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Microsoft unveils new healthcare AI tools

Health Care Dive

The products include a service that helps healthcare organizations build their own AI agents that could be used for appointment scheduling, clinical trial matching and patient triage.

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Widespread IV fluid shortages have providers starting to cancel procedures, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Intravenous fluid shortages appear to be affecting the majority of the nation’s healthcare providers, who as a result are already beginning to cancel procedures, survey data published Thursday show | Premier said 86% of its provider members are reporting shortages, and more than half have less than 10 days supply on hand. Respondents also said they were beginning or considering procedure cancellations, and have begun receiving solicitations from "unapproved, gray market suppliers.

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Baxter ups IV fluid allocations amid supply shortages

Health Care Dive

As hospitals around the U.S. report IV fluid shortages, Baxter has increased supply allocations for direct customers and distributors. It plans to return to 90% to 100% allocation of certain supplies by the end of 2024.

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Medicare Advantage star ratings dip slightly once again in 2025

Fierce Healthcare

Just 40% of Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans offered in 2025 achieved a score of four stars or higher, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed Oct. 10. | It's harder than ever for Medicare Advantage plans to score well on star ratings. Here's how they performed for 2025.

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Fertility Benefits Playbook: How HR Leaders Are Delivering Value in 2025

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Fertility benefits have become a crucial component of employee well-being and retention strategies. In today’s competitive landscape, creating a fertility benefits program that aligns with both employee needs and organizational goals can be more complex than it seems. From cycle-based to flat-dollar and telehealth models, each solution offers unique advantages and challenges that directly affect employee satisfaction and financial well-being.

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UnitedHealth, CVS push to remove FTC Chair Lina Khan from PBM case

Health Care Dive

Attorneys argue Khan and two other commissioners are biased against pharmacy benefit managers and should recuse themselves from an ongoing lawsuit against the middlemen.

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When managing a healthcare practice, what’s the value of prevention?

Health Care Dive

Here are the legal issues providers need to know as litigation increases around healthcare fraud and abuse, according to two experts.

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Suki banks $70M to build out AI assistants for doctors, expands health system partnerships

Fierce Healthcare

Suki, a voice-assistive AI and medical scribe tool, secured $70 million in fresh funding to build out its AI assistant technology for doctors and hospitals. | Suki, a voice-assistive AI and medical scribe tool, secured $70 million in fresh funding to build out its AI assistant technology for doctors and hospitals.

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Driving patient-centered digital maturity

Healthcare It News

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True change 'requires investment': Healthcare leaders react to new $250M Gates fund for women's health

Fierce Healthcare

Melinda French Gates has announced a $250 million fund to improve women’s mental and physical health. | Action for Women’s Health will fund nonprofit organizations globally working to improve women’s mental and physical health. Awards will range from $1 million to $5 million, to be announced by the end of 2025.

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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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Hurricane Milton disrupts infrastructure, could trigger more hospital evacuations in Florida

Health Care Dive

While Florida hospitals largely withstood the worst of the hurricane’s impacts, disruptions to public services could result in more patient transfers in the coming days.

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Florida hospitals, EDs work to reopen ahead of post-Milton patient rush

Fierce Healthcare

With Hurricane Milton now having passed through Florida and out to the Atlantic, reports are trickling in on the damages healthcare providers weathered from winds and flooding. | Though the overnight storm "was not the worst-case scenario," 165 healthcare facilities reported power outages Thursday morning. Health systems are coordinating transfers and reopenings ahead of an expected influx of patients.

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Fewer than 1 in 5 employer-sponsored plans cover GLP-1s for weight loss

Health Care Dive

While employers footed the bill for health plan price increases in 2024, they were largely unwilling to give employees access to popular weight loss drugs.

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Payer Roundup—Insurers unveil 2025 MA plans; Harris proposes in-home care coverage for seniors

Fierce Healthcare

Below is a roundup of payer-centric news headlines you may have missed during the month of October 2024. | In this month's payer roundup, more Medicare Advantage plans are previewing their 2025 footprint, presidential candidate Kamala Harris rolls out her in-home senior care plan through Medicare and New York signs new health insurance bills into law.

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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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Suki raises $70M to expand healthcare AI scribe

Health Care Dive

The Series D round will allow the startup to speed new product development, invest in commercial initiatives and add to its leadership team.

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CBO: Covering anti-obesity drugs could cost Medicare $35B by 2034

Fierce Healthcare

Allowing Medicare to cover anti-obesity medications would drive up federal spending by about $35 billion on net between 2026 and 2034, CBO estimates.

