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Express Scripts sues FTC over report damning pharmacy benefit managers

Healthcare Dive

The major pharmacy benefit manager said its lawsuit is necessary to protect against misinformation about the controversial drug middlemen, while the FTC promised to defend its research.

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Chronic disease 'patient burnout' – a silent issue that must be tackled

Healthcare It News

While clinician burnout is well known, "patient burnout" within the chronic disease population is an equally critical but silent issue. Managing chronic conditions, especially diabetes, is complex and overwhelming. Nonadherence affects 12% of the U.S. population with Type 2 diabetes ; 42% of patients with chronic conditions manage at least two or more.

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Health benefit costs to rise 5.8% per employee in 2025: survey

Healthcare Dive

About half of employers said they would make cost-cutting changes to their plans next year, like increasing deductibles or other cost-sharing provisions, according to a report from consultancy Mercer.

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Atrium Health responds to new social engineering attack

Healthcare It News

Atrium Health announced on its website Friday that it is sending notifications to certain patients and staff who may have been affected by a malicious email sent to some of the health system’s employees on April 29. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based health system noted that its electronic medical records are separate from its email system and were unaffected by the incident.

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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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4 Reasons Why the Adoption of FHIR Brings Immense Value to Medical Record Requesters

MRO Compliance

What is FHIR? The HL7® FHIR® ( Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources ) standard is the accepted standard for exchanging healthcare information, regardless of how or where the information is stored. By enabling secure access to both clinical and administrative data, FHIR ensures that healthcare providers can access the information they need to deliver optimal patient care.

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Express Scripts files suit against FTC, demands retraction of report on PBM industry

Fierce Healthcare

Express Scripts has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that the agency retract a damning report on the pharmacy benefit management industry. | Express Scripts is suing the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that the agency retract a damning report on the pharmacy benefit management industry.

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AI Advances Bring RCM To an Inflection Point

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Various forms of automation have long been present within healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM). However, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have brought the industry to a significant inflection point, where the use cases for AI […] The article AI Advances Bring RCM To an Inflection Point appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Amazon inks digital health partnership with Talkspace, adds mental health provider to health conditions program

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon has added virtual behavioral health provider Talkspace to its health conditions program, a service it rolled out in January to help connect customers with virtual care benefits. | Amazon has added virtual behavioral health provider Talkspace to its health conditions program, a service it rolled out in January to help connect customers with virtual care benefits.

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EnableComp Acquires ANI Healthcare Solutions, Expanding Its Denial Management Solutions Within Its Award-Winning Specialty RCM Platform

Healthcare IT Today

EnableComp , a market leader in specialty revenue cycle solutions for healthcare, announced that it has acquired ANI Healthcare Solutions, LLC (ANI) , a San Francisco-based denial management company. With this acquisition, EnableComp adds ANI’s denial management expertise to its comprehensive solution suite and further expands the proficiency of the E360 RCM intelligent automation platform.

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Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them

Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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Noom to offer compounded GLP-1 drug to rival pricey branded weight loss meds

Fierce Healthcare

Noom is the latest digital health company to jump into the off-label weight loss drug market to make medications more accessible to consumers. | Noom is the latest digital health company to jump into the off-label weight loss drug market to make medications more accessible to consumers.

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FDA Clears Eversense® 365: The World’s First One-Year CGM System

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Senseonics Holdings, Inc. and Ascensia Diabetes Care announced that the FDA has cleared the Eversense® 365 CGM system. – This marks a significant advancement in diabetes management, offering a fully-implantable, long-term continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solution for individuals with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes aged 18 and older.

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Biden administration unveils multi-agency patient safety programs, industry commitments

Fierce Healthcare

The Biden administration met World Patient Safety Day with a blitz of new programs, panel discussions and commitments from government agencies as well as healthcare industry organizations all focus | A patient safety forum held at the White House came with several agency announcements and discussions with health systems tackling harm reduction and workforce culture.

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Virtual Second Opinions on the Rise: Cardiology, Cancer, and Neurology Lead the Way

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new study by The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic has shed light on the increasing demand for virtual second opinions (VSOs) in the US, with a particular focus on heart, cancer, and neurological conditions. – This trend underscores the growing need for accessible specialty care, especially in regions facing healthcare provider shortages.

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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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The healthcare issues keeping employers up at night

Fierce Healthcare

Employers hold significant power in the healthcare industry. | In this week's episode of "Podnosis," we're diving into the healthcare topics employers are watching most closely.

