Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin revealed the state is filing a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Optum and Express Scripts for their role in the state's ongoing opioid epidemic | Arkansas says Optum and Express Scripts have not adequately protected consumers from the dangers of opioids, instead using their profits to grow into vertically integrated giants.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 25, 2024
Pharmacy benefit managers have largely avoided the brunt of public blame for the deadly opioid crisis. Arkansas’ lawsuit brings the drug middlemen back to the forefront of the controversy.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has released a concrete proposal for testing the quality of healthcare AI. | The Coalition for Health AI released a draft framework for assuring healthcare AI meets agreed-upon quality standards. The public will have 60 days to comment.
Healthcare It News
JUNE 25, 2024
Dr. Nele Jessel, athenahealth's CMO and Dr. Andrew Mellin, Surescripts' VP and CMIO, said that real-time prescription benefit data has helped patients avoid sticker shock, save money and pick up 8% more scripts across athena's prescribers.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. | The nation’s top doctor called on policymakers to consider gun safety measures such as bans on assault weapons and universal background checks for all firearm purchases.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 25, 2024
Providers pushed back against the disincentives, with the Medical Group Management Association calling them “unnecessarily punitive.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 25, 2024
Sanjeev Sah will take on the chief information security officer role at the North Carolina-based health system after more than three years at CommonSpirit Health.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
Healthcare financial and strategic advisory firm Kaufman Hall is being acquired by minority stakeholder Vizient, a healthcare data and improvement company. | Vizient has been a minority stakeholder since a 2021 strategic investment, in which the pair collaborated on their advisory offerings.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 25, 2024
For-profit hospitals represented an outsized potion of low grades on an index from the Lown Institute measuring equity, care value and patient outcomes.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
Mavida Health, a virtual mental health provider for parents, is introducing new offerings for LGBTQ+ patients. | The new offering will offer individual, group and couples therapy focused on queer family building and expands Mavida’s library of content and community resources.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 25, 2024
The case could have ripple effects across the country, where 25 states have similar laws on the books, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
How would you grade the healthcare industry for its cybersecurity practices? | SecurityScorecard has released its annual cybersecurity checkup on the top 500 healthcare companies. Given the massive disruptions to the industry from the Change Healthcare cyberattack earlier this year, the report aims to alert the industry to security threats it's observed in past months.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 25, 2024
What You Should Know: – Nestlé Health Science , a global leader in nutritional science, today announced the launch of glp-1nutrition.com , a web platform designed to support individuals on their weight management journey, particularly those using GLP-1 medications. – The launch of glp-1nutrition.com reflects their ongoing commitment to empowering healthier lives through targeted nutritional guidance.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
NeueHealth, formerly known as Bright Health, could receive as much as $150 million from Hercules Capital in a debt financing round. | NeueHealth, formerly Bright Health, has entered into another loan agreement, this time with Hercules Capital for up to $150 million.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 25, 2024
Shahar Cohen, CTO at Verix In a world full of options, companies need to compete on every prospect and existing customer. As the number of potential channels to reach customers increases, companies need to build strategies for interacting with the right customers, through the right channels, at the right time and with the right messages. Omnichannel marketing has emerged as an effective and efficient means for optimizing this customer engagement.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
Virtual care company eVisit has acquired tele-consult technology from UPMC to expand its telehealth capabilities at the bedside to serve health systems across ambulatory and inpatient care set | Virtual care company eVisit has acquired tele-consult technology from UPMC to expand its telehealth capabilities at the bedside to serve health systems across ambulatory and inpatient care settings.
Home Health Care
JUNE 25, 2024
The transition between hospital discharge and home health care is often fraught with issues. Unfortunately, it also happens to be one of the most crucial parts of a patient’s care journey. With more sick and complex patients coming into home health care than ever , a swift start of home health care is also arguably more important than ever. “When I’m talking about acuity creep, I’m thinking about how much need do the patients in our care models require?
