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White House cancels $1.2B in student loan debt, impacting healthcare
07/22/2024

White House cancels $1.2B in student loan debt, impacting healthcare

According to the administration, the new debt cancellations bring the total number of affected Americans to 4.76 million people.

Mandatory organ transplant model draws ire from AHA
07/22/2024

Mandatory organ transplant model draws ire from AHA

The group is especially concerned that the model's heavy focus on transplant volume may incentivize unintended consequences.

Digital literacy a key to success in healthcare
07/22/2024

Digital literacy a key to success in healthcare

Rachael Charbonneau, senior program development manager of health science at the American Heart Association, said a lack of awareness and education on digital literacy creates hesitance -- which her organization is attempting to curb.

Providers grappling with interoperability despite the cloud
07/19/2024

Providers grappling with interoperability despite the cloud

A Hyland/HIMSS Market Insights survey found that providers are still struggling when it comes to sharing data and information with other providers, according to Hyland principal product manager Lyle McMillin.

Healthcare costs on pace to rise 8% over the next year
07/19/2024

Healthcare costs on pace to rise 8% over the next year

This near-record trend is driven by inflationary pressure, prescription drug spending and behavioral health utilization, the report claims.

Administration launching multi-state licensure compact
07/19/2024

Administration launching multi-state licensure compact

Streamlining licensure while maintaining quality standards, HHS said, improves access to services.

Workflow automation platform reduces manual labor
07/19/2024

Workflow automation platform reduces manual labor

AI platform helps do the backend work of the pharmacy as these technician roles become harder to fill, says Joy Liu, founder and CEO of Plenful.

Congressional Dems push feds to increase coverage for DACA recipients
07/18/2024

Congressional Dems push feds to increase coverage for DACA recipients

It's imperative, they said, that DACA recipients are aware of the special enrollment period and understand their eligibility.

AHA criticizes payment structure in Pay PCPs Act
07/18/2024

AHA criticizes payment structure in Pay PCPs Act

The hybrid payment structure may result in payment decreases that cannot be absorbed, the AHA said.

AI's use in data collaboration between payers and providers
07/18/2024

AI's use in data collaboration between payers and providers

AI can mine data to identify patterns in a patient's history, access medical records to automate claims and lead to a self-service model, say Oron Afek, CEO of Vim and Ashok Chennuru, global chief data and insights officer, Elevance Health.

Hybrid care models integrate virtual care into hospital at home
07/17/2024

Hybrid care models integrate virtual care into hospital at home

LG Electronics went into digital health through partnerships and its own build strategies, leaning into health systems for clinical feedback, says Joe O'Brien, head of sales, digital health at LG Electronics.

CMS to spread awareness of Rx payment plan through guidance
07/17/2024

CMS to spread awareness of Rx payment plan through guidance

People with Medicare must opt into the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan to utilize the new benefit, CMS said.

Elevance Health logs $2.3 billion profit in Q2
07/17/2024

Elevance Health logs $2.3 billion profit in Q2

Operating revenue was $43.2 billion in the quarter, a decrease of $0.2 billion compared to the prior year quarter.

Healthcare CFOs shift priorities as margin pressures increase
07/17/2024

Healthcare CFOs shift priorities as margin pressures increase

Marketing and branding have emerged as the foremost strategic growth priorities, with CFOs saying these areas are critical.

LLMs role in filling the 'evidence gap'
07/17/2024

LLMs role in filling the 'evidence gap'

The evidence gap means physicians don't have the right evidence for best treatment decision, says Saurabh Gombar, adjunct faculty at Stanford Health Care and chief medical officer and cofounder of Atropos Health.

AI is moving from concept to solving real world problems
07/16/2024

AI is moving from concept to solving real world problems

Artificial intelligence is data hungry, and interoperability is about putting data to work, says Marilee Benson, president and cofounder of Zen Healthcare IT.

Hospitals making progress on combating workplace violence
07/16/2024

Hospitals making progress on combating workplace violence

Strategies to curb violence in the work setting include training, technology support and coordinating with local law enforcement.

Optum biggest driver of UnitedHealth Group's $4.2 billion Q2 profit
07/16/2024

Optum biggest driver of UnitedHealth Group's $4.2 billion Q2 profit

The company said it rebounded after a tough first quarter brought on by the Change cyberattack.

Former Georgia insurance commissioner sentenced to 5 years in prison
07/16/2024

Former Georgia insurance commissioner sentenced to 5 years in prison

John Oxendine was sentenced for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with unnecessary lab testing.

Senators debut bill to reduce healthcare cyberattacks
07/16/2024

Senators debut bill to reduce healthcare cyberattacks

The bill was conceived after the Change Healthcare attack which lawmakers cited as evidence of a lack of preparation and training.

The importance of having an European wide perspective on digital therapeutic strategies
07/16/2024

The importance of having an European wide perspective on digital therapeutic strategies

Eversana, which provides services for the life sciences industry, is working with Digital Therapeutics Alliance to analyze different reimbursement frameworks in Europe, says Alberta Spreafico, senior vice president of health innovation at Eversana.

Physicians need more than medication risk alert
07/15/2024

Physicians need more than medication risk alert

An AI prescribing tool does more than notify clinicians as it directly corrects the prescription if it detects a drug interaction and suggests prescription alternatives, says Emmanuel Bilbault, cofounder and CEO of POSOS.

Strategy a key factor in Q2 healthcare mergers and acquisitions
07/15/2024

Strategy a key factor in Q2 healthcare mergers and acquisitions

Two of the 11 transactions were mega mergers, yet both were strategic transactions and neither were focused on scale.

Hospital CFO one of three charged with $15M fraud scheme
07/15/2024

Hospital CFO one of three charged with $15M fraud scheme

The defendants allegedly caused the hospital to pay vendors for goods and services they knew had not been provided.

Cityblock, Alliance Health partner on behavioral health
07/15/2024

Cityblock, Alliance Health partner on behavioral health

Cityblock will provide care to members with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder in Alliance's behavioral health plan.

Next-generation imaging improves patient experience by being faster and more efficient
07/15/2024

Next-generation imaging improves patient experience by being faster and more efficient

A radioactive tracer is able to go through the bloodstream to take images for diagnosis and can travel to abnormal places in the body where masses and tumors can hide, says Heidi Veltman, VP & COO of Kaiser Permanente Georgia.

Platform allows medical imaging, teleradiology to be digitally moved
07/13/2024

Platform allows medical imaging, teleradiology to be digitally moved

Medweb builds global teleradiology networks that operate out of remote locations with poor communications infrastructure, enabling telemedicine on ships at sea and active war zones, says Steven Osborne, the company director of federal business.

What the Supreme Court's Chevron ruling means for healthcare
07/12/2024

What the Supreme Court's Chevron ruling means for healthcare

The decision could cripple the ability of HHS and CMS to address critical issues such as regulating rapidly evolving technology like AI.

Proposed physician pay decrease: 'Death by a thousand cuts continues'
07/12/2024

Proposed physician pay decrease: 'Death by a thousand cuts continues'

Groups are calling on Congress to prevent the proposed 2.93% proposed payment reduction for 2025.

SCOTUS' overturning of Chevron to have credit effects in healthcare
07/12/2024

SCOTUS' overturning of Chevron to have credit effects in healthcare

Some regulations have already been challenged, and more are likely to come, according to Moody's.

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