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Payer
Bill of the Month: A Medicaid Patient Had a Heart Attack While Traveling. He Owed Almost $78K.
A South Dakota hospital refused to bill to a Florida Medicaid plan, instead sending it to the patient with a...
Technology
Doctors Train AI on Preventing Heart Attacks
A new tool assesses coronary inflammation, which is often overlooked in measuring the risk of a heart attack. One doctor...
CMO
AdventHealth Taking Leap Forward in Standard of Care for Hypertension
Instead of relying on doctor's office visits every few weeks, the health system's new program prompts virtual visits whenever blood...
CFO
The Exec: How CFO Whitney Bendel Takes on Collaboration and Risk
Curiosity, collaboration, and risk evaluation are key to this CFO?s strategy.
CMO
4 Ways CMOs Can Limit Unwarranted Clinical Variation
Lifepoint Health?s CMO shares key insights into reducing unwarranted clinical variation through a clinician-centered, analytics-driven approach.
Innovation
New Research Uses AI to Guide Radiation Treatment Protocols
Researchers at Brigham and Women?s Hospital used AI to help understand when radiation treatments can cause dangerous heart arrhythmias.
HLM Mastermind
The FDA Calls Them 'Recalls,' Yet the Targeted Medical Devices Often Remain in Use
From 2019 through 2023, there were 338 Class I medical device recalls, 164 of which were corrections and 174 of...
CMO
The Exec: New CMO Says Connecting With Frontline Staff Is Crucial
For a CMO, listening to staff is imperative to promote patient safety and care quality.
HLM Mastermind
FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries
This week's alert is the second Class 1 recall of a HeartMate device this year.
CMO
Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk?
The manufacturer denied liability in two patient deaths.
Pharma
Novo Nordisk, Valo Health $2.7B Deal Taps AI to Develop New Treatments for Cardiometabolic Diseases
The collaboration could expand to 'the entire drug discovery continuum', the two companies say.