Thu.Nov 16, 2023

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US outpaces other wealthy nations in cost-related care deferment, with wide gaps between income levels

Fierce Healthcare

Another international survey has painted Americans’ access to care in a poor light when compared to those living in other wealthy countries, particularly when looking at disparities in residents’ i | Nearly half of surveyed U.S. adults with average or lower incomes said they had a cost-related reason for skipping medical care during the prior 12 months, versus 29% of those with higher incomes.

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Top FDA official Woodcock to retire early next year

Health Care Dive

The 37-year veteran helmed the agency’s pandemic response, and was a key decision-maker in controversial calls on opioids, an Alzheimer's therapy and muscular dystrophy drugs.

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CMS tightening network adequacy standards for exchange plans

Fierce Healthcare

Beginning in 2025, health plans sold in state-run insurance exchanges would be required to meet time and distance standards that are at least as adequate as mandated on federal marketplaces, accord | State insurance exchanges would be required to meet the same standards as federal exchanges under a new rule by CMS on Wednesday.

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FDA-ordered report tackles how to manage cybersecurity risks of legacy devices

Health Care Dive

The report proposes multiple actions for protecting older medical devices, including research into more modular devices and collecting data on cyber risks.

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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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Mayo Clinic has brought in $1.3B across 2023's first 9 months

Fierce Healthcare

Mayo Clinic pulled in $302 million of operating income (6.8% operating margin) during the third quarter, raising the organization’s year-to-date up to $751 million (5.7% operating margin), accordin | A rock-solid 6.8% operating margin for the quarter came courtesy of continued strong demand, stabilizing workforce issues and a focus on performance improvement, leadership said.

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AI roundup: HEALWELL AI buys LLMs, Forward to roll out staffless health kiosks

Healthcare It News

Companies are expanding their reach with artificial intelligence through acquisitions, investments and government approvals on a near-daily basis. These are just some of the AI health tech announcements we're watching unfold this week. HEALWELL AI to acquire majority control of Pentavere HEALWELL AI debuted last month after partnering with WELL Health Technologies, which provides a digital healthcare operations platform, to launch AI-based decision support to advance early disease diagnosis

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CommonSpirit kicks off 2024 fiscal year with $738M loss

Health Care Dive

The nonprofit operator hopes that a California provider fee program, due to pay out later this fall, will lessen its losses.

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Humana: How value-based care can improve the patient, provider experience

Fierce Healthcare

Value-based care leads to a better patient experience — and a better experience for physicians, too, a new study from Humana shows.

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CMS proposes stricter network adequacy standards for plans in state-run ACA exchanges

Health Care Dive

Beginning in 2025, plans sold in state-based exchanges would be required to meet time and distance standards for provider access under a new rule proposed Wednesday.

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Navigating the sea of online healthcare tools with Solera Health

Fierce Healthcare

Solera Health is committed to changing people’s lives. | Advances in digital health solutions are certainly delivering benefits for patients. At the same time, payers and providers face challenges in the form of ever-expanding tech stacks. Dr. Byron Crowe, Chief Medical Officer at Solera Health, explains.

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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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Old Dogs and New Tricks: A Case for the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies

Bill Of Health

By Nerima Were and Allan Maleche Taking into account our experiences as human rights lawyers working in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, in this article we briefly analyze the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) and make a case for their utility in guiding State measures to prepare for, prevent, and respond to future pandemics consistently with international human rights law and standards.

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Advocating a Proactive, Preventative Approach to Mental Health

Fierce Healthcare

Preventative health is key to detecting health problems and intervening at earlier stages before other problems arise or treatment becomes more difficult. | 50 million Americans suffer from mental illnesses. More than half of them aren’t receiving the treatment they need. Here, Mary Lou Osborne from Ontrak Health discusses how payers and providers can work together to turn the tide.

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Evolving Clinical Decision Support: A Guide to Discovery-Driven Transformation in Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Dr. Sheila Bond, Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Healthcare is undergoing dramatic shifts, including increasing demands on caregivers, changes in care settings (particularly after the pandemic), and technology advancements, to name a few. These changes are influencing the way clinical decision support (CDS) resources and tools are designed and delivered.

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Curative: From COVID tester to health plan disruptor

Fierce Healthcare

Fred Turner and Curative have been on quite the journey since the entrepreneur founded the firm in 2020. | Fred Turner, Co-Founder and CEO of Curative, outlines the transition from a provider of COVID tests to pioneer in the corporate health plan space.

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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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Lawsuit Over UnitedHealth Group’s AI Strategy Corroborates Home Health Providers’ Convener Claims

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership A class action lawsuit has been filed against UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) in Minnesota. That lawsuit pertains to two issues that home health providers have long griped over: algorithms dictating care, and conveners’ role in between payers and providers. The lawsuit follows an investigation from STAT News , which alleged that UnitedHealth Group – through naviHealth – used algorithms to deny care for Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries, even aga

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Discussing the power of virtual solutions with TytoCare

Fierce Healthcare

With a decade of experience working at the state, federal, and commercial payer levels and a background in both strategy and digital programs, Elizabeth Hyatt is well-positioned to discuss the ever | Director of Payer Solutioning at TytoCare, Elizabeth Hyatt, is a firm believer in the power of virtual healthcare solutions to bring greater value to payers and their patients.