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MATTER Selected as BARDA’s Digital Health Hub to Advance Health Security Innovation

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – MATTER , a leading healthcare incubator and innovation hub, has been chosen by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to establish a Digital Health Hub within the BARDA Accelerator Network. – This initiative, named Paratus , aims to develop and validate cutting-edge digital health solutions to bolster the nation’s preparedness and response to health security threats, ultimately improving the continuum of clinical care.

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Data leak exposes information of thousands of hospital workers

Becker's Health IT

Data leak exposes personal info of thousands of hospital workers, Cybernews reports. MNA Healthcare's system misconfiguration led to the inadvertent leak.

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SoundHealth Launches First-Ever Real-Time Personalized Allergy Forecast

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – SoundHealth, Inc. (“SoundHealth”) , a medical technology company harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and medical science to improve patient outcomes, today introduced the first-ever personalized allergy forecast based on a person’s facial anatomy and their surrounding environment. – The SoundHealth SONU app uses patented AI algorithms to scan a user’s face and produce a real-time, personalized forecast of their allergy symptoms based on their l

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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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Hospitals make major gains on handwashing compliance, accountability, Leapfrog finds

Fierce Healthcare

Handwashing adherence is on the up-and-up as more hospitals are holding their leadership accountable for hand hygiene, patient safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group reports. | The patient safety watchdog's latest report found a sharp increase in the percentage of surveyed hospitals meeting its handwashing standards, as well as an increase in the portion of hospitals putting their leaders on the hook for good results.

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Vyne Medical Acquires Extract Systems

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Vyne Medical®, a leader in the healthcare industry for improving disparate communication process management, today announced the acquisition of Extract SystemsR, an award-winning provider of advanced data extraction solutions, solidifying Vyne Medical’s position as a leading healthcare automation company. – The combination of Vyne Medical and Extract Systems will further the companies’ shared vision of simplifying the flow of data in hospitals and health syst

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Digital Health Unplugged: Why the NHS is so difficult to sell to

Digital Health News

Digital Health News reporter, Jordan Sollof is joined by Lloyd Price and Mohammad Al-Ubaydli to discuss why the NHS is difficult to sell to.

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Oracle Health Enhances Veteran Care with Free Interoperability Code

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Oracle Health today announced the release of new free code designed to enable its customers to support the Veteran Interoperability Pledge. – This framework facilitates the secure sharing of patient health information between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and community providers, enhancing the care of Veterans receiving treatment both within and outside the VA network.

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Advanced Compliance: OSHA & HIPAA in Healthcare Facilities

Dive into the Compliance Officer's Handbook for advanced OSHA and HIPAA strategies. This guide provides detailed steps for maintaining compliance in healthcare facilities, covering key regulations like the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and HIPAA Privacy Rule. Learn to create a culture of compliance with management commitment, employee training, and regular risk assessments.

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Optum Rx's vision for the future of specialty care

Fierce Healthcare

Rising costs, technological advancements, the growing complexity of patient needs – these are all factors transforming the specialty pharma landscape at present. | Dive into the future of specialty pharmacy with Tricia Purdy, SVP at Optum Rx. From cross-benefit management to value-based care models, discover how the company is transforming patient care while addressing cost pressures.

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CharmHealth Expands Into Enterprise Market with New Features

Healthcare IT Today

CharmHealth , an EHR company known for catering to small and mid-sized medical practices, is adding features for larger provider organizations. The move into what the company calls the “enterprise space” is a response to existing customer growth and a desire to capture new business from larger organizations. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Venky Chellappa, CharmHealth’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company’s annual user group conference – Charmalot2024 – to learn mo

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Lawmakers, policy experts spar over the Inflation Reduction Act in Senate hearing

Fierce Healthcare

Tuesday's Senate Committee on Finance hearing on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) featured both proponents and critics of recent health policy decisions throwing punches, many of which have been p | Lawmakers and policy experts disagreed on whether the Inflation Reduction Act's strengths outweigh its weaknesses as well as the best path forward.

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Health Care Data Wars: Exploring the Real Time v. PointClickCare Lawsuit and How to Get Access to Patient Data

Healthcare IT Today

An ongoing lawsuit between two health IT companies raises questions that call for more discussion. Already, the judge’s preliminary injunction in the case ( Real Time Medical Systems, Inc. v. PointClickCare Technologies, Inc. ) has led independent observers to predict a shake-up in health care and the potential for future lawsuits. Some of the issues covered in this series include: The demands made on infrastructure by hot, new analytic technologies, which often run automated queries (call

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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.