Thu.Oct 05, 2023

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Hospitals and digital health companies: making an emulsion from oil and water

Health Care Dive

Andreessen Horowitz partner Julie Yoo and Bassett Healthcare executive Paul Uhrig share their playbook for digital health entrepreneurs looking to partner with health systems.

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Industry Voices—The 'care-ification' of retail is here

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare providers have promised that timely, convenient and affordable care built with the patient in mind is just around the corner. | Retailers are placing big bets on their customers’ willingness to trust them with their healthcare needs. Consumer trust in our healthcare system is at an all-time low, largely due to stubborn barriers like the lack of price transparency and equal access to care.

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University Hospitals puts a bow on new Epic EHR rollout

Healthcare It News

Cleveland-based University Hospitals this week announced that it had completed its years-long migration to a single Epic electronic health record across its care sites. WHY IT MATTERS Leaders at the health system said the implementation – where more than 5.6 million patient records and scheduling systems were converted to one platform – is a "transformational moment" that will lead to better care delivery from its providers and a more connected experience for its patients.

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UnitedHealthcare reports high satisfaction, improved outcomes in consumer-centric Surest plans

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare's Surest, which axes deductibles and provides upfront pricing data to members, is the fastest growing product among its commercial plan lineup. | UnitedHealthcare's Surest, which axes deductibles and provides upfront pricing data to members, is the fastest growing product among its commercial plan lineup. And a new analysis offers a look as to why.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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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Generative AI roundup: IBM, Wolters Kluwer and others offer new products and services

Healthcare It News

Each day, more companies add generative artificial intelligence assistants to their products and services. This week, some of the biggest names in software announced integrations and implementations they say are safe and transparent uses of AI while a healthcare IT industry research organization published guidance on automation, ethics and trust. IBM introduces Watsonx legal protections To ease customer apprehensions about use of generative AI, IBM announced that it would indemnify its clients a

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2 in 5 Native Americans visit ER due to diabetes complications, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Some 42% of Native Americans have visited the ER because of a Type 2 diabetes complication, a new survey showed. | Some 42% of Native Americans have visited the ER because of a Type 2 diabetes complication, according to the survey.

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Froedtert Health to buy out Ascension's stake in jointly owned Wisconsin health plan

Fierce Healthcare

Froedtert Health is buying out Ascension’s 50% stake in a Wisconsin health plan jointly run by the nonprofit health systems, the former announced this week. | The deal, which is pending review, would give Froedtert Health full ownership of a commercial and Medicare payer with 117,000 members.

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How Memorial Sloan Kettering is consolidating its supply chain

Health Care Dive

The healthcare institution is leveraging data to improve forecasting, in addition to streamlining its reporting and purchasing operations to consolidate its supply chain operations.

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Here's how New York Medicaid plans to bring social care networks and revamp its value-based payment program

Fierce Healthcare

Pending final approval, New York plans to introduce social care networks to serve regional Medicaid-enrolled organizations in the state. | Details from New York Medicaid's COO came during a recent value-based care conference, during which panelists discussed integrative care services, generative AI and more.

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Rite Aid faces NYSE delisting

Health Care Dive

News of the company's possible removal from the New York Stock Exchange follows talks of a possible bankruptcy filing.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

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

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Atropos Health unveils AI chatbot to accelerate real-world data-based evidence generation for docs

Fierce Healthcare

Atropos Health, maker of a real-world data platform, has launched a new operating system and a chatbot interface to help generate observational studies rapidly and at scale. | Leveraging generative AI, the system helps non-technical users query real-world clinical data and get publication-grade results in minutes.

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Expectation vs. Reality: Improving the Patient Payment Experience

HIT Consultant

Ryne Natzke, Chief Revenue Officer, TrustCommerce, a Sphere Company If you’ve ever worked behind the scenes at a provider organization, you likely gained a deep understanding of what makes medical practices tick, giving you the ability to make fairly accurate assumptions about how patients will probably behave in different scenarios. However, when it comes to the patient payment experience, inevitably some patients respond differently than expected.

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Expert: Surescripts settlement didn't go far enough

Fierce Healthcare

When Surescripts settled its case with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in July, regulators praised the ruling and the effect it would have limiting Surescripts' monopolistic power. | Surescripts is still enjoying an unfair advantage over its rivals despite a recent settlement with the FTC, one expert believes.

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How reproducible are real-world studies using clinical practice data?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

That is the question posed by a paper by Wang, Sreedhara and Schneeweiss (2022). The authors replicate the findings from n=250 real-world data studies. The studies were replicated using 3 datasets: (i) Optum Clinformatics claims data, (ii) IBM MarketScan Research Database claims data, Medicare fee-for-service claims data, and (iii) CPRD electronic health records.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Samsung partners with Brigham and Women's, Tulane University and MIT on digital health research

Fierce Healthcare

Samsung has unveiled a slew of digital health and wellness projects it’s conducting alongside Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine and others. | The tech company shared new research partnerships that will use smart watches, clinical algorithms and other tools to explore health and wellness.

