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Software overload could boost digital health M&A
Buyers of digital health products are overwhelmed with point solutions, which could accelerate merger and acquisition activity in a slowed funding environment, experts say.
Emily Olsen • Aug. 29, 2023 -
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Will the Biden administration’s short-term plan rule increase the uninsured rate?
Free-market advocates argue proposed restrictions on short-term plans will leave consumers without coverage. Health policy researchers aren’t so sure.
Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 14, 2023 -
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New antitrust merger guidelines could have significant chilling effect on healthcare deals
Regulators have historically struggled to halt complex and non-traditional tie-ups. That could change with new guidelines, as the Biden administration increases scrutiny of healthcare M&A, antitrust experts said.
Rebecca Pifer • July 21, 2023 -
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States’ varying approaches complicate effort to determine impact of Medicaid redeterminations
More than three million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid to date, but it’s too early to get a full picture of redeterminations’ effect on vulnerable Americans, experts say.
Emily Olsen • July 13, 2023 -
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‘Hurtling into the future’: The potential and thorny ethics of generative AI in healthcare
Generative AI has roared onto the tech scene through the large language model backing ChatGPT. Companies are already deploying the algorithms in hospitals. Should healthcare be taking a pause?
Rebecca Pifer • April 21, 2023 -
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Delays in reporting led FDA to late cancer warning on breast implants, advocates say
Cases need to be better tracked, and the cancer risks should be discussed with patients prior to surgery, patient advocates and physicians said.
Elise Reuter • March 22, 2023 -
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Why regulators didn’t challenge Amazon-One Medical deal, despite data concerns
The ecommerce giant's $3.9 billion buy of primary care company One Medical closed without a challenge from the FTC, even as consumer protection groups and regulators aired worries about the tie-up.
Rebecca Pifer • March 1, 2023 -
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Hacking healthcare: With 385M patient records exposed, cybersecurity experts sound alarm on breach surge
Healthcare companies must harden their defenses, but it may require regulators and lawmakers to raise the bar on security standards, experts say.
Jasmine Ye Han • Feb. 28, 2023 -
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Could Medicaid redeterminations cause short-term health plan signups to spike?
Short-term plan operators will likely ramp up their marketing in April to nab new consumers from the Medicaid churn, but health policy experts largely aren't concerned.
Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 21, 2023 -
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FTC’s enforcement action against GoodRx unveiled a new regulatory threat. Should digital health apps be concerned?
The order suggests the regulator is willing to use every tool in its tookit to tamp down on sensitive data sharing as medical care turns increasingly online.
Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 13, 2023 -
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How technology will shape healthcare in 2023
This year could represent an inflection point for real-world utilization of artificial intelligence, and standards could rise for health data privacy and cybersecurity, industry experts told Healthcare Dive.
Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 17, 2023 -
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Key trends for payers and providers in 2023
Providers are likely to clash with payers over rate hikes after a year of intense cost pressures.
Samantha Liss • Jan. 11, 2023 -
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The Advocate-Atrium merger closed without an antitrust challenge. What does that mean for competition in 2023?
Health systems have morphed into multi-regional players through acquisitions, but have evaded federal antitrust enforcement, raising questions about the future of policing merger deals.
Samantha Liss • Dec. 22, 2022 -
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For ALS patients, doctors, a new medicine reignites concerns about healthcare access
The drug Relyvrio is in high demand in ALS clinics across the U.S. Though some patients are already getting it, insurance coverage and out-of-pocket costs remain a source of anxiety.
Jacob Bell and Shaun Lucas • Dec. 15, 2022 -
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As complaints roll in, ‘complexity’ holding up HHS information blocking enforcement, health IT coordinator says
The HHS has yet to finalize disincentives for providers or say how the OIG will go about investigating and applying civil monetary penalties to health IT vendors. “We’re working really, really hard,” Micky Tripathi told Healthcare Dive.
Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 1, 2022 -
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Health tech companies weigh options to stem cash burn as IPO market sags
Healthcare technology companies are delaying initial share sales as public market stocks and valuations plunge across the sector. Where will they turn in the meantime?
Sydney Halleman • Nov. 21, 2022 -
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One Medical’s innovation chief on Amazon, Medicaid and more
Rushika Fernandopulle discussed how remote work trends are affecting the business, One Medical’s ongoing shift toward risk and its interest in Medicaid.
Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 18, 2022 -
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Oak Street has no interest in a takeover, bullish on Walmart partnership and more from CMO Ali Khan
In a wide-ranging discussion, Khan shared his thoughts on the Medicare direct contracting program, Oak Street's relationship with Walmart and its positioning in an increasingly competitive market.
Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 17, 2022 -
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After CommonSpirit ransomware attack: Why healthcare M&A is a ‘huge’ cybersecurity risk
The cybersecurity incident comes three years after the health system’s megamerger, which potentially made it vulnerable to an attack, security experts say.
Samantha Liss • Oct. 27, 2022 -
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‘I don’t feel safe.’ Abortion bans add new uncertainty to fertility treatment
State laws banning abortion could also impact people trying to conceive via in vitro fertilization and bring new legal risks for providers.
Sydney Halleman, Delilah Alvarado, Shaun Lucas and Jasmine Ye Han • Oct. 24, 2022 -
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Medtech companies shift strategy as more orthopedic procedures move to ambulatory surgical centers
Stryker, J&J and other device companies are building out teams focused on ASCs.
Elise Reuter • Oct. 5, 2022 -
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How tight nursing home capacity is bottlenecking hospital operations
Large hospital operators reported increasing lengths of stay and difficulties discharging patients in the first half of 2022. The answer to why lies in a perennially stressed post-acute care chassis driven to the brink by COVID-19.
Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 4, 2022 -
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Healthcare industry’s resiliency to surging inflation is poised to ebb
Healthcare costs — unlike other goods and services — haven’t experienced immediate price increases amid record inflation. That’s starting to change.
Hailey Mensik • Sept. 15, 2022 -
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No ‘slam dunk fix’ in HIPAA privacy law to protect abortion patients
In an increasingly murky legal environment, providers should focus on minimizing and protecting the data they collect, experts said.
Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 5, 2022 -
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How the spread of Catholic-owned healthcare facilities may complicate access to reproductive care
Catholic facilities must follow ethical and religious directives that say they can’t provide abortion or sterilization services and may not "promote or condone" contraceptives.
Samantha Liss • July 13, 2022
