Elevance lowers guidance on ‘unprecedented’ Medicaid challenges
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Executives said the increased costs pressuring its Medicaid business would improve after states updated payment rates to better match member acuity.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Executives said the increased costs pressuring its Medicaid business would improve after states updated payment rates to better match member acuity.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Walgreens reported a loss of $3 billion in the fourth quarter and plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years as part of the retail drugstore chain's ongoing turnaround strategy amid a ro | Walgreens reported a loss of $3 billion in the fourth quarter and plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years as part of the retail drugstore chain's ongoing turnaround strategy amid a rocky fiscal 2024.
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Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The products include a service that helps healthcare organizations build their own AI agents that could be used for appointment scheduling, clinical trial matching and patient triage.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 15, 2024
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Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll
Fertility benefits have become a crucial component of employee well-being and retention strategies. In today’s competitive landscape, creating a fertility benefits program that aligns with both employee needs and organizational goals can be more complex than it seems. From cycle-based to flat-dollar and telehealth models, each solution offers unique advantages and challenges that directly affect employee satisfaction and financial well-being.
Healthcare Success
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Struggling with burnout while maintaining high-quality healthcare services that patients love? Tune in to our latest podcast as Lee Aase, founder of HELPCare, LLC, shares how he transitioned from his pioneering social media work at Mayo Clinic to lead an innovative membership-based direct-to-patient healthcare business. This podcast is a must-listen for healthcare leaders and primary care practitioners seeking innovative ways to enhance patient access, optimize care delivery, and address challen
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2024
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, a nonpartisan, investigative, LGBTQ | Ending the HIV epidemic hinges on both treatment and prevention, particularly through access to PrEP. For at-risk individuals living in the U.S. South—where HIV is a daunting reality—PrEP use is very low compared to the number of new HIV cases.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 15, 2024
CVS Health will stop providing many infusion services and close or sell 29 pharmacies in the coming months, a spokesperson said.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 12, 2024
In a world where consumers can order dog food, schedule a haircut or buy a plane ticket with just a few keystrokes, patients often are left wondering why healthcare has to be so complicated – and why so many processes seem stuck in the past. Today, as consumers grow more dependent on convenient and efficient online tools across retail, banking and grocers, patients are becoming increasingly aware of – and dissatisfied with – healthcare's digital deficiencies, which often cr
Healthcare Success
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Are you struggling to fill critical positions in your healthcare organization? You’re not alone. With competition for top talent at an all-time high, hospitals and health systems must prioritize employer branding to attract and retain skilled professionals. Why Employer Branding Matters Employer branding isn’t just a marketing buzzword—it’s a critical strategy for healthcare organizations.
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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.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 16, 2024
What You Should Know: – Oshi Health , a virtual gastrointestinal (GI) care provider raises $60M in a Series C funding round led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors including Bessemer Venture Partners , Flare Capital Partners , Frist Cressey Ventures , CVS Health Ventures and Takeda Digital Ventures. – The funding will fuel Oshi Health’s continued nationwide expansion and mission to transform digestive healthcare in the U.S.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Drug Enforcement Administration is poised to extend pandemic-era telehealth prescribi | The third temporary extension is rumored to be for just one year, punting the deadline for the next administration to negotiate permanent rules to December 2025. Telemedicine companies, including those that prescribe Adderall, will be able to continue prescribing as they have since 2020.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 14, 2024
MD Home Health, a 39-year-old home health agency, has launched omnichannel home health services, what it says is a first for Phoenix and Arizona. The new offerings will include remote patient monitoring, telehealth, a brick-and-mortar clinic at HonorHealth Scottsdale, and traditional in-home services. President and CEO David P. Tusa, who joined MD Home Health in 2022, spoke with us about the motivation behind embracing the omnichannel approach, what the telehealth component looks like, what the
Cloud Blogs
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Learn more about how Microsoft is enhancing healthcare with data and responsible AI. Read the latest Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare announcements. Existing language models have revolutionized how we interact and use powerful AI models for text-based use cases in healthcare. But the practice of modern medicine is chiefly multimodal. Effectively assessing the complete picture of patient health requires moving beyond medical text comprehension to sophisticated AI models capable of integrating and a
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.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2024
What You Should Know: – A recent survey of 1,000 U.S. surgeons reveals a strong belief in the power of digital health to reduce disparities in access to surgical expertise, particularly in under-resourced communities. – The State of Surgery survey , commissioned by Medtronic , highlights the potential of live streaming, artificial intelligence (AI) , and virtual reality (VR) to transform surgical care and improve healthcare equity.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Wolters Kluwer Health, a big player in clinical decision support solutions, is teaming up with Abridge to integrate UpToDate into its AI-based medical note-taking tool. | Wolters Kluwer Health, a big player in clinical decision support solutions, is teaming up with Abridge to integrate UpToDate into its AI-based medical note-taking tool.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2024
About 40% of MA plans with prescription drug coverage will earn four or more stars, a dip from 42% this year, according to data released by the CMS.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, h ealth information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific. Dr Mahesh Appannan, Ministry of Health Malaysia's head of digital health, Seyoung Jung, assistant professor and CIO of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea, and Gareth Sherlock, chief executive of Turimetta Consulting and former CIO at Cleveland Clinic London and Abu Dhabi, delved into EMR implementation be
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
OCTOBER 11, 2024
This year, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to Victor Ambros, currently a Professor of Natural Science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun , a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. The two men won the award for their discovery of microRNA. One of the key questions of science is figuring how how can we have such differentiated cells–brain cells, muscle, bone, nerve–when all cells have the same DNA.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 15, 2024
What You Should Know: – Alchemy , a healthcare company focused on improving access to medications for underserved populations secures $31M in seed funding. – The investment was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health , with participation from Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners , Banc of California , and other investors.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Intravenous fluid shortages appear to be affecting the majority of the nation’s healthcare providers, who as a result are already beginning to cancel procedures, survey data published Thursday show | Premier said 86% of its provider members are reporting shortages, and more than half have less than 10 days supply on hand. Respondents also said they were beginning or considering procedure cancellations, and have begun receiving solicitations from "unapproved, gray market suppliers.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
As hospitals around the U.S. report IV fluid shortages, Baxter has increased supply allocations for direct customers and distributors. It plans to return to 90% to 100% allocation of certain supplies by the end of 2024.
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Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 11, 2024
“Opposed.” That was the one-word response a home health provider left for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) during the comment period on the 2025 home health proposed payment rule. This comment was an anomaly, in terms of its brevity. While most respondents expressed similar sentiments, they chose to utilize more words to do so.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 15, 2024
What You Should Know: – Emteq Labs , a pioneer in emotion-recognition wearable technology , has announced the upcoming launch of Sense, groundbreaking eyewear that can detect and analyze emotions in real-time. – The company also announced the appointment of Steen Strand, former head of Snap Inc.’s hardware division, as CEO. Sense: A New Era of Emotion-Aware Technology Sense is the culmination of a decade of research and development by Emteq Labs, led by renowned surgeon and fac
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Just 40% of Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans offered in 2025 achieved a score of four stars or higher, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed Oct. 10. | It's harder than ever for Medicare Advantage plans to score well on star ratings. Here's how they performed for 2025.
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.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Attorneys argue Khan and two other commissioners are biased against pharmacy benefit managers and should recuse themselves from an ongoing lawsuit against the middlemen.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 17, 2024
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The Rand Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2024
State parties should demand that Russia stop weakening the global ban on chemical weapons use with its torrent of falsehoods about others, disclose its own secret chemical weapons activities, and lay out a plan for coming into compliance with an accord it helped negotiate.
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