Executives at the ViVE Payer Insights event earlier this year discussed prior authorization, AI, value-based care and the role of tech to help achieve their goals.

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Abarca executives see plenty of potential for new technologies but note the need to strike the right balance between tech and human intervention.

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The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.

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With hospitals struggling to retain staff and value-based care shrinking healthcare revenues, health systems must look to technology resources to become more efficient, without losing sight of patient care or staff support.

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Do you advise self-insured employers? Your insights will offer leading, innovative points of view that can guide employers and peers. Join us for this year’s survey!

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Do you advise self-insured employers? The 2023 Benefit Consultant Sentiment INDEX offered robust insights and cast a spotlight on the evolving roles of employers as they navigate the changing healthcare landscape. Your insights offer leading, innovative points of view that can guide employers and peers. Join us for this year’s survey!

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In a webinar last week, BuildMyHealth CEO and Co-founder Dr. Jonathan Kaplan shared how physician practices not only can access the weight loss drug by working with compounding pharmacies, but also use BuildMyHealth to provide this drug to their own patients who are suitable candidates for the drug.

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A panel discussion of hospital executives at the ViVE event last month offered insight into the challenges of implementing innovation and what they have learned from their experiences.

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At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.

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The Payer Insights Program at ViVE 2024, in partnership with MedCity News, kicks off day one at the event. This new immersive program will focus on the impact of rising healthcare costs, recent regulatory changes, and innovative payer solutions for optimizing data insights, minimizing costs, and expanding access to care.

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A preview of ViVE 2024 offers a sneak peek at the agenda and how the Payer and Provider Connect meeting platform initiatives have been revamped to maximize the quantity and quality of meeting for healthcare executives.

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In a recent webinar, Dr. Christopher Newman of Mary Washington Healthcare discussed how utilizing the principles of informed awareness has transformed staff experience and facilitated a more productive, efficient, and engaged workforce.

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OmniLife Health’s initial focus with its complex care coordination platform is organ transplant care.

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A webinar on December 5 will spotlight expert panelists from Praia Health and Providence, interviewed by AVIA, to discuss the benefits of adopting a hyperpersonal care model for patients, challenges that health systems face providing this care, and how they can overcome them.

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In an interview, Surescripts’ Clinical Product Advisor Cecelia Byers shared how the company is working to simplify prescribing and obtaining specialty medications.

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Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.

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In the runup to the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference, Christoph Besmer, a trade commissioner and head of investment promotion with Swiss Business Hub USA, talked about the “X Marks the Spot” campaign and how Switzerland Global Enterprise hopes to strengthen ties with U.S. health tech companies. 

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HealthBook+ provides a way for individuals to aggregate and use their personal health information safely and securely to power AI engines that direct people to their next best health action. Importantly, it also gives employers predictive insights to help them provide the most relevant benefits for their employees.

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Consultants are spending more time evaluating vendors and parsing options in growing areas such as mental health, inclusive family planning and chronic care, according to “The 2023 Benefit Consultant Sentiment Index” conducted over the summer in partnership with Quantum Health.

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In the second part of the Heard at HLTH series, executives from BrightInsight, Iodine Software, Intelligent Medical Objects, Carrum Health, Clarify Health and Trayt Health shared new developments across their businesses and perspectives on value-based care at the HLTH 2023 event.

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In an upcoming webinar, learn how informed awareness can help hospitals overcome their most challenging operational challenges to simultaneously improve efficiency, staff engagement and satisfaction, quality of care, and profitability.

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As part of the Heard at HLTH video series, MedCity News Editor in Chief Arundhati Parmar and Senior Reporter Katie Adams interviewed healthcare executives about innovations in health tech at HLTH 2023 in Las Vegas earlier this month.

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A recent webinar sponsored by AVIA Health and Seamless MD examined how health systems use remote patient monitoring beyond the usual chronic condition applications, including surgical prep and recovery, women’s health, and more.

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Health tech to support care for seniors and track the progression of conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and heart failure were on display at HLTH 2023. The National Institute on Aging also added a startup boot camp leading up to HLTH.

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HLTH 2023 introduced a new program focused on technology trends for and perspectives from payers in a series of conversations around AI, health equity and healthcare innovation.

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The report maps out the health tech sector’s current position in the innovation hype cycle, which business models are most resilient, and how the industry can move out of the trough of disillusionment. It also offered predictions for health tech trends in 2024.

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The opening day of the HLTH 2023 event offered a surprising announcement from venture capital firm General Catalyst. Weight Watchers CEO called for a change in how we talk about obesity. ENGAGE at HLTH offered compelling discussions around retail health, prescription drug prices and investment trends.

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Investment trends will be a big theme at the HLTH event at the Las Vegas Convention Center October 8-11. In the runup to the conference, investors from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Third Culture Capital and Intuitive Ventures offered their takes on 2023 investments.

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Although employee stress and burnout are critical issues in all industries, the healthcare industry offers numerous examples of the impact on staff as well as ways to provide short and long-term solutions. These topics will be part of the discussion at the HLTH event October 8-11 in Las Vegas. Register today to join the conversation!

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A human touch makes a significant difference in healthcare call interactions where an automation-dominant approach would fall short.

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