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Starting July 1, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware members will be able to access Wellinks’ virtual services for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These services include pulmonary rehabilitation, coaching and tracking through connected devices and an app.

To fully reap the benefits of telemedicine, it is crucial to provide comprehensive education to both staff and patients. Clinicians, doctors, and other medical care providers should all be trained on telehealth software — its functionality, integration into their workflow, effective communication during consultations, and where to seek technical assistance.

UNC Health recently launched a pilot for its in-house generative AI app called Ava, which stands for “AI virtual assistant.” The app allows staff members to ask questions about the different digital health tools available to them across the health system, and it gives them concise answers about how to use the tools effectively. The goal is to prevent staff from searching through vast training libraries.

BeeKeeperAI — which offers a platform to facilitate the development and deployment of healthcare AI models — raked in $12.1 million in Series A funding led by Santé Ventures. The startup was spun out of UCSF last year.

Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

The traditional transactional approach to the coding of diagnoses to support billing in a fee-for-service environment is not adequate to meet the care requirements of VBC programs.

The FDA approved UCB’s Rystiggo for treating generalized myasthenia gravis. Drugs are already available for the rare neuromuscular disorder, but Rystiggo’s approval includes treatment of a subset of patients not addressed by other products.

A Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in JAMA Health Forum found that Medicare Advantage members who received meals after being discharged from the hospital had lower odds of rehospitalization and death.

The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions released a playbook on Monday that outlines the key concerns employers have about pharmacy benefit management, and provides several recommendations for employers.

An Evernorth study found that in 2021, 25% of adults with ADHD did not receive any treatment, though this is a decrease from 38.5% in 2017. About 21.4% of adults with ADHD received both medication and behavioral therapy in 2021, up from 12.9% in 2017.