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The health system, much like Mayo Clinic, Intermountain and others, is moving more care into the home. In Kaiser’s case, doing so added the equivalent of a floor of inpatient capacity.
Read MoreBuck Poropatich discusses how the enterprise is helping to close gaps in care, reducing inefficiencies, and working with organizations such as AmeriHealth, ChenMed, ProMedica and Socially Determined to make transportation less burdensome on patient populations.
Read MoreDon Antonucci spoke with Health Evolution about the most critical tactics the health plan is deploying to increase equity and system resilience.
Read MoreLeaders serving vulnerable populations have learned areas of focus that can help other organizations as masking requirements are eased in the pandemic’s next phase.
Read MoreAfter assembling the program in a matter of weeks, the health system has both achieved success and encountered obstacles. Here’s a look at how those are shaping the future.
Read MoreBD’s CTO Beth McCombs discusses the company’s innovation strategy during the pandemic and its focus on connected devices.
Read MoreFormer Secretary of Health and Human Services for North Carolina, Mandy Cohen, MD lands at Aledade as the CEO of Aledade Care Solutions. Richard Lofgren, MD was named the CEO of OU Health.
Read MoreAcross the country, providers are facing a mental health provider shortage at a time when people need these services more than ever thanks to the stresses of the pandemic. At Allina Health in Minnesota, leaders are turning to digital health as a potential solution.
Read MoreThe Affordable Care Act saw a record number of enrollments for 2022 and insurers are offering an increasing number of plans.
Read MoreHealth care’s gender gap is as wide as ever, as only 15% of health care CEOs are women despite the fact that they represent the majority of employees in the industry. It’s particularly challenging in health IT.
Read MoreWhy two physicians-turned-investors are expecting the digital health market to level off in 2022 and how CEOs should navigate this burgeoning—and potentially tumultuous—market.
Read MoreHealth systems, payers and other stakeholders are investing in home-based health care, as consumers increasingly prefer hospital-level care outside the hospital.
Read MoreThe firm’s founder and general partner Marcus Whitney spoke with Health Evolution about investing exclusively in Black-founded and led companies with the mission of making sure other investors know about them as well.
Read MoreThe Hospital Pricing Transparency rule went into effect at the beginning of 2021 and got off to a rocky start. Will 2022 be any better?
Read MoreIn this volume of Health Execs on the Move, Paul Kusserow announced his retirement as the CEO of home health, hospice and personal care company Amedisys. Under his leadership, Amedisys improved Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star score from 3.5 stars to 4.33 stars and its market cap from $900 million to over $5.3 billion.
Read MoreAmid the harsh reality that COVID has brought to cancer patients, there is hope coming within the oncology world through the advances in mRNA vaccines and other breakthrough therapies.
Read MoreFor nearly every sector of the health care world, M&A activity increased from 2020 to 2021 in both deal volume and value. Here are some of the major deals from Q4 across the payer, provider, life sciences and tech worlds.
Read MoreIn making a ruling on Medicare payments to safety-net hospitals, the Supreme Court could reduce how much influence agencies such as HHS have in interpreting legislation.
Read MoreDavid J. Corkum, Chief Growth Officer of CareFirst, explains why the timing was right for the mid-Atlantic-based health plan to enter the group Medicare Advantage market.
Read MoreThere is widespread belief that telehealth and virtual health are going to have a place in delivering care for the foreseeable future. How much of a place—particularly after a year where utilization dropped sharply after rising during the pandemic—is up for debate.
Read MoreIn 2021, there seemed to be an overflow of tensions between incumbent health care organizations and those trying to disrupt the industry. However, some experts are certain that the only path forward is for both sides to work together.
Read MoreHow does one go from President and CFO of Shake Shack to being the CEO of TMRW Life Sciences, a tech company in the hot fertility services market? Tara Comonte spoke with Health Evolution about her journey.
Read MoreMore health care organizations are investing in health equity initiatives. Those engaging in this work say success comes from engendering trust with patients, effective communication and cultural sensitivity, improving access to care, and most importantly, listening—something the health care system hasn’t done well.
Read MoreIn this month’s Health Execs on the Move column, Mandy Cohen, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the State of North Carolina, announced that she is stepping down from the job at the beginning of 2022.
Read MoreOur American Health Care Cities virtual tour bus heads to Indianapolis, Indiana. It’s the home to pharma giant Eli Lilly, large insurer Anthem, the American arm of Roche Diagnostics, the largest medical school in the country, IU School of Medicine, and acclaimed researcher Regenstrief Institute.
Read MoreThe future of telehealth flexibility rules are in flux—and industry stakeholders are making a push to keep them in place.
Read MoreMedicare overpaid MA plans by a whopping $106 billion from 2010 to 2019, according to Richard Kronick, PhD, public health researcher and former Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Kronick explains what CMS should be doing to rectify the problem.
Read MorePremise Health President Jami Doucette, MD discusses why traditional health care organizations are “entirely misaligned with the ultimate payer of health care services.”
Read MoreThe numbers paint a stark picture of what’s been an incredibly severe labor shortage: One in five health care workers have quit since February 2020. What can health care leaders do to reverse this troubling trend?
Read MoreBack in 2019, UPMC announced a major initiative to develop and co-manage five hospitals in China with one of the country’s biggest conglomerates. The health system’s Chuck Bogosta and Jeffrey Bernstein spoke with Health Evolution about how the project has progressed amid challenges related to COVID and a tense geopolitical atmosphere.
