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Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker—Sirona Medical picks up $42M; Alloy banks $16M for menopause care

Fierce Healthcare

At Fierce Healthcare, we keep track of all the venture capital being funneled into the health tech and digital health industries. | Beta Bionics landed $60 million for diabetes management solutions, Medicaid startup Diverge Health picked up $52 million backed by GV and TailorMed secured $40 million for its patient financial assistance platform. Check out other recent funding rounds.

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How Your Value Proposition Helps Increase Patient Volume and Revenue

Healthcare Success

Your value proposition is more than just a catchy phrase —it’s a vital tool that piques interest, communicates your brand identity, and compels consumers to book an appointment. And, it can increase patient volume and revenue. Here’s why: Your value proposition is, at its foundation, an essential component of your brand messaging. A quick primer: Your Tagline A concise, memorable statement that explains what your organization stands for.

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Legislators urge DOJ to investigate PBMs for potential role in opioid epidemic

Fierce Healthcare

A group of legislators is calling on the Department of Justice to dig into whether pharmacy benefit managers played a role in the opioid epidemic. | A group of legislators is calling on the Department of Justice to dig into whether pharmacy benefit managers played a role in the opioid epidemic.

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Behavioral health access still poses challenge

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Patient Access Health and Wellness Behavioral health Population and Public Health Quality Care Care Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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M&A or affiliation improved rural hospitals' margins, reduced risk of closure: report

Fierce Healthcare

Nearly half of rural hospitals moved out of the high-risk category after a merger, acquisition or affiliation with a larger system, a new analysis has found. | The analysis, conducted by healthcare consulting firm Dobson DaVanzo, found that among 110 rural hospitals that closed between 2011 and 2021, more than half were standalone hospitals without support from larger systems.

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VillageMD CEO Tim Barry steps down

Health Care Dive

Barry has left VillageMD during a difficult time for the value-based medical group, which has dragged down the finances of majority owner Walgreens.

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Express Healthcare Staffing is the key to building exceptional patient care and compliance

Health Care Dive

As the demand for healthcare services surges, new solutions are necessary to meet worker demand.

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Veradigm launches AI scribe for small and independent practices

Fierce Healthcare

Veradigm has launched an ambient AI scribe powered by AvodahMed to allow practitioners to save time generating patient encounter notes and reduce provider burnout. | AvodahMed and Veradigm worked closely to integrate the scribe into Veradigm's EHR solutions to maximize the time savings of the technology.

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Transforming payer operations through real-time clinical data exchange

Health Care Dive

Discover how real-time clinical data exchange enhances payer operations, care quality and efficiency.

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ConcertAI Expands its AI-Enhanced Clinical Capabilities in Medical Imaging

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – ConcertAI, the leader in predictive and generative AI SaaS and DaaS Solutions for healthcare and life sciences, today announced a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud version of TeraRecon’s AI-enabled portfolio of advanced visualization (AV) and generative AI modules for clinical workflows. – This is a milestone in making the best-in-class solution more accessible to healthcare providers, and brings together Intuition Advanced Visualization, Eureka Clinical AI,

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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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Hospices owned by private equity firms underperform nonprofit facilities, study says

Health Care Dive

The JAMA study comes as federal regulators scrutinize private equity’s role in healthcare.

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RNSA: GE HealthCare Unveils Aurora SPECT/CT: A New Era in Precision Imaging

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – GE HealthCare has announced the launch of Aurora, a revolutionary dual-head SPECT/CT system designed to enhance diagnostic capabilities and improve patient care. – Unveiled at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2024 Annual Meeting, Aurora offers advanced features and AI-powered solutions to support precision medicine and personalized care.

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Addus Closes $350 Million Deal For Gentiva’s Personal Care Assets

Home Health Care

Addus HomeCare Corp. (Nasdaq: ADUS) has completed its acquisition of Gentiva’s personal care assets. The deal will significantly bolster Addus’ footprint in certain states, and also allow the company to enter other states for the first time. In a press release, Addus noted that the $350 million deal was funded through a combination of cash on hand and the company’s existing revolving credit facility.

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Siemens Healthineers Adopts NVIDIA’s MONAI Deploy for Faster AI Deployment

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Siemens Healthineers , a global leader in medical technology, has adopted NVIDIA MONAI Deploy to accelerate integrating AI workflows into its Syngo Carbon and syngo.via enterprise imaging platforms. – NVIDIA’s MONAI platform is revolutionizing the field of medical imaging by accelerating the development and deployment of AI applications.

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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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Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 3, 2024

HKLaw

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector.

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What All Healthcare IT Leaders Must Understand About the Kaiser Permanente Breach

HIT Consultant

Simon Wijckmans, CEO and founder of c/side Of the many, many facets of healthcare-industry cybersecurity that IT leaders must be aware of, browser-side attacks and data leaks have particularly high potential to blindside an organization. Just ask leading healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente, which recently suffered a gargantuan data breach compromising the sensitive personal information of 13.4 million past and present insurance holders.

