Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry continued to rise this year. Here are some of the largest incidents, from Change Healthcare to Ascension.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
An Australian biotechnology company is building what could be the first AI-driven hospital in Vietnam. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The MedArmor AI Hospital will pursue a preventive healthcare model, emphasising early disease detection and timely interventions. It will be underpinned by AI and virtual care technologies. The hospital will primarily run on virtual technologies, such as video conferencing, to deliver care.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Culina Health, a telenutrition company, raised $7.9 million in a series A funding round led by Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm ofCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the co | Four year-old Culina Health has raised its series A funding round, led by Healthworx, the venture arm of CareFirst. The company seeks to normalize nutrition counseling and prove that a better diet lowers total cost of care.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Healthcare organizations are embracing modern digital tools and emerging technologies like AI to reimagine how they interact with patients, connect with communities and advance lifesaving missions. However, as many of these organizations are registered as 501(c)(3) nonprofits, they share the common ailments that afflict the nonprofit sector at large: growing demand and shrinking budgets.
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
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Medical equipment and supply manufacturer Medline Industries confidentially submitted plans for a proposed initial public offering, potentially setting the stage for a blockbuster public debut next | Medical equipment and supply manufacturer Medline Industries confidentially submitted plans for a proposed initial public offering, potentially setting the stage for a blockbuster public debut next year.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Dr Chien-Tzung Chen, superintendent of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, wants to establish a remote system to monitor patients at home using wearable devices.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The policy allows providers, health IT developers or data exchanges to restrict information sharing when there’s risk it could expose patients or clinicians to legal fallout.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The Justice Department has filed suit against CVS, alleging that the retail giant unlawfully dispensed opioid prescriptions. | The Justice Department has filed suit against CVS, alleging that the retail giant unlawfully dispensed opioid prescriptions.
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2024
It's a major step forward for the nine-hospital deal, which has faced pushback from some Illinois residents and a union.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Wisp, a virtual provider of sexual and reproductive healthcare, is teaming up with the food-as-medicine startup Nourish to offer Wisp's users access to nutrition counseling services. | Patients enrolled in Wisps weight care program can now access personalized nutrition counseling from Nourish, available via insurance or an exclusive discount for cash-pay.
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
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Jeff Wilson, VP, Flex Technology Group Despite advances in digital applications, healthcare organizations generate a host of printed documents daily, from patient forms to disclosure agreements to labels and more. The healthcare industry is a heavy user of printing services, with print usage increasing 28% from the peak of the pandemic and continuing to grow at a 5% rate each year.
Etactics
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Did you know that up to 49% of claims got denied in 2021? Most of them were easily avoidable. To pile on, the truth is that theres not a way to remove them entirely. This is why its vital that you know where you can improve your billing practices to help reduce the amount of denial codes. The easiest way to reduce denial codes is through a third-party clearinghouse to scrub the claims for any errors.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Matt A. Murphy, CEO and Co-Founder of Cascala Health Joe Jasser, MD, MBA, Board Member for Cascala Health Its human nature that when we are told to do something, we want to know the reason why. Thats especially true when the direction comes from a machine, and it concerns something as important as healthcare. However, some artificial intelligence (AI) systems being used in healthcare do not offer that option; instead, they issue generic prompts with limited transparency into the reasoning behind
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Oregon’s Health Care Market Oversight (HCMO) program is reviewing a proposal to spin off Providences home health and hospice services into a joint venture supported by private equity. Sarah Bartlemann, the cost programs manager for Oregons Health Authority (OHA), confirmed the review in a letter to a Washington D.C. attorney representing Compassus, Providences partner in the deal.
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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.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
What You Should Know: – MTIP , a Swiss growth and buyout firm specializing in healthcare software, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority stake in Dossier Solutions, a leading healthcare competency management SaaS provider. –The acquisition aims to accelerate US market growth, expand geographic reach, and enhance the Dossier technology platform.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 19, 2024
At a time when more health care organizations are launching hospital-at-home programs, operators in this space need to educate their clinicians to expect data variations. This is one of the key takeaways from a recent whitepaper released by Best Buy Health. The whitepaper distills Best Buy Healths years of experience implementing remote patient monitoring (RPM) through hospital-at-home into several key lessons.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
What You Should Know: – URA , the company behind the world’s leading smart ring, has announced the completion of a $200 million Series D funding round, raising its valuation to $5.2B. – This significant investment, with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom, reflects URA’s strong momentum and its potential to transform the healthcare landscape.
