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Does the 340B program improve quality of care?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

According to a paper by Smith et al. 2023 , the answer is ‘no’ The authors use data from AHRQ’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Data, Hospital Cost Reporting Information System Data, Office of Pharmacy Affairs Information System Data, and American Hospital Association Annual Survey for 15 states between 2008 to 2014.

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How Amazon's $4B investment in AI company Anthropic impacts healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon announced this week that it would invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic as the AI arms race heats up. | Amazon announced this week that it would invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence company Anthropic as the AI arms race heats up. The collaboration introduces more competition and more options for healthcare teams looking to innovate using different approaches or to get more tactical with their AI strategy, one health IT expert said.

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Inside Kaiser Permanente’s labor relations breakdown

Health Care Dive

Kaiser Permanente’s novel labor approach allowed for decades of stability, but over a dozen sources familiar with the situation said fractured relationships are straining current negotiations.

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At Baptist Health, patient engagement shown to be equivalent to adding a BP med

Healthcare It News

Kentucky ranks fifth in the U.S. for adults with hypertension, many of whose condition is not controlled. Untreated high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and other serious health problems. THE PROBLEM The traditional approach of seeing a patient in the office, prescribing medication, advising them on lifestyle changes to make, having them check their blood pressure at home and report back, has fallen short, said Dr.

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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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Reimbursement Insights: Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Cardiology Billing

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Medicare and Medicaid are the two biggest healthcare insurance programs in the United States. They provide healthcare coverage for different medical specialties, and cardiology is one of them. The federal government has made different rules and regulations applicable to eligible populations. These rules may change or modify with time, causing confusion for medical billing services.

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CMS urged to change GLP-1 drug coverage determination

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare organizations are continuing to push the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rethink its coverage policy for anti-obesity medications. | Critics say that the view CMS has of certain anti-obesity medications is outdated and could be covered under Medicare Part D.

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Advocate Health, Mount Sinai among 10 big health systems in Transcarent provider network

Healthcare It News

The Transcarent platform integrates directly through the care pathway of each of the 10 health systems it is partnering with, including scheduling and pre- and post-care, support services and same-day payment for providers. WHY IT MATTERS Transcarent says the ecosystem will provide the employees of national self-insured employers with faster access to verified high-quality digital or in-person care, higher-quality care, and affordable and predictable costs with full transparency.

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Nurses Hacking for Health, Addressing Burnout, Workplace Violence, and AI

Health Populi

Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.” This is the key finding in a study from PRC on the implications of nurses’ dis-engagement from their work.

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Costco expands healthcare footprint, teams up with Sesame to offer members $29 virtual care visits

Fierce Healthcare

Costco is joining retail competitors Walgreens, Walmart and CVS Health by expanding its healthcare footprint. | The big-box retailer teamed up with startup Sesame to offer special discount pricing to Costco members on a broad range of outpatient medical care services, including telehealth visits.

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CMMI increased federal spending by $5.4B during its first decade, report finds

Health Care Dive

The Congressional Budget Office report estimated the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which was created in part to reduce spending, will increase net federal spending by $1.3 billion from 2021 through 2030.

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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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How virtual care can help ease the rural mental health crisis

Healthcare It News

The Southwest Rural Health Research Center has identified mental health concerns and addiction as the first and second most important priorities for rural health stakeholders, according to a May 2023 policy brief. With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there.

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On Searching for the Unknown with Unspeakable Names: Searching PubMed for Disability Research

Bill Of Health

By P.F. Anderson and LaTeesa James PubMed special queries are master search strategies on common, important, but challenging health topics, which are usually peer-reviewed. Disability certainly qualifies as a common, important health topic that is challenging to search – and yet, no PubMed special query exists for it. This oversight is concerning. Put simply, it’s important that disability as a topic is easily identifiable in the scholarly record.

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Midi Health banks $25M backed by GV to build out virtual midlife care for women

Fierce Healthcare

Despite the challenging funding market, startups focused on women's health and menopause care continue to attract investors who see an untapped market. | The startup, which launched about a year ago, focuses exclusively on women navigating midlife hormonal transition. Midi offers evidence-based interventions ranging from lifestyle coaching and supplements to prescription medications, all covered by major insurance providers.

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CVS hit with lawsuit from independent pharmacy over fees

Health Care Dive

A small Iowa pharmacy is accusing CVS Caremark of forcing independent pharmacies to sign one-sided contracts in order to stay in its network and continue dispensing drugs for its millions of covered lives.

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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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Most hospitals are not yet ready for LLM-based patient portals

Healthcare It News

Various capabilities have been incorporated into modern patient portals, including chatbots and digital twins, to maximise their potential for improving the patient experience. However, it may take a while for hospitals to apply the newer large language models to their patient portals. In the session " Patient portal integration for enhanced hospital operations ," Dr Roel Bolt, CMIO, Franciscus Hospital discussed the evolution and innovation of patient portals.

