Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises. Under international human rights law, States have a positive, primary obligation to ensure that such health care services are of the highest possible quality and accessible to everyone, everywhere, and without discrimination.
Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The massive for-profit operator has allegedly shuttered services at Mission Health, the hospital system it acquired in 2019, violating the terms of its purchase agreement.
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Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has dropped the final rule to remedy the invalidated 340B-acquired drug payment policy for calendar years 2018 to 2022. | In a statement, American Hospital Association president and CEO Rick Pollack commended the coming repayment to 340B hospitals, but condemned HHS' choice to cut Medicare rates.
Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The partnerships aim to improve care coordination and referrals from Walmart’s 23 health centers in the state.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
When the Affordable Care Act was passed, some feared its changes could lead many employers to drop health coverage altogether. | When the Affordable Care Act was passed, some feared its changes could lead many employers to drop health coverage altogether.
Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The switch to virtual care has increased documentation burden for physicians, according to a new report published in JAMA.
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Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
But the telehealth vendor’s new contract with the Defense Health Agency could support its path to profitability, management said.
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. External payer audits quadrupled in volume in 2023, making timely responses more challenging than ever for resource-strapped healthcare organizations. Though patient volumes and surgeries have begun to recover from COVID-19 declines – with a 23% […] The article MDaudit’s 2023 Annual Benchmark Report Finds a Fourfold Increase in External Payer Audits, Patient Volumes Double appeared first on
Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
An expected economic downturn has yet to materialize, leading Cigna to say Thursday it plans to add at least 1.6 million members this year, up from previous forecasts.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
What You Should Know: – 100 percent of hospital and health system respondents stated that staffing shortages have significantly affected revenue cycle management (RCM) and patient engagement efforts, according to a new survey by Experian Health. – A significant 69 percent of the surveyed healthcare executives responsible for RCM staffing foresee ongoing challenges in the long term.
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Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Neal Sample, first appointed in an adviser capacity in October, will report to CEO Tim Wentworth as EVP and CIO.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Hospitals are taking their campaign against the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) “rule for thee but not for me” crackdown on third-party web trackers to the courts. | The hospital lobby said the tools—which are currently in use on the government's own health websites—are needed to better spread health information and increase access.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Through its Value-Based Care Enablement Solution, the Round Advances the Company’s Efforts to Improve Care Across California Pair Team , a virtual and community-based primary care solution connecting Medicaid’s highest-risk patients to high-quality care, today announced it has raised $9 million in Series A funding. The financing was led by NEXT VENTURES , with participation from PTX Capital , Create Health Ventures , OCA Ventures , CHCF Innovation Fund , Kapor Capital , Augment Vent
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Trip Hofer, CEO at Redox What You Should Know: – Redox CEO and Co-Founder, Luke Bonney announced that he is stepping down as CEO and appointing Trip Hofer as the new CEO of Redox to lead the new phase of growth. Prior to joining Redox, Hofer most recently served as CEO of OptumHealth Behavioral Health Solutions and is the former CEO at AbleTo Inc. – Bonney stated that the next phase of Redox would be better served by a new CEO with experience in the next stage of the company scaling.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Lenovo has been famous for their laptops for a long time, but they also have a strong business in computer servers. They offer hardware for data centers as well as edge locations, along with a SaaS style pricing model called TruScale. According to Robert Daigle, Director of Global AI at Lenovo , a new system called the Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 makes it possible to run compute-heavy tasks such as generative AI in a workplace at “the edge.” The SE455 is only half as loud as comparable
Health Law Checkup
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Last week, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR") released two new resources designed to assist patients in understanding the privacy and security risks to their health information associated with using telehealth, and steps that can be taken to reduce those risks.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The following is a guest article by Rodman Ramezanian, Global Cloud Threat Lead at Skyhigh Security Healthcare, like other sectors, is undergoing a massive digital transformation to meet the changing needs of patients and workers. As part of this transformation, there are a growing number of roles that can be performed virtually – such as grant administrators, clinical trial coordinators, or telehealth care providers – although some workers, like emergency room physicians, must still be present
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Alignment Healthcare is still yet to turn a profit, as the company has recorded a net loss of $35 million in the third quarter, but executives are not sweating just yet. | Alignment Healthcare alluded to future market expansion during a third-quarter earnings call while also highlighting outperformance in membership and adjusted gross profit.
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Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Patient support programme capability has been launched to the Nye Health digital platform, which uses analytics and data integration to support patients.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Telehealth giant Amwell (formerly American Well) inked a major contract with the Defense Health Agency to expands its reach into the government and public sectors. | Telehealth giant Amwell (formerly American Well) inked a major contract with the Defense Health Agency to expands its reach into the government and public sectors. But the virtual care company saw its revenue decline year over year and its net loss widen during the quarter.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Today's briefing reports on a partnership between My Possible Self and East Warrington Primary Care Network and news the IN Group has acquired Bio Talent.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The Washington-based company will combine Naring Health, DiscernDx and Foodome's resources with its offerings to develop more personalized nutrition options.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Trainee surgeons learning to conduct laparoscopic (or keyhole) surgery will soon be able to complete their training quicker due to an AI-empowered system.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Consumers are facing higher out-of-pocket costs when they receive outpatient care due to hospital “facility fees.” In a post for Health Affairs Forefront, Linda Blumberg and Christine Monahan provide a primer on facility fees, including the trend of hospital consolidation driving these fees and federal policy options to protect consumers from rising costs in outpatient settings.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has signed a 10-year contract with System C for an integrated electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The Cigna Group is raising its guidance on the back of $1.4 billion in profit and $49 billion in revenue for the third quarter. | The Cigna Group is raising its guidance on the back of $1.4 billion in profit and $49 billion in revenue for the third quarter.
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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
A newly formed partnership between Aberdeen Orthopaedics and Medbelle is helping to improve the experience of healthcare for private patients.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
What You Should Know: – Hospitals’ financial performance declined slightly in September compared to the previous month, according to the latest National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall. Across the board, there was a decrease in patient volume during this period compared to 2022. – The latest Physician Flash Report reveals the need for organizations to be more strategic about how they utilize and retain providers and support staff.
Redox
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Healthcare software vendors prioritize projects that use HL7 ® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ® ) over those built on other standards for many reasons. Because FHIR resources have a defined structure, they can be accessed, manipulated, and exchanged in ways that other standards aren’t today. In addition to the benefits of FHIR, interoperability mandates are moving the market incrementally, but towards FHIR domination.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The company's personalized care plans will be available to UHC customers, including its self-funded employers.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
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