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Devices & Diagnostics, Health IT, Hospitals, Policy
Want to be influential in healthcare? Still helps to be white, male and highly paid
So, it’s true. The top 2 spots in Modern Healthcare’s 2014 list of the 100 […]
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Affordable Care Act: Which health insurers are winners and losers?
WellPoint Inc., the parent of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri, took a huge gamble when it dove headfirst into many of the new health insurance marketplaces around the country.
Aetna Inc. hedged its bets by entering a patchwork of federal-… -
UnitedHealth, Aetna not at closed White House meeting of corp. insurance bosses
At a closed White House meeting in April, President Barack Obama told corporate insurance bosses […]
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Don Berwick on healthcare spending: “We have to improve our way out of this”
Cost figures from the healthcare reform debate are large enough to defy comprehension, but Dr. […]
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Universal Health biggest in psychiatric services (Morning Read)
Universal Health Services Inc. in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has acquired rival Psychiatric Solutions Inc. for $3.1 billion, making the now $7 billion company the country’s largest owner of freestanding inpatient psychiatric facilities, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Tech
What Pear Therapeutics’ Bankruptcy Has Left the DTX Industry to Ponder
One of the fastest-growing frontiers of healthcare is Digital Therapeutics (DTx), which utilizes clinically tested […]
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Providence denies ‘disturbing’ debt collection practices alleged by senator
Providence issued a response to a letter sent by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, in which she demanded the health system answer questions about its alleged efforts to aggressively bill patients who qualified for free or discounted care. The response denied that Providence aggressively pursued its poorest patients for medical debt, asserting that its “commitment to those in need has never been stronger.”
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Providers, payers & startups are all looking for key pieces to solve the maternal care puzzle
America’s abysmal record on maternal care outcomes and equity has spurred the rise of startups as well as innovative strategies from providers and payers, each trying to solve a piece of the larger problem. But these entities will also need the help of policymakers to truly improve care in this arena.
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Study finds promise in digital programs for treating knee pain
A randomized, controlled study published in JAMA Open found that patients who engaged in a virtual physical therapy program saw a greater reduction in knee pain than those who continued with their usual care plan at home. However, the study was not blinded, which could affect patients’ self-reported pain scores.
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Startups, Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech
Startup adjusts medical voice assistant for a Zoom world
Saykara, which built an AI voice assistant for medical professionals, had to quickly adjust when most healthcare appointments shifted to online. The company integrated its services with Zoom and began helping health systems with scheduling tasks.
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CMS tells hospitals, dentists to cancel elective surgeries
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued new guidance for healthcare providers to cancel elective procedures. CMS said the measures are intended to maintain the supply of personal protective equipment and ICU beds as healthcare providers grapple with Covid-19.