Mon.Apr 07, 2025

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Senate advances budget blueprint as healthcare braces for Medicaid cuts

Healthcare Dive

The Senate’s budget resolution calls for fewer spending cuts than its House counterpart overall but preserves the $880 billion target for reductions under the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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Doctors and Debt: Why Short Visits Create Long-Term Challenges

HIT Consultant

Mark Newman, CEO of Nomi Health Doctors arent just healerstheyre involuntary lenders. Every time a physician treats a patient, theyre fronting the cost of care and hoping to get reimbursed. If the insurer underpays or denies the claim, the financial burden falls on the patient. And if the patient cant pay? The doctor eats the loss. No other profession operates like this.

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UnitedHealth shareholders withdraw effort to force transparency on coverage denials

Healthcare Dive

The faith-based shareholders’ proposal was challenged by UnitedHealth twice, thanks to a recent SEC guidance change the shareholders slammed as unfair. They could still reintroduce it next year.

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Transforming Healthcare with AI and Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Darren Challender, Client Engagement Partner (Healthcare) at Hitachi Digital Services As healthcare systems around the world continue to face increasing demands and resource constraints, innovative solutions are becoming critical in ensuring that care delivery is both efficient and effective. The recent webinar by Hitachi Digital Services focused on population health and deviceless remote patient monitoring (RPM) , shedding light on how artificial intelligence

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Judge permanently blocks NIH’s plan to cap funding, setting up appeal battle

Healthcare Dive

A district judge has continued to block the agency’s unilateral plan to cut billions of dollars to research overhead support, which has already created widespread disruption.

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DHL Group to Invest $2.2B in DHL Health Logistics by 2030

HIT Consultant

Source: DHL Group What You Should Know: – DHL Group has announced a significant investment of $2.2B (2B) by 2030 to strengthen its logistics capabilities in the life sciences and healthcare sector. – The strategic investment aims to support the company’s “Strategy 2030” and enhance its ability to assist healthcare customers in expanding their operations, fostering innovation, and improving patient care on a global scale.

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The Biggest Opportunity for Sporting Goods is Consumers’ Physical Inactivity: Learning from McKinsey (with a personal nod to pickleball)

Health Populi

McKinsey just published a detailed report into Sporting Goods 2025 , which the firm calls a “new balancing act” that must turn uncertainty into opportunity. The report is based on five key observations: Only a few sporting goods companies have expanded growth and margins since 2018 — and must “rethink the value chain” in the face of challenging geopolitical headwinds One-half of so-called “active consumers” say that fitness is a core element of their ide

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RFK Jr. won’t appear before Senate panel this week

Healthcare Dive

HELP committee chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., had invited Kennedy to testify April 10 on the sweeping layoffs of federal health workers Kennedy ordered last month. A hearing could still take place later.

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Flatiron Health and Massive Bio Partner to Improve Clinical Trial Enrollment

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Flatiron Healt h, a healthtech company focused on transforming clinical research through technology that integrates research into everyday care, has announced a strategic partnership with Massive Bio , a global leader in using artificial intelligence to streamline patient identification and recruitment for clinical trials. – The partnership aims to expand patient identification capabilities and improve clinical trial enrollment across the U.S.

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How this healthcare company cracked the code on making AI actionable — and safe

Healthcare Dive

The real challenge of AI in healthcare? Making sense of the patient story buried in the data.

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HIPAA Compliance 2025: Navigating Regulatory Changes & Industry Trends

Based on comprehensive survey data from diverse healthcare providers, the 2025 HIPAA Benchmark Report delivers actionable intelligence for modern compliance programs. This report examines how organizations are restructuring HIPAA Privacy Programs to address emerging regulatory requirements. Through analysis of staffing models, program operations, and breach management protocols, it provides a clear picture of current best practices.

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Choosing the Right Policy Management Software for Healthcare

Healthcare Blog

Choosing the Best Healthcare Compliance Software for Your Business In todays high-stakes healthcare landscape, staying compliant is not only a regulatory requirement but an essential part of protecting your patients, your staff, and your reputation. But compliance management is complex, time-consuming, and often overwhelming without the right systems in place.

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Rock Health: U.S. Digital Health Funding Reaches $3B in Q1 2025

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – In the first quarter of 2025, U.S. digital health funding reached $3.0B across 122 deals with the average deal size rising from $15.5M in Q4 2024 to $24.4M in Q1 2025, according to the latest report from Rock Health. The Rock Health report reveals the funding landscape in Q1 2025 continued to exhibit a “David and Goliath” scenario, with early-stage startups dominating deal count and larger companies or startups backed by major funders leading in signific

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CIO Podcast – Episode 93: California Laws and Regulations with David T. Ford

Healthcare IT Today

For the 93rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by David T. Ford, VP of Health Information Technology at California Medical Association (CMA) to talk about some of California’s laws and regulations for health IT! We kick this episode off by discussing what is happening at the state level in California to regulate AI.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized a substantial increase to Medicare Advantage benchmark payments over its advance notice earlier this year.

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Simplify Screening for Excluded Providers

Every health care provider that accepts federal payments must screen for excluded providers. Use this sample Exclusion Screening Checklist and Compliance Policy to evaluate and improve your organization’s compliance with the law. Payments from Medicare, Medicaid, and TriCare trigger screening requirements that may extend to employees, contractors, volunteers, board members, and network providers.

