Wed.Oct 11, 2023

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HLTH23: Surescripts analysis finds e-prescribing by pharmacists on the rise

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—A new analysis finds that mor | LAS VEGAS—A new analysis finds that more pharmacists are electronically prescribing medications as they assist in managing chronic disease, which offers a peek at the next evolution in primary care.

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‘Hope is not a strategy’: Health startups short on cash staring down consolidation, investors say

Health Care Dive

As startups look for exits or are forced to consider a sale due to a lack of new capital in the next two years, companies have the opportunity to build their value propositions at reasonable prices, investors said at HLTH.

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Humana CEO Bruce Broussard to step down next year

Fierce Healthcare

Humana CEO Bruce Broussard will step down from the role in the latter part of 2024, and the insurer has already found a successor. | Humana CEO Bruce Broussard will step down from the role in the latter part of 2024, and the insurer has already found a successor.

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88% of healthcare organizations experienced a cyberattack in past year, report finds

Health Care Dive

The average cost of organizations’ most expensive cyberattack increased 13% year over year, according to a survey from the Ponemon Institute.

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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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UnityPoint Health, Presbyterian Healthcare Services call off $11B merger

Fierce Healthcare

Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services are no longer working toward a merger, the systems announced Wednesday. | The cross-market deal would have yielded a 48-hospital nonprofit with more than 4 million patients. The Iowa- and New Mexico-based organizations did not disclose a specific reason for their decision, though outside reports say UnityPoint's CEO has also stepped down.

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Dozee bets on India's growing home healthcare market with new solution

Healthcare It News

RPM maker Dozee from India has unveiled a new AI-powered continuous patient monitoring system that can be used outside the ICU and at home. HOW IT WORKS Much like Dozee's existing connected bed platform , the new Dozee Pro Ex, according to a press release, can also continuously monitor patients' vitals and comes with an AI-powered early warning feature that alerts care teams in instances of patient deterioration.

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CVS wants to create a healthcare ‘super app’

Health Care Dive

Super apps — so-called “everything apps” that combine multiple services in one platform — haven’t taken off in the U.S., but CVS is angling to change that.

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Employers increasingly open to GLP-1 coverage, analysis reveals

Fierce Healthcare

A recent survey found that up to 4 in 10 employers intend to cover GLP-1 drugs in 2024, up from the 25% of employers that currently cover the medications. | Despite its costs, interest in covering GLP-1 drugs among employers in 2024 has nearly doubled, according to a new survey.

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Humana CEO to step down next year

Health Care Dive

Jim Rechtin, president and CEO of physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare, will take the reins as chief executive of the payer in the latter half of 2024.

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Given Reimbursement Challenges In Home Health Care, Investors Are Beginning To Look Elsewhere

Home Health Care

Amid reimbursement uncertainty in Medicare-certified home health, investors are slowly shifting focus to other home-based care types. This shift, while not a radical departure, is something stakeholders are keeping an eye on heading into 2024. “I think we’re already seeing a little bit of that,” Rebecca Springer, lead health care analyst at PitchBook, told Home Health Care News.

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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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Sutter unveils Bay Area innovation center as nonprofit leans toward VC

Health Care Dive

In an interview on the center’s launch, the California-based system's chief innovation officer also said that venture firm General Catalyst, which announced plans to buy a health system this week for product testing, will face "real trial and error.

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Startups, Payer-Provider Hybrids Believe They Can Bring New-Age Thinking To Home-Based Care

Home Health Care

Home-based care startups and large payer-provider hybrid companies are not alike in many ways. One way in which they are similar, though, is their belief that they can drive care in the home forward. That’s one takeaway from a recent panel discussion that took place at the 2023 HLTH conference. A company like Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), for instance, is in a unique position.

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Walgreens names ex-Cigna exec Tim Wentworth CEO

Health Care Dive

Wentworth, who will become Walgreens CEO effective Oct. 23, is the former CEO of Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager acquired by Cigna in 2018.

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Walmart Expands Virtual Primary Care to Associates & Families

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Walmart announced it is expanding virtual primary care, building on the traditional telehealth service for occasional sick visits for Walmart associates and their families. – As part of this expansion, virtual care options for digestive health and physical therapy will also be available, including some basic at-home lab work early next year.

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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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Bruce Broussard, Who Helped Turn Humana Into Home-Based Care Powerhouse, To Step Down As CEO

Home Health Care

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) – one of the largest insurers and home health providers in the country – announced a leadership transition Wednesday. Longtime CEO Bruce Broussard will step down, with Jim Rechtin stepping into his position in 2024. This was a “long-planned” CEO transition, according to Humana. Rechtin will join Humana on Jan. 8, 2024 as president and COO and will report to Broussard.

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The Case for a Credential Wallet in Healthcare Staffing: Increasing Efficiency, Compliance & Profit

HIT Consultant

Eric Ly, Founder & CEO of KarmaCheck Healthcare staffing, an essential pillar of the U.S. healthcare system, involves a myriad of entities, including healthcare providers, facilities, staffing agencies, credentialing bodies and regulatory agencies. At the heart of this process lies the critical function of credentialing — the rigorous verification of clinician qualifications–and how the system is reimbursed.

