Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Ultimately, the goal is to serve hundreds of thousands of seniors and Medicare beneficiaries in value-based arrangements through multiple Medicare Advantage plans.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
While most healthcare leaders in the Asia Pacific recognise the value of health data more than their global peers, they are still facing significant challenges in using data effectively, according to Royal Philips' Future Health Index 2022 report. FINDINGS. The report, now in its seventh edition, gathered responses from 2,900 healthcare senior executives across 15 countries with 900 from the APAC region.
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Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
According to the CDC, immunization rates declined across the board beginning in March 2020, but the most significant drop was among children who receive vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Can you imagine a world in which technology enables physicians and nurses to spend less time in front of a computer and more time with patients? This is the vision of Gareth Sherlock, chief information officer (CIO) at Cleveland Clinic London. He recalls one of the physician leaders at the clinic saying that he dreams of the day when he can sit across from a patient and look them in the eye without requiring any interaction or typing into a PC throughout the consultation.
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Healthcare Success
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Welcome to step four of our “Marketing to Doctors” blog series. This comprehensive playbook is designed to help people in virtually every sector (e.g., healthcare businesses, device and supply companies, SaaS, etc.) market their products and services directly to doctors, physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals. If you haven’t read steps 1-3, I highly recommend doing so.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Texas Judge Reed O’Connor once again ruled against the Affordable Care Act. The health law requires employers to purchase insurance coverage that includes coverage for PrEP medication.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Multiple groups representing doctors oppose Medicare payment reductions at a time when physician practices face escalating costs.
NASHP
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Developing Meaningful and Effective Partnerships between State Leaders and Community Health Worker Associations September 7, 2022 / by Elinor Higgins and Megan D’Alessandro. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are recognized as trusted, front-line public health workers who provide and advocate for culturally informed care, carry out health education, and promote health in their communities.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Sobha Pisharody, Ph.D., Chief Strategy & Product Officer, InformedDNA. Pharmacogenomics—the study of genetic influences on an individual’s response to therapeutic medications—is an area of personalized medicine that is gaining momentum. Although pharmacogenomics has been around for a while, providers, health plans, pharmacists and legislators are developing a greater appreciation for its potential benefits and applications.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) and retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are joining forces to deliver comprehensive value-based care with the goal of propeling positive health outcomes for seniors. “UnitedHealth Group and Walmart share a deep commitment to high-quality and affordable primary care led services that address all of a patient’s health needs in ways that are convenient for them and improve health outcomes,” UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said in a press statement. .
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HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
David J. Sand, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer of ZeOmega . Pravin Pant, MSHI, VP of Advanced Analytics for ZeOmega. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool for making population health analytics more accurate and interventions more effective. Not all AI-powered pop health tools are created equal, and while many still exhibit different types of bias that limit their ability to accurately identify issues affecting certain populations, we have learned a lot about the sources
Meditech
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The past few years have taught all of us in healthcare about the importance of resilience, education, and collaboration. Going forward, we will need to leverage everything we have learned (as well as the resources we have in each other) in order to meet the next set of challenges, whatever they may be.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – XRHealth , the gateway to the healthcare metaverse, announces today that the company adds NeuroReality’s cognitive training to their virtual clinics. – The NeuroReality’s virtual reality neuro rehab, a serious game, is an immersive experience known as Koji’s Quest. NeuroReality’s VR neuro rehab is designed for individuals who suffer from the consequences of stroke and brain injuries, where patients are guided through activities aimed to help regain functionali
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
With today’s announcement that Walmart will partner with UnitedHealthcare in a ten-year collaboration to bring affordable health care to Mainstream Americans, we have yet another huge ripple in the evolving retail health ecosystem. The other Big Healthcare news item this week was CVS Health’s planned acquisition of Signify Health , after much speculation that Amazon and other Big and smaller bidders (including UnitedHealth Group) were keen on acquiring the home/care company over the
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HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) announces it is expanding its virtual care portfolio by offering virtual primary care to some midsize and large employer groups in Illinois and Texas starting January 1, 2023. – HCSC’s virtual primary care program is powered by Teladoc Health , which supplements HCSC’s network of providers to increase convenient, timely access to care.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
That is the topic of a commentary by Carroll et al. (2022) in Health Services Research. The first issue they discuss is access to care. A core challenge in rural communities is declining access to hospital care. Eight percent of rural hospitals have closed over the last decade, and closure rates have increased in recent years. 8 Even hospitals that remain open are downsizing and closing individual service lines.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – New York City-based CertifyOS raises $14.5M in Series A funding led by General Catalyst and has received Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality. – CertifyOS delivers API-first credentialing, licensing, and enrollment to payors, health systems and rapidly-scaling digital health companies.
Nordic
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Last month, I read a great blog post from Health Affairs titled Rethinking Use Of Air-Safety Principles To Reduce Fatal Hospital Errors. For those of you who are not aware of the history of this movement, let me explain. Many of us in the healthcare industry have experienced appropriate jealousy of the significant and long-standing quality and safety improvements made by those in the aviation industry.
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HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Datavant , the leader in helping organizations securely connect health data, today announced steps towards international expansion with the acquisition of Convenet , a health technology infrastructure company headquartered in the UK. – Datavant will expand privacy-preserving tokenization and data linkage capabilities to the UK in order to connect clinical trial data to real-world data.
HIStalk
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Top News CVS Health will acquire home-based care company Signify.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Capital One Commercial Bank just announced it served as a joint lead arranger for an amended and restated credit facility for R1 RCM , a leading provider of technology-driven revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions for the healthcare industry. – This $2.3 billion financing will help RI RCM tackle the industry’s labor and reimbursement challenges and help healthcare provider organizations reduce costs, increase revenue, and improve the patient experience.
HIStalk
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Digital Care – The Opportunity and Threat for Metropolitan, Community,
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.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Techstars , a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming for early-stage entrepreneurs announces today the relaunch of Techstars Healthcare sponsored by Cedars-Sinai , Point32Health , UCI Health , and UnitedHealthcare. – The consortium-led accelerator program will be based in Los Angeles and select 12 high-growth startups to participate in its intensive 13-week program.
HIStalk
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The Retail Revolution is Changing Modern Medical Care and Healthcare.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) announced that it had agreed to acquire Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) Monday. Tuesday morning, the two companies laid out the rationale. Perhaps the most of note, however, was CVS’ clear and consistent commitment to home health care delivery moving forward. “By acquiring Signify’s home health platform, we gain a foundation for future expansion of home health care delivery,” CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch said on a joint call.
HIStalk
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Amazon is secretly testing another virtual-care venture that aims to.
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.
Health Advances
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
By Andrew Li, Vikki Leung, and Gary Cheng. In our first publication on the Rise of Innovative Medtech in APAC, we explored factors driving Chinese MedTech’s shift from being low-end components manufacturers to developers of high-end innovative products. We highlighted these key insights: MedTech startups have benefited from government grants to incentivize R&D activities and development of locally designed products.
Bill Of Health
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
By Martha Lincoln. From spring 2020 through the present day, Americans have endured levels of sickness and death that are outliers among not only wealthy democracies, but around the world. No other country has recorded as many total COVID-19 casualties as the United States — indeed, no other country comes close. This situation is not happenstance. From early moments in 2020, the concept of a right to health — and indeed, even a right to life — has been discounted in American policy, discourse, a
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