HIStalk
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Top News Alphabet’s Verily will reportedly shift focus in 2025.
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.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
What You Should Know: – Confido Health, a healthcare technology company developing AI-powered digital workers for specialty practices, has secured $3M in seed funding led by Together Fund. – Confido Health was founded by serial entrepreneurs with expertise in AI-driven automation. The investment will fuel the company’s mission to transform healthcare operations by automating administrative tasks and improving efficiency.
Meditech
DECEMBER 19, 2024
We are in the midst of a profound period of change in healthcare and health IT. Today, access to data the right data at the right time is more important than ever. That means healthcare organizations must be hyper vigilant when it comes to data, ensuring it is safe, secure, and efficiently shared. At Interlace Health, we are excited about the new technologies that are making data easier and safer to share and use and were moving aggressively to enable our solutions to share the data we collec
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
What You Should Know: – Remodel Health , a provider of Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), has announced a significant growth funding round of over $100M. ICHRAs offer employers predictable annual benefits costs, providing stability and potential cost savings compared to traditional group health insurance. – The investment, led by Oak HC/FT and Hercules Capital , will support Remodel Health’s continued expansion and innovation in the ICHRA market.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The rapidly growing home care provider Village Caregiving is expanding once again. Most recently, the company entered into North Carolina. With the opening of its first regional office in North Carolina, Village Caregiving now has a presence in 22 states. In total, it has about 3,300 caregivers and 5,500 clients. As more seniors age in place longer, the growing responsibility of care will extend beyond family members, who are often juggling many commitments, from work to raising children, Jeff S
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.
NCQA
DECEMBER 19, 2024
This year saw lots of progress on the digital quality transition. Here are some highlights and resources you can use to hit the ground running in 2025! Digital Quality Hub The Digital Quality Hub went live in July, and weve added lots of new content since then. The Hub includes information for technical and non-technical audiences and resources for health plans, care delivery organizations and technology vendors.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Integrating disparate IT systems inside an organization can be akin to trying to get a crew of people who dont speak the same language to row a boat together extremely difficult. There are so many obstacles to overcome when trying to get these systems to work together smoothly, from working with systems using completely different data formats and APIs to having to comply with regulatory issues.
Health Policy News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Hello Readers and Happy Holidays! As is our yearly tradition, this month we reflect on key developments over the past year and share the topics and issues our policy experts.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
What You Should Know: – CentralReach , a provider of Autism and IDD care software, is transforming revenue cycle management (RCM) with the launch of two innovative AI-powered solutions: CR ClaimCheckAI and the upcoming CR ClaimAgentAI. – The AI tools address critical challenges faced by ABA and multidisciplinary organizations, such as increasing profitability and optimizing cash flow, despite staffing shortages and financial constraints.
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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.
Health Business Group
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Advance Care Directives are great in theory, but often fail in practice. The result: patients' wishes aren't respected and their families end up fighting. Dr. Ferdinando Mirarchi has built a whole medical practice and business around Advance Directives. HIs company, MIDEO enables patients to create video-based plans either with or without a physician's help.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Marc Succi, MD, Founder and Executive Director of the MESH Incubator at Mass General What You Should Know: – A new study published in the Journal of Medical Artificial Intelligence explores the potential of large language models (LLMs), like GPT-4, to act as valuable tools for clinicians. – Study author Marc D. Succi, MD, strategic innovation leader at Mass General Brigham Innovation, and his team investigated the use of GPT-4 in recommending physical exam instructions based on patie
Healthcare ECONOMIST
DECEMBER 19, 2024
A study by Fermaglich and Miller (2023) evaluated trends in orphan drug designations and approvals after the Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was passed in the US. The authors use FDA data to evaluate between 1983 and 2022 and find that: Over the 40 years of the ODA, 6,340 orphan drug designations were granted, representing drug development for 1,079 rare diseases.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Eric Demers, CEO of Madaket Health Theres no better illustration of the healthcare systems data problems than this: 80% of entries in the nations five largest health plans were inaccurate as recently as last year. With a majority of patients relying on their health plans provider directory to select a physician, its not hyperbole to say incorrect provider data is dragging the entire industry down.
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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