Health Care Dive
JULY 10, 2024
Antitrust regulators are poised to file suit against CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx over how they negotiate discounts for drugs, including insulin, according to the report.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 8, 2024
U.S. digital health startups pulled in $5.7 billion across 266 deals in the first six months of 2024, marking continued momentum in the sector after a rocky few quarters last year. | U.S. digital health startups pulled in $5.7 billion across 266 deals in the first six months of 2024, marking continued momentum in the sector after a rocky few quarters last year.
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Healthcare It News
JULY 12, 2024
Virtual reality is particularly beneficial for teaching social and life skills, says Floreo CEO Vijay Ravindran, who explains and how investment in extended-reality digital therapeutics is evolving.
HIT Consultant
JULY 11, 2024
Zac Amos, Features Editor at ReHack While digitalization saves lives, it may also threaten them. The uptick in data breaches and cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry correlates to the number of internet-connected and insecure technology facilities are adopting. Implantable medical devices are one of the latest victims of this trend — and their vulnerabilities could be deadly.
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Health Care Dive
JULY 9, 2024
On Tuesday, regulators updated the public on their almost three-year-old inquiry into PBMs’ anticompetitive business practices. The report is not positive for the drug middlemen, which immediately criticized it as one-sided.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 9, 2024
OpenAI's venture fund and Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global are backing a new startup, Thrive AI Health, that aims to build an AI health coach to promote healthier lifestyles. | OpenAI's venture fund and Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global are backing a new startup that aims to build an AI health coach to promote healthier lifestyles.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Home Health Care
JULY 8, 2024
Providers examining the 2025 home health proposed payment rule may be experiencing some déjà vu, according to William A. Dombi, the president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC). “Much of what we see in the rule is just, on the payment side of it in particular, an update from ‘23 and ‘24,” he said during a recent webinar hosted by NAHC.
Health Care Dive
JULY 12, 2024
The findings are a “big deal,” according to one expert, as CVS’ health insurer didn’t follow some “major requirements that are essential to ensuring that the IDR process runs smoothly.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') proposed calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule rule, out Wednesday, proposed an assortment of new payments and coverage for digital heal | CMS' proposed changes to digital health payment for physicians includes new codes for mental health-related digital therapeutics, an assortment of telehealth extensions and more flexibilities for opioid treatment programs to use audio and video telehealth services.
Healthcare It News
JULY 11, 2024
Touted as the product of 10 years of work, the most recent proposed rule issued July 10 by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will usher in an age of automation for healthcare interoperability through application programming interface-based exchange capabilities, officials said on Wednesday. The second version of ONC's Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing and Public Health Interoperability rule, or HTI-2, is designed to supp
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HIT Consultant
JULY 10, 2024
What You Should Know: – Stanford Medicine is revolutionizing the way community physicians deliver care with the launch of Patients Like Mine, a suite of services designed to equip them with the data and resources needed to provide high-quality, evidence-based treatment to their patients. – By empowering community physicians with the tools and knowledge they need, this program has the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care for all pa
Health Care Dive
JULY 11, 2024
Regulators said Medicare’s budget neutrality requirement is to blame for the reduction, which was quickly decried by provider groups. However, it’s likely Congress will step in to mitigate the drop.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 8, 2024
Healthcare industry groups are urging the federal government to streamline and loosen a recent proposed rule outlining cybersecurity incident reporting requirements for entities considered to be cr | Hospitals, practices, information management executives and even insurers criticized a proposed rule for its overlap with other federal reporting requirements and limited oversight of smaller third-parties, among other concerns.
Healthcare It News
JULY 11, 2024
An online community for atrial fibrillation will connect patients and caretakers with information on the disease and help to increase beneficial partnerships, says Jim Kaveney, founder of Unlimited Heart Health & Wellness.
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HIT Consultant
JULY 11, 2024
What You Should Know: – Synchron , a leading innovator in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, has announced a groundbreaking integration of generative AI into its BCI platform. – The integration, powered by OpenAI , empowers individuals with severe paralysis to interact with the digital world through thought-controlled texting, offering a new level of communication and independence.
Health Care Dive
JULY 10, 2024
Texas Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision suggests he could overturn at least part of the rule, which is meant to curb predatory plan marketing to seniors.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 12, 2024
ONC's HTI-2 proposed rule 'big step forward' for interoperability, health IT experts say, but EHR vendors concerned about timelines hlandi Fri, 07/12/2024 - 14:43
Healthcare It News
JULY 12, 2024
Steven Osborne, Medweb's director of federal business, discusses the company's new teledermatology app, which compresses the highest-resolution images a patient's phone can take without compromising data quality for a doctor's review.
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The Rand Blog
JULY 10, 2024
The changing climate will strain the basic functions that underpin American society. Core services such as supplying water and electricity, providing medical care, and responding to emergencies like floods will face regional- or even national-level disruptions in the years to come.
Health Care Dive
JULY 10, 2024
The sweeping payment rule also solidifies continuous eligibility requirements for children in Medicaid and CHIP, and holds hospitals to higher obstetric care delivery standards in a bid to improve maternal mortality.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2024
A recent lawsuit has pushed back against an industry-opposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule on broker compensation in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. | A district court in Texas is halting a federal rule that changes broker compensation and overhauls marketing to seniors.
Healthcare It News
JULY 8, 2024
Celo's HIPAA-compliant messaging app allows care teams to share information easily without compromising patients' privacy. Jack Clough, the company's chief growth officer, shares more about the technology.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Home Health Care
JULY 10, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Despite variations in service lines, size and operations, the best home-based care organizations all have one thing in common. These companies all prioritize the experience — of patients, clients and staff. And while every member of an organization plays a role in shaping the experience, this responsibility largely rests on the shoulders of what is now known as the chief experience officer.
Health Care Dive
JULY 9, 2024
HHS officials Micky Tripathi and Troy Tazbaz resigned from their roles as non-voting members of the Coalition for Health AI, an industry group working to create standards for artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 10, 2024
Just one day after issuing a report blasting pharmacy benefit managers for their business practices and focus on consolidation and vertical integration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is report | The FTC is planning legal action against pharmacy benefit managers for rebate tactics that may hinder consumers and independent pharmacies.
Healthcare It News
JULY 10, 2024
The HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum is scheduled to take place September 5-6 in Boston. Learn more and register.
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The Rand Blog
JULY 12, 2024
Moscow has recently shown that it remains a formidable presence in the Indo-Pacific. But as long as Russian interference does not fundamentally challenge the United States' own Indo-Pacific strategy, then Moscow's interference is just part and parcel of the emerging multipolar order.
Health Care Dive
JULY 9, 2024
More than 60 Medicare Advantage health plans from 40 insurers have received a higher star rating for 2024, according to a Healthcare Dive analysis.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 10, 2024
A proposed rule outlining the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) intended Medicare payment rates and policy updates for outpatient and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) in the co | The administration's CY 2025 OPPS and ASC Payment Systems proposed rule looks to improve obstetrical services, quality reporting and care access.
Healthcare It News
JULY 9, 2024
The company will build a genAI-enabled expert health coach that personalizes behavioral change.
Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA
Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
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