Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Just 21.1% of hospitals are in full compliance with federal price transparency rules, according to Patient Rights Advocate. Compliance has been backsliding since July 2023.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Instacart, the online grocery delivery platform, has launched a new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility screener on its website for consumers and clinicians. | The screener, available on Instacart’s EBT SNAP information page, lets anyone nationwide quickly and anonymously check whether they may be eligible for SNAP benefits.
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Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The deal comes weeks after Commure partnered with another for-profit provider, HCA Healthcare, and acquired AI documentation firm Augmedix.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. | Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.
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
Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
In 2024, coverage for obesity drugs increased to 44% among employers with 500 or more workers, compared to 41% last year, the survey found.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
| Heather Bassett, CMO of Xsolis, shares insights on the company's use of AI and future plans.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – A new report from the Commonwealth Fund reveals that despite significant progress in expanding health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans still lack adequate and affordable healthcare. – The report highlights the prevalence of coverage gaps, high out-of-pocket costs, and the burden of medical debt, underscoring the need for further policy action to achieve truly universal coverage.
The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Across the world, women have, and are, playing incredible roles as bulwarks against the rise of authoritarianism. And women have been vital to solving the United States' most wicked national security problems—from serving on the front lines in combat to providing essential intelligence analysis.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – Stryker (NYSE:SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, unveiled the Oculan Lighting Platform, an innovative lighting solution designed to provide consistent, high-quality illumination, allowing surgeons to focus on delivering the highest standard of care. – In today’s operating rooms, where precision and accuracy are critical, even the smallest challenges may impact surgical outcomes – factors which may impede a surgeon’s ability to see clearly and work
Home Health Care
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. Jon Erik Higginbotham, vice president of business development and clinical analyst at Homecare Homebase, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.
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
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – Researchers at Stanford University, in collaboration with SoundHealth , have conducted a pioneering study exploring the use of smartphone facial scans and AI to analyze facial structures linked to sleep disorders. – The approach offers the potential for earlier and more accessible screening of conditions like insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
NCQA
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
By Rebecca Jacobson, MD, CEO & President, Astrata From my seat as CEO and co-founder of Astrata, I have a unique view into the transformation underway in health care quality measurement—the move from traditional to digital HEDIS. Three forces are driving this transformation: the move to value-based care, the rise of standards-based interoperability and the increasing financial pressures on payers.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Michelle Wyatt, Senior Director of Utilization Review Services, Xsolis Length of stay management in acute care facilities represents a critical frontier for providers and payers to improve their own bottom lines, and also improve patients’ experience with the healthcare system. Let’s take a closer look at how today’s systemic inefficiencies arose, and how collaboration within provider networks, and between payers and providers, might improve length-of-stay procedures and inefficiencies in the fu
NASHP
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Housing is, by its very nature, place-based. As a result, the way we develop a deeper understanding of housing issues is to understand them spatially – in the context of place. A simple but effective approach to systematizing place-based understandings is to visually represent a variety of characteristics and facts that describe a particular place on physical maps.
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HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – Willowglade Technologies ®, provider of the only Unified Digital Patient Experience™ Platform available to oncology practices nationwide, announced a new partnership with Flatiron Health, a leading healthtech company dedicated to expanding the possibilities of point of care solutions in oncology. – The partnership aims to enhance patient centered care by expanding the availability of the Unified Digital Patient Experience™ Platform to practices using Flatir
Etactics
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Did you know that up to 70% of all dental bills contain at least one error? That is a large amount of delayed dental bills. To make matters worse, each one of those claims causes a delay to the dental office related to them. To fix those errors properly, it can take months! Striving to make sure your bills have no errors in the first place can help you receive your payment faster.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – Rula Health , a behavioral health company focused on delivering timely access to high-quality care, today announced a partnership with Amino Health , a leading digital healthcare navigation company. – Through the partnership, Amino Health members will now have access to Rula’s nationwide network of more than 10,000 in-network providers representing more than 80 clinical specialties and a diverse range of backgrounds.
Etactics
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Up to 49% of medical claims face denials due to common reasons. Denial codes are an unfortunate truth when it comes to working in medical billing and coding. While it is impossible to avoid them altogether, you can cut down on your denial rates by taking certain steps. Training and educating your billing and coding team is essential for all aspects of the job.
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
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – Two new National Institutes of Health grants, totaling $5.7 million, are aimed at helping scientists at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University better understand the mechanisms of two cardiovascular complications associated with HIV. – Thanks to the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), which uses a combination of three or more drugs to stop the virus from replicating in the body, life expectancy of people living with HIV has d
Healthcare ECONOMIST
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
When is a public health problem a crisis ? LA has the worst quality roads. CERN explained. IV fluid shortage. Too many 3-pointers.
Bill Of Health
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
by Stephen Wood In an era where health care inequities already burden marginalized populations, the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care culminating in the closure of several hospitals in Massachusetts, represents an unconscionable ethical failure. As these hospitals prepare to shut their doors, the communities they serve — comprising many uninsured, underinsured, and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals — are left abandoned.
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.
Home Health Care
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Homethrive, a provider of technology-enabled caregiving solutions based in Northbrook, Illinois, recently announced the successful completion of its latest funding round, raising more than $20 million. The company has also appointed Ismat Duckson Aziz to its board of directors. The funds will expand Homethrive’s end-to-end caregiving platform, focusing on personalized support and scaling its AI-driven care navigation and recommendations.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Medicare Advantage (MA) insurer stocks soared following Election Day, with healthcare onlookers assuming the new Trump administration would set favorable policy for MA. | The health equity index might get rolled back in the next administration and there may be a bipartisan consensus forming around Medicare Advantage and star ratings.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
What You Should Know: – Rightway , a company transforming care navigation and pharmacy benefits, announced a strategic partnership with Curai Health, an AI-powered virtual clinic to maximize member outcomes and reduce costs. – Members can access Curai for virtual urgent care 24/7 through the Rightway app. Within minutes, members can connect with a Curai MD, DO, or ARNP for diagnosis, treatment, prescriptions, and follow-ups as needed.
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