Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Digital transformation in the payer industry means moving beyond the status quo. Insurance and the ways payers interact with members, especially new members in the enrollment process, are ripe for technology upgrades, according to Gary Davis, national practice leader for Noyo, a software company that unveiled an enrollment solution last year.
Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
By Jon Larsen and Sterling Johnson Addressing the opioid crisis cannot stop at providing better access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) , expanding and enhancing harm reduction efforts, and reimagining the role of law enforcement, as explored previously in this blog series. The response must go further to make treatment and harm reduction more effective, by acknowledging the opioid epidemic as a reflection of the conditions of the whole society , identifying those conditions, and addre
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Baird Group
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
One of my colleagues often reminds our clients that the word lead is a verb and, as we learned in grade school, verbs are action words. So what actions are most important today? Coaching rises to the top. To Lead Is to Coach Effective leadership takes action, and today’s most essential actions are unlike those that were most effective in the past. In their book, It’s the Manager – Moving from Boss to Coach , [i] authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter stress how coaching is the foundation for succe
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Charlie Falcone, CEO at Verisys Corporation If you find credentialing uninspiring, consider this cautionary tale. In a frequently cited negligent credentialing case, an Illinois jury awarded the plaintiff nearly $8 million when the patient’s foot had to be amputated due to damage caused by the operating physician who had not completed his 12-month podiatric surgical residency and was not board-certified.
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Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022. | Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
On the insurer’s earnings call, analysts peppered Centene with questions about its Medicare Advantage business until its CFO attempted to change the subject.
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Healthy Debate
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The post Please leave politicians out of the exam room. Proposed changes to transgender health policies set a dangerous precedent appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
A bipartisan group of senators announced Friday that they are working on new legislation for “long-term reforms” to physician payments under Medicare and other program changes. | The lawmakers plan to investigate and pass "long-term reforms" that will "ensure financial stability for providers," among other goals. They plan to seek stakeholder input "in the coming weeks.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The struggling primary care chain said the restructuring agreement will “substantially” reduce its debt and allow it to look for strategic partnerships or buyers.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences. Moreover, these at-home and remote patient monitoring technologies can optimize resource utilization, streamline care delivery, reduce length of stays in the acute settin
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Healthy Debate
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
We need to examine our own blind spots when it comes to all road users to create human-scale urban environments that nudge us toward healthier, safer, equitable and financially savvy transport.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Amazon is eliminating a "few hundred roles" across One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy, the company confirmed Tuesday. | Amazon is eliminating a "few hundred roles" across One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy, the company confirmed Tuesday.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Lawmakers considered how to prevent artificial intelligence technologies from worsening bias or improperly denying insurance coverage at a hearing on Thursday.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mynd Immersive – a technology company that specializes in extended reality therapies for aging adults – will collaborate with VA Immersive, part of the VA's Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, to address the psychological wellbeing of Vietnam veterans. WHY IT MATTERS The company said the three-year cooperative research and development agreement will enable the combination of advanced virtual reality technology with o
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
What You Should Know: – TRIPP , the award-winning wellness company, announces its arrival on the highly anticipated Apple Vision Pro , redefining the boundaries of personalized well-being experiences. – The integration with Apple Vision Pro unlocks TRIPP’s most immersive and visually captivating journey yet, seamlessly blending awe-inspiring worldscapes with users’ surroundings through Apple Vision Pro’s groundbreaking spatial computing capabilities.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Banking on telehealth to reach rural patients, University of Rochester Medical Center rolls out innovative virtual care pilot hlandi Fri, 02/09/2024 - 14:36
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The e-commerce giant is reducing the primary care operator’s corporate footprint days after confirming plans to lay off One Medical employees.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Taking vitals is not necessary. Overall, it's a great fit – and one that soared during the pandemic and beyond.
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Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership As home health patients become sicker and more complex, providers have been forced to find ways to keep their care models financially viable. In order to combat some of those “acuity creep” challenges, industry leaders are leaning on technology, data-driven decision making and more value-based care. “We continue to navigate through a very regulated industry,” Janice Riggins, chief clinical officer at VitalCaring, told Home Health Care News.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The mental healthcare system in the U.S. | Commercial health plans might do a better job of making community-based healthcare that relies on laypeople a reality than the pilots launched by government officials, one expert says.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The insurer on Wednesday joined its peers in slamming proposed MA payment rates as insufficient given the dogged increase in medical costs.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
There are a variety of applications of ChatGPT and LLMs in healthcare, and various uses that have the potential to help or harm patients. Dr. Srinivasan Suresh, VP, CIO and CMIO at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, digs into these tools.
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Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
During the pandemic, some senior care models succeeded, and some didn’t. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) was one that did. In 2023, PACE enrollment exceeded 70,000 participants and has seen an over 40% growth in enrollment since 2019. Many home-based care providers have already gotten into PACE. The Jacksonville-based Alivia Care – a home health and hospice provider – has even become a PACE administrator itself.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Three months following the merger of Virgin Pulse and benefits administrator HealthComp, the combined company has rebranded as Personify Health with its sights set on revamping the patient experien | Personify Health introduced what it calls a personalized health platform that combines HealthComp's health plan administration capabilities with Virgin Pulse's holistic wellbeing solutions and comprehensive health navigation.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The sector added 650,000 jobs over the year — its most prolific year of growth in decades.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
What You Should Know: A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of California San Francisco suggests a surprising link between depression and body temperature. Published today in Scientific Reports , the findings reveal that individuals with depression tend to have higher body temperatures, opening up potential avenues for novel treatment approaches.
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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
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home-based care providers avoiding the shift to value-based care are running out of time and excuses. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants 100% of traditional Medicare beneficiaries and the “vast majority of Medicaid beneficiaries” in accountable care relationships by 2030. Home health providers are already under the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, which is, by definition, a value-based care model.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Several COVID-era flexibilities relied upon by opioid treatment programs and their hundreds of thousands of patients will become permanent later this year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Healt | The final rule allows some providers to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder like buprenorphine via telehealth without an initial in-person exam. It also allows them to dispense unsupervised, take-home doses of methadone to relatively stable patients.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Mary Langowski, who previously worked on CVS' healthcare services strategy, will replace John Driscoll as president of Walgreens’ U.S. Healthcare segment.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Eric Zerneke, Chief Growth Officer at Zerigo Health What You Should Know: – Zerigo Health , a provider of digital home treatment solutions for chronic skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema, announced today the appointment of Eric Zerneke as its Chief Growth Officer. – With Zerneke’s leadership and expertise, Zerigo Health is poised for significant growth, expanding access to its transformative phototherapy solution and empowering more individuals to take control of their sk
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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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