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Steward Health Care spent millions spying on critics amid failing finances: report

Fierce Healthcare

As its stack of unpaid vendor obligations climbed, now-bankrupt Steward Health Care paid private investigators millions of dollars to follow and uncover compromising information on individuals | An investigative report details a "spare no expenses mission" in which executives authorized intelligence firms to allegedly follow, data mine and disseminate damaging information about individuals viewed as opponents.

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Emory Healthcare scores with an 'Uber app' for at-home PT

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Emory Healthcare constantly is evolving and innovating the care it provides. With regard to at-home physical therapy providers, the health system was intrigued to understand how it could expand its service offerings for outpatient care. THE PROBLEM Especially in the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the way Emory thinks about off-site care and forced the health system to reinvent not only how it diagnoses patients, but also how it treats them nonoperatively.

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Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference, dealing blow to federal healthcare agencies

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The U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-3, has overturned the Chevron deference, stripping power from federal agencies to interpret and enforce regulations. | The U.S. Supreme Court is overruling long-standing precedent. Here's how it could affect healthcare policy.

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Walgreens to reduce stake in VillageMD, close stores

Health Care Dive

Walgreens is refocusing on pharmacy operations after failing to make inroads in healthcare services. The company will sell its majority stake in VillageMD and is no longer looking to invest in medical offices, executives said.

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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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AI has a role to play during the patient intake process

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Patient intake, and the associated manual tasks that come upfront before a medical visit, represents a key component of a health system's operational efficiency and clinical quality. As a result, some hospitals and primary care clinics are experimenting with artificial intelligence and large language models to focus on note-taking and scribe work.

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CMS Proposes Over 4% Cut To Home Health Medicare Payments In 2025

Home Health Care

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its FY 2025 home health proposed payment rule Wednesday. With it, the agency signaled that more significant cuts could be on the way for providers. To rebalance the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and make it budget neutral, at least according to its internal methodology, CMS is proposing a permanent prospective adjustment to the CY 2025 home health payment rate of -4.067%.

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Hospital mergers tied to increased layoffs, reduced tax revenues: report

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A National Bureau of Economic Research report found layoffs followed hospital mergers, as employers struggled to absorb the costs of rising healthcare premiums.

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Improving communication with robust technology means better care. Read this to find out why

Spok Inc

How does communication technology enhance clinical communication and care team collaboration? To give you some tangible examples, our mobility solutions expert examines three clinical workflows to show how communication technology fills the gaps created by the EHR by connecting care teams and systems to deliver information quickly and securely into the hands of those who need to act on it.

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AWS Invests $10M to Fight Childhood Diseases with GenAI & Cloud Innovation

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L ila, alongside her mom Nicole in 2022 What You Should Know: – Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a significant $10M commitment to propel research for pediatric healthcare and unlock a deeper understanding of rare childhood diseases. – The initiative targets a critical gap in resources and aims to empower researchers to develop more effective treatments for vulnerable young patients.

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As Walmart shutters clinics, startup Fabric buys its MeMD telehealth business

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As Walmart shutters its primary care clinics, the retail giant inked a deal to sell its MeMD telehealth business to healthcare technology startup Fabric. | The deal will significantly expand Fabric's reach in the employer market as MeMD provides virtual care services to 30,000 employers and 5 million employees.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

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

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Optum backs out of deal to buy Steward’s physician group

Health Care Dive

Steward has been gunning for the deal since March. Without Optum at the table, it’s unclear who will buy the struggling health system’s medical clinics.

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HIMSSCast: Fighting back against healthcare misinformation in the era of social media and genAI

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Dr. Geeta Nayyar – known by many as "Dr. G" – has a long track record as a physician IT leader, who thinks creatively about the intersection of technology and healthcare. Her jobs over the years have included serving as chief medical officer of tech giants such a AT&T and Salesforce and AT&T. She sits on the board of the American Telemedicine Association.

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How The Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Could Help Stop Home Health Cuts

Home Health Care

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upended the Chevron doctrine precedent. For home health industry purposes, that means a potentially weakened Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) moving forward. The news comes just two days after the home health proposed payment rule was released, which included significant cuts for the third straight year.

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CHAI Releases Draft Responsible Health AI Framework

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) released a draft framework for responsible health AI with an invitation for public review and comment. – The framework, consisting of an Assurance Standards Guide, provides considerations to ensure standards are met in the deployment of AI in healthcare. This draft framework was created with a consensus-based approach, drawing upon the expertise and knowledge of multiple, diverse stakeholders from across the healthcare

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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HHS lowers 64 prescription drug prices under Medicare rebate program

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Medicare enrollees will pay less for 64 prescription drugs from July though the end of September because drug companies raised prices faster than the rate of inflation, the Centers for Medicare &am | Medicare enrollees will see lower prices this quarter for certain drugs treating cancer and genetic disorders under action unveiled by CMS.

