Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Days before the 2024 presidential election, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an unpublished version of the final calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule final rule | Digital therapeutics, telehealth, rural heath clinics and opioid treatment programs all got updates in the final 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule, but CMS was limited by its statutory authority to make many substantial changes to digital health policy.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Physicians will see their Medicare reimbursement fall 2.9% next year if Congress doesn’t stop the cuts. Meanwhile, reimbursement for hospital outpatient departments is rising 2.9%.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How does a multiday mass gathering affect the local concentration of diseases like COVID-19? | Verily is working with the Las Vegas water treatment agency, water authority and health department to monitor the local wastewater for eight different pathogens. The pilot project was timed around the HLTH conference, with daily testing happening from one week before to one week after.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Unlock better patient outcomes by identifying and closing critical gaps in 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

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-Louisiana, and Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, published a policy paper advocating to impose site-neutral Medicare payments on hospitals. | The lawmakers argue that site-neutral Medicare payment reform would lead to lower healthcare costs for patients and save taxpayer dollars. However, hospital groups were quick to slam the proposal.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The payer joins several other insurers suing federal regulators over the 2025 quality ratings, which Elevance argues will cost it at least $375 million in bonus payments and rebates.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Tarver is taking over as director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health as the regulator grapples with questions around artificial intelligence in medical devices and racial bias in pulse oximeters.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Spending on GLP-1s in Medicaid has followed broader industry trends, growing significantly over the past several years, according to KFF.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

There’s no doubt that AI and GenAI can speed up healthcare innovation. But before organizations can jump into the future, it’s crucial to understand the benefits – and the risks – of advanced technology.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Yigal Rozenberg, SVP Technology, Protegrity The healthcare IT sector faces significant challenges in ensuring the security and privacy of sensitive patient information. Healthcare organizations are navigating an increasingly complex array of threats, from physical security breaches to sophisticated cyberattacks. The importance of a comprehensive approach to security cannot be overstated, as it involves integrating physical, procedural, and technological measures to protect patient data and maint

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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

The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Taking steps to prevent and prepare for violence always makes sense, but it should not be viewed as a suggestion that the United States is on the brink of civil war.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

What You Should Know: – Cerebral, Inc. , an online mental healthcare provider, has entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York to pay more than $3.6M to resolve allegations that it engaged in practices that facilitated the unauthorized distribution of controlled substances from 2019 to 2022. – Founded in 2020, Cerebral offers telehealth services aimed at providing mental health treatment, including medication man

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Cost effectiveness analyses (CEA) aim to examine how a new health technologies impact health outcomes and costs over a patient’s lifetime. While extrapolating long-run health benefits and measuring potential cost offsets are important, another important item to estimate is how the cost of the new health technology is likely to evolve over times.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

What You Should Know: – Volpara Health , a global leader in cancer detection software, has been awarded a significant contract with the U.S. Defense Health Agency (DHA) valued at $7.3M over five years. – The contract will deploy Volpara’s Patient Hub™ across the DHA’s military health system, modernizing breast cancer screening and patient management for active-duty military personnel, retirees, and their families.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“This must be cancer.” That’s what I thought when I was hospitalized for a second time in two months. One month prior, I was hospitalized with diverticulitis, which was treated with strong intravenous antibiotics. Then I found myself back in the hospital. This time, it was worse than diverticulitis. I had never been so sick in my life. The abdominal pain was unbearable, and the diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting were continuous.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

What You Should Know: – Philips , a global leader in health technology, has announced a significant milestone in treating peripheral artery disease ( PAD ) by enrolling the first patient in the U.S. THOR IDE clinical trial. – The study is set to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new catheter developed by Philips, which uniquely combines laser atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy into a single device.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Medicare-certified home health agencies are increasingly facing ownership changes, raising concerns about health care spending, workforce and quality of care. The study by researchers at the University of Texas Health in Houston examined whether a change in ownership was associated with different quality-of-care outcomes, patient volume and staffing levels.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

What You Should Know: – With this partnership, patients across Pinnacle Fertility’s 40+ locations gain access to the Berry Fertility app, that will enhance the patient experience by providing access to critical resources, education and care management. – Pinnacle Fertility will also be the first reproductive center to adopt Berry Fertility’s transformative provider software and technology, which uses advanced mobile and AI to automate routine clerical work and reduce administrative b

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Last week, the wait for the CY 2025 home health final payment rule finally came to end. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a rule that included a 0.5% increase to 2025 home health payments, updates to the Conditions of Participation, as well as changes to Low-Utilization Payment Adjustments (LUPAs) and OASIS.

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HIStalk

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Every year when the leaves begin their fall color change,

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Clearwave Inc

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes As healthcare continues to evolve, so do the challenges in maintaining clear, consistent, and timely communication with patients. From missed appointments to inadequate procedure preparation, these issues can significantly impact both patient outcomes and practice efficiency. Enter Gastroenterology Patient Communications Software, a game-changing solution designed to bridge the communication gap between providers and patients.

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HIStalk

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Rethinking Specialty Care in the Shift to Value-Based Care: Getting.

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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.

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

What You Should Know: – Komodo Health , a leading healthcare technology company, has announced the recipients of its 2024 Diet-Related Health (DRH) grants. – The program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) , provides researchers with free access to Komodo’s Healthcare Map™ , a vast repository of de-identified patient data, to study the impact of diet on health outcomes.

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Center for Health Progress

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The concept of strengths-based leadership has been popular for several years now. The basic idea of a strengths-based approach is that instead of spending time hand wringing over how to improve areas of weakness for you, people you manage, or others on your team, you focus on building up your/their strengths. When I was finally diagnosed with ADHD last Spring, I felt that it was important to get coaching around how to structure my life in a way that’s supportive of how my brain works rather than

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The continued evolution of the substance use crisis — including the increasing role of fentanyl, stimulants, and other substances in overdose deaths — poses heightened political and policy challenges for states. Despite increased attention and investments related to the opioid crisis, and evidence of recent declines nationally, overdose deaths remain a leading cause of mortality across the U.S.

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NCQA

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Measurement-based care isn’t working well in behavioral health care. We can fix it by improving the measures we use. By Carl Feinstein, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Trayt Health A major limitation in the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral health disorders is the absence of objective biomarkers to measure treatment status. Physical medicine is quite different: Clinicians measure the effectiveness of diabetes treatment by testing a person’s blood glucose levels; hypertension can be monitored thro

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Disaster resilience strategies must integrate AI and green infrastructure with a focus on rebuilding trust through transparent, unified narratives that guide communities in understanding risks and empowering them to act.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

WTWH Healthcare is proud to announce the inaugural Prism Awards , honoring individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exemplary achievements in the areas of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB); Environmental Sustainability; and Social Stewardship. The following industries are eligible for the inaugural Prism Awards: Behavioral Health Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) Home Health & Home Care Home Medical Equipment (HME) Hospice & Palliative Care Memory Care Senior H

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HIStalk

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Telehealth Company Cerebral Agrees to Pay Over $3.6 Million in.

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

On October 4, a divided European Union voted to impose new tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles. Tariffs risk becoming less effective if they are not accompanied by measures that create the conditions for European automakers to be more competitive with their Chinese counterparts.

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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.

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