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HIPAA Tidings: A Look at OCR's Recent Enforcement Actions

HKLaw

This Holland & Knight alert reviews recent HHS Office of Civil Rights enforcement actions and evaluates several points for companies to consider as a year-end review of HIPAA compliance.

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RNSA: Nonin Medical Launches First FDA-Cleared OTC Fingertip Pulse Oximeter for Accurate Readings Across Skin Tones

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Nonin Medical , a global leader in noninvasive medical monitoring lauches TruO2 OTC, the first over-the-counter (OTC) fingertip pulse oximeter to receive FDA clearance. This innovative device is designed to provide accurate blood oxygen saturation readings for adults across all skin tones, empowering individuals to make informed healthcare decisions. – Nonin Medical’s founder, Phil Isaacson, was the original inventor of the fingertip pulse oximeter.

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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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Climate Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa: The Urgent Need for Intersectional Approaches in Climate Change Policy and Governance

Bill Of Health

Photo credit: @wambuigichobi | SMA A Masai woman raises her fist as other women leaders look on at COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt during one of the debriefs by the Women and Gender Constituency. by Faith Lumonya , Esther Wambui , and Eunice Musiime As global temperatures rise and the frequency of extreme weather events — such as floods, droughts, and heat waves — increases, climate change poses a growing threat to the progress of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

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State Strategies to Strengthen the Perinatal Health Care System

NASHP

Adverse pregnancy outcomes can have significant and long-term effects on maternal, infant, and child health beyond pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period. In the U.S. there are stark disparities in maternal mortality, with Black women 2.6 times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related causes compared to non-Hispanic White women. Structural and social factors contribute to disparate maternal health outcomes, such as limited access to health care, income and economic insecurity, food in

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Home Care Company Sues New York, Calls CDPAP Fiscal Intermediary Selection Process A ‘Sham’

Home Health Care

The saga involving New York’s self-directed home care program has taken yet another turn. Last week, a home care company that was not chosen to be the fiscal intermediary for the program moving forward sued the state, alleging that the selection process was rigged. The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) has cost the state a lot of money in recent years, which led New York Gov.

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State Strategies to Addressing Maternity Care Deserts

NASHP

In addition to stark disparities in maternal health outcomes , the U.S. is seeing a rise in the number of maternity care deserts nationwide. Between 2006 and 2020, more than 400 maternity wards closed across the country in both rural and urban areas, with more closures reported in subsequent years. As of 2024, over half of U.S. counties do not have a hospital that provides maternity care, leaving over 2 million women of reproductive age living in a maternity care desert.

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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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How to Save 500+ Staff Hours With Online Scheduling

Clearwave Inc

Reading Time: 4 minutes Online scheduling solutions are meant to put the power in your patients’ hands, giving them the convenience to book their appointments in seconds. While these solutions aim to help practices increase acquisition and meet patients where they are, when done right, the most powerful self-scheduling solutions also reduce staff workflows and improve booking accuracy.

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Mission Bio and University of Miami Collaborate on Multiple Myeloma Research

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Mission Bio , a leader in single-cell multiomics solutions for precision medicine, today announced a collaboration with Dr. C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, head of one of the world’s leading myeloma computational and translational research laboratories. -Dr. Landgren’s team, including Dr. David Coffey and Dr. Benjamin Diamond, at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, will work together to generate clinical data sets using Mission Bio’s Tapestri

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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 12/2/24

HIStalk

This weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the debut.

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GCEA Value Flower: Summary and A Path Forward

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Meng Li (2024) has a nice summary of the generalized cost effectiveness analysis (GCEA) user guide paper (see Shafrin et al. 2024 ) that was published last month. The GCEA methodology encompasses 15 ‘petals’ across four domains. The uncertainty domain captures how risk aversion and uncertainty in treatment outcomes impact value, including aspects such as outcome certainty, disease risk reduction and the value of knowing.

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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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Morning Headlines 12/3/24

HIStalk

CoachCare Acquires Revolution Health Solutions, Marking Its Sixth Acquisition Remote.

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Bridging The Divide: Addressing The Unique Challenges Of Rural Home Health Care Access

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Living in an urban area typically offers greater access to a wider range of home care services than living in a rural area. Urban residents generally have more choices regarding providers and facilities, while those in rural areas face challenges such as longer travel distances, limited provider availability and potential concerns about the quality of care.

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How World AIDS Day 2024 Can Inform Healthcare in 2025

Health Populi

December 1 2024 was World AIDS Day , which was observed by the Biden White House with the display of the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt on the South Lawn — all 54 tons of it. The Biden-Harris Administration announced efforts , in advance of World AIDS Day, to continue to fight HIV/AIDS “at home and abroad.” The press release for the effort noted that, ”We remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses—honoring their courage and contributions as essential to the progress m