Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What began as a dispute between two health tech companies over healthcare data exchange practices has now led to a federal lawsuit alleging antitrust violations. | Venture-backed health tech company Particle Health filed an antitrust lawsuit against Epic in the Southern District of New York alleging that the electronic health records giant is trying to muscle out competition in the payer platform market.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Pieces Technologies made deceptive claims about the accuracy of its documentation products. Pieces denied any wrongdoing.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It's not a secret that navigating the healthcare system is complicated, and the UnitedHealthcare team has rolled out a tool backed by artificial intelligence that aims to make it easier for members | It's not a secret that navigating the healthcare system is complicated, and the UnitedHealthcare team has rolled out a tool backed by artificial intelligence that aims to make it easier for members to shop around.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The healthcare setting presents unique challenges to staffing, and the need for skilled professionals is only growing. Keep pace with your workforce development strategy.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Ambient AI company Nabla has launched its clinical note-taking solution in 31 new languages including four of the top five international languages spoken in the U.S.—Mandarin, Russian, Po | Nabla now offers a slew of languages which a provider can select to take notes during a patient visit. While patients can receive a summary in their language of choice, clinical notes are documented in English, per U.S. regulations.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

AI’s role in healthcare is to give back time while still ensuring that day-to-day tasks are efficiently completed. It is not just about trying out the newest tech; it’s about bringing the heart back to healthcare and putting people first.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The restructuring should save the Rhode Island-based health system $6 million over the next fiscal year, according to Lifespan president and CEO John Fernandez.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Patients are receiving less access to Medicare-certified home health care in recent years, according to a new data analysis. The data analysis – which comes from the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) and CareJourney by Arcadia – examines Medicare home health fee-for-service claims from 2022 through 2023, in order to determine access to care, and how it has been impacted by payment rate cuts.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Particle alleges electronic health record vendor Epic used its position as a “monopolist” to prevent competition in the payer market.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In the U.S., health insurance premiums are tax deductible–if paid through out of pocket expenses–but out-of-pocket expenses are not. However, there are exceptions to this rule. These include two often-used tax-favored accounts: Flexible savings accounts (FSA). These accounts allow employees to set aside a portion of their pretax income to cover qualified medical expenses; however, if the employee does not use these funds by the end of the year, they are forfeited.

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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

Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Communicating is easy, right? By age 4 or 5, children can express their feelings, use adult grammar and tell stories that stay on topic.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In August, Comfort Keepers was fined $500,000 and forced to remove language from its contracts restricting caregivers from accepting positions with home care clients up to one year after terminating employment. That contract language, dubbed a non-solicitation agreement, is a widely used clause in home care contracts to protect providers’ businesses.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Older medical devices with unsupported software pose cybersecurity threats that regulators and industry are struggling to solve. Here are four steps experts say can help mitigate risks.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – Particle Health , a company specializing in aggregating and delivering actionable patient data, has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Epic Systems Corporation. – The lawsuit accuses Epic of abusing its dominant position in the electronic health records (EHR) market to hinder competition in the burgeoning payer platform market.

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Healthcare Highways

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The U.S. Fire Administration has reported 1,403 home fire deaths so far in 2024. Every year, Fire Prevention Week serves as a reminder of the importance of fire safety in our homes. Observed in October, the campaign is designed to educate the public on how to prevent fires and what to do if one occurs. This year’s theme focuses on a critical lifesaving device, the smoke alarm.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Implementing child-access-prevention laws effectively reduces youth gun violence and should be a priority for policymakers to prevent future tragedies. Holding parents culpable could deter some gun violence if it leads more parents to rethink giving their children unsupervised access to firearms.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership BrightSpring Health Services completes Haven Hospice acquisition BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) announced earlier this month that it has finalized its $60 million acquisition of the assets of North Central Hospice and Haven Medical Group, which collectively make up Haven Hospice. The deal was first announced in June , and was finalized as of Sept. 1.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – Philips and Jackson Health System have released the findings of a collaborative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) demonstrating the substantial sustainability benefits of transitioning to Philips’ next-generation monitoring solutions. – The study, conducted at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson North Medical Center, and Jackson South Medical Center, revealed a significant reduction in carbon emissions and waste, showcasing the potential for patient monitoring

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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.

Healthcare Highways

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Established in 2022, National Women’s Health & Fitness Day is held yearly on the last Wednesday of September. This day is a reminder that men and women ha ve specific needs when it comes to health , and the myths and old wives' tales about women’s fitness are proven wrong.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – DexCom, Inc., the global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring, and Beyond Type 2 , a non-profit organization, are joining forces with actress Retta to launch the first-ever National Glucose Awareness Week. – Taking place from September 23-29, 2024, this initiative aims to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding glucose health and empower individuals to take control of their well-being.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

At NASHP’s 2024 conference in Nashville, Amplifying Sound Health Policy , the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare emerged as an opportunity and a concern for state health policy leaders. Moderated by Dan Gorenstein , panelists Jessica Altman , Paige Nong , Micky Tripathi , and Senator Bo Watson emphasized the need for proactive discussions on AI’s role in health care delivery and administration, ensuring its use fosters public trust and comfort.

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Nordic

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Learn how Lawrence General Hospital partnered with Nordic to achieve significant financial gains through strategic revenue cycle management and cost reduction initiatives.

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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.

HKLaw

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – The veterinary profession is facing a crisis of burnout, with 86% of veterinarians reporting severe stress levels. One of the compounding issues includes a frequently overlooked culprit: spending hours writing medical records. – Scribenote , an AI-powered medical scribe for veterinarians, has raised $8.2M in seed funding to tackle this problem head-on.

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Baird Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

For those in the trenches, the healthcare skills gap likely comes as no surprise. You’re well aware of the positions you’re struggling to keep filled and the challenges you’re facing in finding and retaining top talent. But the situation is a bit more nuanced than we typically discuss. It’s not that there aren’t enough people to fill open roles. It’s that the people who may be available often don’t have the skills we need to fill them.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Sridhar Yerramreddy, CEO of Steer Health Staffing shortages and rising costs leave ERs in chaos and even force some hospitals to shut down money-losing emergency departments altogether. Chaotic or closed emergency rooms not only cost lives but cut off a pipeline of new patients that provide income for hospitals and jobs for specialist physicians. The main driver behind ER chaos and expense is a nationwide shortage of trained doctors and nurses.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Introduction Changing payment from traditional fee-for-service to reformed-payment approaches that promote large-scale delivery reform to meet specific health outcomes requires substantial investment in infrastructure at the state level. The extent of investment needed depends on the state’s size, scope of reform, and resources already available. NASHP interviewed three states, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Vermont, that have designed and implemented large-scale payment and delivery system reform.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – Mendel AI, a leader in clinical AI, announced the general availability of its groundbreaking Hypercube Platform natively on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. – The integration offers healthcare organizations a powerful tool to transform fragmented data into actionable clinical insights, driving advancements in research, operations, and patient outcomes.

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HKLaw

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

CMS on Sept. 20, 2024, released the Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Final Rule.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – Hippocratic AI , a pioneer in developing safety-focused Large Language Models (LLMs) for healthcare, announced today that it has received a significant investment from NVentures , the venture capital arm of NVIDIA. – The $17M investment, backed also by Greycroft and Leo Shapiro of 7Wire Ventures , adds to Hippocratic AI’s recent Series A round, bringing the total funds raised to an impressive $137M.

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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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