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Enhabit Investor Calls Sale ‘Only Acceptable Outcome’ Of Strategic Review

Home Health Care

Earlier this week, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) stock tumbled after the company entered into a limited waiver agreement with Wells Fargo Bank (NYSE: WFC). “As we work with our advisors and prospective strategic partners as part of our strategic review, out of an abundance of caution we chose to proactively reach out to our bank group to ensure we remain in compliance with our financial covenants,” Enhabit CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer said in a statement Tuesday, explaining the move.

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Deer Meadows Receives CHAP Disease Program Certification Leveraging Remote Patient Monitoring

Health Recovery

HRS client Deer Meadows Home Health becomes the first home health provider in the United States to achieve CHAP's Disease Program Certification across four disease states

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How Amedisys Approaches Its Negotiations With Medicare Advantage Plans

Home Health Care

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) could be a part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) very soon. But that doesn’t mean it’s shielded from the realities of negotiations with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Its chief strategy officer, Nick Muscato, is one of a few home health leaders that have recently told Home Health Care News about MA plans not keeping up with the cost of care.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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The United States Isn't Ready for the New Age of AI-Fueled Disinformation

The Rand Blog

Generative AI offers China and other bad actors the potential to fulfill longstanding desires to shape the global conversation. It is vital that the U.S. government and social media platforms recognize this threat and work together to address it immediately.

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H1 Launches Gen AI Tool to Accelerate Clinical Trials

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: H1 , the leading source of truth for global Healthcare Professional, clinical, scientific, and research information, today announced the launch of GenosAI, a new generative AI tool seamlessly embedded into its clinical trial intelligence platform, Trial Landscape, to analyze and respond to all types of complex inquiries. Trial Landscape allows sponsors to identify new sites, centers of excellence, and investigators with diverse patients; evaluate site and PI patient recruit

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How Adding Clinical Services Has Benefited Family Tree Private Care

Home Health Care

Family Tree Private Care wants to be more than just a home-based care agency — the company wants to be known as experts in aging. This means delivering on a multi-service line approach, Alex Bonetti, the founder and CEO of Family Tree, told Home Health Care News. “We still have some work to do to stand up that innovative model in the markets that we’re already in,” he said.

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Atropos Health Launches Gen AI App with Direct Chat-to-Database for Health Systems

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Atropos Health , leader in evidence generation for healthcare, today announced the launch of the Geneva OS (Generative Evidence Acceleration Operating System) and the ChatRWD (Real World Data) application, the first Generative AI application incorporating direct Chat-to-Database capability, to help healthcare and life science leaders advance and accelerate evidence generation.

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

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.

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What’s On Amedisys, VitalCaring, Intrepid’s Payer-Relationship Wish Lists

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The discussion around home health provider-Medicare Advantage (MA) plan relationships has gotten tiring. But is it over the top? I don’t think so. Right when I think I’ve written about the topic too much, I’m reminded again by a home health provider just how important it is. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Ounce Raises $5.2M to Bridge the Gap Between Housing and Health

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Ounce , a company bridging the gap between health and housing has raised a $5.2M seed round co-led by Meridian Street Capital and Flare Capital Partners with participation from Chelsea Clinton’s Metrodora Ventures Wilshire Lane Capital, Chris Nassetta (Hilton CEO), Taylor Justice (Unite Us cofounder), and others. – Ounce Community Health Workers (CHW) currently serve more than 2,000 D.C. residents, helping them enroll in Medicaid, apply for energy assistance,

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Palliative Care: FAQs for State Policymakers

NASHP

Many state health policy leaders are interested in increasing access to palliative care so that people who are seriously ill can get needed care, including support for their caregivers, while avoiding costly, unwanted, or unnecessary care. Nearly half of the states have a palliative care taskforce or advisory council through state legislation. Just this year, six states — Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, and Washington — applied and were selected by NASHP to participate in a two-year lear

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News 10/6/23

HIStalk

Top News Workflow automation vendor Athelas acquires Commure and announces.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

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.

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Will Healthcare Let AI Fix The Slow-Motion Crisis of Physician Burnout?

HIT Consultant

Deepthi Bathina, CEO of RhythmX AI When I ask primary care physicians about their biggest problems today, they share the excruciating pain they experience as the American healthcare system pushes them towards administrative work rather than letting them focus on true patient care and clinical excellence. Some doctors described themselves as “square pegs in a round hole” for bridling under the system’s bureaucratic constraints.

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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 10/5/23

HIStalk

Registration is open and agendas have been published for the.

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16th Annual Bellwether League Foundation inducted Charlie Miceli into the Healthcare Supply Chain Hall of Fame

Patient Safety Movement

Charlie Miceli, C.P.M., represents one of healthcare supply chain’s iconic first movers in creative thinking and action by way of conceiving and trying new concepts and processes as an unofficial beta tester before they are rolled out to industry. From early versions of logistically designed information technology and advanced distribution methods to pandemic preparation and executive mentoring, Miceli’s adventurous career has stretched from the frontline trenches to the C-suite, leaving ribbons

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Jury Convicts Duo In $93 Million Medicare Home Health Fraud Scam

Home Health Care

A man and woman in Florida were convicted for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare by billing over $93 million for home health therapy services that were never provided. The conviction was brought down by a federal jury in Miami this week. The two people convicted — Karel Felipe and Tamara Quicutis — submitted false bills to Medicare for three home health companies located in Michigan from October 2016 to May 2019.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.