What You Should Know:
- The U.S. healthcare landscape is facing a transformative moment with the signing of H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), into law on July 4. This landmark legislation introduces sweeping changes to Medicaid and Medicare, as well as Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.
- According to Tamyra Porter, Managing Director of Regulatory Advisory Practice at Premier, these shifts present both significant challenges and a rare inflection point for
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Technology
Syndromic Monitoring Gives Public Health Teams a Head Start on Emergencies
From Buzzword to Lifesaver
Once dismissed as another healthcare buzzword, syndromic monitoring has proven its value in real-world scenarios. At its core, it captures early health signals—like symptom trends or provider impressions—and analyzes them in near real time. Rather than waiting days or weeks for lab confirmations or hospital reports, public health teams receive early alerts that support action when it matters most.
Heat Waves and the Power of Early
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2025 Homecare Insights: Provider Voices Survey
What You Should Know:
- HHAeXchange, a leading provider of healthcare workforce technology for home and community-based services (HCBS), released insights from a new survey of 145 agency owners and operators.
- The report, a "2025 Homecare Insights: Provider Voices Survey," reveals that compliance has emerged as the top business priority for 2025, alongside persistent concerns about cost and the critical need for better real-time communication among caregivers.
Compliance
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“One Health” Disease Surveillance: Why Integrated Systems Are Critical for Public Health and Economic Stability
Is our siloed approach to health surveillance creating the perfect conditions for the next pandemic?
Recent outbreaks—from avian influenza to E. coli contamination in leafy greens—highlight the urgent need for integrated disease surveillance systems. Yet, many public health surveillance systems still operate in isolation, creating dangerous blind spots in our ability to detect and respond to zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and environmental contamination.
"The “One
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Teladoc Health Launches Wellbound Employee Assistance Program
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC), the global leader in virtual care, today announced the launch of Wellbound, a bold new employee assistance program (EAP) designed to empower a more engaged, healthier workforce.
- The new program, purpose-built for the company’s employer and health plan clients in the U.S., leverages Teladoc Health’s unmatched scale, clinical product portfolio and consumer engagement expertise to help organizations create a powerful “on-ramp” for
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Eko Health’s Telehealth Platform Expands Across 800 Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Eko Health, a leader in AI-powered cardiac and pulmonary care, announced today that its telehealth platform is now used by health systems that operate over 800 hospitals across the U.S.
- By enabling the real-time streaming of high-fidelity heart and lung sounds, Eko is helping virtual care teams deliver more confident frontline diagnostics from anywhere.
Eko Health Expands Remote Diagnostic Capabilities with Web-Based Telehealth Platform
Eko Health, a
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Boost Medicare Star Ratings: A Strategic Game Plan for Health Plans
As they navigate complex times, health insurers have their eye on two important financial indicators. And both are moving in the wrong direction. Costs are on the rise while Medicare Star Ratings are on the decline.
Separate but related, the two trends converge on the same idea: health plans need to enable higher quality care at a lower price.
If it sounds like a Herculean feat, that’s because it is. But some health plans are making it happen.
While some of the cost pressures—for
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Multimodal AI Will Power the Future of Remote Diagnostics and Virtual Hospitals
As a veteran of multiple healthcare startups, it’s hard not to become immune to claims of technological developments which will “revolutionize patient care”.
To be fair, revolutionary changes do exist. Telehealth for example, enabled by the combination of AI and cloud technology, has revolutionized the access patients have to robust diagnostic services. Yet, telehealth with its data fragmentation and current clinical diagnostic limitations, still has serious challenges
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Johns Hopkins Launches Illustra Health to Transform Population Health Analytics
What You Should Know:
- Johns Hopkins Health System announced the official launch of Illustra Health, an advanced suite of analytics and implementation capabilities designed to transform the practice of population health. Developed by Johns Hopkins veterans, Illustra Health aims to convert complex data into clear, prioritized actions with a proven impact on financial performance.
- Illustra Health builds on Johns Hopkins' long-standing commitment to population health innovation and
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Ciba Health Launches Nation’s First GLP-1 Step-Down Program, Addressing Post-Medication Metabolic Health
What You Should Know:
- Ciba Health today announced the launch of its new GLP-1 Step-Down Program, marking the first national offering designed to guide individuals off popular weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy.
- Ciba Health's virtual program aims to help members either avoid GLP-1 medications entirely or safely taper off them by rebuilding metabolic health through personalized care.
Addressing an Overlooked Gap in GLP-1 Care
GLP-1s, originally developed
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