Health Care Dive

APRIL 26, 2024

The largest data breach reported so far this year comes as regulators reconsider healthcare’s use of tracking technologies.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Inpatient volume growth across HCA Healthcare’s entire hospital portfolio and other steady gains on payer mix, length of stay and operating expenses have set the large chain on a strong trajectory | CEO Sam Hazen told investors that widespread inpatient volume increases fueled "the best portfolio experience I think I’ve seen in my experience in the company.

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Health Care Dive

APRIL 26, 2024

The nation's largest Medicaid insurer expects to return to normal operations this year, though redeterminations continue to dog Centene through a mismatch between rates and acuity.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Elevance Health's pharmacy benefit manager CarelonRx is launching a new solution that aims to make it easier for employers to plan for the future around specialty pharmacy costs while connecting me | CarelonRx is launching a new solution that aims to make it easier for employers to plan for the future around specialty pharmacy costs, while connecting members with critical support to manage their conditions.

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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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Healthcare It News

APRIL 26, 2024

The telemedicine company joins forces with the behavioral health company to expand care access for women, as well as patients suffering from mental health issues and migraines.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a rule Friday that aims to tighten the reins on digital health apps sharing consumers' sensitive medical data with tech companies. | The FTC finalized a rule Friday that aims to tighten the reins on digital health apps sharing consumers' sensitive medical data with tech companies.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Centene Corporation is boosting its guidance for the year following a quarter where it beat the Street in both profit and revenue. | Centene Corporation is boosting its guidance for the year following a quarter where it beat the Street in both profit and revenue.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2024

Epic’s sixth campus will include Underhill, an underground cafeteria with doors and windows built into a hill. It’s a nod to J. R. R. Tolkien’s hobbits, whose “love of food and first and second lunches made them a natural selection for the other worlds to visit at mealtimes.” CUNINGHAM What You Should Know: – Verona, Wisconsin-based EHR leader Epic Systems has begun construction on its sixth campus, aptly named “Other Worlds,” The Cap Times first reports. – Followi

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2024

What You Should Know: – Walgreens , a leading pharmacy chain, is making a significant push into the specialty pharmacy market with the launch of “Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.” – The new $25B initiative expands access to care for patients with complex, chronic conditions while driving profitability for the company. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy: A Holistic Approach Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy aims to break down barriers within the healthcare system.

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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

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Below is a roundup of payer-centric news headlines for the week of April 22, 2024. | This week, Molina Healthcare gave an update on the Florida and Virginia Medicaid awards process, UHG announced a $2 million grant for Native American behavioral health and new partnerships were unveiled by WellCare of Kentucky and Humana.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2024

What You Should Know: – Truveta , a data company dedicated to “Saving Lives with Data,” announced today the launch of the most comprehensive mother-child electronic health record (EHR) dataset ever assembled. – Truveta’s dataset surpasses traditional claims-based datasets, which often lack clinical details and have reporting delays.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

Surface ships are not the best capability everywhere, but they remain for the most part highly useful and effective platforms across a spectrum of missions and conflict scenarios. What criteria should the U.S. Navy follow for its future surface combatants?

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2024

What You Should Know: – Commons Clinic , a leader in value-based musculoskeletal (MSK) care, has announced two significant moves to revolutionize the way patients receive orthopedic treatment. – The company invested $9.75M in Marina Orthopedic & Spine Institute (MOSI), a prominent Los Angeles surgery center, and unveiled its novel platform, Theater.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 26, 2024

Signify Health was purchased by CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) for $8 billion in March 2023. Now, it’s one of the core tenants of CVS Healthspire, the health care services segment that CVS executives are banking on to drive future growth for the company. The Dallas-based Signify is a health care platform that combines technology, analytics and networks to create value-based payment programs, which are highly sought after in today’s health care landscape.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

The UK Prime Minister recently announced a defence spending increase to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030. The announcement sends important signals about the United Kingdom's intent and commitment to defence and security, but, if followed through, will the spending increase significantly boost UK defence?

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Life Qi

APRIL 26, 2024

NHS IMPACT has recently launched to support the NHS to promote and deliver continuous improvement. See how Life QI support it.

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Icanotes

APRIL 26, 2024

Therapist Self-Care: Managing Transference and Countertransference in Patient Care and Treatment If you are a mental health professional, you understand just how nuanced the dynamics between yourself and your clients can be. It's common for a patient's feelings to redirect onto the therapist or for a therapist's feelings toward a patient to impact therapy — known as transference and countertransference, respectively.

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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.

Etactics

APRIL 26, 2024

On average, a healthcare provider has between 16 and 20 payer contracts. This is according to a survey conducted by Defacto Health in April of 2023. You may be wondering, is this too much? Or too little? There’s no right answer, but understanding what a payer agreement is will show the significance of that average number. These payer contracts, also known as payer agreements, ensure that healthcare providers receive proper reimbursement for the care they provide to patients that get covered by a

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Home Health Care

APRIL 26, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership ShiftMed — a staffing platform — has acquired CareerStaff Unlimited from Genesis HealthCare, a long-term care services provider. “The integration of CareerStaff with ShiftMed allows us to fulfill 100% of our clients’ On Demand needs through one workforce platform,” Todd Walrath, CEO of ShiftMed, said in a press statement.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2024

Midi Health Founders, From left: CEO Joanna Strober, COO Sharon Meers, Chief Medical Officer Kathleen Jordan, MD, Chief Brand Officer Jill Herzig What You Should Know: – Midi Health , a virtual clinic for women experiencing perimenopause and menopause, has secured $60M in Series B funding led by Emerson Collective , bringing Midi Health’s total funding to $100M. – The investment highlights a growing national focus on women’s health, particularly during midlife transitions

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Home Health Care

APRIL 26, 2024

One policymaker is attempting to put a halt to the 80-20 rule. At the start of the week, the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized. The 80-20 provision is, arguably, the most controversial component of the Medicaid rule. In summary, the provision calls for 80% of Medicaid payments for home- and community-based services (HCBS) to be earmarked for direct care workers’ compensation.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 26, 2024

By James G. Hodge, Jr. and Jennifer L. Piatt Surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court’s withdrawal of the longstanding constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022, multiple state supreme courts have done their own “about face” on reproductive rights. Motivated perhaps by the infamous leaked decision in Dobbs , the Iowa Supreme Court reversed its 2018 decision finding abortion protections in the state constitution, concluding on June 17, 2022 that n

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