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N.Y. governor expands healthcare worker eligibility as hospitals suspend, fire unvaccinated staff
Last night New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order expanding healthcare worker eligibility requirements, an effort to head…
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AMA: 73% of health insurance markets are highly concentrated
Nearly three-quarters of metropolitan statistical areas are concentrated health insurance markets, according to a new study from the American Medical…
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KFF: Delta cases, hospitalizations lead to uptick in vaccinations
COVID-19 vaccination rates ticked up recently after a surge of cases and deaths due to the highly transmissible delta variant,…
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Ransomware attacks impact patient care, including increased mortality rates, report finds
Nearly a quarter of healthcare providers report increased mortality rates following ransomware attacks, a new report finds. Ransomware impacts patient…
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Athenahealth owners Veritas Capital, Elliott Management exploring sale or IPO: report
Three years after acquiring Athenahealth in a private equity takeover, Veritas Capital and Elliott Investment Management are exploring options for…
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These are the top 10 socially responsible hospitals in the U.S.: report
Many top hospitals score low on equity, keeping them from a high score for social responsibility, a new analysis from…
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CDC director overrides advisory panel, recommends Pfizer COVID boosters for frontline workers
This week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to deliberate on who…
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Chutes & Ladders—Sutter Health president, CEO to retire; Joint Commission taps HCA’s Perlin for top spot
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or…
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Dems seek to save competing health priorities in potentially pared down $3.5T infrastructure bill
With moderate Democrats seeking to pare down a major $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, lawmakers and advocates are looking to ensure…
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Clinician jobs platform Nomad Health targets industry-wide labor shortage with $63M equity, debt raise
Online healthcare jobs marketplace Nomad Health has locked up $63 million in new equity and debt financing. The raise, announced…
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Many top health systems still behind on digital patient access, report finds
Though the pandemic has accelerated health organizations’ digital initiatives, the race to keep up with patient preferences continues to be…
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Pager raises $70M to scale its turnkey care coordination platform
Pager, a New York-based digital care coordination and navigation platform, announced $70 million in newly raised equity and debt financing…
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Staffing shortages force long-term care facilities to limit admissions, hire agency workers
Rampant staffing shortages across the nursing home and assisted living industries have forced most facilities to reduce new admissions and rely…
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Alpha Medical lands $24M backed by Samsung to expand virtual women’s health services
Alpha Medical pulled in $24 million to expand its virtual care services for women’s health needs, from birth control to…
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Unite Us scoops up NowPow to broaden its reach in social determinants of health tech market
On the heels of its acquisition of Carrot Health, social determinants of health software platform Unite Us has scooped up…
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NextGen Healthcare taps former Teladoc exec Sides as new CEO amid boardroom spat
Ambulatory technology company NextGen Healthcare tapped former Teladoc executive David Sides as its new CEO. Sides will take the reins…
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CDC announces $2.1B investment into infection control, surveillance across healthcare settings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced plans Friday for a $2.1 billion investment into public health infrastructure…
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HHS announces funds, legal protections for abortion providers and patients
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is offering federal resources to protect abortion providers and patients in Texas…
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Feds charge 138 medical professionals with $1.4B in healthcare fraud, including telehealth schemes
The Department of Justice on Friday announced criminal charges against 42 doctors and nurses and nearly 100 other medical professionals for…
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Chutes & Ladders—Banner Health adds new president, COO; Zane Burke to lead Quantum Health
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or…
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Northwell Health inks deal with Walgreens to provide telehealth, primary care in N.Y. retail stores
Northwell Health and Walgreens inked a five-year partnership to expand digital health services for consumers in New York state. The…
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RecoveryOne lands $33M backed by private equity arm of BCBS of Kansas City
RecoveryOne, a virtual physical therapy care startup targeting patients recovering from musculoskeletal conditions, scored $33 million in a series C…
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Medicare patients could benefit from expanded dental coverage but lawmakers clash over adding benefits
Dental care needs increase with age, a new analysis suggests, finding Medicare enrollees could significantly benefit from expanded coverage. The…
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Definitive Healthcare hauls in $420M in IPO, joining steady stream of health tech firms to go public
Riding the wave of investor interest in the red-hot health tech market, Definitive Healthcare saw its stock surge 50% on…
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CareFirst unveils new virtual primary care practice, CloseKnit
Blues insurer CareFirst is launching a new virtual primary care practice called CloseKnit. CloseKnit will offer a slew of healthcare…
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Industry Voices—Not all automation is created equally for clinical documentation improvement
