Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction preventing the former head of Express Scripts from taking an executive role at CVS Health. | A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction preventing the former head of Express Scripts from taking an executive role at CVS Health.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 5, 2024
Sen. Ron Wyden said the agency’s approach to cybersecurity is inadequate, arguing for mandatory resiliency standards, periodic audits and technical support for providers.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
This week on "Podnosis," we explore therapeutic psychedelics. | This week on "Podnosis," we explore therapeutic psychedelics. Noah Tong from Fierce Healthcare sat down with Kim Chew, Senior Counsel at Husch Blackwell, to discuss the accessibility challenges in this promising but complex space.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 5, 2024
Based on the Oversight and Investigations hearing, political will in Congress seems slim to cut back the 340B program — without a clearer view of how hospitals are using the funds first.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
Novant Health and Community Health Systems (CHS) will be permitted to consummate their contested $320 million hospital deal, though the pair still face some regulatory uncertainty following the dea | U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell wrote that the two-hospital transaction has "at least as much likelihood of competitive benefits as it does competitive harm.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 5, 2024
New York's largest health system will expand its financial assistance policies following a review from the state attorney general.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, has released a major software update for its Home Smart Clinic. – The update includes a number of new features that are designed to make high-quality healthcare more accessible at scale for payers, providers, and patients. TytoCare Home Smart Clinic Update: Enhancing Virtual Healthcare Accessibility and Efficiency The recent update to TytoCare’s Home Smart Clinic introdu
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance's annual conference kicked off Wednesday in Washington, D.C. | The Digital Therapeutics Alliance, a trade group representing companies that provide therapy through software, hosts its annual conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss movements and learnings from the industry.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – Veterans across the United States can now access convenient, on-demand healthcare through VA Health Chat, following the platform’s national rollout across all Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs). – The multi-year initiative, facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), brings CirrusMD’s physician-first virtual care services to millions of Veterans.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
Telehealth company TytoCare has released a major update to its Home Smart Clinic software to benefit patients’ ability to access primary, specialty and urgent care across care networks and make the | A new software update to TytoCare virtual care products will broaden the provider pool for patients and allow them to collect vital signs at home before a telehealth visit.
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The Rand Blog
JUNE 5, 2024
In the recent India election, the ruling party performed worse than generally expected, losing its majority for the first time since 2014. Still, it is likely to return to power with enough seats among its alliance partner to earn a majority. While this sounds like a recipe for political instability, it need not be so.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 5, 2024
Why is it so hard to estimate the value of orphan drugs indicated for the treatment of rare diseases? There are a variety of reasons, but a scoping review by Grand et al. (2024) provides a nice summary of these issues. Key challenges include small sample sizes for nearly all parameters and lack of data overall. More specifically, key issues identified in the paper include: Natural history of disease : Unclear epidemiological data (e.g., incidence, prevalence), unclear disease trajectories, frequ
HIStalk
JUNE 5, 2024
News Researchers at George Mason University’s public health school create.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
From left to right – Adam Odessky and Cristian Pascual What You Should Know: – Mediktor , a provider of AI-powered healthcare solutions, announced today the acquisition of Sensely , a San Francisco-based innovator in conversational AI for patient engagement. – The strategic acquisition strengthens Mediktor’s global footprint, broadens its technology portfolio, and positions the combined entity as a major player in the AI-driven healthcare market.
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Nordic
JUNE 5, 2024
When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992, his political strategist, James Carville, hung a sign at campaign headquarters to keep the operation on message. The central reminder was that it’s “the economy, stupid.” In less flowery language, Mr. Carville emphasized that a bad economy was going to move voters; everything else might be important, but not essential.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – Nucleus RadioPharma , the world’s first comprehensive radiopharmaceutical organization, today announced the closing of an extended Series A funding round with the addition of new investor AstraZeneca. – The strategic investment bolsters Nucleus’ mission to make targeted radiotherapies and theranostics more accessible to patients worldwide.
