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Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes

Fierce Healthcare

Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes dmuoio Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:40

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Consolidated hospitals leading to larger premiums and out-of-pocket spending, report finds

Fierce Healthcare

As hospitals acquire ambulatory care centers, consumers are more likely to be forced to pay outpatient facility fees for routine care traditionally covered by physician offices at lower costs.

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Health tech company IKS Health picks up AQuity for $200M to broaden its reach to hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden its services from ambulatory care provide | IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden (..)

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

Healthcare It News

Orlando Health on Monday announced that it's been approved by Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration to start delivering hospital-level acute care in adult patients’ homes. In recent weeks, Nuvance Health announced its development of a memory care-at-home platform. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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The Increasing Need for Ambulatory Care During COVID-19

The Beryl Institute

it was revealed that consumer engagement in healthcare continues to decline, with consumers reporting fewer visits to primary care providers, hospitals, labs and specialist providers. To further support the growth of this community, we are excited to announce the creation of an Ambulatory Care Council.

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Managing Technical Debt in Healthcare: A Guide for Hospitals and Health Systems

HIT Consultant

The challenges are particularly acute for hospitals and health systems, especially in the wake of increased activity related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). According to healthcare consultants Kaufman Hall, hospital and health system M&A activity increased 23% in 2023 to 65 announced transactions.

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Outpatient is the New Inpatient – The Future of Hospitals in America

Health Populi

hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? Our ability to create that network outside the hospital is huge.”

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