Read MoreTwo giants of American business announced plans to divide themselves into smaller companies. What does it mean for the health care industry?
Read MoreIn this month’s Health Execs on the Move, Walmart and HCA Healthcare added to their teams; President Biden nominated a potential FDA chief; and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota named a new CEO.
Read MoreThirty Madison has defied expectations on its way to achieving “unicorn status,” valued at more than $1 billion after raising $140 million in June.
Read MoreThe rest of clinical medicine has a way to go before catching up to imaging-based AI applications. In part two of our two-part series on clinical AI, we examine the most promising clinical areas for AI usage outside of imaging.
Read MoreUber Health’s Caitlin Donovan on COVID exposed about transportation as a social determinant of health, its new partnership with Papa, the company's overall partnership strategy, and more.
Read MoreNew research from RWJF and US of Care reveals that patients—across the ideological, geographic, and demographic spectrum—are exasperated by the high costs of care. Ideas to lower costs tend to have near universal support.
Read MoreHealth care is increasingly excited about the potential of AI to solve complex clinical and administrative problems. However, challenges with clinical workflow integration, data integrity, ethics and privacy, and ROI all remain significant barriers to increasing AI adoption.
Read MoreHome to the world-famous Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota relies on health care to drive its economy more than almost any other region within the country. Google, Epic and other companies have planted a flag in Rochester and economic development leaders within the city are hoping to attract even more companies.
Read MoreThis infographic outlines the industry’s challenge with using data to reduce health disparities and how the Health Equity Pledge represents an opportunity to embed equity into quality improvement and interventions across the health care industry.
Read MoreMore than 40 leading health care organizations have signed on to the Health Equity Pledge, a new cross-sector effort to drive the industry to better collect, stratify, and review race, ethnicity, language, and sex data and incorporate it into quality metrics to advance health equit
Read MoreIn this month’s Health Execs on the Move column, we feature four major CEOs who announced they were departing their organizations during September and October: Marna Borgstrom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health; Sarah Krevans, CEO of Sutter Health; Lloyd Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health; and Stephen Klasko, MD, CEO of Jefferson Health.
Read MoreBest Buy Health recently bought Current Health to expand its home-care technology offerings. Current Health CEO Chris McCann spoke with Health Evolution about why he believes in Best Buy’s vision.
Read MoreGreg A. Adams, CEO and Chairman of Kaiser Permanente and Mandy Cohen, MD, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) talk about addressing systemic racism within a health care organization.
Read MoreBoom talks about the importance of leadership in making sure employees receive vaccinations and why his mandate was an unprecedented success.
Read MoreMicky Tripathi, PhD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Greg Moore, MD, PhD, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Health recently spoke about data interoperability and its impact on health inequity.
Read MoreVicarious Surgical went public via a special purpose acquisition company in a $1.1 billion deal and has attracted some big-name investors. CEO Adam Sachs talks with Health Evolution about how the company convinced such investors to join.
Read MoreFor many leaders within the health care industry, particularly those in rural and underserved communities, there is an overwhelming concern that vaccine mandates will solve one problem while creating another.
Read MoreIn health care—and across the Globe—M&A activity continued at a frenzy in the Summer months. Notable deals from the last three months included the mergers between Baxter and Hill-Rom, Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health, Ginger and Headspace, and more.
Read MoreRecent changes from Medicare and the aging Boomer population have increased the focus on supporting unpaid caregivers, according to Shara Cohen, CEO of Carallel.
Read MoreMandates like the one President Biden put into place are effective at increasing COVID-19 vaccine rates, but they face legal challenges. Do other behavioral economics methods move the needle?
Read MoreEdwards Lifesciences has unveiled an initiative that aims to advance racial equity in underserved communities. CFO Scott Ullem talked with us about why the company went this route.
Read MoreLevine says that health equity is a top priority of the Biden-Harris administration, particularly in light of COVID-related challenges. She spoke with Health Evolution about specific efforts regarding SOGI data and inter-agency collaboration.
Read MoreAt the Health Evolution Summit, federal and state policy leaders went into depth about what kind of impact increased M&A activity in health care might have on care coordination.
Read MoreFewer patients are getting screened for cancer as a result of the pandemic. CancerIQ Founder & CEO Feyi Olopade Ayodele says that genomics-based screening assessments can provide health systems with a path forward to more effective cancer prevention.
Read MoreDavid Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, Christophe Weber, CEO of Takeda, Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, President of Verily’s Clinical Studies Platforms, and Chris Toth, CEO of Varian, discussed how COVID has opened the door for faster drug development and improved clinical trials.
Read MoreIn this volume of Health execs on the move, Penny Wheeler, MD and Hal Paz, MD are leaving their CEO roles at Midwestern health systems; David Feinberg, MD is headed to Cerner; and Alex Gorsky, CEO of J&J, is departing the pharma giant.
Read MorePM Pediatrics, like others in the urgent care space, has seen impressive growth over the last 10 years. Now, the company is adapting to the new era of telemedicine.
Read MoreFederal and state officials shared their enthusiasm for collaboration between the public and private sectors that go far beyond the short-term, COVID-related needs of the health care system.
Read MorePre-employment drug testing is common in health care, but the legalization of marijuana in 19 states has made it a more complicated process.
Read MoreExecutives at Highmark Health, Anthem, and AmeriHealth Caritas share insights about how health plans engaged members during the COVID pandemic and why a commitment to culture became their north star during tough times.
