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HHS releases voluntary cybersecurity performance goals to beef up healthcare's digital defenses

Fierce Healthcare

The Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) has published voluntary cybersecurity performance goals tailored for healthcare organizations, the first move in the administration’s

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Elevance controls medical costs to $6B profit in 2023

Health Care Dive

The payer curbed the worst of medical cost growth last year, and expects to do the same in 2024 — an assumption one analyst called “aggressive” given persistent higher utilization among seniors.

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Instacart taps DispatchHealth to expand its reach to home care providers

Fierce Healthcare

Grocery delivery company Instacart notched another partnership with a care provider as it extends its reach into healthcare. | The company will work with in-home care provider DispatchHealth to enable providers to prescribe food interventions, much like traditional medications, right to patients' homes.

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Senator probes MA exchanges’ marketing tactics

Health Care Dive

The head of the Senate Finance Committee sent letters to several health insurance exchanges on Tuesday, as part of an inquiry into allegedly predatory Medicare Advantage marketing to seniors.

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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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Walgreens exploring sale of specialty pharmacy company Shields Health: media report

Fierce Healthcare

Walgreens is exploring a potential sale of its specialty pharmacy business Shields Health Solutions, just two-and-half years after it bought a majority stake in the business. | Walgreens is exploring a potential sale of its specialty pharmacy business Shields Health Solutions, just two-and-half years after it bought a majority stake in the business, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Humana posts big loss, dour outlook on Medicare Advantage cost spike

Health Care Dive

The health insurer’s stock plunged Thursday morning following its 2023 results, which fell startlingly short of Wall Street’s expectations.

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Congressmen press Steward Health Care over reports of ‘grave financial distress’

Health Care Dive

Lawmakers demanded the operator detail how it will "ensure the communities Steward’s hospitals serve are not abandoned" amid financial troubles.

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Federal officials trumpet record high ACA enrollment

Fierce Healthcare

More than 21.3 million people will be enrolled in an Affordable Care Act during this year's open enrollment period, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today. | Affordable Care Act enrollment has hit an all-time high, prompting federal officials to recognize its importance to the insurance marketplace today.

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Walgreens exploring sale of Shields Health Solutions: Bloomberg

Health Care Dive

The specialty pharmacy could be valued at more than $4 billion in a sale, but a deal might slow the healthcare segment’s drive toward profitability.

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Cleveland Clinic has 'ethical imperative' to build on 2023's 14M patient encounters, CEO says

Fierce Healthcare

Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., is promising his team a year of workforce development, physical security initiatives and sustainable growth amid an industry rife with risin | Despite 2023's tight 0.4% operating margin, CEO Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., told employees that the nonprofit system is prioritizing continued workforce investments and worldwide expansion.

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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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Marshfield Clinic to close Wisconsin hospice center due to ‘limited resources’

Health Care Dive

The announcement comes weeks after the financially troubled health system called off merger discussions with Duluth, Minnesota-based Essentia Health.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts delays controversial anesthesia policy

Fierce Healthcare

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts policy that was set to begin Jan. | The health plan said its delaying implementation of its new monitored anesthesia care policy, just one month after we reported on patient advocacy groups' concerns over the policy.

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A primer on brand-name prescription drug reimbursement in the US

Healthcare ECONOMIST

That is the title of a recent paper by Hernandez and Hung (2024). The article provides an excellent review of how drugs get reimbursed in the US and who the key players are. I provide an abbreviated summary below, but do read the full article. The players Manufacturers research, develop, and bring new drug products to market. Wholesalers act as distributors of drug products.

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Maven Clinic employees now have access to WellTheory's autoimmune disease care platform

Fierce Healthcare

WellTheory, a virtual care platform focused on autoimmune diseases, announced its first employer partnership with Maven Clinic. | WellTheory’s enterprise offering aims to help employers and payers address disease that keeps employees sick and costs high. Maven employees now have free access to WellTheory’s platform that offers evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle coaching to reduce autoimmune symptoms.

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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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Changing Payment Dynamics Are Forcing Home-Based Care Providers To Level Up In Value-Based Care

Home Health Care

Generally, staffing has taken the cake as the No. 1 issue home-based care providers are facing heading into any year. But, in 2024, changing payment dynamics have become a formidable rival to recruiting and retention concerns. When home-based care professionals were tasked with providing the “greatest challenge” facing them in the new year, 58% responded staffing.

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Elevance Health posts $856M in profit in Q4 earnings beat

Fierce Healthcare

Elevance Health beat the Street on both earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023, reporting $856 million in profit. | Elevance Health beat the Street on both earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023, reporting $856 million in profit.

