What You Should Know:
- Avant-garde Health, an AI-driven healthcare analytics company unveiled its list of the top 1% of research hospitals in the United States. The rankings, derived from an analysis of published research from 4,700 hospitals, identify 13 elite healthcare systems that are at the forefront of medical innovation.
- The analysis is a key feature of Avant-garde Health’s 2025 All-Stars Report, which also identifies top physician researchers. The methodology required
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Homeward and Meijer to Enhance Healthcare Access for Rural Michigan Seniors
What You Should Know:
- Homeward®, a technology-enabled rural health platform dedicated to expanding access to quality healthcare, and Meijer, a privately owned, family-operated Midwest retailer, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at improving healthcare access and care coordination for Medicare-eligible residents across Michigan.
- The strategic collaboration will leverage Meijer's extensive pharmacy network and Homeward's innovative health management platform to
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Coaching Healthcare Executives: A Pathway to Effective Change in Accountable Care and Telehealth
Significant shifts are occurring in the healthcare sector. Thanks to the emergence of accountable care models and the explosive expansion of telehealth, healthcare companies are being pushed to do more with less, delivering improved patient outcomes while reducing costs and increasing access. As a result, strong leadership is no longer a luxury in this changing environment—it is essential.
Many healthcare organisations are seeking help from a leadership coach to assist their CEOs in learning
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Healthcare Providers Face Over $770B Revenue Loss Under House Bill, Potentially Exceeding $1 Trillion with ACA Credit Expiration, Report Warns
What You Should Know:
- A new analysis from the Urban Institute, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, projects that U.S. healthcare providers could lose more than $770B in revenue over the next decade if a budget reconciliation bill recently passed by the House of Representatives becomes law.
- The financial blow would stem from an estimated 11 million people losing health coverage through Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. The report further
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NationsBenefits and Walmart Deepen Collaboration to Transform Health Plan Member Access to Benefits and Wellness Tools
What You Should Know:
- NationsBenefits®, a healthcare fintech, supplemental benefits, and outcomes platform, and Walmart, the world’s largest retailer announced they are continuing to work together to revolutionize how health plan members access essential benefits through innovative, tech-powered tools.
- The ongoing collaboration prominently features NationsBenefits’ proprietary Basket Analyzer Service (BAS) and the Walmart Everyday Health Signals™ program, which leverages
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HerMD Launches Specialized Virtual Care Platform Focusing on Menopause and Sexual Health
What You Should Know:
- HerMD, a pioneer in evidence-based women's healthcare announced the launch of Virtual Care by HerMD, a specialized telehealth platform designed to deliver comprehensive women's health services with a dedicated focus on menopause and sexual health. Scheduling for the new virtual services is now open, with appointments set to begin on June 2, 2025.
- While the organization recently closed its physical locations due to challenges within the broader healthcare
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Walmart Unveils Digital Health Innovations to Enhance Medicare Advantage Benefit Use and Promote Healthier Eating
What You Should Know:
- Walmart today announced new digital innovations designed to transform the healthcare shopping experience, specifically aiding customers in maximizing their Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits.
- In a first for retail, select customers can now easily identify plan-specific, benefits-eligible products while shopping on Walmart.com and the Walmart app. Alongside this, Walmart is rolling out "Everyday Health Signals," a new AI-powered digital platform
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Critical Role of Transitions of Care in Medicare Advantage Success
The Medicare Advantage (MA) market is at a tipping point, with more than half of all seniors enrolled in an MA plan for their healthcare. Utilization of services is skyrocketing and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased pressure to deliver supplemental benefits in a high-quality, low-cost and reportable manner.
As enrollment continues to grow, how health plans are paid — and how much —will be central to the debate over the efficiency and sustainability of
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Wisp Launches At-Home Diagnostics, Expands to Offer 360-Degree Telehealth Care
What You Should Know:
- Wisp, the largest U.S. telehealth company focused exclusively on women’s sexual and reproductive health, has launched its new diagnostics vertical, significantly expanding its service offerings.
- With over 1.5 million patients across all 50 states, Wisp is now providing convenient, affordable at-home testing for common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), coupled with integrated follow-up care within its existing virtual ecosystem.
Wisp Launches Nationwide
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Gates Foundation Awards Axmed $5M Grant to Boost Maternal and Child Health Procurement in Africa
What You Should Know:
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $5M grant to Axmed, a healthcare technology company focused on transforming how lifesaving medicines are procured across Growth Markets.
- The grant, announced on May 21, 2025, during a high-level roundtable alongside the 78th World Health Assembly, will be deployed as a matching fund to enhance the procurement of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) commodities in Sub-Saharan Africa through
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