Read MoreComing out of COVID, health care organizations, particularly those engaging in research, are finding more reasons than ever to break down data silos and to advance a learning health system. But what challenges will arise when creating these health data research collaborations?
Read MoreAs health care executives consider lessons learned during the pandemic, notably a new found agility to forge partnerships, some are already demonstrating how aligning well can improve the transition to value-based care.
Read MoreIn the latest version of American Health Care Cities, we explore the City of Brotherly Love. Philadelphia is home to the first hospital in the U.S. and a thriving biotech industry.
Read MoreA trio of large health systems underwent or announced CEO transitions as we track the major executive movement in this month’s Health care execs on the move.
Read MoreWhile COVID took away everyone’s attention, overdose deaths were up 30 percent in 2020, according to the CDC, most coming from opioid-related incidents. Experts share insights into why this crisis got worse and what can be done to reverse the trend.
Read MoreA new survey released by the Bipartisan Policy Center uncovers consumer telehealth usage during the pandemic, including who was using it, what obstacles they encountered and how satisfied patient were with the experience.
Read MoreWhile the post-pandemic future of Medicare’s Acute Hospital Care at Home program is uncertain, health care organizations are bullish on this paradigm shift. Two organizations investing in hospital at home, Mount Sinai and UMass Memorial, discussed their interest with Health Evolution.
Read MoreHow some health care leaders are successfully closing the vaccine equity gap with better access, partnerships and strategic communication.
Read MoreThe outspoken veteran CEO discussed a range of topics from leaving athenahealth to the misguided metrics of patient experience.
Read MoreTelehealth usage has leveled off across medicine broadly, but for mental health it continues to be a lifeline for patients in underserved areas. For this trend to continue post COVID, a few roadblocks need to be cleared.
Read MoreNearly half of community health centers operate in negative margins. Federal funds have helped but are not enough to support business functions such as accounting HR, legal, IT, and operations. But their survival is critical to the communities that need them, and their success can have a major impact.
Read MoreAs health care organizations ramp up investments in genomics, some are going a step further by looking at multi-omics, proteomics and other “omics” that can believe will be used for even more precise precision medicine.
Read MoreThe Biden administration has kept lowering health care costs as a priority via executive order on prescription drug pricing and a proposed rule that would increase the fine hospitals pay for not publishing pricing information online. Here’s a break down of the two actions.
Read MoreIn the latest Health Care Executives on the Move, we monitor career changes across the payer, provider, life sciences, government and tech worlds in June and July.
Read MoreCOVID has driven consumer interest in genomics. Health systems are upping investments in precision medicine. Thirty years from the start of the Human Genome Project, can these breakthroughs find their way into clinical care?
Read MoreResearch shows that more than two-thirds of voters rank reducing health care costs as their top priority for the President and Congress.
Read MoreAfter many years of health equity work, Sutter Health has formalized its efforts with the creation of the Institute for Advancing Health Equity. Sutter executives spoke with Health Evolution about advancing the science of health equity to generate knowledge that will make communities healthier across the nation.
Read MoreThe community health housing project is thriving in West Baltimore, even after the health system sold the local hospital to another organization. In this Q&A, George Kleb of Bon Secours explains why health systems should be making these kinds of investments.
Read MoreAs the World Health Organization shares new AI principles for health care, more organizations have adopted the technology in response to the COVID crisis.
Read MoreAccording to a recent survey, 80 percent of employers said their company culture has been more accepting of mental health challenges in the past year, but only 59 percent of workers agree. Here’s how employers can improve mental health support.
Read MoreWhitaker, who spent four years as the Director of the Illinois Department of Health, says that Medicare Advantage addresses the social determinants of health in ways that traditional Medicare plans do not.
Read MoreHealth care organizations need to do a better job in creating a welcoming, inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ patients. Experts say they can do so through employee education, improving sexual orientation and gender identity data collection and getting buy in across the C-Suite.
Read MoreReviewing some of the major mergers and acquisitions that occurred from March to June, in general the spring months saw numerous high-value deals across the provider, life sciences and health tech sectors.
Read MoreWith so much activity in the sector, how can innovators distinguish themselves? Among payers and providers, considerations often center on how the solution meets a strategic need, if it can generate ROI, how it differs from others in the marketplace and if it’s easy to integrate.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act by 7-2 margin. Back when the case was being decided, Oscar Health and Centene chief executives were confident it would survive and continued to plan ahead in efforts to expand ACA marketplace plans.
Read MoreIn this month’s edition, we spotlight recent movements by government officials, including former HHS Secretary Alex Azar and former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD.
Read MoreWith his latest venture, Rendr, the entrepreneur is working to apply the same self-advocacy, scalability and standardization concepts that worked well to improve care for Asian American populations.
Read MoreA year after the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent public calls for societal change, health care leaders still have considerable work ahead to improve equity. That starts by fulfilling commitments made in 2020, then deciding on what needs to be done next and delivering against those promises as well.
Read MoreIn the latest edition of American Health Care Cities, we feature Houston, Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas and in Houston, that includes the health care industry, says Taha Jangda, General Partner, HealthX Ventures.
Read MoreFor the first time in nearly 20 years, FDA approved a drug that will treat Alzheimer’s disease. Here are five things for health care CEOs to know about the controversial drug approval.
