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Abridge clinches $150M to build out generative AI for medical documentation

Fierce Healthcare

Investors continue to pour money into generative AI startups and Abridge is riding this wave as it rapidly scales its technology across U.S. health systems. | Along with the funding round, Abridge also announced an enterprise agreement with Connecticut-based Yale New Haven Health System to give thousands of clinicians access to its AI-powered clinical documentation technology.

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Change Healthcare hit by cyberattack

Health Care Dive

The UnitedHealth-owned healthcare technology company disconnected its systems after detecting an “outside threat,” according to a status update page.

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Microsoft life sciences leader on what makes for successful disruptors

Healthcare It News

Even in regions where healthcare delivery mechanisms are abundant, demand can be overwhelming while other healthcare operational challenges interfere with patient outcomes. As the digital transformation in healthcare lags behind other industries and value-based care drives provider efficiencies while the government invests in healthcare cost reduction and access measures, health tech is positively overripe for disruption.

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7 Digital Transformation Mistakes Made In Healthcare

HIT Consultant

John Berndt, SVP Health for North America at Valtech The digital health market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of approximately 25% from 2019 to 2025, according to NASDAQ. Needs for digital projects and initiatives have never been higher. However, investments in the sector, including in digital tech, have remained under tremendous scrutiny since the pandemic.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Optum's Change Healthcare responding to 'cybersecurity issue'

Fierce Healthcare

Change Healthcare is mitigating a "cybersecurity issue" that began Wednesday, and details remain scant. | Change Healthcare is mitigating a "cybersecurity issue" that began Wednesday, and details remain scant.

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UnitedHealth suspects ‘nation-state’ behind Change cyberattack

Health Care Dive

Pharmacies and providers nationwide are struggling to process prescriptions following the attack, while the American Hospital Association is urging hospitals to disconnect from UnitedHealth’s systems.

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55% of US Rural Hospitals Are No Longer Offer Birthing Services

Healthcare ECONOMIST

That is according to an article in JAMA based on a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The report states: More than half (55%) of the rural hospitals in the U.S. do not offer labor and delivery services, and in 10 states, more than two-thirds do not. Over the past decade, more than 200 rural hospitals across the country have stopped delivering babies… In most urban areas, the travel time to a hospital with labor and delivery services is under 20 minutes, but i

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AHIP, AMA and employer groups team up to accelerate digital health adoption

Fierce Healthcare

Fourteen organizations representing providers, payers, consumer technology companies and employers are teaming up to cut through the noise and raise higher standards for finding digital health | Fourteen organizations representing providers, payers, consumer technology companies and employers are teaming up to cut through the noise and raise higher standards for finding digital health solutions that work and are worth the investment.

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Insurers brace for continued Medicare Advantage medical costs

Health Care Dive

The big question coming out of the health insurance earnings season is how much elevated utilization among seniors will carry over into 2024.

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ChristianaCare to expand medication adherence program

Healthcare It News

Launched to help address health equity challenges facing Black cardiology patients, ChristianaCare said its digital medication adherence platform, developed with Story Health, has delivered significant improvements in outcomes for patients with hypertension and heart failure – two to three times in some key metrics. The health system plans to expand access to more patients.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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The Path For Occupational Therapy To Lose Its ‘Second-Tier’ Status In Home Health Care

Home Health Care

If a senior or homebound patient is eligible for home health care, there are a number of caregiving professionals who can open a case and begin an assessment. Those include nurses, home health aides, physical therapists and others. One profession that is not on that list is an occupational therapist. However, a new proposed bill could change that. The Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act — which has bipartisan support — would establish occupational therapy (OT) as a qualifying Medicare home he

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UnitedHealth, HAC study: How social health factors impact employer plans

Fierce Healthcare

Given the impact that social factors have on overall health, employers can better manage costs and outcomes by embracing deeper, population-level data analysis, according to a new white paper. | Given the impact that social factors have on overall health, employers can better manage costs and outcomes by embracing deeper, population-level data analysis, according to a new white paper.

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HHS reaches second-ever ransomware settlement

Health Care Dive

A mental healthcare provider didn’t have sufficient protections in place before a ransomware attack exposed the protected health information of more than 14,000 people, according to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights.

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China Medical University Hospital leverages Google's genAI for cancer care

Healthcare It News

China Medical University Hospital is leveraging Google Cloud's generative AI to support its doctors in providing cancer care. A formal collaboration between CMUH and Google Cloud was signed in December last year to use MedLM , a healthcare-specific gen AI based on the large language model, Med-PaLM 2. MedLM, which intelligence has been proven comparable to licensed doctors by scoring 85% on the MedQA-USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), has become the foundation of the CMUH&#

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Cardinal Health Sees Itself As ‘Major Player’ In Growing Home-Based Care Space

Home Health Care

Recognizing the need for a streamlined hospital-at-home supply chain network, Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) launched Velocare in 2022. Since that initial pilot run, Velocare has experienced significant growth. At the same time, Cardinal Health is also making major strides in its overall mission to be a driver of at-home care. Broadly, Velocare technicians deliver hospital-grade products and services to patients’ homes.

