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UnitedHealth shareholders withdraw effort to force transparency on coverage denials

Health Care Dive

The faith-based shareholders’ proposal was challenged by UnitedHealth twice, thanks to a recent SEC guidance change the shareholders slammed as unfair. They could still reintroduce it next year.

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Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized a substantial increase to Medicare Advantage benchmark payments over its advance notice earlier this year.

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Senate advances budget blueprint as healthcare braces for Medicaid cuts

Health Care Dive

The Senate’s budget resolution calls for fewer spending cuts than its House counterpart overall but preserves the $880 billion target for reductions under the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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Doctors and Debt: Why Short Visits Create Long-Term Challenges

HIT Consultant

Mark Newman, CEO of Nomi Health Doctors arent just healerstheyre involuntary lenders. Every time a physician treats a patient, theyre fronting the cost of care and hoping to get reimbursed. If the insurer underpays or denies the claim, the financial burden falls on the patient. And if the patient cant pay? The doctor eats the loss. No other profession operates like this.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Judge permanently blocks NIH’s plan to cap funding, setting up appeal battle

Health Care Dive

A district judge has continued to block the agency’s unilateral plan to cut billions of dollars to research overhead support, which has already created widespread disruption.

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Fierce Healthcare

HHS Secretary Kennedy is instructing the CMS to analyze a New York amendment that will remake how the state administers its home health Medicaid program, which has prompted strong backlash from lawmakers and advocacy groups.

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DHL Group to Invest $2.2B in DHL Health Logistics by 2030

HIT Consultant

Source: DHL Group What You Should Know: – DHL Group has announced a significant investment of $2.2B (2B) by 2030 to strengthen its logistics capabilities in the life sciences and healthcare sector. – The strategic investment aims to support the company’s “Strategy 2030” and enhance its ability to assist healthcare customers in expanding their operations, fostering innovation, and improving patient care on a global scale.

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RFK Jr. won’t appear before Senate panel this week

Health Care Dive

HELP committee chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., had invited Kennedy to testify April 10 on the sweeping layoffs of federal health workers Kennedy ordered last month. A hearing could still take place later.

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The Biggest Opportunity for Sporting Goods is Consumers’ Physical Inactivity: Learning from McKinsey (with a personal nod to pickleball)

Health Populi

McKinsey just published a detailed report into Sporting Goods 2025 , which the firm calls a “new balancing act” that must turn uncertainty into opportunity. The report is based on five key observations: Only a few sporting goods companies have expanded growth and margins since 2018 — and must “rethink the value chain” in the face of challenging geopolitical headwinds One-half of so-called “active consumers” say that fitness is a core element of their ide

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Fierce Healthcare

A nearly 200-page report from the nonprofit outlines a slew of headwinds facing emergency care and offers evidence-based policy recommendationsoften focused on realigning and increasing pay.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Frontline Honors: Nikki Padilla, Elara Caring

Home Health Care

Nikki Padilla, Registered Nurse (RN) at Elara Caring, has recently been named a 2024 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be: A dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes A passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into for the good of their respective industry, the patients and residents they serve, and their families An advocate

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Fierce Healthcare

The first three months of 2025 saw a steady volume of funding deals, as digital health startups raised $3 billion, compared to $2.7 billion raised the same quarter last year.

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How this healthcare company cracked the code on making AI actionable — and safe

Health Care Dive

The real challenge of AI in healthcare? Making sense of the patient story buried in the data.

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Fierce Healthcare

The Coalition for Health AI will add a new capability to its national model card registry for health systems to report standardized metrics on how specific AI models are performing in their systems.

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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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Flatiron Health and Massive Bio Partner to Improve Clinical Trial Enrollment

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Flatiron Healt h, a healthtech company focused on transforming clinical research through technology that integrates research into everyday care, has announced a strategic partnership with Massive Bio , a global leader in using artificial intelligence to streamline patient identification and recruitment for clinical trials. – The partnership aims to expand patient identification capabilities and improve clinical trial enrollment across the U.S.

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Fierce Healthcare

GroundGame.Health, Umoja Health, and Ujima are scaling a Medicaid reimbursed Food as Medicine model to improve nutrition, reduce healthcare costs, and support underserved communities.