Read MoreHere are our most-read articles in May 2021 and a look back at our coverage of health system resilience. Plus information on the upcoming Summit event.
Read MoreIn part two of our series on digital health funding, we explore the essential question that many health care leaders are wondering: Will this trend continue along the same path, or will it be a bubble that bursts?
Read MoreAppleton, Wisconsin-based ThedaCare invested in a startup to engage patients with a digital app that the provider is working to get into the homes of rural and urban patients alike.
Read MoreWhen it comes to disparities in vaccine uptake among communities of color, there are a number of reasons that go beyond “hesitancy,” says Creshelle Nash, MD, Medical Director for Public Programs and Utilization Management at Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Read MoreManaging bed capacity has never more of an issue for providers than it was during the past year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Parkview Medical Center, a non-profit, independent community hospital in Colorado, solving this challenge has meant leveraging AI.
Read MoreGeisinger is starting the next step in its digital health journey with the launch of a new care delivery model, powered by remote patient monitoring.
Read MoreBrooks-LaSure is the first Black woman to oversee the trillion-dollar agency. Here’s what health care CEOs need to know about the second most powerful health official in the Biden administration.
Read MoreTo better understand what health care leaders should make of the money being poured into digital health, we interviewed five experts representing five different areas of the health care system. In part 1 of this three-part series, we look at the rise of incubators and investment funds.
Read MoreFor the longest time, inspiring older adults to use digital health technologies seemed to be fruitless. But the pandemic has already started to turn that around.
Read MoreHealth Evolution recently got a chance to speak with new ONC Coordinator Micky Tripathi about why regulation is needed to advance interoperability, building a public health infrastructure and more.
Read MoreNick Stefanizzi discusses why employers are tired of the traditional model of paying for benefits, why direct contracting is ripe for disruption and what Northwell Direct is doing in the space.
Read MoreWith COVID pushing many clinicians to the brink, it’s more important than ever for health care organizations to support their caregivers with wellness and mental health services. That’s what ChristianaCare has done with its Center for WorkLife Wellbeing.
Read MoreIn the latest edition of Health execs on the move, we feature the retirement of Peter Slavin, MD, President of Massachusetts General Hospital. Also, Craig Samitt, MD, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is stepping down from that role but not retiring. Both are known for championing health equity initiatives. Plus, other major executive moves from payer, provider, life sciences and tech companies.
Read MoreNearly 9-out-10 of employers say that within the next five years, the cost of providing health benefits will become unsustainable. As such, employers are looking to government intervention, direct contracting with health systems and other methods to reverse this trend.
Read MoreResearch shows that many hospitals have not yet begun disclosing payer negotiated rates to the public. But politicians on both sides of the aisle are full-bore on the concept.
Read MoreIn a new recurring feature at Health Evolution, we’re examining the health care market in different cities and regions across the country. First up is Nashville, Tennessee.
Read MoreThe following articles were the most popular with our readers during April 2021. And we also share what’s upcoming at Health Evolution.
Read MoreUnprecedented levels of M&A activity are underway and expected to continue in 2021—if the FTC doesn’t step in to block some deals. Here’s what CEOs can expect from FTC enforcement in the Biden administration.
Read MoreAmerica's primary care system needs considerable work. The Health Evolution Forum Work Group on Reinventing Primary Care and Preventative Care Models recommends ways to improve.
Read MoreTelehealth remains the preferred method for behavioral health patients to meet with their doctors, according to a new analysis. Overall, nearly 80 percent of patients would like to have the option moving forward.
Read MoreFunding through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other Biden administration efforts will be a huge opportunity for health care organizations to address affordability and the social determinants of health, explained two policy experts at the Health Evolution Forum’s Town Hall event.
Read MoreCoriell Life Sciences CEO Scott Megill recently spoke with Health Evolution about the top-level trends impacting precision medicine, the challenges payers and providers encounter when implementing precision medicine and more.
Read MoreAt a recent event, Liz Fowler, the new head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) acknowledged that health care is at a crossroads with alternative payment models.
Read MoreWith a huge presence in medically underserved areas, Walmart has an important role in vaccinating Americans. At Health Evolution’s virtual confab, Cheryl Pegus, MD, the company’s executive vice president of Health and Wellness, explained these efforts.
Read MoreThroughout day two of the Virtual Confab 2021, leaders examined how the pandemic impacted communities of color, revealed current challenges with vaccine access, and looked towards the future with guarded optimism and an eye on improving inequities and addressing social determinants of health.
Read MoreHealth Evolution talked with Eduardo Conrado, chief strategy and innovation officer at Ascension, the large $25 billion, Catholic health system based in the Midwest, about shifting its strategic priorities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreAlice Hm Chen, CMO of Covered California, spoke with Health Evolution about the racism and inequities facing the Asian American community and what CEOs can do to improve health disparities in their communities.
Read MoreNearly half of dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients are putting off appointments, largely because of transportation challenges, a new survey found.
Read MoreJudy Rich, CEO of Tucson Medical Center, spoke with us about the unique approach to addressing wellness now and in a post-pandemic environment and more.
Read MoreIn this rendition of Health Care Execs on the Move, Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD announced she was stepping down as the Principal Deputy Commissioner & Acting CIO of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration after two years.
Read MoreOur most-read articles this month — plus a look at the upcoming Health Evolution Confab, what’s new in our Innovation Lab and relevant CEO reports.
