November, 2024

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Smart ring maker Oura picks up $75M series D, inks strategic partnership with Dexcom

Fierce Healthcare

Oura is partnering with medical device maker Dexcom to integrate data from glucose biosensors with the Oura Ring, which tracks sleep, heart rate and activity. | Oura is partnering with medical device maker Dexcom to integrate data from glucose biosensors with the Oura Ring.

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Hospital price transparency continues to drop: report

Health Care Dive

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.

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Deep dive: Exploring one of the most advanced telemedicine programs in the U.S.

Healthcare It News

Morgan L. Waller, RN, says she and her team were well invested in telemedicine way before COVID-19 – and have not yet paused their journey to improve access to highly sought-after medical professionals via virtual care technology. Waller is director of telemedicine and regional multispecialty clinics at Children's Mercy Kansas City, where the telehealth program is mature and advanced, staffed with clinicians who have deep and hard-won expertise.

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Report Highlights Decline In Home Health Nursing Turnover Rates, Sign-On Bonus Trend

Home Health Care

A recent national salary and benefits report highlighted an increase in turnover rates for home care aides in 2024 and a trend among home health agencies to offer sign-on bonuses to attract new employees. Turnover rates for home care aides (HCAs) rose to 35% in 2024, up from 31% in 2023, according to the 2024 – 2025 Home Care Salary & Benefits report released by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service in Oakland, New Jersey.

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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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How Medical Billing Teams Handle Denied & Rejected Claims?

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Healthcare providers often face underpayments due to claim denials or rejections that affect the disposal of effective medical billing services. Before we discuss the solutions, it is important to understand the nuances between denied and rejected claims. What is a claim rejection? When a billing claim fails to match the standards of an insurance company or government organization like X12, or ASC X12 EDI (Accredited Standards Committee X12, Electronic Data Interchange), it is rejected.

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Report: Gen Z Leaving Healthcare in Droves Due to Toxic Culture

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new report from Soliant Health reveals a concerning trend: healthcare professionals across all age groups are leaving the industry due to job stress, poor work-life balance, and unhealthy workplace cultures. – Surprisingly, Gen Z (ages 18-27) is leading the exodus, with over 22% planning to leave their healthcare jobs within the next 1-3 years.

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CMS ordered to recalculate UnitedHealthcare’s 2025 MA stars

Health Care Dive

A Texas federal judge has sided with UnitedHealthcare in determining regulators messed up calculating its Medicare Advantage quality scores for next year. The decision could have big implications for similar pending cases.

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How virtual-first can improve outcomes and make care more affordable

Healthcare It News

The virtual-first approach to healthcare that some hospitals and health systems are taking is helping to reshape how patients receive care. And virtual care providers – online companies that specialize in telemedicine, sometimes known as "payviders" – are offering a virtual-first approach to healthcare directly to consumers. (Payvider in this context not to be confused with payvider meaning large health systems that handle both care delivery and claims processing, such as U

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Why PE Firm Trive Capital Still Believes Home Health Is A Great Investment Area

Home Health Care

In recent years, Choice Health at Home has shaped up to be a company to watch in the home health space, and Trive Capital is one of its backers. Based in Dallas, Trive Capital is a private equity firm that has increasingly invested in the health care space. Brad Wiginton, managing director and head of business development at Trive Capital, recently connected with Home Health Care News at the FUTURE conference to dive deep on his company’s strategy.

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Ukraine Is Now a Proxy War for Asian Powers

The Rand Blog

East Asian countries are increasingly involved in the Ukraine conflict, raising concerns of a proxy war. North Korea supports Russia with troops and weapons, while China aids economically. Japan and South Korea back Ukraine with nonlethal aid, reflecting broader geopolitical stakes.

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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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PCI DSS 4.0: A Guide to API Security for Healthcare Organizations

HIT Consultant

Stas Neyman, Director of Product Marketing at Akamai In recent years, several major health information exchange platforms in the United States have fallen victim to ransomware attacks. These platforms play a crucial role in U.S. healthcare infrastructure, facilitating the flow of patient records and managing payments for extensive networks of providers, including hundreds of thousands of doctors, tens of thousands of pharmacies, thousands of hospitals, and hundreds of laboratories.

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Amazon One Medical rolls out telehealth treatment services in competition with Ro, Hims & Hers

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon One Medical is rolling out a new service to provide Prime members access to clinical treatments for common health and lifestyle conditions like men's hair loss and anti-aging skin care. | Amazon One Medical is rolling out a new service to provide Prime members access to clinical treatments for common health and lifestyle conditions like men's hair loss and anti-aging skin care.

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HHS facing challenges as lead agency for healthcare cybersecurity: GAO

Health Care Dive

The department hasn’t implemented some policies recommended by the watchdog, which could pose a risk to cybersecurity in the sector as attacks increase, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Monash's clinical AI collab with India's Apollo Hospitals and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Monash to tap Apollo Hospitals DB for clinical AI projects Monash University's Faculty of Information Technology has tied up with one of India's biggest hospital groups, Apollo Hospitals, to test and validate clinical AI. They signed a memorandum of understanding to share data and technology to advance research in digital health. As part of this, Monash will be testing and cross-validating the clinical AI work done at Apollo Hospitals, according to Monash Faculty of IT's Digital Heal

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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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HCAOA Throws Weight Behind Legislation That Would ‘Redefine’ Private Duty Nursing Services

Home Health Care

The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) is backing home care-focused legislation introduced by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH). The Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act (S.4122) was introduced back in April, and would redefine “private duty nursing services” as “continuous skilled nursing services.

