Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Despite significant headwinds coming to bear over the past several years, healthcare executives are expecting a favorable 2025, according to a new survey from Deloitte.

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Healthcare Success

DECEMBER 24, 2024

As we enter 2025, one thing remains clear: marketing has evolved beyond simply promoting services. Now, it's about connecting authentically, earning trust, and adapting to and meeting the needs of todays well-informed patients. With my years of experience navigating this fast-paced industry, I believe next year will be pivotal and demand that healthcare organizations position themselves for long-term growth.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry continued to rise this year. Here are some of the largest incidents, from Change Healthcare to Ascension.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

An Australian biotechnology company is building what could be the first AI-driven hospital in Vietnam. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The MedArmor AI Hospital will pursue a preventive healthcare model, emphasising early disease detection and timely interventions. It will be underpinned by AI and virtual care technologies. The hospital will primarily run on virtual technologies, such as video conferencing, to deliver care.

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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

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 20, 2024

HHS released a list of 64 drugs on Friday that will have reduced co-insurance for patients with Medicare Part B. The discounts come from the Inflation Reduction Act which requires drug makers to give rebates to the federal government when a drug's cost rises more than inflation.

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p3care

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Insurance reimbursement refers to the money paid to a healthcare provider for services rendered. The provider can be a diagnostic facility, family doctor, or any hospital in your area. The concerned healthcare provider charges you when a medical service is completed. Insurance reimbursement for doctors works differently here. The furnished services are covered completely by the insurance provider or partially by both the provider and the patient.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Healthcare organizations are embracing modern digital tools and emerging technologies like AI to reimagine how they interact with patients, connect with communities and advance lifesaving missions. However, as many of these organizations are registered as 501(c)(3) nonprofits, they share the common ailments that afflict the nonprofit sector at large: growing demand and shrinking budgets.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Jeff Wilson, VP, Flex Technology Group Despite advances in digital applications, healthcare organizations generate a host of printed documents daily, from patient forms to disclosure agreements to labels and more. The healthcare industry is a heavy user of printing services, with print usage increasing 28% from the peak of the pandemic and continuing to grow at a 5% rate each year.

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Etactics

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Did you know that up to 49% of claims got denied in 2021? Most of them were easily avoidable. To pile on, the truth is that theres not a way to remove them entirely. This is why its vital that you know where you can improve your billing practices to help reduce the amount of denial codes. The easiest way to reduce denial codes is through a third-party clearinghouse to scrub the claims for any errors.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The policy allows providers, health IT developers or data exchanges to restrict information sharing when there’s risk it could expose patients or clinicians to legal fallout.

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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

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 22, 2024

South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare has announced 2.5 billion won ($1.7 million) funding to launch a network of remote ICUs in regional hospitals next year. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Based on a media release, at the core of this network is an integrated control centre for monitoring the status and condition of patients in ICUs in small and medium hospitals.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Culina Health, a telenutrition company, raised $7.9 million in a series A funding round led by Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm ofCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the co | Four year-old Culina Health has raised its series A funding round, led by Healthworx, the venture arm of CareFirst. The company seeks to normalize nutrition counseling and prove that a better diet lowers total cost of care.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Matt A. Murphy, CEO and Co-Founder of Cascala Health Joe Jasser, MD, MBA, Board Member for Cascala Health Its human nature that when we are told to do something, we want to know the reason why. Thats especially true when the direction comes from a machine, and it concerns something as important as healthcare. However, some artificial intelligence (AI) systems being used in healthcare do not offer that option; instead, they issue generic prompts with limited transparency into the reasoning behind

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Oregon’s Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) program is reviewing a proposal to spin off Providences home health and hospice services into a joint venture supported by private equity. Sarah Bartlemann, the cost programs manager for Oregons Health Authority (OHA), confirmed the review in a letter to a Washington D.C. attorney representing Compassus, Providences partner in the deal.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2024

It's a major step forward for the nine-hospital deal, which has faced pushback from some Illinois residents and a union.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Dr Chien-Tzung Chen, superintendent of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, wants to establish a remote system to monitor patients at home using wearable devices.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Smart ring maker Oura pocketed an additional $125 million following a $75 million investment from medical device maker Dexcom last month. | Smart ring maker Oura pocketed an additional $125 million following a $75 million investment from medical device maker Dexcom last month.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2024

What You Should Know: – MTIP , a Swiss growth and buyout firm specializing in healthcare software, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority stake in Dossier Solutions, a leading healthcare competency management SaaS provider. –The acquisition aims to accelerate US market growth, expand geographic reach, and enhance the Dossier technology platform.