Read MoreBetween March and August of last year, utilization of the health care system fell 23 percent, according to a research report. Here’s what that means for an increase in diagnoses across critical diseases.
Read MoreDespite the hefty AstraZeneca-Alexion deal, 2020 was considered a slow year in terms of mergers and acquisitions in life sciences. Early activity in the winter signals that 2021 may be a different story.
Read MoreIn the final part of our series on the future of the health care workforce, Health Evolution looks at how COVID has shone a light on the importance of employee wellness.
Read MoreHealth Evolution parsed through 600-some odd pages of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to determine the most important elements for payer, provider, and life sciences CEOs.
Read MoreIn part two of our series on the future of the health care workforce, we examine the potential role that community health workers—and the valuable skill of empathy—can play in reducing health inequities, both during COVID and beyond.
Read MoreThe idea of activating patients to engage in their care, regardless of the technology used, was taking shape before the pandemic. But it has become even more critical in the year since the virus first emerged with many people having skipped critical care services out of fear of contracting COVID-19.
Read MoreOne year into the pandemic disrupting lives across America, we look at the rise of remote work, borderless recruiting, and virtual care and its impact on the industry. Organizations have been forced to recognize that the ability to thrive in a virtual environment must be a paramount skill for potential employees in the future.
Read MoreArrangements, such as the one between Monogram and Humana, are becoming increasingly common as payer and provider organizations shift towards value-based care to improve outcomes and lower costs for challenging patient populations.
Read MoreTerry Myerson, a long-time Microsoft executive, was recently named chief of Truveta, a collaboration that was launched between 14 large health systems. He spoke with Health Evolution on why he’s optimistic about the company’s plans to generate clinical insights through an AI-driven data platform.
Read MoreInvesting in ASCs is all the rage for health care organizations, according to recent survey data. But enterprises moving into the space must understand it’s not a walk in the park or an easy revenue stream.
Read MoreCVS Health CEO Karen Lynch says Aetna will be re-entering ACA marketplaces next year. The announcement comes as the health law is seeing a comeback after four years of near deaths and decreased enrollment under the Trump administration.
Read MoreEmployed-led coalitions don’t have the best track record in disrupting the health system. Here’s what future employer initiatives can learn from Haven and other failed attempts from the past.
Read MoreIn this month’s edition of “Health care execs on the move,” three industry titans—Kenneth Frazier of Merck, David Wichmann of UnitedHealthcare and Susan DeVore of Premier—announced their retirements.
Read MoreOnly 70 percent of vaccines that have been distributed have been administered. That’s not good enough. Here are seven reasons why vaccine deployment has been less than ideal and the U.S. is well behind its original goal.
Read MoreWith Bezos stepping down as CEO and Haven shuttered, here’s a look at Amazon’s grand visions across multiple fronts of the industry.
Read MoreIn the initial weeks of the new administration, President Biden has focused on revitalizing the Affordable Care Act, tackling the COVID-19 response from multiple angles and addressing health inequity.
Read MoreThe Ad Council has been responsible for some of the most successful public service campaigns since the 1940s. Michelle Hillman, Chief Campaign Development Officer, discusses the organization’s efforts to educate the public about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Read MoreWith analytics tools advancing at a rapid pace, what do organizations at the beginning of the journey have to know to be successful? Executives at four leading health care companies discuss analytics opportunities and challenges.
Read MoreLack of evidence about the effectiveness and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine is the most common reason that health care professionals have refused to take it, according to new data
Read MoreLyft Healthcare vice president, Megan Callahan spoke with Health Evolution about a bold campaign to provide 60 million rides to COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
Read MoreAs the first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations have begun across the country, it’s clear that not everyone is on board with inoculation. How can organizations tailor public health messages that will reach specific population groups in efficient manner?
Read MoreIn this new feature, we will keep track of the career moves of the Health Evolution community in a regularly recurring feature. For the first edition, we’re looking at who’s been on the move in the last two months and the first couple of weeks of January.
Read MoreHow can health care CEOs and leaders navigate what’s sure to be a deeply divided population in their communities and within their own organizations? UMass Memorial CEO Eric Dickson, MD, shares advice in the wake of January 6th events.
Read MoreChief Medical Officer Derek Robinson, MD, discusses what the COVID-19 pandemic exposed about racial disparities and why the payer launched two major health equity initiatives.
Read MoreThe new year has already jolted U.S. health care with four major announcements in the first week of business. Here's a closer look at each one.
Read MoreRegulators are already looking more closely than ever at potentially fraudulent activity within telehealth thanks to the uptick in usage during COVID-19. Legal experts share three steps to ensuring fraud does not become commonplace in an organization.
Read MoreAs 2020 comes to an end, M&A activity in the health care sector will see an overall decline in deal volume and value. But while the pandemic has negatively impacted M&A, it hasn’t slowed down activity entirely. Here are some recent deals.
Read MoreIf ever there was a year for health care leaders to come together, albeit virtually, share perspectives and learn from each other, this was it. Here’s a look at some of the most-telling quotations from the last 12 months.
Read MoreThe “Fauci Effect” has led to an increase in medical school applications, which may be an opportunity to help guide future doctors in virtualized care.
Read MoreRagans spoke with Health Evolution about authentic leadership, the unique struggles of non-essential care, working toward what could become the first FDA-approved microbiome origin and more.
Read MoreGeisinger’s Karen Murphy and CHOC’s Anthony Chang, MD share how they measure innovation, ensure it’s part of the culture, and what is on their innovation competency checklists.
