HIT Consultant

JULY 10, 2023

Dr. Natalie Pageler, CMIO at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health As we observe a year since the Dobbs decision, people seeking reproductive health care in the U.S. face new threats to their privacy and access to their personal health. One of the biggest concerns for reproductive health is data privacy: how data collected from patients could be used to penalize anyone considering or seeking an abortion, along with tracking health care providers who provide care.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 10, 2023

There is a shortage of all physicians across the United States, but it's most keenly felt with specialists. It is difficult enough to find access – especially timely access – to needed medical specialists in large urban areas, but it can be next to impossible in rural communities. Virtual care has proven that it can be a big help in connecting patients with the right specialists , and in a timely manner.

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Nordic

JULY 13, 2023

The search for cost savings has been a constant, but the need for efficiency has a new urgency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the Big Squeeze on resources putting pressure on health systems, cutting IT costs is increasingly seen as a way to redeploy resources to the front lines of care. Less than 20 years ago, only a quarter of U.S. hospitals had a health IT system.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 10, 2023

Telehealth came into its own during the COVID-19 pandemic< | Researchers found that for most specialties patients were more likely to have an in-person follow-up visit 90 days after an in-person visit rather than a telehealth visit.

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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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Healthcare Leadership Council

JULY 10, 2023

Previously on this site, we took a look at some of the initiatives Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) members in the biopharmaceutical and care delivery sectors are taking to advance equity within our healthcare system and eliminate disparities. This remains a strong priority for HLC and its membership from all sectors of American healthcare. Our members have formally and repeatedly made clear their commitment to ensuring that all citizens have access to high-quality healthcare and the opportun

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Health Care Dive

JULY 13, 2023

Aetna wrongly retained millions in undisclosed fees and paid provider claims “that should have never been paid,” according to the lawsuit filed in a Texas federal court.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 9, 2023

The federal government will pay eligible hospitals in the 340B program $9 billion to offset payment cuts the Supreme Court ruled unlawful last year. | The federal government will pay eligible hospitals in the 340B program $9 billion to offset payment cuts the Supreme Court ruled unlawful last year.

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p3care

JULY 12, 2023

As an eligible clinician, you pour your heart and soul into participating in the MIPS program. Throughout the reporting phase, you ensure the submission of accurate data for selected measures. Therefore, you dedicate countless hours, to burning the midnight oil, to meet data completeness requirements. Your commitment doesn’t stop there; you also strive to implement best practices for future years.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 13, 2023

Over the past decade, the share of physicians working in private practice has declined as hospital systems, private equity firms and payers have acquired practices, according to a report from the American Medical Association.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 12, 2023

Private tertiary hospital Subang Jaya Medical Centre has launched what could be the first connected health service in Malaysia. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care. Based on a press release, it offers services in six areas of care, which initially include: HomeConnect - nursing service at home; TeleConnect - telemedicin

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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

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline added Spanish text and chat services ahead of the hotline’s one-year anniversary on Sunday. | The hotline transitioned to three digits last year. Since then, it has answered nearly 5 million calls, texts and chats.

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Pro CRNA

JULY 10, 2023

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA Time travel is a captivating theme for Sci-fi movie enthusiasts. Wouldn’t it be fun to go back in time 30 years knowing what you know now and be able to re-live the decades knowing in advance what the outcome will be. If we had it to do again, we would all be successful…and very wealthy people. While we await the development of time travel capability, there is another way to make decisions in our life that will open the door to success as if we were looking into

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Health Care Dive

JULY 13, 2023

Nearly two million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid to date, but it’s too early to get a full picture of redeterminations’ effect on vulnerable Americans, experts say.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

Tech-enabled home healthcare provider Speedoc has tied up with Parkway Shenton, the primary care arm of IHH Healthcare Singapore, to expand care options for patients. Parkway Shenton, which operates over 50 GP clinics across the country, taps into Speedoc's capabilities in home healthcare to offer the option to deliver care within the comfort of their patients' homes.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

An 85,000-strong body of unionized healthcare workers is turning up the pressure on Kaiser Permanente as both sides hash out the terms of a new labor contract. | The demonstrations will involve "tens of thousands" of union participants seeking increased staffing commitments in their next labor contract.

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Healthy Debate

JULY 9, 2023

The health-care system is failing Canadians with lethal consequences. Policymakers need to make changes now to address delays in care.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 12, 2023

The program will be a source of revenue for GoodRx, and might also open a new fee stream for CVS’ pharmacy benefit manager as the drug middlemen face increased scrutiny for complex pricing models.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 14, 2023

A new telehealth study by the University of Texas McCombs School of Business found that virtual care did not significantly lower costs, or reduce the number of future visits to emergency rooms or specialists for circulatory, respiratory and infectious diseases. WHY IT MATTERS Indranil Bardhan, a professor of information, risk and operations management at UTexas, and his co-authors, Sezgin Ayabakan of Temple University and Zhiqiang 'Eric' Zheng of UTexas at Dallas, examined telehealth thr

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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.

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group kicked off insurer earnings for the second quarter Friday morning, when it reported $5.5 billion in profit alongside double-digit revenue growth. | Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group kicked off insurer earnings for the second quarter Friday morning, when it reported $5.5 billion in profit alongside double-digit revenue growth.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 13, 2023

Rebecca Kase, Founder & CEO – Kase & CO We all experience stress in our lifetimes, and most of us have survived something that could be considered traumatic. For this reason, millions of people stand to benefit from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy just as millions more already have. Even if stressful experiences in your past haven’t led to a clinical diagnosis, those experiences can still have an impact on you.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 12, 2023

The health system failed to implement safeguards to secure patients’ health information and provided insufficient details about the stolen data, the suit alleges.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

MQ Health adopts MediRecords clinical record system MQ Health is adopting the clinical record system of cloud health software company MediRecords. Based on a media release, MediRecords was chosen via a competitive tender process to support MQ Health's 18 outpatient clinics. The Macquarie University-owned hospital will also integrate its existing EMR solution by InterSystems with MediRecords.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

Equity was at the forefront of Reuters’ value-based health conference in Philadelphia last month. | Over two days, executives from accountable care organizations, health systems and payers spoke about interoperability, population health, social determinants, the cost of care and taking on risk.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 11, 2023

Ukraine faces new perils. Not because of anything happening on the battlefield, but because Western impatience could force Ukraine into the spot it least wants to be in: at the negotiating table with Russia. Or, worse, not at the table where its future may be decided.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 10, 2023

The health system said data like name and contact details, but not clinical information, was stolen from an external storage location and posted online.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2023

Dr. Adrienne Boissy, Qualtrics' chief medical officer and staff neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explains that, because consumers are making value-based decisions and care about privacy, they should be codesigning healthcare AI.

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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.

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 13, 2023

Approximately 22% of gross Medicare Part D spending can be attributed to 10 top-selling prescription drugs, according to analysis from KFF. | A new analysis shows a small number of prescription drugs disproportionately make up Medicare Part D spending.

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Home Health Care

JULY 11, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Given all of the provisions and changes included in the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2024 proposed rules, the 36-month rule being applied in hospice went a bit overlooked. Home health and hospice M&A experts see it as a significant development that could affect both subsectors.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 14, 2023

Regulators also proposed stricter price transparency requirements on hospitals and expanded behavioral health payments in Medicare.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 13, 2023

The fundamental drivers of the continuing hostilities in Ukraine could produce a years-long conflict that causes immense human suffering, economic hardship, and international instability. The United States and its allies should begin to try to steer the conflict toward an endgame.

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