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Freed Secures $30M Series A Led by Sequoia Capital to Free Clinicians from Administrative Burdens with AI Assistant

Healthcare IT Today

This Latest Round of Funding Fuels Freeds Rapid Expansion Beyond AI Note Writing, Building a Next-Generation AI Clinician Assistant as the Company Surpasses 17,000 Paying Clinicians Freed , an AI clinician assistant designed to reduce the burdens of medical documentation, today announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding, led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Scale Venture Partners, Daniel Gross, Gokul Rajaram, and Ted Zagat.

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FINN Voices: Quality Reporting in Healthcare: The Good, The Bad and What’s Next with Mo Weitnauer

MRO Compliance

In this episode of FINN Voices, host Beth Friedman sits down with Mo Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MROan 11-time Best in KLAS leader in clinical data exchange. Mo pulls back the curtain on the real coststime, money, and effortbehind quality reporting compliance in healthcare. But heres the kicker: its more than just a regulatory box to check. Mo explains how hospitals, health systems, payers, and medical groups can turn their quality data into a strategic asset, improving operations and su

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Google Cloud and Seattle Children’s Partner to Develop AI-Powered ‘Pathway Assistant’

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Seattle Children’s Hospital has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to create Pathway Assistant, an AI-powered tool designed to improve healthcare providers’ access to critical medical information. – In a collaboration with Google Cloud, CSW pathways will be made more readily accessible to healthcare providers through the development of ‘Pathway Assistant’ This AI agent is designed to streamline access to essential, evidence-bas

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D.C. Court of Appeals Joins Prohibition on Pro Se Pursuit of FCA Claims

Hall Render

In United States ex rel. Feliciano v. Ardoin , a pro se relator filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA). On February 4, 2025, the D.C. Court of Appeals (the Court) affirmed a district courts dismissal ruling that a pro se litigant cannot allege violations of the FCA. In doing so, the Court joined every other court of appeals to have addressed the question.

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Healthcare Vendor Risk Management: Strategies for Protected Data

In healthcare, where patient data protection is paramount, effective vendor risk management isn't just good business—it's essential for maintaining compliance and trust. This comprehensive guide helps healthcare compliance professionals navigate the complexities of third-party vendor relationships in an increasingly interconnected healthcare environment.

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Clover Health Appoints Dr. Shelly Gupta as Chief Medical Officer

HIT Consultant

Dr. Shelly Gupta, Chief Medical Officer at Clover Health What You Should Know: – Clover Health Investments, Corp. today announced the appointment of Dr. Shelly Gupta as its new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). – In his role as CMO, Dr. Gupta will be responsible for overseeing Clovers clinical operations, quality initiatives, pharmacy operations, and precision-based chronic disease management programs.

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Deeper Than the Headlines: When Telehealth Billing Crosses the Line

Healthicity

In this episode of Deeper Than the Headlines , we take a closer look at the recent case involving a physician group and its owner who agreed to pay over $152,000 to resolve civil allegations of False Claims Act violations. At the heart of the issue? Improper billing for telehealth services during the pandemicspecifically, charging for originating site fees when patients were attending appointments from home.

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5 Value-Based Care Strategies to Control Patient Care Costs

HIT Consultant

Theresa Hush CEO, Co-Founder at Roji Health Intelligence The staggering reality that health care could soon account for one fifth of all domestic spending has put a bulls eye on health care cost control. Is your ACO, health system, or physician organization ready to manage the coming congressional budget cuts? The only effective way to tackle Total Costs of Patient Care (TCoC) without cutting services is through a curated value-based care approach.

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Attend NACCHO360 in Anaheim CA

HealthIT Answers

Starts July 14th in Anaheim CA - NACCHO360 is the largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States, offering the opportunity to learn, network, and share experiences and best practices across local health departments. The post Attend NACCHO360 in Anaheim CA appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Caris Life Sciences secures $168M for precision medicine platform

Mobi Health News

The funding round brings the company's total raise to $1.86 billion since it launched in 2018.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

HHS Secretary Kennedy is instructing the CMS to analyze a New York amendment that will remake how the state administers its home health Medicaid program, which has prompted strong backlash from lawmakers and advocacy groups.

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restor3d secures $38M for 3D printed product lines

Mobi Health News

The company will use the funds to grow its 3D technology offerings and expand access to care.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

A nearly 200-page report from the nonprofit outlines a slew of headwinds facing emergency care and offers evidence-based policy recommendationsoften focused on realigning and increasing pay.

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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Willow acquires FemTech competitor Elvie 

Mobi Health News

The acquisition brings the parties' cross-litigation alleging patent infringements to a close.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

The first three months of 2025 saw a steady volume of funding deals, as digital health startups raised $3 billion, compared to $2.7 billion raised the same quarter last year.

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Digital Health Unplugged: Advisory panel elections – the key to digital leadership

Digital Health News

The 100th episode of Unplugged sees Dr Lia Ali chat about the value of being a Networks Advisory Panel member ahead of this years elections.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

The Coalition for Health AI will add a new capability to its national model card registry for health systems to report standardized metrics on how specific AI models are performing in their systems.

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3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.