Health Care Dive
APRIL 11, 2023
The amount nonprofit hospitals receive in tax breaks over what they spend on charity care in several states could cover all medical debt for residents, according to the Lown Institute.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
HHS proposes new rules for Cures Act implementation to move the needle on interoperability, algorithm transparency aburky Tue, 04/11/2023 - 16:59
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 11, 2023
A new open letter from investors Barry Sternlicht, Elliot Cooperstone and Lewis Gold calls on Cano to oust its CEO and sell non-core businesses to focus on profitability.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Former Outcome Health executives found guilty in $1B corporate fraud case hlandi Tue, 04/11/2023 - 22:40
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 11, 2023
Hospital lobbies slammed the proposed rule as insufficient to help hospitals address inflation and rising labor costs, though research signals hospitals are more financially stable than such groups suggest.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Loss of Medicaid supplemental coverage disproportionately harms Black, Hispanic patients: study fdiamond Tue, 04/11/2023 - 09:14
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
HHS got rid of most of Medicare appeal backlog, ending legal battle with hospitals rking Tue, 04/11/2023 - 16:22
Healthcare Success
APRIL 11, 2023
You might remember writing style guides from college. Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press, Modern Language Association? Instead of using a generic style guide for content, today’s leading healthcare brands are creating their own, also known as content style guides. A content style guide is a companion to your brand style guide and helps writers and marketers write on-brand copy for your business.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Wisconsin nonprofits Froedtert Health, ThedaCare eye 18-hospital merger dmuoio Tue, 04/11/2023 - 16:09
p3care
APRIL 11, 2023
The US healthcare system is now accepting new challenges to make itself even better. Therefore, CMS has planned to upgrade the provider’s performance with its MIPS 2023 framework. It is gradually making the Medicare Quality Payment Program a little more complex. Overall, it has higher goals for improved quality care and patient outcomes. Alongside this, cutting the extra cost of healthcare at the same time as inducing value for money is another motive.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes dmuoio Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:40
The Rand Blog
APRIL 11, 2023
When a nation newly ascends or returns to the status of a leading international power, it often feels the need to publicly demonstrate its rise through a brief, victorious war. Today, China's increasing strength may tempt it to pursue such a conflict, and not necessarily with Taiwan, if it anticipates that victory will be swift, decisive, and demonstrative.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Availity picks up Olive AI's payer-facing business as automation startup shifts focus to RCM solutions hlandi Tue, 04/11/2023 - 07:25
Healthcare It News
APRIL 11, 2023
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Virtual GI care startup Oshi Health takes up $30M backed by CVS, Takeda venture arms hlandi Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:15
HIT Consultant
APRIL 11, 2023
What You Should Know: – Oshi Health , the virtual specialty care company transforming gastrointestinal (GI) health outcomes and economics raises $30M in Series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) and joined by existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Flare Capital Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, CVS Health Ventures and Takeda Digital Ventures. – Oshi Health is currently available to over 20 million people as a preferred in-network virtual gastroenterology clini
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Evernorth's Accredo launches care management program for rare, complex conditions pminemyer Tue, 04/11/2023 - 16:54
HIT Consultant
APRIL 11, 2023
What You Should Know: connectRN, the nurse staffing community that provides clinicians with flexible scheduling opportunities and resources, announced today that nurses have begun using the platform to find hospital shifts at multiple Nashville hospitals. Previously, clinicians and nurses used the app to find shifts in skilled nursing facilities and home health settings – now they will soon be able to connect with hospitals in their areas as connectRN works to expand hospital availability
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
CivicaScript teams with SortPak for prescription delivery pminemyer Tue, 04/11/2023 - 13:02
HIT Consultant
APRIL 11, 2023
What You Should Know: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) hold a significant and distinct place in US healthcare by providing low-cost, government-subsidized care to undererved populations. Due to FQHCs’ integrated care model and government ties, it is harder for these organizations to find comprehensive EMR and PM solutions that meet all care setting needs and are also reasonably priced.
Home Health Care
APRIL 11, 2023
The at-home care startup MedArrive has raised $8 million more in funding, the company announced Tuesday. That brings its funding total to over $40 million since it officially launched in late 2020. The new funding was led by Cobalt Ventures, which is a subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. In late 2021, the company announced its $25 million Series A.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 11, 2023
Sandy Leonard, Chief Commercial Officer at COTA What You Should Know: – COTA, Inc. , an oncology real-world data and analytics company, today announced the appointment of Sandy Leonard as its first Chief Commercial Officer. – As CCO, Sandy will drive COTA’s life sciences growth strategy, prioritizing customer success and experience. More specifically, she will lead a team that is laser-focused on ensuring that pharmaceutical partners have the data assets, analytics, services, and sup
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Home Health Care
APRIL 11, 2023
Travis Messina, co-founder of Contessa Health, is no longer the CEO of the company, he announced on his LinkedIn. He had served in the role for eight years. Contessa Health is one of the foremost at-home, high-acuity care enablers in the country. In 2021, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) acquired the company for $250 million. Since then, the former has become an integral part of the latter’s strategy to provide more types of care in the home while striking creative deals with payers and health syste
HIT Consultant
APRIL 11, 2023
What You Should Know: – MedArrive , a Mobile-integrated care management platform company today announced $8M in new funding led by Cobalt Ventures , a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC). The investment follows MedArrive’s $25 million series A round in November 2021 and brings the company’s total funding to $40.5M to date – MedArrive plans to use the new investment to expand its payer relationships, build out its team and platform, and scale
Meditech
APRIL 11, 2023
In 2023, the disruptions of recent years have brought nursing into a new and challenging space — facing extreme staffing shortages and unprecedented physical and mental burnout. Nurses know there isn’t a magic button to alleviate these woes. They only know the reality of the patients in their care each day, and populations looking for realistic paths to everyday wellness.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 11, 2023
What You Should Know: Audio-only telehealth visits for both primary care and mental health services remained common at safety net clinics in California since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The RAND study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that in August 2022 audio-only visits still accounted for 1 in 5 primary care visits and 2 in 5 behavioral health visits among people who received care at Federally Qualified Health
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.
Home Health Care
APRIL 11, 2023
The nature of home health provider-Medicare Advantage (MA) plan relationships has slowly begun to change, as some organizations have found ways to successfully work together and derive value from these collaborations more effectively. One factor that is changing the nature of payer and provider relationships is that there’s no denying that MA enrollment is on the rise.
Healthy Debate
APRIL 11, 2023
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Sequence Health
APRIL 11, 2023
When it comes health care call centers , there are several things that you need to do to improve. After all, it’s an extension of your team and your medical facility. However, it can be difficult sometimes to reduce hold times for inbound calls. Whether you’re looking to verify insurance, schedule an appointment, answer questions, or get testimonials from patients, it’s important to minimize your call times.
Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 30, 2023, the HHVBP Model Technical Assistance (TA) Team hosted the live streaming event, Strategies for Success Self-Assessment Tool. During this event, the TA Team provided home health agencies (HHAs) with an introduction to a quality improvement self-assessment and planning tool that HHAs can use to identify and prioritize performance improvement initiatives.
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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