe Devenot Introduction The academic discipline of bioethics is becoming a prominent arena for the discussion of ethics abuses in psychedelic therapy. With this being a relatively new topic of research for bioethics, it may be opportune to consider blind spots in the discipline’s own gaze and operations, which can otherwise hinder effective engagement with the issues at hand.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MARCH 1, 2024

A great paper by Gruber et al. 2023 looks at the evolution of long-term care for ten countries: Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain and the United States. Long-term care is divided into three categories: institutional care, formal home care, and informal care. For the 10 countries examined, the paper finds that: National spending on LTC.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 1, 2024

Jitin Asnaani, Chief Product Officer at Rhapsody What You Should Know: – Rhapsody , a digital health enablement company, announced the appointment of Jitin Asnaani as its new Chief Product Officer (CPO). – Asnaani, a renowned expert in digital health and interoperability, brings a wealth of experience to lead the company’s product strategy amidst an evolving healthcare landscape.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2024

The Medicare Advantage-focused home health provider Frontpoint Health has acquired High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC), expanding its footprint considerably on the way. The company has bolstered its census by close to 50%, from 2,900 daily patients to more than 4,200, Frontpoint Health CEO Brent Korte told Home Health Care News. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Trinity Capital Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIN), a leading provider of growth capital to innovative companies announced a $25M investment in Moxe Health , a healthcare interoperability leader. – The $25M investment from Trinity Capital will empower Moxe to expand its reach and further establish itself as a leader in healthcare interoperability, invest in ongoing development and improvement of its data exchange solutions, and offer new services.

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NASHP

MARCH 1, 2024

Applications to NASHP’s L earning Intensive on State Oversight of MLTSS for Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities are due April 1, 2024. To apply, complete this online application. The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) in partnership with Arnold Ventures , invites state applications to participate in a 15-month technical assistance opportunity to strengthen oversight and accountability of Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS).

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The Rand Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

We can use history to help us understand what happened (and why) as a starting point for considering what might have occurred if things had turned out differently. Known as counterfactual historical analysis or alternative history, this approach allows us to contemplate things not merely as they are, but how they might have been different with a tweak here and there in the timeline.

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NASHP

MARCH 1, 2024

With support from Arnold Ventures, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is collaborating with leading states in their efforts to transform their health systems by pursuing payment and delivery system reforms through population-based global budgets, value-based payments, and investments in primary care to help ensure patient access to high quality care.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Salvo Health , a company dedicated to improving chronic gut health management raises $5M in seed funding led by City Light Capital and Human Ventures , with participation from Salvo’s original Seed investors ( Threshold Ventures , Torch Capital , and Felicis Ventures) and angel investors like Anmol Madan (founder of Ginger Health).

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Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 1, 2024

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Highmark Health announced a collaboration with Epic and Google Cloud to revolutionize payer-provider collaboration and personalize the patient experience. – The strategic integration leverages Epic’s Payer Platform and Google Cloud’s data analytics capabilities to empower both health insurers and healthcare providers.

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The Rand Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

From late 2023 to early 2024, residents of St. Croix were directed to drink bottled water and then to boil their water to be sure it was safe after testing found elevated levels of lead and severe discoloration in parts of the water distribution system. As the drinking water emergency on St. Croix moves out of crisis stage, officials will need to build public trust and a resilient water system.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 1, 2024

Noom Co-Founder Artem Petakov What You Should Know: – Noom , a digital healthcare company focused on chronic disease prevention and healthy living, today announced that Noom Co-Founder and President Artem Petakov will assume a new role as Head of Noom Ventures, effective March 31, 2024. – By investing in promising startups and fostering collaboration, Noom Ventures has the potential to accelerate the development of transformative healthcare solutions, ultimately impacting the lives o

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GoMoHealth

MARCH 1, 2024

The post GoMo Health Program Helps Employers Support Staff and Increase Retention appeared first on GoMo Health.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Like other care models that primarily serve seniors, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) has achieved a higher profile following the height of the pandemic. However, there’s still a larger push to expand PACE across the U.S. Currently, there are only 156 PACE organizations operating in 32 states and the District of Columbia.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2024

Below is a roundup of payer-centric news for the week of Feb. 26, 2024. | This week, the White House called out Instacart's partnership with Alignment Healthcare, Mississippi Republicans passed a bipartisan Medicaid expansion bill and there is new polling on medical crowdfunding.

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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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