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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.

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In response to hospital capacity challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collaborated with external experts to create the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) initiative. This initiative will expire on Dec. 31 unless Congress extends it. After three years of implementation, early insights regarding quality, costs and care have begun to shape the future of this program and similar initiatives.

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Clearwave Inc

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutes Today’s ENT and allergy practices face a critical challenge that’s all too familiar: overwhelmed staff struggling to balance quality patient care with mounting administrative tasks. While patient volumes continue to grow, traditional staffing solutions no longer provide the answer. The solution emerging across successful otolaryngology practices isn’t about adding more staff it’s about reimagining the entire patient journey through innovative, pat

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Etactics

DECEMBER 20, 2024

There are many unique challenges that Long-Term Care (LTC) Pharmacies face. However, the area that requires the most attention is patient billing. If your organization doesn't properly manage its accounts receivables (AR), you can expect a delay in cash flow. This is extremely difficult to recover from. With over 25 years of experience in helping LTC Pharmacies streamline their revenue cash flow, weve assisted in many unique client scenarios.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Medical equipment and supply manufacturer Medline Industries confidentially submitted plans for a proposed initial public offering, potentially setting the stage for a blockbuster public debut next | Medical equipment and supply manufacturer Medline Industries confidentially submitted plans for a proposed initial public offering, potentially setting the stage for a blockbuster public debut next year.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2024

What You Should Know: –The New Orleans Saints are excited to announce a new partnership with PatientPoint , the trusted leader in patient and provider digital health engagement for over 35 years. –This program will deliver customized nutrition and sports medical content through PatientPoints interactive devices in their practice and training facilities.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2024

At a time when more health care organizations are launching hospital-at-home programs, operators in this space need to educate their clinicians to expect data variations. This is one of the key takeaways from a recent whitepaper released by Best Buy Health. The whitepaper distills Best Buy Healths years of experience implementing remote patient monitoring (RPM) through hospital-at-home into several key lessons.

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CDC

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The gut microbiome matters for patients taking antibiotics Fecal transplants began as early as the first or second century as part of Chinese medicine. I used to joke about poop (fecal) transplants; I never thought I would dedicate my professional career to this topic. My father was an agricultural engineer who managed a wastewater treatment facility.

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HIStalk

DECEMBER 23, 2024

I enjoyed Mr. Hs recent survey asking, Which winter holiday.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In some of his last days in office, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pledged to the womens health research community that they would continue to support womens health even | President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden held a conference on women's health research at the White House on Dec. 11. Healthcare business leaders, researchers and investors gathered to discuss the momentum for women's health generated by the Bidens.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2024

What You Should Know: – URA , the company behind the world’s leading smart ring, has announced the completion of a $200 million Series D funding round, raising its valuation to $5.2B. – This significant investment, with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom, reflects URA’s strong momentum and its potential to transform the healthcare landscape.

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Meditech

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We are in the midst of a profound period of change in healthcare and health IT. Today, access to data the right data at the right time is more important than ever. That means healthcare organizations must be hyper vigilant when it comes to data, ensuring it is safe, secure, and efficiently shared. At Interlace Health, we are excited about the new technologies that are making data easier and safer to share and use and were moving aggressively to enable our solutions to share the data we collec

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The rapidly growing home care provider Village Caregiving is expanding once again. Most recently, the company entered into North Carolina. With the opening of its first regional office in North Carolina, Village Caregiving now has a presence in 22 states. In total, it has about 3,300 caregivers and 5,500 clients. As more seniors age in place longer, the growing responsibility of care will extend beyond family members, who are often juggling many commitments, from work to raising children, Jeff S

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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.