How big is the 2025 Medicare rate cut for physicians? – Healthcare Economist
Late last year, CMS finalized a rate cut for Medicare reimbursement to physicians. The CMS fact sheet states: …average payout rates according to the PFS [Physician Fee Schedule] will be reduced by 2.93% in fiscal year 2025, compared to the average amount paid for these
Atlantic Health Collaborates With Dimer Health on Transitions of Care
New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System is collaborating with a startup called Dimer Health that is using technology to fill clinical care gaps that exist for patients after a hospital discharge and reduce readmission rates. Steve Sheris, MD, executive vice president, chief physician executive of New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System, and
Life sciences companies falling behind? – Healthcare Economist
That’s what a PwC analysis findsat least as far as stock market returns are concerned. Our PwC Equal-Weighted Index of 50 Pharmaceutical Companies looks at the industry’s total shareholder returns relative to the S&P 500 Equal-Weighted Index. From 2018 through November 2024, the PwC Pharmaceuticals
As OneCare Winds Down, Vermont Looks AHEAD
In November, OneCare Vermont (OCV), an accountable care organization dedicated to improving Vermont’s healthcare system, announced it would close operations at the end of 2025. This decision comes as the Vermont All-Payer ACO Model (VTAPM), a state-led initiative designed specifically for Vermont, will conclude at the end of calendar year
What is the PICOSI framework? – Healthcare Economist
When conducting evidence synthesis, many people use the PICO framework. PEAK means population; Yointervention; docomparator(s); and ohresult. This helps describe the research question that the evidence synthesis aims to answer. However, recently Remiro‐Azócar (2024) proposed PICOSI framework. PICOSI means: Ppopulation Yointervention docomparator(s) ohresults Yessummary effect
HHS Office for Civil Rights Proposes Changes to HIPAA Security Rule
With large data breaches in the healthcare sector on the rise, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposes modify the HIPAA security rule require health plans, clearinghouses, and most providers and their business partners to strengthen cybersecurity protections for individuals’ protected health information.
Brightside Health CMO: AI Shows Promise in Supporting Mental Health Providers
With $100 million in investment backing, Brightside Health, a San Francisco-based telemental health provider, serves people with clinical depression, anxiety, and other mild to severe mood disorders, including those at high risk for suicide. Mimi Winsberg, MD, the company’s chief medical officer, recently spoke with Healthcare innovation about the company’s
Teladoc Tests Weekly Billing Model for BetterHelp
Leaders at Teladoc Health Inc. are testing a weekly pricing structure for its direct-to-consumer behavioral health product BetterHelp as they look to return that offering to growth. Chief Financial Officer Mala Murthy said at a recent conference hosted by investment bank Piper Sandler that the experiment aims to expand access
How One Startup Plans to Reshape the Pediatric Care Landscape
A startup called Zarminali Health launched with $40 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst and with the ambitious goal of transforming pediatric care across the country. Danish Qureshi, CEO of the company, recently spoke with Healthcare innovation about why he set out to create a better pediatric care
Peering Into 2025: Will Next Year Be AI’s Huge Breakthrough Year?
The evidence about 2024 is now available: this year has been important for the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). Throughout this year, we have reported on important advances in the application of AI based on testing algorithms (sometimes called “traditional” AI, although for obvious reasons, that label doesn’t really fit)
Opioid deaths on the decline…but why? – Healthcare Economist
In the United States, opioid abuse has become an epidemic. However, over the past year, there is some hope that this epidemic is beginning to reverse. Opioid deaths have decreased by 16.9% in the last year. Why have deaths decreased? According The economistno one is
Ascension’s Data Breach Affects Millions
On December 19, Ascension disclosed that it had completed its review of individuals’ data that may have been involved in the May ransomware attack. The total number of people affected was listed as 5,599,699. “Ascension was hacked through a social engineering email from a ransomware gang that lured an employee of
