How Payers Use Tech to Support Healthcare Transformation
Executives at the ViVE Payer Insights event earlier this year discussed prior authorization, AI, value-based care and the role of tech to help achieve their goals.
Why Are Most Provider-Sponsored Health Plans Unprofitable?
The "vast majority" of provider-sponsored health plans are unprofitable, Flare Capital Partners Principal Parth Desai pointed out during a recent interview. He said most of these plans aren’t able to cover the large number of lives required to ensure a viable risk pool and maintain a healthy operating margin.
Improving the Healthcare Financial Experience to Help Care Flow
Zelis CEO Amanda Eisel shares her perspective on how the company is solving the problems of a fragmented health financial system to benefit all.
Providence Chief Nursing Officer: All Hospitals Should Be Using These 3 Tools
In order to effectively address the nursing shortage, hospitals must embrace three key products on the market that has been proven to alleviate nurse burnout, according to Syl Trepanier, chief nursing officer at Providence.
6 Mistakes Digital Health Startups Make When Seeking Funding or Customers
At ViVE, investors and health system executives shared their biggest pet peeves when it comes to pitches from digital health startups.
These 3 Changes Must Occur for Hospitals to See Greater ROI from Their AI Investments
Most health systems aren’t seeing a huge ROI from their AI investments yet. There are three changes that must happen in order for health systems to start seeing a greater ROI when it comes to AI deployments, according to Michael Kalishman, chief venture officer at Virginia-based Sentara Health.
9 ViVE Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss
This year's ViVE conference featured a variety of news announcements — from company launches to new products to partnerships to acquisitions and more. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for nine of the conference's most notable announcements.
Tips for Greater Healthcare Practice Success in 2025
Join us on February 26 at 3 pm ET, and we’ll dive into the key areas where practices are losing time and money and provide solutions to overcome them.
Veteran Suicide Statistics Are Horrifying — What Is the VA Doing to Help?
Research shows that an average of 17.5 veterans die by suicide each day. At ViVE 2024, Shereef Elnahal, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ under secretary for health, declared that even one veteran dying by suicide is too many — and promised that the VA is pursuing partnerships aimed at addressing this harrowing problem.
Growth or Profitability: Which One Do Investors Care More About?
In the venture capital community, there’s a bit of a debate about what matters more to digital health investors in today's fundraising environment — growth or profitability. Cathy Gao, a partner at Sapphire Ventures, thinks VCs are still putting a premium on growth, but she noted that the conversation is very nuanced.
16 Health Systems Help Launch Health & Wellness Marketplace
Vale Health announced its launch on Monday at ViVE. The startup's platform helps health systems connect their patients to health and wellness products, which are becoming increasingly interesting to consumers. Vale has 16 founding health systems partners that will go live with the platform, with the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network being the first.
The Healthcare AI Question No One Wants to Answer
At ViVE 2024, Tarun Kapoor — chief digital transformation officer at New Jersey-based Virtua Health — highlighted a conundrum he thinks may be the reason why AI hasn't been able to move the needle when it comes to solving the clinician shortage.
Using Data to Help Healthcare Practices Succeed
A new report from Relatient, A Data-Driven Guide to Patient Access Succes, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.