Read MoreBecerra’s nomination, along with Biden’s choices for other prominent federal roles, signals what could become a team highly-focused on addressing inequities to improve the health care system for underserved or vulnerable populations.
Read MoreEvaluating area need, economics, market willingness and existing footprint, Array Advisors maps out where the tech giant could establish a presence with a variety of its health care services.
Read MoreIn the midst of the worst pandemic in 100 years, trust in public health, science and vaccines is eroding. CEOs must take action to help reverse this damaging trend.
Read MoreIn the first of this two-part series, Peter Fleischut, MD of NewYork-Presbyterian and Sara Vaezy of Providence reveal what’s on their innovation checklists, which metrics they are successfully using, and the need to foster a culture to support transformation.
Read MoreIf approved by a federal judge, the case would have immediate short and long-term impacts for both payer and provider organizations and create a more competitive landscape.
Read MoreOne-third of patients feel less confident in the health care system than they did before the pandemic and many continue to delay care, according to new research.
Read MoreWhile experts are saying that in all likelihood it will be difficult for Biden to enact short-term policy changes, there are Trump administration moves he could roll back.
Read MoreNow that its vaccine has demonstrated 90 percent efficacy in Phase 3 clinical trials, Pfizer SVP Peter Honig, MD discusses next steps, timelines for wide availability, and the work still ahead.
Read MoreThe pandemic has pushed the health care industry forward on telehealth and not just for urgent and primary care either. Specialties, such as ob-gyn, that never would have been associated with telehealth are becoming more familiar with it as well.
Read MoreThe election is in the homestretch. Where do President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden stand on the most pertinent health care policy issues?
Read MoreEven if there’s a “good flu season,” hospital CEOs will have to be prepared to flex staff and manage capacity for triage and admission if COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to swing unpredictably.
Read MoreDiana Allen, who is the President and CEO at SSI Group, discusses the gender gap in the health care C-suite and what can be done to fix it.
Read MoreFrom the election season to the public trust in the COVID-19 vaccine, here's what Health Evolution readers were interested in for the month of October.
Read MoreWhile telehealth rose, revenue cycle management dipped but retained a spot, while supply chain proved offered a surprise twist. In this Q&A with UPMC’s Robert Bart, MD, he explains how COVID shifted health system innovation priorities.
Read MoreWhat happens if a COVID vaccine comes along and no one wants to take it? Experts in the vaccine development process explain how health care CEOs can improve the public’s trust.
Read MoreNo one can predict what will happen to the ACA when the Supreme Court rules on the law in November so CEOs should be prepared regardless of the case’s outcome.
Read MoreWith consumers hesitant to use contact tracing apps, CEOs must be transparent with their messaging, take advantage of the privacy frameworks available and earn public trust. We spoke with various experts on how CEOs can navigate the privacy challenges of contact tracing.
Read MoreThe trio of Washington insiders share perspectives on what a Joe Biden administration would mean for the ACA, a public option and value-based care.
Read MoreThe CEO of VillageMD talks with us about the changing primary care landscape. Female executives remember the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Here are a few popular articles we published in September.
Read MoreCEOs and executives embedded in AI see a couple of roadblocks standing in the way of significant progress. They shared their concerns—and advice to CEOs on addressing those issues—with Health Evolution.
Read MoreNearly 20 percent of hospital CEOs left their job in 2019, according to a new report from the ACHE. Deborah Bowen, CEO of ACHE, discusses the potential impact COVID-19 will have on CEO turnover in 2020.
Read MoreHealth Evolution spoke with leaders at four different disruptor organizations to examine the changing primary care landscape. Use of tech, leveraging community partnerships, and advancing new models of care are a few of the ways these companies are driving growth.
Read MoreNew data on uninsured rates illustrates that 6.7 million more people lost their health insurance during the pandemic from February to September—which is having a disproportionate impact in Black and Hispanic communities.
Read MoreExecutives from CVS Health, Change Healthcare, Collective Health, innovationOchsner and AdventHealth discuss how they are leveraging technology, focusing on preventive care, and improving vaccine outreach to engage consumers during the pandemic.
Read MoreAfter conducting a needs assessment under the ACA, Virtua Health instituted transportation services to reduce no show rates among underserved communities.
Read MoreHealth Evolution talks with VillageMD CEO Tim Barry and CMO Clive Fields, MD, about the company’s three-year, $1 billion investment from Walgreens, the changing primary care landscape and more.
Read MoreIn the initial installment of our deals report, Health Evolution looks at the proposed and finalized mergers and acquisitions in the industry that occurred over the preceding three months.
Read MoreCan a safety-net hospital successfully virtualize care? Denver Health managed to build a program to monitor high-risk patients who didn’t meet admission criteria for COVID-19 hospitalization.
Read MoreThe combined companies put health care on the path to a digital-first future. For payer and provider CEOs, the importance of the deal can’t be overstated.
Read MoreThe “burning platform” of COVID-19 broke down silos between IT, operations and other business functions. Now, it’s up to CEOs to lead the enterprise into a digital future by continuing to invest in innovation, according to Marc Probst.
Read MoreIndividual health systems and hospitals are reporting the impact of COVID-19 on their finances. For some, it's a sign of the pandemic's damaging impact. For others, it hasn't been as bad.
Read MoreThe hotly contested drug pricing debate rages on as research suggests Americans are concerned about higher medication costs, health care leaders face people who are angry or scared, and progress remains unlikely in an election year.
