5 Insights From The 2025 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
Forbes Healthcare
JANUARY 16, 2025
The trend toward larger deal sizes is likely to continue as companies seek to bolster their pipelines amid a looming patent cliff for many drug developers.
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UnitedHealth reaches record revenue in 2024, though profit falls
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JANUARY 16, 2025
UnitedHealth’s net income plummeted to its lowest level since 2019 amid hefty costs, including some from the Change cyberattack. CEO Andrew Witty also remembered slain executive Brian Thompson on a Thursday morning call.
UnitedHealth Group 2024 Profits Hit $14 Billion Despite Cyberattack, Rising Costs
Forbes Healthcare
JANUARY 16, 2025
UnitedHealth Group reported $14.4 billion in 2024 profits as its UnitedHealthcare health insurance and Optum provider services overcame rising costs and a cyberattack.
Where primary care fits in the shift toward home care
Medical Economics
JANUARY 16, 2025
As health care moves home, primary care physicians are stepping in to ensure care stays personal and effective.
UnitedHealth Group CEO: ‘The Health System Needs To Function Better’
Forbes Healthcare
JANUARY 16, 2025
In his first public comments since one of his executives was shot to death, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said the healthcare system needs to function better.
Solving sick pay shenanigans – By Susi O’Brien
Practice Index
JANUARY 16, 2025
The winter months, understandably, tend to be a time when sickness absence levels increase. Coughs, colds and flu take their toll on staff unlucky enough to succumb to them. This cant be helped really. Therefore, offering a reasonable sick pay allowance is a supportive and compassionate act by any employer. Sick pay entitlements can be complicated, though, and Practice Indexs HR Help service receives a lot of questions on this subject.
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The Hidden Costs Of Denial: Unpacking The Rage Against Insurers
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Medical schools do not prepare doctors to care for people with disabilities
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Hive Mentality: Is Behavior Programmed Into DNA?
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Nurse Leader Coach Virtual Workshop on February 5th, 2025
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I am proud to partner with New England ONL for this Nurse Leader Coach workshop on February 5th. This workshop is excellent for all levels of nurse leaders and nurse educators. You don’t need to be a member of ONL to attend. Register using this link The post Nurse Leader Coach Virtual Workshop on February 5th, 2025 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Digital health funding falls again in 2024: Rock Health
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JANUARY 16, 2025
Investors focused their dollars on younger startups, while deal sizes for more established companies declined last year.
MedPAC recommends tying Medicare physician reimbursement to Medicare Economic Index
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JANUARY 16, 2025
Choice is up to Congress, but plan presents a raise for 2026, with additional money for primary care.
Is 2025 the year you decide to upskill your workforce?
Practice Index
JANUARY 16, 2025
I wonder how many people woke up on New Years Day and said to themselves or their partners, New Year, New Me! Instead of waking up feeling the effects of partying into the early hours. This year I was in bed well before midnight on New Years Eve, and then out early to participate in a New Years Day 10km run! Oh, how times have changed. Many people make resolutions at a personal or family level, pledging to change or do things differently, but theyre often motivated by whats referred to as shame-
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PCNs secured for 2025/26: welcome news or temporary fix?
Practice Index
JANUARY 16, 2025
NHS England has provided some welcome yet unquestionably overdue reassurance to GP practices and additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) staff that the future of PCNs is secure for the 2025/26 financial year. This announcement, made in response to a question asked in a recent webinar, aims to address concerns following reports of ARRS staff resigning due to uncertainty about their roles.
Former CDC director issues special report on the U.S. physician shortage
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JANUARY 16, 2025
Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, former CDC director, co-authored a special report on the physician shortage in the U.S., published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Integrating Healthcare App with Epic EHR: A Complete Guide
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Integrating a healthcare app with Epic EHR raises one major question – how to tackle interoperability? Interoperability refers to seamless data exchange between multiple healthcare software and cooperatively used data. Interoperability poses a major threat when developing an app with EHR because it comes with certain challenges such as duplicate data, compatibility problems with systems, or inconsistent data exchange.
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While there are numerous issues to cover during your lease negotiation, here are four essential concerns for a medical practice that are too often minimized or even overlooked.
Physician recruitment agreements: Real-world examples that illustrate how these agreements can go wrong
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JANUARY 16, 2025
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New AI aims to limit denied claims
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JANUARY 16, 2025
Company aims to make claims appeals easier and quicker for physicians by having AI do much of the work
2025 health care agenda: Medicare Advantage abuses
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Medical Assistant Responsibilities at a Cancer Treatment Center
Prism Career Institute
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2025 health care agenda: The IRA 9/13 rule
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Private equity poses ‘new and unique risks’ to healthcare, federal agencies warn
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In a report released Wednesday, the Biden administration called for increased transparency in healthcare transactions to better monitor the growing influence of private equity on care delivery.
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