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How Standardizing Consumables Offers Hospitals Quick Wins for Cost Savings

PDC Healthcare

Health Systems Aim to Improve Efficiencies & Reduce Costs Consolidating vendors and standardizing products is a fundamental way for hospital supply chain professionals to achieve cost savings and improve efficiencies for their facilities. Health systems are working to reduce the number of vendors in an attempt to increase purchase volumes with their primary suppliers and […] The post How Standardizing Consumables Offers Hospitals Quick Wins for Cost Savings appeared first on connectID

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Pathway Raises $5M for AI-Powered Medical Knowledge Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Pathway , an AI-powered medical knowledge platform, has secured $5 million in seed funding to expand its solutions and address information overload for healthcare professionals. The seed funding was led by Yamaha Motor Ventures , with participation from Verge HealthTech Fund , existing investors Amplify Capital , BoxOne Ventures , and Formentera Capital.

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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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Visiting Nurse Health System CEO On DispatchHealth Partnership, Expanding Palliative Care

Home Health Care

Regulatory headwinds and other industry challenges haven’t stopped Visiting Nurse Health System from beefing up its toolbox and sharpening existing tools. The Atlanta-based Visiting Nurse Health System provides a variety of home-based care services to over 7,000 patients across Atlanta. In order to push the organization forward, there has been a focus on leveraging partnerships to give its patients additional layers of care.

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Hospitals Face Nursing Exodus as Contract Labor Band-Aid Fails

HIT Consultant

Taylor Davis MS Stat, MBA Cofounder and CEO at CareLuminate Linda Komisak RN Cofounder and COO at CareLuminate It is 2020. The world feels to be falling apart. Hospital leaders across the country face a daunting crisis. COVID-19 has put a strain on their care teams right at the moment when caregivers are needed most. The care team that is the most hands-on with care, which carries the brunt of direct care in hospitals, is the nursing staff.

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How Home Health Providers Can Make Clinicians Feel Less Alone When Delivering Care

Home Health Care

As home-based care patients become more complex, providers are finding ways to ensure that clinicians don’t feel alone. Specifically, providers have started to use data to solve those challenges, especially through decision support tools that improve work patterns. “These patients, when in the hospital, were on a floor with every specialist and every diagnostic 48 hours ago,” Jeffrey Sommer, chief quality officer and VP of clinical innovation at VNA Health Group, said at the National Association

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American Cancer Society and Color Health Partner to Provide Free Lung Cancer Screening

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Color Health have announced a new program to provide free lung cancer screening access to eligible individuals. – The program will make it easy for people to determine their eligibility, identify screening options, and get screened. The goal of the program is to increase the number of eligible Americans who get screened for lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

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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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Cholesterol Toolkit Targets #1 Cause of Death

NCQA

We’ve released a toolkit in English and Spanish to give patients, doctors and health systems information they need to lower bad cholesterol, improve cardiovascular care. CVD: What Quality Advocates Should Know Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the deadliest type of CVD.

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News 11/17/23

HIStalk

Top News VA CIO Kurt DelBene tells a House committee.

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Designing for Health: Interview with Margaret Lozovatsky, MD [Podcast]

Nordic

In 2013, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) officially recognized clinical informatics as a board-certified subspecialty. With this board certification, the ABPM raised informatics to the ranks of other subspecialties (such as addiction medicine and medical toxicology), and in doing so, made a statement: Informatics is not just a nice-to-have background for some physicians, but rather an invaluable role for any care team.

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Elsevier Health and OpenEvidence Partner to Unveil ClinicalKey AI

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Elsevier Health, a global leader in medical information and data analytics, has announced a strategic partnership with OpenEvidence , a company specializing in artificial intelligence for medicine, to develop ClinicalKey AI , a next-generation clinical decision support tool that combines the most recent and reputable evidence-based medical content with generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help physicians at the point of care. – The vast amount of complex

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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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Everything You Need to Know About Therapy Blogging

Etactics

Anxiety disorders are the most common medical condition in the United States. Thus, it’s safe to say that everyone experiences anxiety or stress at some point in their life and how you manage it makes all the difference. Oftentimes, mental health gets put on the backburner even during the toughest of seasons. The importance of prioritizing mental health is a large topic within the media, but are we putting those tips and tricks into practice when it counts most?

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Healthcare Embraces Generative AI: 70% of Organizations Actively Explore its Revenue Cycle Potential

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AKASA , a leading developer of AI-powered automation for the revenue cycle, released new survey results showing that more than 70 percent of healthcare organizations are actively considering the use of generative AI. – In the same survey of more than 250 CFOs and financial leaders at health systems and hospitals across the U.S., nearly 60% percent of respondents indicated they are actively considering these new technologies for their revenue cycle operations.

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Interview with AMOpportunities CEO Kyle Swinsky

Health Business Group

Kyle Swinsky , CEO and co-founder of AMOpportunities is my guest on this episode. His international upbringing and unique college experiences ignited a passion for global education, leading him to establish an innovative company that bridges the gap for international medical graduates seeking US rotations. AMOpportunities tackles head-on the pressing global issue of physician shortages.

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Forward Secures $100M to Expand AI-Powered Doctor’s Offices

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Forward , a leading AI-powered healthcare company, has announced $100M in growth capital to expand its network of Forward CarePods, self-service AI-powered doctor’s offices. This investment will fuel Forward’s mission to revolutionize healthcare by making it more accessible, affordable, and high-quality. – The funding round was led by Khosla Ventures , with participation from Founders Fund, Samsung Next, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Softbank

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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.