Health Care Dive
AUGUST 9, 2023
The letter, sent by a bipartisan group of senators to tax commissioners, comes as the federal government increases scrutiny into nonprofit hospitals’ charity care spending.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
Hospitals nationwide charge payers more than double for healthcare services covered under commercial plans than they do for the same insurer’s Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, according to a recent J | A new analysis of hospitals' posted prices finds major differences in charged prices by plan, even when the hospital, insurer and service are all equivalent.
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Healthcare It News
AUGUST 9, 2023
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, wrote a letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, on Aug. 8, seeking clarity into the technology developer's Med-PaLM 2, an artificial intelligence chatbot, and how it's being deployed and trained in healthcare settings. WHY IT MATTERS In the letter , Warner expresses concerns about some news reports highlighting inaccuracies in the technology, and he asks Pichai to answer a series of questions about Med-PaLM 2 (and other AI tools like
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
Beleaguered digital health company Babylon Health shuttered its Austin, Texas, headquarters and laid off 94 employees as it struggled to secure more financing to continue operations. | Beleaguered digital health company Babylon Health shuttered its Austin, Texas, headquarters and laid off 94 employees as it has struggled to secure more financing to continue operations.
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Healthcare It News
AUGUST 9, 2023
By necessity, the COVID-19 pandemic brought physicians into patients' living rooms virtually. Now, telehealth has evolved to something more – remote therapeutic monitoring. RTM, which is reimbursable , lets patients connect with their doctors and nurses via care management apps on their smartphones to report non-physiological data, ask questions, watch videos and report outcomes to get better – anytime, day or night.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
In this interview, Shash Anand, SVP of Product Strategy at SOTI discusses the current state of mobile technology integration in the healthcare space and the mission critical technology management t | With the rapid adoption of technologies, a staggering number of 59% U.S. healthcare providers reported experiencing at least one data breach since 2021.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
Most Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are satisfied with their health plan, but many enrollees feel they are overbilled, have struggled navigating the prior authorization process or are confus | Despite nearly three-quarter of respondents in a new survey saying they are satisfied with their MA plan, more than half of people don't understand the plan's complexities.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 9, 2023
Clover notched its first quarterly adjusted EBITDA profit as a public company, while Oscar reached total company profitability for the second quarter in a row. Meanwhile, Bright posted its first quarter ever with positive adjusted EBITDA.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
Buoyed by its recent performance in core markets, Clover Health executives displayed optimism the company can sustain long-term growth as it posted improvements in its medical cost ratio. | Clover reported the company's first ever quarterly adjusted EBITDA profit, in addition to an improved medical cost ratio, but Clover still recorded a net loss of $28.8 million.
p3care
AUGUST 9, 2023
Kidneys, the bean-like organs of the body, perform the function of rinsing excess nitrogenous materials. The reddish-brown organ also has the responsibility of controlling and secreting vital body hormones. It seems so special that the organ is for the human body, and so are its functions. However, kidney malfunctions might occur in different forms.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
Bright Health Group slimmed its losses year over year as it prepares to shed the last of its insurance business. | Bright Health Group slimmed its losses year over year as it prepares to shed the last of its insurance business.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 9, 2023
Hospital CEO turnover remained depressed last year, according to one report, but separate research suggests executive changes were on the rise as of June.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 9, 2023
Mike Hamilton, Founder and CISO of Critical Insight To stop ransomware terrorists from locking up our Nation’s hospitals, the Federal Government is pushing patient-focused entities to align with a standard. It means more work for hospitals, but it’s necessary. Hospitals are regulated by HIPAA through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which now requires the use of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) as the basis for cyber risk assessment.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 9, 2023
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) pointed out Wednesday that only 1% of care in the U.S. is delivered in the home. It also pointed out that it would like to play a part in changing that. Before brick-and-mortar hospitals and facilities became the center of the U.S. health care system, as much as 40% of care was delivered in the home. CVS wrote about that trend, among others, in a post dubbed “Helping older adults receive at-home and local care.
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HIT Consultant
AUGUST 9, 2023
What You Should Know: Today, Santa Cruz-based Capstan Medical , a developer of minimally invasive technology to address heart valve disease, announced $31.4M Series B investment round led by Eclipse. The Series B round included participation from Intuitive Ventures and Puma Venture Capital, a new firm founded by Amit Hazan, a veteran Wall Street medical technology analyst, and Dr.