Read MoreRamona Sequeira, President of Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A, talks with Health Evolution about why the life sciences world can’t be the forgotten sector when addressing social determinants of health.
Read MoreHumana’s Alan Wheatley and Highmark’s David Holmberg talk about the importance of strategic partnerships in developing virtual health capabilities, advancing new models of care and more.
Read MoreNew data from Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) highlights how private health insurers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreJohnson spoke with Health Evolution about the role telemedicine has played in saving the health system, as well as what needs to be done to keep the momentum going.
Read MoreExperts discuss their skepticism about three of the rules and why a forthcoming additional one could ultimately be effective.
Read MoreRasu Shrestha, MD, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Atrium Health, spoke with Health Evolution about what long-term projects are underway at Atrium in response to the COVID pandemic and to share some of the lessons they’ve learned in the last few months.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has further exposed the country’s massive health disparities. That’s why health care organizations like Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ are using data analytics, partnerships, investments in housing and other strategies to tackle the problem.
Read MorePreliminary data has shown just how much COVID-19 has potentially affected emergent medical, surgical and obstetric hospitalizations, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston and nationally.
Read MoreFormer Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats outlined proposals to disrupt the health care system if elected in November. On the table? A public option added to the ACA, taking on the pharma industry to lower prescription drug prices and revamping the health care workforce.
Read MoreeVisit CEO Bret Larsen talks with Health Evolution about how COVID-19 has changed the game for telehealth and what steps CEOs need to take to ensure this isn’t a missed opportunity.
Read MoreA recent survey from Premier reveals that 90 percent of health care providers are contributing to stockpiles of critical medical supplies and drugs intended to last as long as 90 days.
Read MoreA new survey of consumers reveals that more than 60 percent say the health system is confusing and not a single task related to care is effortless.
Read MoreJennifer Sullivan, MD, the Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, talks with Health Evolution about how the state’s Healthy Opportunities initiative has tackled social determinants of health in the Hoosier State.
Read MoreDavid Feinberg, MD of Google Health, Peter Fine of Banner Health, Amy Abernethy, MD of the FDA and other health care leaders and influencers share their thoughts what they’ve learned thus far from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreWhile the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to many health care organizations, it hasn’t had a major impact on mergers and acquisition or digital health investments thus far.
Read MoreMussallem discussed forging unique partnerships with UPS and others in response to pandemic, moving forward amid revenue declines and his advice for other CEOs to succeed despite the COVID-19 chaos.
Read MoreA look at the arguments for and against the price transparency rules for health care providers and payers.
Read MoreIn a state that was hit hard by the virus, Hackensack Meridian Health used data tools to generate real-world evidence on how certain therapies mitigate COVID-19. Here’s what the system learned.
Read MoreNew analysis from the Surgo Foundation reveals a list of 20 rural health communities that are the most vulnerable “testing deserts” in the nation. These are areas without a testing site and the most deaths per capita.
Read MoreHow can payers sustain primary care both during and after the pandemic? Our panel of experts dig into this question in part two of our series on COVID-19’s impact on primary care.
Read MoreHealth Evolution interviewed CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd Dean on the racial inequalities of COVID-19, leadership lessons he has learned from the pandemic and more.
Read MoreIn part 1 of a two-part series, we discuss with a panel of experts the struggles of primary care during COVID-19 and the potential positives that could emerge.
Read MoreAMA President Patrice Harris, MD, talks with Health Evolution about how health care CEOs can address this looming issue.
Read MoreWhat kind of mental health impact could COVID-19 have on frontline providers? Early research from China is quite revealing.
Read MoreThe mental health toll of this pandemic will linger well beyond the coronavirus itself. Here are some of the ways CEOs can provide mental health support for frontline providers.
Read MoreHealth care thought leaders outline measures to help communities reopen states from the first phase of COVID-19 in a deliberate and phased approach.
Read MoreThe system went from less than 2 percent of patient care being done virtually to 75 percent in a matter of days and now it is circulating its play book to educate other health care executives.
Read MoreAs CEOs increasingly look to virtualize care services amid COVID-19, these programs have proven to be successful from a cost and outcomes perspective.
Read MoreLivongo Executive Chairman Glen Tullman spoke with Health Evolution about the impact of COVID-19 on digital health adoption and why it’s imperative that health care CEOs use this circumstance to rapidly evolve their organizations.
Read MoreGrocery stores, hotels, and compassion crews. CEOs are doing whatever it takes to make sure their frontline caregivers are being supported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreNew studies from the CommonWealth Fund and Luma Health illustrate the pandemic’s impact on patient’s keeping their appointments.
Read MoreSteve Barnett, CEO of McKenzie Health System, talks with Health Evolution about financial challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreFrom a financial perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic was painful for hospitals in March, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall.
Read MoreSecurity experts discuss where chief executives should focus efforts to protect sensitive data during the pandemic.
Read MoreNew data from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the National Association of ACOs suggest Accountable Care Organizations could face financial hardship.
Read MoreThese tools can be used to track the spread of the virus by geographical region, understand surge capacity, view community data and more.
Read MoreVinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, was joined by Steve Klasko, MD, President & CEO, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health at the Health Evolution Executive Briefing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to talk about the future of AI. Will AI be able to predict who is going to get a viral disease during a pandemic?
