Luke Hansen, MHS and MHS, chief medical officer at Arcadia, a medical data analytics company, said health care reform is not easy, especially when it comes to stronger incentives for value-based care.Luke Hansen, MD, MHS”Many people in their 40s, 50s and 60s have chronic illnesses insured. Employers hold bags and employers are responsible for the trustees who manage their lives optimally,” Hansen said. “We don't think we've fully utilized the opportunity. If we have a sufficient cohort of employers, they can move the industry and delegate it to a high-performance provider organization through a narrow network.”He continued to explain that…
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On March 21, 2025, major changes across several healthcare and corporate sectors were highlighted, indicating a dynamic era of impact on the industry.Walgreens Chairman Stefano Pessina announced on the same day that it was doubling its shares in Walgreens, reflecting its confidence in the company's future amid changing market conditions. The decision comes in light of Sycamore Partners' recent acquisition of Walgreens. This stock increase suggests that Pessina is eager to solidify his influence ahead of the expected transformation within the company.In a significant leadership change, nutrition telehealth provider Foodsmart has appointed former Amwell COO Kurt Knight as the new…
Tina L. Scotteditor It lasted for about two hours on Monday, March 10th, 2025, at 4:30pm at a special meeting of the Lincoln County Administrative and Legislative (A&L) Committee. As most of it took place in closure sessions, the broker signed to promote the sale of Pinecrest Nursing Homes and directed them to continue negotiations with interested parties. The A&L Commission then took formal steps to suicide Lincoln County Supervisor Donald J. Dunphy (and former Lincoln County District Attorney) for obstructing contracts with Lincoln County and Buyer Merrill Campus, LLC and Senior Management, Inc. The sale of the nursing home…
Recruiting and retaining Allied health professionals in long-term care has been at the forefront of the entire sector since the start of the pandemic. One company that trains certified nurse assistants, medical assistants, pharmacy assistants and more recently spoke daily with McKnight's business. Medcerts offers programs for the Alliance's medical professionals to qualify without having to earn a university degree of two to four years. Chief Product Officer Dana Jansen told McKnight's business every day that Medcerts was one of the nation's first traditional online or e-learning providers 15 years ago. “We had a running start before the pandemic. Of…
Financial leaders were generally more optimistic at the beginning of the year in terms of capital market forecasts. But now, the outlook has changed with economic instability and the perception of potential threats of federal Medicaid reduction. Now, given the ongoing roller coaster of policy and reimbursement uncertainty, liquidity and possession of professional services are more important than ever before for facilities to successfully raise funds for additions or improvements. Executives in the nursing home sector have characterized the sector's capital markets as uncertain despite the census recovering. Suburban markets are generally better at attracting capitals than urban and rural…
Sarah Hansen: Welcome to Investing Insights. I’m your host, Sarah Hansen, and I’m filling in for Ivanna Hampton today.As many investors might know, we’re in the middle of a pretty dramatic rotation in the stock market. The Big Tech companies that drove the market higher for the better part of two years are struggling, and other sectors are pulling ahead.Healthcare stocks are one of those rotation stories: After lagging the market by a pretty wide margin in 2024, healthcare is the best-performing sector so far this year—that’s as of Wednesday, March 19. The “healthcare” umbrella covers a wide range of…
Las Vegas – in HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition of Peter Eggleston, Global Product Marketing Director at GE Healthcare, sat down with MobihealthNews to discuss recent digital products for healthcare. MobiHealthNews: What innovations does GE Healthcare showcase at HIMSS25? Peter Eggleston: One of the biggest announcements of the year is a new brand called Genesis, and the customer value proposition behind Genesis is that it can bring innovation faster, more reliably, at a lower cost, through cloud-first and cloud hybrid technologies. What I mean is traditionally, updating these systems using on-plame software (ontremis). There are many costs, not just the…
Nurses working in primary care settings could in future be required to carry out body mass measurements annually, to head off weight gain and obesity in patients with certain conditions. Patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease should have their body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-height ratio recorded at least once a year, according to draft guidance. “These simple annual measurements create opportunities for early intervention and conversations” Jonathan Benger The recommendation comes in a draft quality standard on overweight and obesity management, which was published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on…
Prosecutors announced this week that Illinois State Police officers who shot and killed a chainsaw wielding man in a nursing home would not face charges. According to CBS News, Daniel H. Escalella was shot dead in a nursing home in St. Charles, Illinois on December 1st, shaking his wife around and asking her. The 41-year-old is from Stockwell, Indiana, about 176 miles from the outskirts of West Chicago, and the outlet reports that it still doesn't understand why authorities are in Illinois nursing homes. “Authors have investigated audio and video recordings of body-worn cameras, statements from witnesses, physical evidence from…
Look at it: Tour TMH's high-tech cast labDr. Adam Oliver, a Neurosurgeon from Tallahassee and Endovascular Neurosurgeon, will be showing off the Catheter Measurement Institute, where Endovascular Neurosurgery is being conducted.Medical personnel at the Tallahassee Memorial have proposed a governance change that city staff say would reduce city oversight. TMH says it will either close the lease or not be acquired, and it will be attributed to growth and future partnerships with FSU.City leaders explore the possibility of a sale of the Tallahassee Memorial Health Facility after hospital staff restructure their governance agreements in ways that city staff say will…