Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Pomelo Care, a value-based virtual provider of maternity care, has acquired the Doula Network, now offering virtual and in-person maternity care. | The acquisition expands the company’s reach to more than 15 million covered lives, including more than 1 in 6 Medicaid beneficiaries nationally.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Regulators say Medicare needs more data and oversight to avoid fraud and misuse. Digital health advocates argue the service is still crucial for managing chronic conditions.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
What began as a dispute between two health tech companies over healthcare data exchange practices has now led to a federal lawsuit alleging antitrust violations. | Venture-backed health tech company Particle Health filed an antitrust lawsuit against Epic in the Southern District of New York alleging that the electronic health records giant is trying to muscle out competition in the payer platform market.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Nearly two-thirds (66%) of U.S. patients with sensitive health issues are more comfortable making appointments with chatbots than with staff, according to the Talkdesk U.S. Consumer Healthcare Survey, conducted in August 2024 on the online platform Pollfish. Talkdesk received responses from 1,000 men and women aged 18 and over. Meanwhile, 62% of patients felt support provided by their healthcare organizations has either worsened or remained stagnant in the past year, the survey found.
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Healthcare Success
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
AI is flooding the internet with low-quality healthcare content that hasn’t been medically reviewed for accuracy. While this can (and should) be viewed as a big problem, it’s also a unique opportunity for hospitals and healthcare systems to stand out as trusted patient resources. We recently sat down with Ed Bennet, Founder of MarTech.Health and a respected voice in healthcare marketing, to discuss how hospitals can use AI tools strategically to outrank unverified AI content.
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Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Nearly three in four providers surveyed by Experian Health said the number of claims denied by payers shot up between 2022 and 2024.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A little less than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs announced its Veteran Interoperability Pledge – an effort to boost information exchange between its own facilities and participating health systems, with the aim of improving care coordination for veterans receiving care at both the VA and in their communities. More than a dozen major health systems – Emory Healthcare, Inova, Jefferson Health, Sanford Health, UC Davis, Intermountain, Mass General Brigham, Rush Heal
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Patients are receiving less access to Medicare-certified home health care in recent years, according to a new data analysis. The data analysis – which comes from the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) and CareJourney by Arcadia – examines Medicare home health fee-for-service claims from 2022 through 2023, in order to determine access to care, and how it has been impacted by payment rate cuts.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – WellSpan Health , a leading integrated healthcare provider known for its innovation, is partnering with Hippocratic AI , a pioneer in healthcare-focused large language models, to introduce a groundbreaking clinical GenAI healthcare agent. – The conversational AI-powered service will directly interact with patients, enhancing healthcare access, equity, and outcomes.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is suing the titans of the pharmacy benefit manager industry for anticompetitive practices and artificially raising the price of insulin drug prices, the agency announc | As expected for weeks, the Federal Trade Commission is taking legal action against the biggest three PBMs and its related group purchasing organizations.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Aberrant billing for urinary catheters last year could have made it harder for ACOs in Medicare to bring in shared savings. That’s no longer the case under a new final rule.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Are you exploring how your organization can best leverage AI tools? If you weren’t able to attend this year’s HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, catch up on the highlights in this podcast. Join Chris Gervais, Chief Technology Officer at CodaMetrix, to hear about use cases for AI and to get insights into how companies can leverage these technologies to improve staff and patient experiences, enhance efficiency and drive long-lasting value.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership BrightSpring Health Services completes Haven Hospice acquisition BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) announced earlier this month that it has finalized its $60 million acquisition of the assets of North Central Hospice and Haven Medical Group, which collectively make up Haven Hospice. The deal was first announced in June , and was finalized as of Sept. 1.
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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.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Alaina Victoria PT, DPT, Marketing and Sales Enablement Manager, OneStep Implementing remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) successfully holds the key to revolutionizing healthcare delivery, enhancing patient outcomes and care efficiency. RTM leverages digital health technologies to monitor patients’ conditions and adherence to treatment plans in real time, facilitating timely interventions and personalized care.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Three months ago, startup Hippocratic AI released its first commercial product, a generative AI-based, task-specific healthcare agent. | Nvidia's venture capital arm, NVentures, along with Greycroft and Lee Shapiro of 7Wire Ventures, backed a $17 million investment in Hippocratic AI to fuel its product development of generative AI "agents.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The agency brought action against Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx on Friday, arguing their “anticompetitive and unfair” rebating practices “artificially inflated” the list price of life-saving insulin drugs.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Seoul-based Asan Medical Center (AMC) has been validated for Stage 6 of the new HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM). The new INFRAM, introduced in March , assesses an organisation's infrastructure maturity based on cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability, performance, and outcomes. The previous framework evaluated healthcare organisations in the areas of mobility, security, collaboration, transport and data centres.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
In the U.S., health insurance premiums are tax deductible–if paid through out of pocket expenses–but out-of-pocket expenses are not. However, there are exceptions to this rule. These include two often-used tax-favored accounts: Flexible savings accounts (FSA). These accounts allow employees to set aside a portion of their pretax income to cover qualified medical expenses; however, if the employee does not use these funds by the end of the year, they are forfeited.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – A team of experts from leading U.S. medical centers and research institutions is utilizing NVIDIA-powered federated learning to investigate the impact of this technique and AI-assisted annotation in training AI models for tumor segmentation. – NVIDIA-powered federated learning aims to overcome data-sharing challenges and accelerate the development of more accurate and generalizable AI models in medical imaging.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Major Indiana managed care organizations and health systems are blamed for defrauding the state Medicaid system by tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars, says a newly unsealed whistleblower | A newly unsealed lawsuit alleges major health insurers and health systems defrauded Indiana Medicaid by hundreds of millions of dollars, with the government office likely influenced by corporate lobbying.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Pieces Technologies made deceptive claims about the accuracy of its documentation products. Pieces denied any wrongdoing.
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Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of The Cigna Group, has launched an E-Treatment option through MDLIVE by Evernorth Beginning this month, Cigna members can connect for urgent care from board-certified doctors without any direct interaction via phone or video.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Sarah Jacob, chief product officer at MedBridge, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
MJ Stojak, Managing Director of the Data, Analytics and AI Practice for Pivot Point Consulting Much has been discussed about artificial intelligence (AI) and the impressive proliferation of Generative AI (GenAI) over the last several months. It is staggering. As I think about the potential changes and impacts of leveraging AI and GenAI within a healthcare organization, I can’t help but think about the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
HHS OIG released an analysis of recent RPM claims data, flagging evidence of gaps in CMS oversight. Stakeholders say the report is hyperbolic.
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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.
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The healthcare setting presents unique challenges to staffing, and the need for skilled professionals is only growing. Keep pace with your workforce development strategy.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
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Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
In effort to further enhance safety measures, particularly within the home, Innovive Health has teamed up with POM Safe to give its clinicians access to the latter’s mobile platform. “The device will help our clinicians in the field to either deter or de-escalate a situation and, if needed, even connect them with 24/7 emergency help,” Kristen Palumbo, chief operating officer and chief compliance officer of Innovive, told Home Health Care News.
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