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HHCN FUTURE: Workforce Enablement – Emerging Technologies to Improve Staff Experience and Efficiency

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by Netsmart. This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Ashley Puchalski, senior director of Care Coordination at Ohio’s Hospice, Hannah Patterson, vice president and general manager of Workforce Management at Netsmart, and Divesh Aidasani, vice president of Strategy at BAYADA. This discussion took place on August 30, 2023 during the HHCN FUTURE Conference.

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FDA Selects Ontada to Investigate Rare Cancers Treated in US Community Oncology Setting

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Ontada , announced it was awarded a competitive contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance the use of real-world data (RWD) in the U.S. community oncology setting. Ontada will conduct real-world research (RWR) that aims to strengthen the scientific understanding of the natural history of rare cancers by leveraging Ontada’s community oncology footprint and unique RWD.

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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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Health-care lessons from the field: Think bottom-up and local, not sexy

Healthy Debate

A junkyard of broken donated medical devices behind a Ugandan hospital illustrates a key issue in existing global health initiatives.

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Blue Cross Expands Access to GI Virtual Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) today announced that it is growing its network of virtual care providers to treat two chronic conditions: gastrointestinal (GI) conditions and diabetes. Oshi Health and Virta Health are now part of Blue Cross’ network and, as part of their agreements with Blue Cross, offer convenient access to virtual care for members.

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Healthcare AI News 10/11/23

HIStalk

News Microsoft introduces new healthcare-related tools to its Fabric analytics.

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Butterfly Introduces Two Ultrasound Education Offerings

HIT Consultant

Butterfly Network, Inc., a digital health company transforming care through the power of portable, semiconductor-based ultrasound technology and intuitive software, today announced the addition of two new ultrasound education offerings that will complete its full suite of education products. The new offerings will include: – Butterfly Certified™ , a complete set of virtual and in-person POCUS courses designed to meet local training or privileging requirements, delivered in partnership with

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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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Burnout's triple threat: Compromising care, clinicians, and cash flow

Nordic

Since well before the pandemic, healthcare system leaders and hospital executives have been focused on clinician burnout, and for good reason. In 2017, the National Academy of Medicine published a call to explore and address the problem, highlighting burnout as an “underrecognized threat to safe, high-quality care.” They noted that more than half of U.S. physicians were experiencing substantial symptoms of burnout and that 35% of hospital nurses had high degrees of emotional exhaustion.

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Amwell Expands to South Africa with Digital Mental Health Benefit

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Amwell forms a strategic partnership with Discovery Health, a health insurance administrator, which will introduce the first-ever digital therapeutic benefits funded by a health insurer in South Africa. – As part of the collaboration, clinicians are now able to prescribe SilverCloud by Amwell, a clinically validated, evidence-based and affordable digital mental healthcare platform, to Discovery Health members.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill Of Health

By  Ameet Sarpatwari , Liam Bendicksen , and  Aaron S. Kesselheim Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues relevant to current or potential future work in the Division.

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Nuclear Weapons in the North Korean World View

The Rand Blog

As Kim Jong-un's actions become more threatening, the risks of a catastrophic accidental nuclear war become more likely. The United States needs to make North Korean denuclearization a long-term objective but focus in the immediate future on limiting the size and danger of the North Korean nuclear weapon force.

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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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Bytes Without Borders: Audits, but different

Patient Safety Blog

Every year they come around: audits. They are important to ensure the quality of care, but often cost a lot of time and effort to complete. For example, audits use long questionnaires and forms, which are scanned or manually converted to spreadsheets in order to check in an overview whether work is being done as defined in the process descriptions or work instructions.

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Inside Health Care #116: Fighting Structural Racism and Promoting Virtual Care

NCQA

In this episode of “Inside Health Care,” we meet two guests, in two interviews. Our first guest advocates for birth, racial and gender equity, driven by her own distressing experiences as a patient. Our second guest developed effective ways to implement virtual care on a large scale to improve equity and representation for rural communities. Sinsi Hernández-Cancio Sinsi Hernández-Cancio , JD, is a vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families , where she leads the Health Ju

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Global Handwashing Day 10/15/23

Briggs Healthcare

Handwashing with soap and water is one of the simplest, most effective ways to stop the spread of germs and stay healthy. Keeping hands clean can prevent 1 in 3 diarrheal illnesses and 1 in 5 respiratory infections, such as the common cold or flu. Each year on October 15, CDC works with global partners and colleagues to highlight Global Handwashing Day and raise awareness about the importance of handwashing with soap and water.

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Denial Code CO 252: Everything You Need to Know

Etactics

One-third of all submitted claims get denied or ignored on the initial submission. That doesn’t sound great, but if you flipped the script you’re still receiving 66% of your claim revenue. That’s still pretty good, right? Well, let’s look at it on a large scale. In 2021 hospitals lost an average of $5 million to their total revenue due to denied claims.

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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.