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Symposium Introduction: Addressing Technoableism: Reforming Infrastructure and Disability Representation

Bill Of Health

By Ashley Shew Far too often, when people write and talk about technology and disability, stories are deeply shaped by ableism. Often when devices are painted as “solving the problem of disability” or “empowering disabled people,” they suggest that being disabled is itself a problem, and that people should try to be as nondisabled as possible. But pretending to be nondisabled is not a great way to live — to be in hiding or denial, to not give your body and mind the rest they deserve, to hurt you

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Newer primary care disrupters constrain already limited supply of clinical providers, new analysis finds

Fierce Healthcare

As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained. | As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained. For health systems, hospitals and medical groups, competition for the shrinking pool of nurses and doctors will intensify, according to a new analysis.

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Nuance rolls out automated clinical documentation tool DAX Copilot

Health Care Dive

The application, previously called DAX Express, drafts summaries of patient conversations “in seconds,” according to Microsoft-owned Nuance.

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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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How Catholic Medical Center achieved personalised care with big data, AI

Healthcare It News

Within two years of digital transformation, Catholic Medical Center, one of the largest medical institutions in South Korea, gained capabilities to provide personalised care powered by big data and AI. In-Young Choi, professor and head of the Catholic Information Convergence Institute at CMC, shared their journey in the session, " Personalised care with hospital big data and digital health technology.

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Exo Unveils Handheld Ultrasound Device

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Exo (pronounced “echo”), a medical imaging software and device company, today unveiled a category-redefining handheld ultrasound device, Exo Iris™, to put high-performance medical imaging into the hands—and pockets—of every caregiver. Built on Exo’s advanced silicon technology, Exo Iris delivers versatile imaging performance for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at a fraction of the size and cost of cart-based systems.

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Virgin Pulse, HealthComp to merge in $3B deal aimed at improving employer health

Fierce Healthcare

Virgin Pulse and benefits administrator HealthComp are set to merge in a $3 billion deal that aims to drive lower costs and improve outcomes for employers. | Virgin Pulse and benefits administrator HealthComp are set to merge in a $3 billion deal that aims to drive lower costs and improve outcomes for employers.

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Centene lays off 3% of workforce

Health Care Dive

The insurer has been struggling with headwinds from Medicaid redeterminations and MA star ratings. The layoffs follow similar workforce reductions at CVS Health earlier this summer.

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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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APAC to double down on home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care

Healthcare It News

Home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care, and genomic data-driven personalised care are some of the emerging trends in care in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr Deok-Hyun Han, Vice CMIO of Samsung Medical Center, Oscar Lee, professor and vice superintendent of China Medical University Hospital, Low Cheng Ooi, associate professor and CTO of Sheares Healthcare, and Dr Mohammad Adib Khumaidi, president of the Indonesian Medical Association, sat together in the closing panel discussion " Th

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Look beyond the hype to find responsible AI solutions in healthcare

Meditech

Whenever a new innovation is introduced, it follows a fairly predictable route from having its proof of concept tested to entering the market to maturing into a more refined solution that meets user needs and integrates smoothly within existing workflows.

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Biden signs bill introducing more competition to US' organ transplant network

Fierce Healthcare

President Joe Biden signed into law Friday a bipartisan bill that overhauls the country’s organ transplant system by increasing competition among contractors and paving the way for additional fundi | The bipartisan bill ends nearly four decades of an effective monopoly held by a third-party contractor and opens the door for more funding and network reforms floated by HRSA earlier this year.

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Cano sells Texas, Nevada centers to Humana subsidiary for $67M

Health Care Dive

The divestiture to Humana’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care business comes after Cano CEO Mark Kent said in August the company was exploring a potential sale amid its worsening liquidity position.

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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.

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Women pay $15.4 billion more out of pocket for medical expenses

Healthcare It News

Employed women have as much as $15.4 billion more a year than men in out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, despite largely buying the same health insurance products, according to new findings published this week by Deloitte.

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Stepping into the future of health IT at MEDITECH LIVE

Meditech

Innovation excels through collaboration – especially when you’re in a room with some of the brightest minds in healthcare. MEDITECH proudly welcomed customers, industry thought leaders, vendor partners, and prominent organizations to our Foxborough conference center last week for MEDITECH LIVE , our annual customer leadership event.

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Wheel doubles down on virtual care investment, rolls out enhanced platform for payers, retailers and pharma

Fierce Healthcare

Big players continue to make hefty investments in health tech—look no further than Amazon expanding its virtual clinic to all 50 states and the planned $3 billion merger between digital wellness co | Health tech company Wheel has been building for the next evolution of virtual care with an eye toward working with large enterprises, health plans, pharma and nontraditional players like retailers.

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MA premiums increase slightly for 2024

Health Care Dive

CVS, UnitedHealth and Humana expanded their MA footprints 13%, 4% and 2% respectively for next year, according to an analyst analysis of the CMS data.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

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.