Maryland Begins Planning for CMS AHEAD Model Implementation
Leaders from the state of Maryland and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently held a ceremony for the state to sign its agreement to participate in the federal All Payer Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model. . Maryland is the first state to sign such an agreement, which
Its RCM Woes Resolved, Pediatrix Executives Eye M&A Again
The skies are clearing for Pediatrix Medical Group Inc. The Fort Lauderdale-based healthcare services company, which used to be called Mednax, recently completed the migration of its revenue cycle management operations to a hybrid system using in-house staff and Guidehouse consultants, and it appears it will cost less than anticipated
Following NIH Grant, Pip Care Raises $5M in Venture Funding
Pip Care, a company seeking to optimize the surgical journey for care teams and patients, has raised $5 million in Series A equity financing. The round was led by A1 Health Ventures, with participation from existing investor UPMC Enterprises. Pip Care, the first company created from a collaboration between UPMC
In Midst of Merger, OHSU Appoints Interim President
With a major merger in progress, the board of trustees of Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University on Monday approved a resolution to name Steve Stadum, JD, interim president of the academic health center, effective Tuesday. Stadum is a former OHSU leader with more than 20 years of experience leading
California Report Assesses Data-Sharing Landscape for Community-Based Providers
TO new study has found that although California state agencies have created robust IT systems that serve as a system of record for community service providers, those systems do not easily interface with EHRs to facilitate cross-sector care coordination. Data sharing capabilities among traditional healthcare organizations grew substantially with the
Epic Now Fully Supports USCDI Version 3
EHR vendor Epic says that with an expanded set of application programming interfaces (APIs), it now fully supports version 3 of the U.S. Core Data Standard for Interoperability, which includes new data classes involving health status and health insurance information. Epic notes that its release of USCDI v3 comes more
Mass. Home Hospital Program to Support Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
Mass General Brigham’s Home Hospital and Ariadne Labs have teamed up with the New England Center and Home for Veterans (NECHV) to launch a hospital-at-home pathway for homeless veterans. The partners noted that this is the first effort in the country to test receipt of acute medical treatment in a
Oracle’s CEO Talks About the Company’s Evolution into Healthcare
On Tuesday, October 29, Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, who served as administrator of CMS under the Trump administration from 2017 to 2020, spoke with Oracle CEO Safra Catz at the Summit. Oracle Health in Nashville, Tennessee. Of the transformation he
Should Dynamic Drug Pricing be Incorporated into Cost-Effectiveness Analyses? – Healthcare Economist
Cost-effectiveness analyzes (CEA) aim to examine how new healthcare technologies impact health outcomes and costs throughout a patient’s life. While it is important to extrapolate long-term health benefits and measure potential cost offsets, another important element to estimate is how the cost of new health technology is likely to evolve
Tenet CEO ‘Not Seeing Signs’ Of Patient Demand Flagging
Leaders at Tenet Healthcare Corp. expect strong patient demand for healthcare services to persist well into next year. Dallas-based Tenet posted strong growth in the third quarter across its two operating divisions. Same-store admissions at the company’s hospitals increased 5.2 percent from the third quarter of 2023, while its USPI
Cedars-Sinai Launches Health Sciences University
Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles has established Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University to prepare academic scientists, medical leaders and allied health professionals for the future of healthcare and biomedical sciences, highlighted by a new Ph.D. Program in Artificial Intelligence in Health. Cedars-Sinai is already home to more than 315 graduate students and
Remote Health Monitoring Companies CoPilotIQ, Biofourmis Merge
CoPilotIQ, a remote health monitoring company, has acquired home care solutions company Biofourmis with the goal of providing home care across the spectrum, from pre-surgical optimization to acute, post-acute and chronic care. Nashville-based CoPilotIQ said the combined AI-powered platform will create a “single pane of glass” solution through which enterprise