HIStalk
JUNE 5, 2024
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – Eko Health , a leader in AI-powered early detection of heart and lung diseases, announced today a successful Series D financing round of $41 million. – This funding, led by ARTIS Ventures , Highland Capital Partners , NTTVC , and Questa Capital , will fuel Eko’s mission to expand access to its innovative platform in the U.S. and globally.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – HealthVerity , the leader in synchronizing transformational technologies and real-world data (RWD) to advance the science, today announced a partnership with AnalyticsIQ , the leading provider of predictive people-based data. – This partnership enables HealthVerity to provide clients with race and ethnicity insights on healthcare providers as an add-on to their Provider Diversity and Diagnosis Index (PDI) Masterset by leveraging AnalyticsIQ’s people-based ethn
Healthcare It News
JUNE 5, 2024
Healthcare companies and providers can now store HIPAA-protected data in the HubSpot customer relationship management platform to automate workflows, connect teams with closed-loop reporting and create campaigns with personalized information, the company said Tuesday. WHY IT MATTERS Support for storing sensitive data in HubSpot is now available globally with HIPAA-compliant tools available in public beta.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
What You Should Know: – AvaSure, a leader in acute virtual care, and CLEW Medica l, specializing in AI-driven clinical surveillance and predictive analytics, have partnered to enhance early detection of critical care patient deterioration, leading to quicker interventions, fewer complications, reduced readmissions, and lower mortality rates. – The CLEW intelligent clinical surveillance platform supports complex clinical decision-making by accurately anticipating patient deterioration
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Home Health Care
JUNE 5, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership As UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) work on a divestment strategy that will satisfy regulators, a lot hangs in the balance. For one, UnitedHealth Group and Optum’s deal for the home health and hospice provider Amedisys is one of the largest deals in the industry’s history, only trailing Optum’s deal for Amedisys’ peer, LHC Group, last year.
Vie Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
Episode Introduction Justin explains why the key to a successful podcast is consistency, how the pandemic masked issues with supply chain workforce shortages, and how silos in healthcare hold people – and organizations – back. He also explains why competition makes people fearful of social media, provides key tips to getting started and explains why ‘’chasing the money’’ will always leave you dissatisfied.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 5, 2024
Dr. Ahzam Afzal, Co-Founder and CEO, Puzzle Healthcare Post-acute care facilities for years have been preparing for the impact that value-based purchasing (VBP) programs would have. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 put providers on notice that quality of care measures, like reducing hospital readmissions and improving patient outcomes, would take precedence over fee-for-service models.
Home Health Care
JUNE 5, 2024
New York has always been a challenging operating environment for Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS). Thus, it came as no surprise when the company announced the sale of its personal care business in that market , as well as its fiscal intermediary services for the state’s consumer-directed care program. On Wednesday, the Addus leadership team shed more light on the factors that led to this decision during a discussion at Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference.
Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA
Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
Health Populi
JUNE 5, 2024
“The greatest opportunity offered by AI is not reducing errors or workloads, or even curing cancer: it is the opportunity to restore the precious and time-honored connection and trust,” Dr. Eric Topol wrote in his 2019 book, Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. In the five years since Dr. Topol looked for AI to bolster the human-touch in health care, we’ve lived, worked, and muddled our way through the COVID-19 pandemic and witnessed the growing epidemic of
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
A fiscal year 2025 spending bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) passed 209-197, with all but four Democrats voting against the legislation over provisions they oppose, including one re | House Republicans barreled ahead with a Veterans Affairs spending bill that most Democrats agree is unacceptable due to provisions on abortion access and gender-affirming care.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 5, 2024
The Right to Contraception Act did not pass on Wednesday, with Senate Republican senators rejecting the option to codify contraception access. | The Right to Contraception Act failed on Wednesday, as Democrats hoped to put distance between themselves and Republicans on the issue.
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