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Rock Health: U.S. Digital Health Funding Reaches $3B in Q1 2025

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – In the first quarter of 2025, U.S. digital health funding reached $3.0B across 122 deals with the average deal size rising from $15.5M in Q4 2024 to $24.4M in Q1 2025, according to the latest report from Rock Health. The Rock Health report reveals the funding landscape in Q1 2025 continued to exhibit a “David and Goliath” scenario, with early-stage startups dominating deal count and larger companies or startups backed by major funders leading in signific

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NCQA’s Health Quality Forum Opening Remarks: “We Must Raise Our Ambitions”

NCQA

NCQAs Health Quality Forum kicked off today in Baltimore, MD, with thought-provoking opening remarks from NCQAs President and CEO, Peggy OKane, who challenged attendees to raise their ambitions, push beyond the status quo and embrace comprehensive, transformative solutions. We need to expand our perspective, looking not only at how we manage chronic diseases, but at how we can prevent them altogether, says OKane.

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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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Fierce Healthcare

AI is revolutionizing healthcare by streamlining patient interactions, reducing costs, and ensuring data security. Learn how TTEC Digital leverages AI to improve efficiency and outcomes, from appointment scheduling to managing critical device recalls.

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Google Cloud and Seattle Children’s Partner to Develop AI-Powered ‘Pathway Assistant’

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Seattle Children’s Hospital has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to create Pathway Assistant, an AI-powered tool designed to improve healthcare providers’ access to critical medical information. – In a collaboration with Google Cloud, CSW pathways will be made more readily accessible to healthcare providers through the development of ‘Pathway Assistant’ This AI agent is designed to streamline access to essential, evidence-bas

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Fierce Healthcare

Some of its policy recommendations include changing provider location reporting requirements and asking the CMS to weigh in on the DEA's telemedicine rulemaking.

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Clover Health Appoints Dr. Shelly Gupta as Chief Medical Officer

HIT Consultant

Dr. Shelly Gupta, Chief Medical Officer at Clover Health What You Should Know: – Clover Health Investments, Corp. today announced the appointment of Dr. Shelly Gupta as its new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). – In his role as CMO, Dr. Gupta will be responsible for overseeing Clovers clinical operations, quality initiatives, pharmacy operations, and precision-based chronic disease management programs.

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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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Fierce Healthcare

According to PwCs Health Research Institute, employers medical costs are projected to rise nearly 8% in 2025 a growth rate the industry hasnt seen in more than a decade.

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5 Value-Based Care Strategies to Control Patient Care Costs

HIT Consultant

Theresa Hush CEO, Co-Founder at Roji Health Intelligence The staggering reality that health care could soon account for one fifth of all domestic spending has put a bulls eye on health care cost control. Is your ACO, health system, or physician organization ready to manage the coming congressional budget cuts? The only effective way to tackle Total Costs of Patient Care (TCoC) without cutting services is through a curated value-based care approach.

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Oral health as whole person health: The role of oral health in addressing chronic disease 

NASHP

Despite the relationship between oral health and chronic diseases such as dementia, cardiovascular disease, HIV, and diabetes, dental and health care delivery systems have historically operated in silos. With new attention and federal momentum on the prevention and management of chronic disease, state officials can align efforts to improve both dental and overall health outcomes by supporting integration of oral health and chronic disease interventions across community and health care settings.

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HIStalk Interviews Andrew Smith, Managing Partner, Impact Advisors

HIStalk

Andrew Andy Smith is founder and managing partner of Impact.

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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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6 Herbs to Alleviate Aches and Pains

American College of Healthcare Sciences

Ease minor aches naturally with these six powerful herbsginger, lavender, peppermint, pine, marjoram, and cinnamon. Learn how to use them for relief! The post 6 Herbs to Alleviate Aches and Pains appeared first on American College of Healthcare Sciences.

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How Medical SEO Can Improve Patient Acquisition and Retention: Best Strategies for Success

Sequence Health

Medical SEO improves patient acquisition and retention by increasing your healthcare practices online visibility. Effective strategies demonstrate how medical SEO can improve patient acquisition and retention by targeting relevant searches to attract new patients and retaining them through credibility and engagement. In this blog, well explore essential SEO tactics for healthcare providers.

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: April 8, 2025

HKLaw

On the heels of the Senate's passage of a compromise budget resolution, the House is expected to consider the budget resolution on the floor this week.

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Why CMMS Software Is Becoming Essential for Modern Healthcare Facilities

HIT Consultant

Think about the relentless pace of a hospital, a clinic, or an aged care facility. Every second counts, every piece of equipment plays a vital role in patient care, diagnosis, and recovery. In this high-stakes environment, a simple equipment malfunction isn’t just an inconvenience; it sets off a chain reaction with profound consequences. Delays in critical treatments, compromised patient comfort, and even jeopardized lives become stark realities.

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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.