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HealPrecisely™ Selects Health Recovery Solutions as Partner for New Innovative RPM Program

Health Recovery

HOBOKEN, N.J. , Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) is proud to announce that HealPrecisely™ has selected HRS as their partner of choice for their new Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) program tailored for wound care patients requiring home monitoring to prevent hospital readmissions. This collaboration aims to improve patient outcomes and recovery.

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5 Cybersecurity Strategies for Remote Patient Monitoring Systems

HIT Consultant

Zac Amos, Features Editor at ReHack Remote patient monitoring systems have unlocked new standards of care. They can reduce lines in hospital waiting rooms, streamline checkups and enable fast, personalized treatments for improved health outcomes. However, they also present a growing cybersecurity risk. Cyberattacks against health care are an increasingly frequent problem — 2023 saw the highest number of data breaches and the most leaked information on record.

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Providers, payers focused on initial 'quick wins' for AI with plans to grow investment: survey

Fierce Healthcare

More than half of health system and health plan executives say AI is an immediate priority, and 73% are increasing their investments in the technology, a new C-suite survey finds. | More than half of health system and health plan executives say AI is an immediate priority, and 73% are increasing their investments in the technology, a new C-suite survey finds.

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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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DEA, HHS issue another extension for telehealth controlled substance prescribing

Health Care Dive

The third temporary extension, which prolongs the pandemic-era flexibilities through the end of 2025, is a relief for telehealth groups who had raised concerns about access to medications.

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Are genAI-produced visit summaries the future?

Healthcare It News

A project at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's new OpenNotes Lab aims to explore the opportunities and challenges of using artificial intelligence to generate patient visit summaries. WHY IT MATTERS The initiative, which will see OpenNotes collaborate with clinical genAI developer Abridge, will study how AI can enable collaboration between patients and clinicians, while advancing transparency and promoting health equity, they say.

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New Day Healthcare Acquires Assets From Intrepid USA, Continues Transaction Pace

Home Health Care

Coming off the acquisition of Intrepid USA’s hospice operations in Missouri and Texas, M&A will continue to be a major growth driver for New Day Healthcare. For New Day, the most recent acquisition will allow the company to have the full care continuum in both markets. This is imperative to the company’s ability to be a one-stop-shop for care delivery.

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Empowering Caregiver Moms: A Maternal Health Digital Care Management Program Helps to Lightens the Load

GoMoHealth

Mothers are caregivers not only for their children, but for themselves too, trying to maintain good overall health from conception through pregnancy and postpartum. This journey often leads to overwhelming stress, burnout, and anxiety, especially as mothers manage both a newborn’s needs and their own health, which may involve physical and emotional changes.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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The Future of Healthcare: AI-Powered Patient Experiences

HIT Consultant

Juan Jose (JJ) Lopez Murphy, Head of AI and Data Science at Globant As the AI market in healthcare soars to a projected $187.95 billion by 2030, the transformative impact of technology on patient care becomes increasingly evident. AI is at the forefront of revolutionizing healthcare, blending data analytics, user-centric innovations, and advanced technology to reshape traditional health management and personalize the patient experience.

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FDA advisory committee to roll up sleeves on generative AI

Fierce Healthcare

The FDA will hold its first Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) meeting to discuss how the agency should review medical devices that rely on generative AI, like chatbots. | The FDA seeks advice on regulatory challenges it has identified for generative AI used in medical devices, which include uncertainty about the foundation model, hallucinations and the ability to define intended use.

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Offering health insurance is becoming less lucrative

Health Care Dive

In the third quarter, the seven major publicly traded insurers’ medical loss ratios increased an average of 3.3 percentage points year over year — a major jump in medical costs.

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VA seeks to end telehealth copays and fund virtual care access in rural areas

Healthcare It News

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced a proposal to eliminate telehealth copayments for veterans and establish a grant program to fund designated VA telehealth access points in non-VA facilities. WHY IT MATTERS This week the VA announced that it is proposing to amend a regulation – the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Healthcare Improvement Act of 2019 – to exempt all telehealth services from the law's copayment requirements.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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After Being Acquired By Altaris, Sharecare Has Big Plans For Its Home Care Arm

Home Health Care

Altaris — a New York-based, health care-focused investment firm — recently acquired Sharecare, the owner of the home-based care company CareLinx. Atlanta-based Sharecare is a digital health company that leverages a data-driven virtual health platform to manage patients’ health. It works with employers, health plans and government programs. CareLinx, meanwhile, coordinates personal care services and offers home-based clinical care services.

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A Holistic Approach to Maternal Child Health From a Wellness Expert

GoMoHealth

By Jess Bevilacqua CEO, Founder & Lead Instructor, Opal Moon Yoga & Wellness A primary pillar of holistic maternal-child health engagement is treating the whole person by providing easy access to personalized wellness resources. In maternal health, supporting mothers through their journey—from prenatal to postpartum and into early childhood—is essential for improving health outcomes.

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Improving Patient Engagement Through EHR-Driven Communication Tools

HIT Consultant

Kamal Sharma, Project Manager at OmniMD The integration of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems within healthcare organizations has revolutionized patient engagement. With the rise of healthcare IT solutions, EHR-driven communication tools such as patient portals, telehealth apps, and patient engagement software have become pivotal in enhancing communication, reducing barriers, and improving patient involvement in their care.

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CMS finalizes 6-year kidney transplant model with concessions to hospital lobby after critiques

Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a six-year mandatory model to increase access to kidney transplants, the agency announced Nov. 26. | CMS made some concessions to hospitals who strongly criticized the kidney transplant model proposed rule in May.

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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.