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Unlocking next-generation AI capabilities with healthcare AI models

Cloud Blogs

Learn more about how Microsoft is enhancing healthcare with data and responsible AI. Read the latest Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare announcements. Existing language models have revolutionized how we interact and use powerful AI models for text-based use cases in healthcare. But the practice of modern medicine is chiefly multimodal. Effectively assessing the complete picture of patient health requires moving beyond medical text comprehension to sophisticated AI models capable of integrating and a

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Suki Raises $70M to Advance AI-Powered Solutions for Healthcare

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Suki , a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare raises $70M in new funding, bringing its total funding to $165M. – The investment, led by Hedosophia with significant participation from Venrock and existing investors, will fuel Suki’s continued growth and product development, solidifying its position as a leader in AI-driven healthcare solutions.

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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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Revolutionary War Diplomacy: Lessons for Today

The Rand Blog

In the Revolutionary War, diplomacy was essential for U.S. survival. Adept diplomacy remains no less important to help the United States navigate new risks and opportunities.

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Introducing Motion: Real-Time Motion Insights for Aging in Place

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Threshold Care Inc. , a company committed to empowering caregivers with essential insights about their aging loved ones, announces the availability of Motion, the first noninvasive Wi-Fi sensing plug designed to provide caregivers with real-time motion insights without needing cameras or wearables. – Motion allows caregiving family members to receive focused insights into motion patterns within their loved ones’ homes without intruding on their privacy.

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Home Health Referral Rejection Continues To Create ‘Bottleneck’ Issue For Hospitals

Home Health Care

As hospital-to-home health referrals continue to climb, provider acceptance rates remain low, a new report from WellSky found. WellSky’s latest report pulls data from the company’s network of more than 2,500 hospitals, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and physician practices, as well as 130,000 providers across the country. WellSky is an international software and professional services company.

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RadiantGraph Raises $11M to Expand AI-Driven Personalized Engagement for Health Plans

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – RadiantGraph , an AI-powered platform designed to transform consumer engagement in healthcare, has secured $11M in Series A funding led by M13 , with significant participation from XYZ Ventures and True Ventures. – The investment will fuel the expansion of RadiantGraph’s platform capabilities and drive further growth within health plans and healthcare service organizations.

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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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News 10/11/24

HIStalk

Top News Carequality issues its final resolution on the Particle.

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Thrivelab Launches Affordable Virtual Menopause Care for Women in New Jersey

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Thrivelab , a provider of hormone health services, is addressing the women’s health crisis by launching accessible and affordable virtual menopause care in New Jersey. – Thrivelab aims to bridge the gap in menopause care and provide relief for women experiencing hormonal imbalances. Addressing a Critical Need A staggering 80% of women between the ages of 35 and 70 suffer from symptoms of hormone imbalance, yet many remain untreated due to a lack of aware

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Growing Investments in Digital Health Are Driven by Consumer Demand, Clinical Outcomes, and Cost-Savings

Health Populi

The marketing for purchasing digital health technologies is expecting to grow, driven by increased consumer demands for tech-based solutions, improved outcomes enabled through the innovations, and cost savings derived from deploying the technologies. That’s the top-line finding in the 2024 State of Digital Health Purchasing from the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI).

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Leveraging Technology to Improve Pharmaceutical Oversight and Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

In a time when healthcare is always changing, the pharmaceutical sector is under more pressure to ensure patient safety while maintaining compliance with stringent regulatory standards. As the complexity of pharmaceutical delivery rises, technology has become ever more crucial in tracking and safeguarding pharmacological products. One especially remarkable development in this area is PharmaWatch , a real-time tracking system that enhances pharmaceutical control and enables healthcare professiona

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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.

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Power healthcare AI with unified and protected multi-modal healthcare data

Cloud Blogs

Announcing general availability of healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric and public preview of healthcare application templates in Microsoft Purview. Learn more about how Microsoft is enhancing healthcare with data and responsible AI. Read the latest Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare announcements. We are thrilled to announce the general availability of healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric, a comprehensive solution that enables organizations to ingest, store, and analyze healthca

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Konica Minolta, Clearpath Partner to Streamline Medical Record Sharing

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. has partnered with Clearpath Technologies to integrate Clearpath’s automated platform for securely sharing medical records and images from the Exa® Platform. This collaboration reinforces Konica Minolta’s vision for Exa as a fully integrated enterprise imaging solution that connects patients and providers across the continuum of care.

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8 Charged In $68M Home Care, Adult Day Fraud Scheme

Home Health Care

An indictment was unsealed on Wednesday in Brooklyn, New York, charging eight defendants with allegedly scheming to defraud Medicaid of approximately $68 million. This was done through the operation of two social adult day care organizations and a home care financial intermediary that paid kickbacks and bribes for services not provided. According to court documents, Zakia Khan and Ahsan Ijaz owned two Brooklyn-based social adult day care organizations, Happy Family Social Adult Day Care Center I