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HITshow Daily Audio Newscast

HITshow Daily Audio Newscast

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  • HITshow Daily: September 25, 2025 (Thursday)

    HITshow Daily: September 25, 2025 (Thursday)
    Sep 25 2025
    Today on HITshow: Tampa General earns the Joint Commission’s first Innovation Award for AI-driven safety (Palantir, predictive sepsis); Temple Health’s 2,600 workers move toward a strike; One Medical launches nationwide menopause care amid rising competition; Sonitor–Tagnos merge RTLS with workflow; bipartisan MA “Prompt Pay” bill advances; study links steep elective-surgery markups to poorer outcomes. HOST: Ida Klein 📍 Innovation & Technology — Nate CollierTampa General Hospital wins the Joint Commission’s inaugural Innovation Award for AI-enabled safety—highlighting predictive sepsis tools and data partnerships that deliver measurable quality gains. 📍 Providers — Teresa VaughnTemple Health faces a strike threat from ~2,600 workers over staffing and wages; contingency plans are in motion, with regional capacity and continuity of care on the line. 📍 Women’s Health / Retail Health — Jade RomeroOne Medical launches nationwide menopause care, pushing primary care deeper into midlife women’s health; raises competitive pressure on systems and virtual clinics like Midi Health. 📍 Innovation & Technology (Operations & Workflow) — Peter BetterworthSonitor–Tagnos merge combines RTLS with workflow orchestration to tighten asset tracking, patient throughput, and staff safety—aimed at clearer, system-wide ROI. 📍 Government & Agencies — Anika ShahBipartisan Medicare Advantage “Prompt Pay” bill would require 95% of clean claims paid within 14 days (e-submitted, in-network) or 30 days (paper/out-of-network), easing provider cash-flow strain. 📍 Business of Healthcare • Quality & Safety — Logan StokesNew research ties the highest elective-surgery markups to worse outcomes—fueling payer/employer steerage and intensifying pressure for value-based pricing. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by: Altera Digital Health and Kimmchi.
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    8 mins
  • HITshow Daily: September 24, 2025 (Wednesday)

    HITshow Daily: September 24, 2025 (Wednesday)
    Sep 24 2025
    Today on HITshow: Activist investors turn up the pressure at Acadia Healthcare, Capital Rx rebrands as Judi Health with a $400M raise, and RevSpring acquires Kyruus Health. Plus, AmplifyMD secures $20M to expand virtual specialty care, while leaders debate who sets the rules for health AI and hospital CEOs bet big on ambulatory growth. HOST: RHONDA BROOKS 📍 Providers — Teresa VaughnActivist investor Engine Capital targets Acadia Healthcare with calls for board changes, asset sales, and buybacks. 📍 Payers & Benefits — Logan StokesCapital Rx raises $400M and rebrands as Judi Health, expanding from PBM into a full-spectrum benefits technology platform. 📍 Business & Innovation — Peter BetterworthRevSpring to acquire Kyruus Health, linking provider data/search and scheduling with patient engagement and payments. 📍 Digital Health — Nate CollierAmplifyMD raises $20M (Series B) to scale its AI-enabled multispecialty virtual-care platform for health systems 📍 AI & Machine Learning — Jade RomeroWho sets the rules for health AI? Six groups — from CHAI to the FDA — jockey to define standards and guardrails 📍 Strategy & Transformation — Logan StokesAmbulatory boom watch: hospitals double down on ASCs, urgent care, and virtual-first sites as inpatient margins erode 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by: Altera Digital Health and Kimmchi.
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    8 mins
  • HITshow Daily: September 23, 2025 (Tuesday)

    HITshow Daily: September 23, 2025 (Tuesday)
    Sep 23 2025
    Today on HITshow: Banner Health expands its ambulatory footprint, Glenn Medical Center shuts its doors, new partnerships reshape digital health and benefits, hospitals face fresh cybersecurity hits, and the pharma race in obesity heats up with Pfizer’s 7.3 billion dollar move and a biomimetic GLP-1 launch. HOST: STEVE DAILY 📍 Providers — Teresa VaughnBanner Health rolls out “Health Center Plus” outpatient hubs, starting in Scottsdale, to expand value-based primary care and ambulatory growth. 📍 Rural Health — Logan StokesGlenn Medical Center in California will close its ER on September 30th and shut the full hospital on October 21st, leaving residents with long travel times for emergency care. 📍 Innovation & Partnerships — Nate CollierSidecar Health joins forces with Carrum Health to expand bundled Centers of Excellence access, while Glooko acquires Monarch Medical to bring its diabetes platform into hospitals. 📍 Cybersecurity & Privacy — Anika ShahSturgis Hospital in Michigan discloses breaches affecting 78,000 patients, and the New York Blood Center notifies 194,000 people after a major data exposure. 📍 Pharma & Life Sciences — Jade RomeroPfizer acquires Metsera for up to 7.3 billion dollars to enter the obesity market, as Evolv debuts a biomimetic GLP-1 oral supplement for natural weight management. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by: Altera Digital Health and Kimmchi
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