Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Made possible through pilot funding and informed by user experience research, Mayo Clinic's Clinical Trials Beyond Walls initiative leverages telehealth, remote assessments and other hospital-at-home innovations to bring all or some trial aspects into patient homes or a local community. While decentralized clinical trials began emerging before the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health crisis accelerated the trend.

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Healthcare Success

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In this episode, Melissa Fors Shackelford , Senior Vice President of Marketing at Let's Get Checked and I explore the powerful role of inclusive marketing in healthcare. We discuss key strategies like diverse imagery, ADA compliance, and accessible communication methods (e.g., closed-captioning and Telehealth) and why they are essential for reaching a wide audience and driving revenue growth.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Government unions and cybersecurity experts are disturbed by Elon Musk's newfound access to personal information and the country's payment infrastructure, which coordinates funds for government health programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Cigna is one of a handful of national insurers that pledged to ameliorate customer pain points with healthcare, but the first to release a specific plan.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As is the case with any industry, it is important for healthcare organizations to understand the consumer of their services. What drives their engagement and what are their pain points? During the pandemic, hospitals and health systems saw how quickly digital health and virtual care programs could be rolled out. This offered confidence and lessons to inform a more guided approach to offering a more digital patient experience that smooths areas of frustration – while not interfering with wh

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In-home care advocacy group Moving Health Home recently penned a letter urging Congress to include a five-year extension for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver in the March government funding package. The letter directly addresses Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Tariffs and price inflation for specialty medications will increase costs, according to research from Vizient.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University is collaborating with Kaiser Permanente to create the new Food is Medicine National Network of Excellence. Joining the effort are several other major healthcare organizations including Geisinger, Highmark Health, CVS Health, Elevance Health, Devoted Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Optimism is on the rise for 2025 as providers shift their focus toward strategic growth, and to leveraging technology investments to address persistent staffing challenges and enhance patient outcomes. Thats according to the Home Health Care News Home-Based Care Outlook Survey for 2025. Findings from the survey, which was sponsored by Homecare Homebase, were recently released.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Managers across the health agencies were tasked with categorizing their probationary workers to determine those who were not mission critical, according to two new media reports citing internal sources.

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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

Patient Experience

Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A key Senate committee voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy’s nomination even after some legislators raised concerns about his previous vaccine stances and confusion surrounding programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

There's always been personalization for every patient, said Mudit Garg, CEO and cofounder of Qventus. But personalization at scale requires technology. Over the last 10 to 20 years, many technical systems have been built that allow for mass personalization. For instance, every customer has a personalized experience with Amazon.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Alarming statistics reveal a critical gap: Nearly 80% of urgent calls for help go unanswered when older adults are alone, underscoring the urgent need for effective solutions that ensure safety and independence in home settings. To address this issue, some providers of at-home care are turning to sensor technology. Such technology holds the potential to increase safety, reduce costs and even enable new models of care that involve shorter and more flexible home care visits.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Medicare Advantage patients treated in value-based care models saw better outcomes than those treated in fee-for-service models, according to a new study from Optum.

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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

Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Health Technology Institute, discusses the institute’s new task force that aims to study the financial, efficiency and workforce effects of AI products.

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Health Recovery

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Healthcare systems are facing unprecedented challenges, with workforce shortages looming as a major concern. This issue is not just a matter of convenience; it's a critical threat to the delivery of quality patient care. The American Hospital Association (AHA), according to a research study they shared conducted by the Mercer consultancy and Lightcast, indicates a potential shortfall of approximately 100,000 critical health care workers by 2028, with some states like New York and New Jersey proj

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Bill Dombi, former president and CEO of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, has joined law firm Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. Dombi will serve as senior counsel in the firms Washington, D.C. office. He has over four decades of experience spearheading major litigation and policy matters for the home health and hospice industry. Its not a stretch to say that Bill is the face of the home health care space and the standard-bearer for advocating on its behalf, whether in state or feder

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The removal of thousands of health information web pages and public health data streams harms patients and runs counter to health agencies' mandate, Doctors for America argues in a newly filed lawsuit.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Ivor Campbell, CEO of Snedden Campbell After many years of delay and prevarication, the UK is finally grappling with an issue that has long been a source of polarised debate and ethical handwringing around the world. The House of Commons has voted in favor of a bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales, marking a significant advancement of the issue globally.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings scuttled a deal to sell Crozer Health but secured $20 million in funding from regulators to keep Crozer’s operations afloat for one more month.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

As home health providers increasingly serve people with more complicated and serious conditions, and the push for cost-effective and value-based care continues, wound care is becoming more important than ever. The good news is that technology is changing the game for at-home wound care, but the bad news is that serious challenges remain regarding access to this type of at-home care.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Most hospital finance executives surveyed said they will need to shift increased costs onto insurers and patients in the form of higher service charges.

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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.

American College of Healthcare Sciences

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We often hear the word “sustainability,” but what does it actually mean? Sustainability is defined as the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.. You may be thinking, How does this relate to botanical medicine? This is a much broader and nuanced topic because theres a lot to consider. Sustainability with botanicals […] The post Why Sustainable Farming Matters: Health, Environment & Future appeared first on American College of Healthcare Sciences.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The two have mended fences after a nasty contract dispute in 2022 caused Kroger pharmacies to go out of network with Express Scripts’ members.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

What You Should Know: – Little Otter , a trailblazer in digital whole-family mental health care, has raised $9.5 million in a strategic funding round led by top-tier impact investors, including Pivotal Ventures, Torch Capital, Springbank, CRV, Next Legacy, G9, Gratitude Railroad, and Carrie Walton Penner’s Fiore Ventures. – This investment brings total funding to-date to $36.35 million, and cements Little Otters position as a defining leader in the rapidly growing billion-dolla

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For virtual-only prescribers of buprenorphine, like Bicycle Health, the future of treatment for patients with opioid use disorder hangs in the balance of a tricky web of final and proposed regulations.

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Meditech

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Training successful EHR users isnt a one-size-fits-all situation. An effective EHR training program calls for a flexible foundation: strong enough to support consistent outcomes while being pliable enough to allow users flexibility in how they learn. Besides each organizations unique staff demands, the industry and its needs are always changing. Its in a vendor and organizations best interests to embed a framework of evaluation in order to stay ahead of the curve.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Christopher McGinnis is taking the reins as finance chief weeks after the prescription price transparency company also appointed a new CEO.

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American College of Healthcare Sciences

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This ACHS Wellness Wire presents important regulatory and scientific updates for Tea Tree oil Melaleuca alternifolia. Written by ACHS Founding President Dorene Petersen and ACHS Dean of Aromatherapy Amanda Lattin. Image above: Australian tea tree growing in South Korea. 2014 Dorene Petersen. Tea Tree Oil Classified as a Category 1B Reproductive Toxicant The European […] The post ACHS Wellness Wire Update: Recent Developments on Tea Tree Oil appeared first on American College of Healthcare

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A rule barring medical debt from credit reports was set to go into effect in March, but has been caught in a regulatory freeze and indefinitely suspended under its new acting director.

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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.