The Rand Blog
AUGUST 9, 2023
There is little question that New Zealand will continue to pursue an independent foreign policy, albeit perhaps a quietly Western-aligned one, when it comes to China. Washington should not become disillusioned with Wellington, but it should not hold high expectations about cooperation on China issues either.
Cloud Blogs
AUGUST 9, 2023
In the midst of an ever-evolving healthcare industry with mounting demands, healthcare frontline workers have emerged as true champions helping to carry the industry forward. This year has been a whirlwind of challenges and uncertainties, but these remarkable individuals continue to display unwavering flexibility and perseverance. They stand at the forefront of patient care, skillfully navigating the changing landscape of the industry.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 9, 2023
Despite regulatory headwinds, The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) continues to build on successes in its home health and hospice segments. It’s doing so by putting an emphasis on clinical outcomes, according to Pennant’s leadership team. “Our focus on clinical outcomes continues to yield strong results with hospitalization rates, star ratings and hospice quality composite scores significantly above national and community averages,” Pennant COO John J.
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Health Populi
AUGUST 9, 2023
“Generative AI already has the power to alleviate some of providers’ biggest woes, which include rising costs and high inflation, clinician shortages, and physician burnout,” Bain & Company observe in Beyond Hype: Getting the Most Out of Generative AI in Healthcare Today. By the end of this paper, the Bain team expects that those health care leaders who are investing in generative AI today (to start small, to win big in the report’s words) will learn key lessons that
Healthy Debate
AUGUST 9, 2023
The post Lives are at stake: Why is injury prevention an underfunded public health concern? appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Health IT Analytics
AUGUST 9, 2023
New research indicated that Google and ChatGPT provided benefits and downsides when researching dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 9, 2023
What You Should Know: – Elation Health , clinical-first technology EHR platform for primary care, today forms a strategic partnership with Suvida Healthcare , an advanced primary care group delivering care to Medicare-eligible Hispanic adults. – Suvida trusts Elation’s powerful and flexible platform to support scaling multidisciplinary value-based care operations to deliver high-quality care for its patients.
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Health Recovery
AUGUST 9, 2023
You've completed your evaluation of telehealth vendors and selected your new telehealth provider. What comes next? At HRS, every healthcare organization we partner with is assigned an Implementation Lead and a Client Success Manager from our Client Success Team. These dedicated points of contact help ensure a smooth implementation process. This team works with you to understand your organization and your program goals to create a project plan for implementation.
Nordic
AUGUST 9, 2023
Everyone knows that every doctor hates their electronic health record (EHR). Have I gone a bit too far with this proposition? Perhaps. How about this: many doctors dislike many aspects of the EHR software that they use every day. That’s probably more accurate. While some physicians might say that the practice of medicine was easier/better/more enjoyable back in the paper era, I’m not sure that there are any who would give up the clear benefits that healthcare IT has brought us.
Sheppard Health Law
AUGUST 9, 2023
As the nation prepares for the upcoming 2024 elections, the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson continues to be a significant topic of discussion in numerous states. Since that decision and our first and second posts in this series, a number of noteworthy developments* have occurred at both the federal and state levels, including some states passing laws that prohibit or restrict the availability of abortions.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
AUGUST 9, 2023
Value-based care and operational context. Miss diagnosis. Explaining variation in health care costs: ⅘ utilization, ⅕ prices. All of Us. Enneagrams.
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.
Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the FY 2024 SNF VBP Program Performance Score Report User Guide. This (14-page) user guide accompanies the Performance Score Report (PSR) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program year. It describes the data in each worksheet of the PSR and provides reference information and instructions for interpreting those data.
HIStalk
AUGUST 9, 2023
Lyle Berkowitz, MD is CEO of KeyCare of Chicago, IL.
Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 9, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Sharing the following on behalf of the Department of Health:… Dear Employers of Nursing Assistants: GOOD NEWS! We have worked to streamline skills testing for your nursing assistant students and employees: On August 7, 2023, the Washington State Board of Nursing (WABON) expanded its ability to approve most nursing assistant training programs’ RN Directors and RN Instructors to conduct nursing assistant skills testing at
HIStalk
AUGUST 9, 2023
News Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) expresses concerns to Google officials.
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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