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Calendar of healthcare conferences in 2024
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Feb. 6-7: Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit (West Coast - La Jolla, California) Feb. 11-14: AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference (Orlando, Florida) Feb. 25-28: ViVE 2024 (Los Angeles ...
Startup rolls out gen AI tools for Medicare insurers, brokers
WEBAug 14, 2024 · In the past four years, Fair Square Medicare has grown its services to tens of thousands of customers and operates in all 50 states, Petkevich said. The company has a net promoter score (NPS) of ...
Prime Healthcare, Ascension's hospital deal includes a closure
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The deal announced in late July is slated to close in the first quarter of 2025 and, per the filings, would see Prime paying over $370 million for the facilities. The parties negotiated a purchase ...
Humana braces to lose a 'few hundred thousand' members in 2025
WEBJul 31, 2024 · The company reported a medical loss ratio of 89.5% in the quarter, compared to 86.8% in the second quarter of 2023. It said that MLR remains elevated as higher utilization in MA continues to ...
AI and Machine Learning - Fierce Healthcare
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Some doctors are using public genAI chatbots in clinical decisions. Is it safe? Publicly available generative AI tools like ChatGPT are popular, easy to access and simple to use. If consumers are ...
Payers - Fierce Healthcare
WEB3 days ago · The healthcare industry is making the push toward greater adoption of value-based care, yet it's not a secret that progress has been slow-moving. Paige MinemyerOct 7, 2024 3:00pm.
Why recent moves by Epic, Carequality are worth watching
WEBBy Heather Landi Aug 26, 2024 8:00am. Epic Carequality Interoperability Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Electronic health records giant Epic recently announced plans to transition ...
Spring Health pockets $100M to expand mental health services
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Spring Health, which offers digital mental health care and navigation services, pocketed $100 million in series E funding, bumping the company's valuation to $3.3 billion. That's up 32% from the ...
Cost Plus Drug to publish drug pricing contracts: Cuban - Fierce …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · For consumers, the price of each drug includes a 15% markup as a profit margin, a $3 pharmacy handling fee and a $5 shipping fee. Cost Plus also transparently displays what it pays for its ...