HIMSSCast
HIMSS Media
HIMSSCast is a podcast produced by the HIMSS Media editorial team behind Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews, and Healthcare Finance News. In each episode, our editors are joined by special guests from around the health tech industry to discuss major news stories or trends in the space. The aim of the show is to add depth, analysis and color to our ongoing coverage of the digital health, health tech and healthcare finance realms, as well as to facilitate lively conversations about hot health tech topics.
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Feb 3, 2023 • 2min
Lawmakers introduce bills seeking to halt VA HER modernization; Cigna files suit against CVS
Rosendale has harshly criticized the VA's new EHR since 2021, citing operational inadequacies and implementation struggles, as well as the expense of government funding.
Feb 3, 2023 • 20min
Hospitals await the outcome of numerous lawsuits over No Surprises Act
The NSA’s “baseball arbitration” seeks to take patients out of the middle of provider and payer negotiations over rates, says K&L Gates Health Care partner, Gary Qualls.
Jan 31, 2023 • 15min
AWS & Apexon present: Patient data and insights to enable value-based care and improve payment integrity
Value-based care is emerging in the healthcare ecosystem, largely due to its ability to offer benefits for everyone from patients to physicians to payers. With the power of data and analytics, users can track and improve patient outcomes and control healthcare costs while delivering better quality of care. Patient 360 can provide an optimal experience to patients and healthcare providers with first-rate payment integrity.
Jan 27, 2023 • 2min
Optum Rx launches tool for lower-priced generics; Amazon launches medication subscription service
Optum Rx positioned the tool as an enhancement of the company's ability to offer a lower price on generics at about a 90% rate.
Jan 27, 2023 • 21min
Improving the performance of predictive oncology models
Steve Irvine, founder and CEO of integrate.ai, explains how a lack of quality data is hindering clinical AI models – and describes how federated learning approaches can enable secure access to a wider array of datasets.
Jan 20, 2023 • 2min
California files suit against drugmakers; GH Healthcare to acquire IMPACTIS
The AG’s office accused drugmakers of "unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices"; GE HealthCare said it plans to fund the acquisition with cash on hand.
Jan 20, 2023 • 20min
Hospital financial stressors are expected to continue through 2023
In their service lines, hospitals need to think about whether they can be all things to all people, says Peter Urbanowicz, a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal.
Jan 20, 2023 • 19min
AWS & Quantiphi present: AI/ML Driven Health Equity Across Healthcare & Life Sciences
In this podcast, experts from Amazon Web Services and Quantiphi discuss how healthcare organizations can empower the healthcare workers with AI & data.
Jan 13, 2023 • 2min
Carbon Health receives $100M investment but lays off 200; Ransomware attacks have more than doubled
Carbon said its shifting it focus to its core primary care and urgent care services; 44.4% of ransomware attacks were disruptive to healthcare.
Jan 13, 2023 • 35min
2023 forecast: AI command centers, hybrid work models, 5G and more
Mutaz Shegewi, research director at IDC Health Insights, discusses the research firm's 10 health industry predictions for the next year and beyond.