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Medicare Advantage fraud in DOJ's crosshairs after agency reports $2.7 billion in settlements

Fierce Healthcare

Under the False Claims Act, more than $1.8 billion in settlements and judgments was related to health-related matters in the last fiscal year, about two-thirds of the monetary fraud recoveries by t | Health fraud settlements under the False Claims Act exceeded $1.8 billion last year, according to the Department of Justice. The agency said it is still litigating Medicare Advantage cases against major insurers.

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CHS hit with Justice Department investigation

Health Care Dive

Federal regulators are seeking information about the for-profit hospital operator's inpatient admissions and dialysis processes and procedures.

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Change Healthcare experiencing a cyberattack

Healthcare It News

Change Healthcare, a software and data analytics vendor that offers revenue cycle management, clinical decision support and other operations tools, announced Wednesday it took its systems offline due to a cyber incident. "Once we became aware of the outside threat, in the interest of protecting our partners and patients, we took immediate action to disconnect our systems to prevent further impact," the company said in an online incident report.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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How will Medicaid pay for cell and gene therapies?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

One approach CMS has is the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model. Under the CGT Access Model, CMS (at the federal level) will negotiates outcomes based agreements (OBAs) with manufacturers, which will include pricing terms and outcomes to be evaluated. Then states can elect to participate in the contract terms negotiated by CMS or they can opt out and negotiate on their own.

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Foo Fighters to expose 'the pretenders' in price transparency concert

Fierce Healthcare

Fans of healthcare price transparency and Grammy Award-winning bands should have their calendars marked for March 5 in Washington, D.C. | The Foo Fighters are joining the fight against price transparency with an upcoming, private concert in Washington, D.C., on behalf of advocacy group Power to the Patients.

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Ukrainian national pleads guilty in Vermont hospital ransomware attack

Health Care Dive

The attack against the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 cost the hospital millions of dollars and limited operations for weeks.

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HIMSSCast: Patient experience in 2024: What's next?

Healthcare It News

Hospital and health system C-suite executives and health IT leaders know the patient experience is crucial to ongoing success in healthcare. The question is: How to continually improve it? This week's podcast looks at what's on the horizon for the patient experience and seeks to answer that question. Our guest, from Press Ganey Associates, a patient experience consulting firm with 40 years of experience in the field, is Chrissy Daniels, chief experience officer.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Why screening guideline committees should not include ‘experts’ as voting members

Healthy Debate

Is there a better way to address the Canadian Task Force recommendations? No, experts must remain excluded as voting members.

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No Surprises Act rollout coincided with an uptick in in-network claims: FAIR Health

Fierce Healthcare

As the No Surprises Act took full effect, the number of in-network claims processes grew notably, according to a new analysis from FAIR Health. | As the No Surprises Act took full effect, the number of in-network claims processes grew notably, according to a new analysis from FAIR Health.

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Medicare Advantage plans provide less intensive post-acute care, study finds

Health Care Dive

The research found no differences in 30-day hospital readmissions or mortality, but the study’s authors said more analysis on patients’ long-term functioning was needed.

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Two Years After Russia Invaded Ukraine: Q&A with RAND Experts

The Rand Blog

RAND experts discuss the state of the conflict in Ukraine and its prospects, the war's global implications, possible outcomes and solutions, and what the West and the rest of the world might be doing now and once hostilities end.

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

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No Empty Promises: How Home-Based Care Providers Actually Plan To Use AI

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Artificial intelligence is likely to be a society- and business-altering technological development. But, just like the advent of the internet before it, AI’s emergence will undoubtedly lead to as many empty promises from business leaders as it does actual use cases. That’ll particularly be the case in the early innings of AI, which I believe we are currently in.

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Walgreens' VIllageMD exits Florida market, shuttering remaining primary care clinics

Fierce Healthcare

Walgreens is closing its remaining VillageMD primary care clinics in Florida. | The announcement does not come as a total surprise, as Walgreens first disclosed its plans to close 60 underperforming VillageMD clinics and exit five markets last fall.

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CMS finalizes rule to cut Medicaid DSH payments for some hospitals

Health Care Dive

Under the new definition, hospitals can only receive disproportionate share hospital Medicaid reimbursements for beneficiaries who are primarily insured by the safety-net program.

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Talkspace & Wheel Partner for Holistic Virtual Healthcare: Addressing Mental & Physical Needs

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Today, Talkspace, a leading online behavioral health company, and Wheel , the foremost virtual care platform powering the next generation of virtual healthcare, announced they will partner to offer patients access to board-certified general practitioners and licensed behavioral health providers across the U.S. – conveniently and virtually.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.