Healthcare system survival pivots on many metrics, but the ability to generate revenue and to evidence high quality of care…
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Seniors faced more economic, healthcare disruptions in U.S. than other wealthy nations during COVID
U.S. seniors more often reported economic insecurity and disruptions in their regular care due to the COVID-19 pandemic compared to…
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Docs press CMS for permanent telehealth flexibility, relief from pay cuts in fee schedule comments
Several doctor groups are pressing the Biden administration to not just extend Medicare telehealth reimbursement flexibilities through 2023 but to…
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Google, ProMedica team up with IncludeHealth to tap into growing virtual MSK market
Google and PreMedica Health System are jumping into the rapidly growing virtual care market to get a piece of the $213…
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Tia clinches $100M to build out clinics, virtual care as investors bank on women’s health startups
Tia, a startup building what it calls a “modern medical home for women,” secured a hefty $100 million funding round…
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Babyscripts brings in $12M in fresh capital backed by MemorialCare’s innovation arm
Babyscripts, a prenatal and postpartum mobile app, banked $12 million in a series B round led by the MemorialCare Innovation Fund, an investment arm…
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Ginger’s mental health app is now available in Spanish for its 25M users
Teletherapy startup Ginger plans to make its entire on-demand mental health offering available in Spanish. There are over 41 million…
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AHA concerned federal vaccine mandate could exacerbate severe worker shortage
An impending federal requirement for all healthcare staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine could exacerbate massive workforce shortage issues that…
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HHS releases $25.5B in COVID-19 relief funding targeted at smaller providers
The Biden administration is making available $25.5 billion in relief funds to providers to offset revenue loss and higher expenses…
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Health workers’ licenses at risk if they spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Major medical certifiying bodies announced in a joint statement that any certified physicians may lose their license if they spread misleading information…
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Hospital telehealth visits leveling off at 10%-20% of appointments as claims hit lowest level since pandemic
Following a telehealth boom in 2020 propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital virtual visits are leveling off to below 20% of…
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Payers, providers seek leeway on surprise medical bill ban going into effect in 2022
Both providers and payers have major concerns with how regulations to ban surprise medical bills will be implemented next year,…
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Louisiana revokes licenses from 7 nursing homes after Ida evacuation failures cost lives
The Louisiana Department of Health is revoking licenses and terminating Medicaid provider agreements for seven nursing homes that failed to execute…
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Clover Health to integrate Assistant tool into athenahealth electronic medical record
Clover Health is integrating its Clover Assistant into athenahealth’s electronic health record software, the startup insurer announced Wednesday. Clover-contracted providers…
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Whistleblower suit accuses UPMC, lead surgeon of fraudulent billing tied to ‘concurrent surgeries’
The U.S. has filed a whistleblower suit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, its physician group and a department…
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Amazon Care may be coming to another 20 U.S. cities: report
Amazon has ambitious plans to expand its virtual care services as well as in-home care to more than 20 major U.S.…
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Health tech funding snapshot—Oprah backs Maven Clinic; Whoop scores $200M to build out fitness tracking tech
The pandemic has placed an even greater strain on physicians, who already were suffering from burnout, as well as hospitals…
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Invitae scoops up consumer health tech firm Ciitizen for $325M
Medical genetic company Invitae will acquire consumer health technology company Ciitizen for $325 million in a bid to make it easier…
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Solv scores $45M to expand same-day appointments and virtual care
Solv, a provider of same-day and next-day appointment software, banked $45 million in fresh funding to build out its national network…
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Most doctors get limited education on eating disorders. This online training helps fill the gap
Physician training to diagnose and treat eating disorders is limited within U.S. medical schools, and this lack of education can…
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Healthcare bankruptcies at all-time low, new report finds
Bankruptcies in the healthcare industry are at their lowest since 2010, according to a new report. Record-keeping began in 2010. The second quarter of this year was the…
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Icahn Mount Sinai and historically Black medical school Meharry partner to address racism, improve diversity in science
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Meharry Medical College in Nashville announced a partnership on Tuesday to…
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Ascension Michigan to pay nearly $3M in latest settlement to resolve fraud claims
EDITOR’S NOTE: The latest settlement did not state the name of the doctor involved and was sealed. A previous version…
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Hospitals ramp up hiring, benefits offerings to counter the workforce shortage, survey says
With staffing shortages in full swing across the industry, many hospitals say they are focusing on hiring efforts and benefits offerings in…
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ANA urges HHS to declare national nurse staffing crisis, adopt new policies to bolster workforces
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has penned a letter to a top federal healthcare official urging the administration to declare…
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