Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2025

The past year saw varying levels of digital transformations going around the health systems in Asia-Pacific. It has increasingly become evident that digitalisation – from nationwide networks down to individual hospitals – has become the rule in a post-pandemic world. AI and virtual care models continued to be the craze in healthcare, owing to their clear support for improving clinician productivity and patient outcomes.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 9, 2025

Hippocratic AI is kicking off 2025 with a bang. The startup, which is building a large language model specifically for healthcare use cases, banked a $141 million series B financing round only nine months after its series A round.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 9, 2025

The year-long inquiry into hospitals managed by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners comes amid growing calls for increased oversight of private equity in healthcare.

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p3care

JANUARY 8, 2025

Independent physicians face many obstacles in handling their practices in the United States. Medical billing is one of the complex and significant components, affecting the revenue collection of the practice. It requires smooth navigation provided by an expert billing team. P3Care provides the best medical billing for independent physicians. It serves as a strategic solution in healthcare billing services.

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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

Patient Experience

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare, tries to make it easy on health systems. His is the first Epic-based virtual care company – Epic having the largest market share among EHR vendors, that makes starting up with telemedicine quite simple for a great many provider organizations. But the goal of KeyCare also is simplicity – simplicity in quickly and widely expanding a health system's physician panel.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 8, 2025

Healthcare tech company H1 picked up Ribbon Health, a provider data management software company to broaden its reach into the health plan, provider system and digital health sectors.

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Healthcare Success

JANUARY 6, 2025

Are the digital tracking technologies you use for your website and healthcare marketing practices fully compliant with HIPAA regulations and digital tracking standards? You might think so, but even industry standards like the Google Analytics (G4) and Meta pixels are not compliant. To understand these issues better, I invite you to listen to my recent podcast guest, James Corr from Freshpaint, as he sheds light on critical issues most healthcare providers overlook.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Since 2016, the 200-member IT team of Narayana Health in India has built smart and mobile solutions for patients and staff, says IT VP Jagadeesh Ramasamy.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 6, 2025

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the U.S. has died, the state's health department reported Monday.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 9, 2025

The bevy of changes for the massive California nonprofit is meant to improve operations, but should also give Blue Shield a financial leg-up as it competes with well-funded for-profit peers.

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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

Home Health Care

JANUARY 6, 2025

When a home health provider is not happy with a business partner or system, making a switch is common sense. But First Choice Home Health & Hospice provides a case study in the benefits that can come from considering other options even if a current system is satisfactory as well as the potential for solutions rooted in artificial intelligence to drive efficiency and free up dollars for key areas such as staffing.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 7, 2025

What You Should Know: – ActiGraph , a global leader in wearable digital health technology, announced the acquisition of Biofourmis Connect , a division of Biofourmis specializing in AI-powered digital trial platforms for the life science industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. – The acquisition combines ActiGraph’s expertise in wearable technology with Biofourmis Connect’s advanced analytics capabilities, creating a comprehensive and unified solut

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 10, 2025

Private equity firm New Mountain Capital plans to acquire Machinify and combine its with its previous merger of The Rawlings Group, Apixios Payment Integrity business and Varis to create a powerhouse in the payment integrity market. The combined entity will have revenue of more than $500 million.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 8, 2025

CVS’ efforts to reform how its pharmacies are paid have reached a significant milestone that should stabilize flagging margins.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 6, 2025

A big part of the evolution of health systems has been more meaningful engagement with the home as an extension of brick-and-mortar operations. In recent years, organizations like Advocate Health and Mass General Brigham have exemplified this shift. These major health systems are reevaluating their home-based care capabilities and partnerships, and leveraging technology and innovative care modelsincluding hospital-at-hometo enable more integrated and cost-efficient services.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 8, 2025

Frank Fawzi, IntelePeer CEO In todays digital-first world, AI-powered automation is redefining how we approach both customer and healthcare patient experiences. While AI has already made its mark across industries, its application in healthcare introduces a unique opportunity to enhance patient experience (PX) at a time when the industry is grappling with unprecedented challenges, including staffing shortages and increased demand.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 9, 2025

Providers should inform patients in clinical settings about cancer risk, promote alcohol screening and offer treatment referrals, the U.S. surgeon general said in an advisory. Here's how.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 8, 2025

The rule will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from about 15 million Americans' credit reports and bars lenders from using medical information in their lending decisions.

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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.

The Rand Blog

JANUARY 10, 2025

As Los Angeles battles ongoing wildfires, tens of thousands face displacement. Recovery begins now, but long-term healing will take years, requiring community support and resources for rebuilding and emotional care. Here are some key steps and resources to help.

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American College of Healthcare Sciences

JANUARY 10, 2025

As the new year blossoms, many of us look for ways to refresh our routines and embrace healthier habits. Dry January, a month-long commitment to forgo alcohol is an increasingly popular resolution for resetting and revitalizing after the holiday season. Additionally, many Americans are reducing their consumption of alcohol overall, with a survey from NC […] The post Refreshing Resolutions: Mocktail Recipes for Dry January and Year-Round appeared first on American College of Healthcare Scie

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 10, 2025

CMS is recommending a 2.23% payment increase from the federal government to MA plans. Payers will likely be much happier at this year's advance notice than the prior year's rate cut.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 9, 2025

Nearly 30% of the funding poured into healthcare startups last year went to companies leveraging artificial intelligence, according to Silicon Valley Bank.

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The Rand Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

As wildfires swept through Los Angeles, misinformation circulated among citizens, celebrities, and some journalists, leading to significant confusion. This scenario highlights the challenges of ensuring reliable communication during emergencies and the necessity for more effective information channels.

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NASHP

JANUARY 6, 2025

One of the essential principles of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers is to support family caregivers in cultivating needed connections in and out of the health care and long-term care systems. This principle is rooted in whole-person care and the recognition that navigating the deeply siloed and complex array of health, social services, and community supports is daunting especially in chronically underserved communities.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 8, 2025

Blue Shield of California is restructuring its corporate operations, including a change at the top that brings in its first-ever female CEO. | Blue Shield of California is restructuring its corporate operations, including a change at the top that brings in its first-ever female CEO.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 8, 2025

The deal expected to close in the second quarter will take Accolade private and create a single firm with more than 1,400 employer and payer clients.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2025

What You Should Know: – HartfordHealthCare and Aidoc today announced the launch of a new partnership to innovate and integrate tailored clinical artificial intelligence solutions that aim to enhance the speed to diagnosis, reduce care delays and connect the right care team to the right patient at the right time by increasing collaboration across radiology, cardiology, vascular, neurology and emergency departments. –Hartford HealthCare has implemented Aidoc and its aiOS platform, feat

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Spok Inc

JANUARY 8, 2025

Discover six essential reasons why HIPAA-compliant texting solutions are crucial for hospital BYOD messaging policies, including regulatory compliance, EHR integration, and secure directory access. Learn how secure messaging platforms protect patient data while improving clinical communication. The post Left to your own devices? 6 reasons to choose secure text messaging for BYOD appeared first on Spok Inc.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 10, 2025

A group of UnitedHealth Group shareholders are pressuring the company to examine practices they say deny or limit patient access to care. | A group of UnitedHealth Group shareholders are pressuring the company to examine practices they say deny or limit patient access to care.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 10, 2025

Despite a $265 million net loss, investors saw reason for optimism in the quarter, including renegotiated pharmacy contracts and the closure of 70 underperforming stores.

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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.