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Leveraging Behavioral Science and AI Technology to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare

GoMoHealth

At GoMo Health, a core principle we uphold is the continuous improvement of personalized digital health management initiatives that actively address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This is exemplified by our recent recognition as a 2023 MarCom Gold Award winner in the Advertising/Marketing category for our 2023 campaign: Wellness Rising: Accelerating Healthcare Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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Ethics for AI in Health – A View From The World Health Organization

Health Populi

For health care, AI can benefit diagnosis and clinical care, address paperwork and bureaucratic duplication and waste, accelerate scientific research, and personalize health care direct-to-patients and -caregivers. On the downside, risks of AI in health care can involve incomplete or false diagnoses, inaccuracies and errors in cleaning up paperwork, exacerbate differential access to scientific knowledge, and exacerbate health disparities, explained in the World Health Organization’s (WHO)

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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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GoMo Health Wellness Rising Campaign Named 2023 MARCOM Gold Award Winner

GoMoHealth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2024 GoMo Health Shelley Schoenfeld, Chief Marketing Officer E-mail: sschoenfeld@gomohealth.com Phone: 732-484-9144 GoMo Health Wellness Rising Campaign Named 2023 MARCOM Gold Award Winner The award-winning healthcare engagement company beat out thousands of applicants for a Gold award in the “Marketing Campaign” category Asbury Park, NJ, January 24, 2024: GoMo Health, leader in digitally delivered patient engagement programs, is thrilled to announce receipt of

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Emory Healthcare Appoints Dr. Nitu Kashyap as Chief Health Informatics Officer

HIT Consultant

Dr. Nitu Kashyap, MD, FAMIA, Chief Health Informatics Officer at Emory Healthcare What You Should Know: Emory Healthcare has announced the appointment of Dr. Nitu Kashyap, MD, FAMIA, as its Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO), effective from February 5, 2024. In her new role, Dr. Kashyap will be responsible for overseeing technology projects spanning clinical disciplines to ensure alignment with Emory’s strategic goals in patient experience, care, teaching, and research.

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Healthcare AI News 1/24/24

HIStalk

News WHO publishes recommendations for governments on using AI for.

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Webinar:  The New Foreign Extortion Prevention Act – What It Means for US Companies

Triage Health Law

On Tuesday January 30, we hope you will join a seasoned team of former Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors for what will certainly be a robust a discussion on “the most consequential anti-foreign-bribery law passed in almost 50 years”: the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). Passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), FEPA allows the DOJ to prosecute foreign officials who demand or accept a bribe from a U.S. citizen or company.

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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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Unlocking Patient Insights with Conversational AI in Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Eric Prugh, Chief Product Officer at Authenticx Healthcare leaders should champion human-AI collaboration by having people work with AI to validate insights and develop engagement strategies. Organizations can — and should — implement conversational AI because it allows leaders to identify actionable areas of change and protects individuals’ privacy and identities.

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A Quest to Improve Perioperative Safety: Perspective from Uganda.

Patient Safety Movement

Over the past decade, surgery and anaesthesia have begun to take centre stage in the discussions around global health and solutions to the ever-increasing surgical burden of disease around the world are beginning to receive long overdue attention. The 68th World Health Assembly in 2015 recognized the importance of strengthening essential and emergency and surgical and anaesthesia care as a component of universal health coverage.

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Elevance Health Sees Provider Arm As Growth Driver In Near-Term Future

Home Health Care

Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) is going all-in on Carelon Services — the company’s provider services arm — as a future growth driver. “Carelon has, and will continue to add, attractive capabilities that we can scale rapidly and sustainably over the long term,” Elevance CEO Gail Boudreaux said during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call on Wednesday.

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$1 Billion in Hospital Financial Improvements | E. 98

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Lisa outlines how getting to the line-item details in purchased services was the key to early success, the ‘what-if’ questions that led to patents, and why hospitals should never settle for 10% in savings when digging deeper might lead to 25%. She also explains why letting the data speak takes the emotion out of vendor meetings, and why hospitals need to work with companies that will ‘’run after every dollar’’ of cost savings.

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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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Is Falling Asleep After Eating a Sign of Diabetes?

Healthcare Associates

Many people experience a slump in energy after a meal, and some may even become sleepy. But when is sleepiness after eating a cause for concern? When tiredness gets in the way of daily activities, it could point to a more serious medical condition. Explore how sleepiness can be linked to diabetes, what other symptoms to look for, and what else can cause someone to be tired after eating.

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Coral Care Secures $1.3M to Expand Access to In-Home Pediatric Developmental Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Coral Care , a digital health platform dedicated to enhancing access to pediatric developmental specialty care, has successfully secured $1.3 million in its latest funding round. With participation from Reach Capital, Greymatter Capital, Purpose Built Ventures, Hustle Fund, and various angel investors, the funding will support Coral Care’s expansion efforts across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and additional markets in late 2024.

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CMS Releases Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule

HKLaw

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule recently.

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AI, Copyright, and Open Science: Health Implications of the New York Times/OpenAI Lawsuit

Bill Of Health

By Adithi Iyer The legal world is atwitter with the developing artificial intelligence (“AI”) copyright cage match between The New York Times and OpenAI. The Times filed its complaint in Manhattan Federal District Court on December 27 accusing OpenAI of unlawfully using its (copyrighted and paywalled) articles to train ChatGPT. OpenAI, in turn, published a sharply-worded response on January 8, claiming that its incorporation of the material for training purposes squarely constitutes fair use.

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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.