Creators of a new AI tool for healthcare decisions cite superior training methods, net $13 million in...
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 04, 2023
An AI startup received $13 million for their model which trains on medical data rather than text.
Telehealth giants pairing obesity drugs with weight-loss programs to prevent overreliance on prescriptions
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Aaron Dorman
Aug 23, 2023
Telehealth companies could offer, or even require, virtual fitness program pairing with obesity drugs, as new procedures are developed.
Long-term care should include more HCBS, panelists assert
By
Liza Berger
Mar 12, 2021
The long-term care system in coming years should include an expansion of home- and community-based services (HCBS), policy, advocacy and consumer experts said during a virtual roundtable discussion Thursday...
Welltower, CareMore collaboration aims to position senior living as low-cost care setting of choice in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 30, 2019
CareMore’s clinical programs and onsite care models will be integrated at some Belmont Village and SRG Senior Living independent and assisted living communities in Welltower’s portfolio.
New healthcare coalition makes a splash in Washington, lobbies for hospital-at-home extension beyond...
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Diane Eastabrook
May 25, 2021
Just two weeks shy of its three-month anniversary, Moving Health Home, a coalition pushing for more clinical care done at home, has already tripled its membership and sharpened its policy focus in Washington.
CBO: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security share blame for deficit increase
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2016
The federal budget deficit will increase in relation to economic output for the first time since 2009, according to an updated economic outlook issued Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office. Spending...
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
Expanded collaboration provides opportunities for increased participation in value-based care model
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2023
An Ohio-based senior living provider is opening up opportunities for its residents to participate in a value-based care model through a partnership with a Medicare Advantage special needs plan.
Telehealth proves to be more popular than expected: physical therapy firm
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Diane Eastabrook
Apr 26, 2021
Telehealth has turned out to be a big hit with patients needing physical therapy during the pandemic, according to ATI Physical Therapy, which provides home health services.
Regional Resilient Healthcare soon to go national with expansion of hospital-at-home movement
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Diane Eastabrook
Jul 12, 2021
When physical therapist Jackleen Samuel launched Resilient Healthcare three years ago, it was tough to get hospital systems and health insurers to buy into the idea of hospital-at-home and long-term acute...