Read MoreWhether building AI in-house or partnering with technology vendors, CEOs and executives driving hard to deploy AI to fight the pandemic have to focus on fundamentals, according to experts at the Health Evolution Executive Briefing: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Read MoreCVS Health CEO Larry Merlo, Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic, and Google Health VP David Feinberg, MD talked about changing consumer habits at the Pandemic Response virtual gathering. What are the lessons they are learning in real time?
Read MoreCEOs and stakeholders from government, provider, payer and life science organizations shared insights about the pandemic at Health Evolution’s Pandemic Response: A Public-Private Call to Action webcast.
Read MoreThe Hospital for Special Surgery chief executive discusses suspending non-essential care to help other New York City hospitals battle COVID-19.
Read MoreNeed space? Here's a look at how some health care organizations are already expanding ICU capacity to deal with the pandemic.
Read MoreHealth insurance companies, providers, and consumers will all pay—one way or another—for the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a look at some recent financial analyses that paint a no-so-pretty picture.
Read MoreIn Washington State, New York City and points between, health system leaders are engaging in uncommon collaborative efforts as coronavirus sweeps across the nation.
Read MoreAcross, the board—providers, payers and other stakeholders—are working to immediately meet the increasing demands and capacity that is being caused by coronavirus.
Read MoreHealth Evolution found these top takeaways for CEOs of health care providers and payers in the new rules from HHS.
Read MoreDespite being so close to China, where the COVID-19 outbreak began, Taiwan responded quickly by using data, analytics and proactive testing to slow down spread of the disease.
Read MoreUMass Memorial CEO Eric Dickson, MD, discusses why he openly backs Medicare for All, how he handles negative responses to the idea, and more.
Read MoreA new survey from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) reveals that health systems are not getting a lot of bang for their buck when it comes to digital health tools for patients.
Read MoreA recent survey found that 92 percent of employees say CEOs should speak out on issues of the day. Some CEOs agree and have made their thoughts on gun violence, Medicare for All, and other divisive topics publicly known. Others don’t think it’s a good idea. Here’s a look at both sides.
Read MoreNew data reveals that 2019 saw a record-setting number of rural hospital closures. It could get even worse in the 2020s. Here’s an infographic that shows the problem at large and what variables are driving this unfortunate trend.
Read MoreSurprise billing is one of the most hotly debated issues in health care policy, thanks to competing legislative bills in the House and ongoing rhetoric from the White House. Just how prevalent of a problem is this in the health care system?
Read MoreAaron Martin and Maryam Gholami discuss the biggest opportunities for AI in health care, what they’ve discovered through investments and more.
Read MoreClinician burnout is costing the industry $4.6 billion every year— and that means you’re already spending more on the problem than you might think. Here’s how much burnout is taxing your organization and what CEOs can do about it.
Read MoreProMedica CEO Randy Oostra and Kathleen Krueger, President of ProMedica International, chatted with us about the organization’s efforts in China, how ProMedica has evolved in a post-acute world, finding similarities between the two countries, dealing with coronavirus and more.
Read MoreThe era of artificial intelligence and machine learning has arrived. Investments are being made, partnerships formed and use cases developed. Here's a look at the numbers.
Read MoreThe Impact Circle is an invitation-only gathering of CEOs, select policymakers and investors to accelerate a positive future for health that takes place at the Health Evolution Summit.
Read MoreThe recent trade war between America and China hasn’t stopped the American health care industry from a different kind of exporting — looking eastward for expansion opportunities. Here’s why UPMC and others are investing in China.
Read MoreSeveral underlying forces are turning up the heat on health care executives. How to survive and thrive? It starts with changing your mindset about the role you play as CEO.
Read MoreWhile hotspotting has received praise, new research from the New England Journal of Medicine shows it may not be as effective as once thought.
Read MoreAs we head into 2020 with existing and new challenges abound, here’s what the industry's leading executives had to say to Health Evolution in 2019.
Read MoreWomen make up the majority of the industry's workforce but only a small sliver of its leadership. Here’s a look at some of the proactive executives making small, but notable, strides in diversification.
Read MoreNo longer the realm of futuristic science fiction, artificial intelligence and machine learning are already making a variety of in-roads in health care. Here are four examples.
Read MoreMore than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010 and approximately 700 more are currently in danger of following suit. How do rural CEOs survive? By looking ahead.
Read MoreMaureen O’Connor, President of Whiterabbit.ai and formerly an executive with Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina, and Rob Coppedge, CEO of Echo Health Ventures, recall how Project Adirondack emerged.
Read MoreReaction from the health care industry to the recent rules on health care pricing transparency has been mostly negative and cynical. Here’s why some CEOs are saying pricing is too complex to be transparent and the rules could even create higher prices.
Read MoreAcademic researchers suggest that innovation from other countries could cut care delivery costs by up to 50 percent. Some CEOs are taking this to heart and employing lessons learned abroad here in the U.S.
Read MorePenny Wheeler says that the 80% of care the health system provides could be “done in other settings.” Here’s how she thinks these inefficiencies can be addressed.
Read MoreTechnology titans are no longer entirely new to health care. Yet now more than ever, CEOs find themselves competing with big tech for personnel. Provider CEOs and recruiters offer advice about attracting talented employees even with fewer resources than large vendors.
Read MoreThe legendary investor and technologist join David Brailer in a conversation about Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft and others’ big potential but challenges to match as the new entrants continue their march into the realm of providers, payers and life sciences.
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