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Arkansas sues Optum, Express Scripts over role in opioid epidemic

Health Care Dive

Pharmacy benefit managers have largely avoided the brunt of public blame for the deadly opioid crisis. Arkansas’ lawsuit brings the drug middlemen back to the forefront of the controversy.

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Digital health and AI are redefining patients' role in healthcare

Healthcare It News

The HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum is scheduled to take place September 5-6 in Boston. Learn more and register.

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Walgreens To Reduce Physical Footprint, Continue Health Care Services Focus

Home Health Care

Following its move to decrease VillageMD’s physical footprint, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) seems to be doubling down on its decision. “We don’t have plans to continue to invest in brick and mortar-owned primary care practices,” Mary Langowski, the president of U.S. Healthcare, said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday.

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

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.

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Noom Unveils AI-Powered Food Logging and Welli Assistant to Supercharge Health Coaching

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Noom , the leader in digital health coaching for chronic disease prevention, is revolutionizing its platform with the launch of two cutting-edge AI features: AI food logging and Welli, their new AI personal health assistant. – The launch of AI food logging and Welli reinforces Noom’s commitment to leveraging technology for sustainable behavior change.

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Amazon consolidates Clinic telehealth service into Amazon One Medical offering

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Amazon continues to evolve its healthcare business more than a year after spending $3.9 billion on a primary care company. | Amazon continues to evolve its healthcare business more than a year after spending $3.9 billion on a primary care company. The online retail giant is now folding its Amazon Clinic telehealth service into its One Medical primary care platform.

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SCOTUS strikes down Chevron doctrine, curbing federal agency power

Health Care Dive

The court’s controversial decision raises the bar for healthcare regulators when they’re implementing laws with undefined terms — and opens the door for stakeholders in the industry to sue when they’re unhappy with an agency’s reading of statute.

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Can empathetic AI companions help reduce readmissions?

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The HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum is scheduled to take place September 5-6 in Boston. Learn more and register.

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

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.

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Fixing The Hospital-To-Home Health Care Transition

Home Health Care

The transition between hospital discharge and home health care is often fraught with issues. Unfortunately, it also happens to be one of the most crucial parts of a patient’s care journey. With more sick and complex patients coming into home health care than ever , a swift start of home health care is also arguably more important than ever. “When I’m talking about acuity creep, I’m thinking about how much need do the patients in our care models require?

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Fighting Rectal Cancer with AI: Researchers Secure $2.78M Grant

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A glimmer of hope emerged today for rectal cancer patients as a collaborative effort between Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) , Cleveland Clinic , and University Hospitals (UH) received a $2.78 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute. This grant will fuel research leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to personalize treatment for rectal cancer patients. – The new research effort signifies a sig

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CHAI releases draft framework of quality assurance standards for healthcare AI

Fierce Healthcare

The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has released a concrete proposal for testing the quality of healthcare AI. | The Coalition for Health AI released a draft framework for assuring healthcare AI meets agreed-upon quality standards. The public will have 60 days to comment.

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Despite clinic closures, Walmart can still be a healthcare destination

Health Care Dive

A managing director at a global strategy firm makes the case for Walmart to continue pursuing healthcare customers through maximizing access to nutritious food.

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Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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Improving patient medication costs and adherence

Healthcare It News

Dr. Nele Jessel, athenahealth's CMO and Dr. Andrew Mellin, Surescripts' VP and CMIO, said that real-time prescription benefit data has helped patients avoid sticker shock, save money and pick up 8% more scripts across athena's prescribers.

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Amedisys To Divest Certain Home Health Locations To VitalCaring, Clearing Path For UnitedHealth Group Deal

Home Health Care

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) filed paperwork Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying it has agreed to divest “certain” locations to an affiliate of home health and hospice company VitalCaring. The divestiture was a way for Amedisys to avoid further antitrust concerns from regulators prior to it joining UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH).

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Abbott Unveils FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus: World’s Smallest CGM Sensor with Future AID Compatibility

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – At the American Diabetes Association conference, Abbott unveiled a new addition to its FreeStyle Libre portfolio – the FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor. – The sensor boasts the distinction of being the world’s smallest, thinnest, and most discreet continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor available. Unmatched Design and Performance The FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor offers a unique combination of user-centric features: Unmatched Discreetness: The sensor mai

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Arkansas files opioid epidemic lawsuit against PBMs Optum, Express Scripts

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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin revealed the state is filing a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Optum and Express Scripts for their role in the state's ongoing opioid epidemic | Arkansas says Optum and Express Scripts have not adequately protected consumers from the dangers of opioids, instead using their profits to grow into vertically integrated giants.

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Top 12 Telehealth KPIs Every Health Tech Leader Should Know

Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

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.