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
Ascension is selling off its interest in a five-hospital subsidiary system in central Alabama to UAB Health System for about $450 million, the latter announced Tuesday. | The deal for Ascension St. Vincent's Health System is expected to close in the fall, pending regulatory approvals and a sign-off from the Catholic Church.
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Home Health Care
JUNE 25, 2024
The home-based kidney care provider Monogram Health has formed a partnership with Memorial Hermann Health System. The focus of the collaboration is to improve outcomes for patients with polychronic conditions. “Memorial Hermann Health is a well-known, well-established, leading system of population health and hospital-based care,” Dr. Aash Shah, chief growth officer of Monogram Health, told Home Health Care News.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 25, 2024
Despite major headwinds that still buffet the industry, deal volumes so far this year are largely consistent with those seen in 2023 and remain above pre-COVID levels, according to a new report.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 25, 2024
What You Should Know: – eVisit , a provider of virtual care solutions for health systems, announced a significant expansion today through a three-pronged approach: acquisition of UPMC’s inpatient teleconsult technology, strategic investments from UPMC Enterprises and MedStar Health , and the addition of key figures to its Clinical Advisory Board. – The strategic expansion solidifies eVisit’s leadership in the telehealth landscape, empowering healthcare systems to deliver
The Rand Blog
JUNE 25, 2024
Of particular concern to NATO leaders are mounting threats to the critical raw materials that alliance members need to sustain their militaries, defense industries, and wider economies. Given an uncertain geopolitical future ahead, NATO should move now to ensure the supply of critical materials.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.
NCQA
JUNE 25, 2024
Pride Month is a time to celebrate and uplift the LGBTQ+ community, learn about LGBTQ+ history and promote equality for LGBTQ+ people. In honor of Pride Month, NCQA’s LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group hosted a training for employees on gender-expansive allyship in the workplace. Being an ally is more than sharing gender pronouns—although that is an important first step.
Meditech
JUNE 25, 2024
Data empowers health systems, and we’re taking full advantage of that at Amberwell Health. As an integrated healthcare system in northeast Kansas, being open to progress upholds our mission to sustain and strengthen rural healthcare organizations. Maintaining a path to innovation relies on data as a guide, so we needed an efficient way to capture our collected metrics.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 25, 2024
What You Should Know: – A new study by Inovalon , a leader in healthcare data analytics, sheds light on racial and socioeconomic disparities in emergency department (ED) visits for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer. – The study, conducted in collaboration with Genentech , a member of the Roche Group , and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital , highlights the significant impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) on access to qualit
Home Health Care
JUNE 25, 2024
The Memory Care Innovation program is designed to recognize passionate and innovative industry members who are shaping the future of cognitive care across behavioral health, home health and home care, hospice and palliative care, senior housing, and skilled nursing. To see this year’s inaugural Memory Care Innovation Award winners, visit [link]. Darci Henry, Care Coach with Trualta, has been named a 2024 Memory Care Innovation Award Winner.
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.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 25, 2024
What You Should Know: – INVI MindHealth , a leading mental health technology company raises $1.5M in Series Seed funding round. This investment will fuel advancements in their mobile application, focusing on user experience and integrating expert content on various mental health topics and solutions. – Additionally, funds will be allocated to developing “Overwatch,” a robust dashboard tool designed to empower team leaders in monitoring and supporting their members’
Healthcare Highways
JUNE 25, 2024
According to the American Red Cross, drowning is the leading cause of death for children in the United States, with children under the age of 1 years of age more likely to d rown at home. Whether you are swimming at a local neighborhood pool, or having fun in the pool in the backyard, it’s important to remember these water safety tips.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 25, 2024
What You Should Know: – Proscia , a leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered pathology solutions, and Nucleai , a leading spatial AI biomarker company, announced a strategic partnership today. This collaboration aims to revolutionize precision medicine by integrating Nucleai’s advanced biomarker technology with Proscia’s Concentriq® software platform. – By harnessing the power of AI and digital pathology, this partnership offers the potential to fundamentally improv
HIStalk
JUNE 25, 2024
Top News HHS releases a final rule that establishes “disincentives”.
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.
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