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 24, 2023 • 12min
HIMSSCast: CFO survey shows four major themes driving investment in M&A
The trend is toward add-on transactions to bring in smaller companies, says Vin Phan, partner and national leader of BDO’s Healthcare Transaction Advisory Services practice.
Feb 17, 2023 • 2min
Samsung teams with Natural Cycles on menstrual health; UHC members can earn $1K through rewards program
The company said adding Natural Cycles' technology will "give users more detailed insight into their menstrual cycle."
Feb 17, 2023 • 20min
HIMSSCast: Epic leaders talk clinical trials and data innovation
Dr. Jackie Gerhart, VP of clinical informatics at Epic, and Phil Lindemann, its VP of business intelligence and analytics, discuss data-driven improvements that are enabling design of better trials and delivery of better healthcare.
Feb 10, 2023 • 2min
25 charged in alleged nursing diploma scheme; FBI addressing IT outage at Tallahassee Memorial
Defendants purportedly engaged in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts to people seeking licenses and jobs as registered nurses.
Feb 10, 2023 • 12min
Everything you need to know about the Quintuple Aim
Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, explains why adding health equity to the Quadruple Aim is so important, and how it affects provider CIOs.
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.
