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Morning Headlines 12/7/22
Carle Health Partners with Health Catalyst to Achieve Data-Informed Improvement
Carle Health (IL) will transition its Clinical and Business Intelligence team to employment with Health Catalyst, which will continue to provide it with analytical support through 2028.
Amazon to End Support Next Week for Third Party Healthcare Alexa Skills with HIPAA Requirements
Citing ongoing evaluation of its offerings and less than a month out from layoffs within its Alexa division, Amazon tells third-party developers that it will stop supporting Alexa 3P HIPAA-eligible skills on December 9.
CMS Proposes Rule to Expand Access to Health Information and Improve the Prior Authorization Process
CMS publishes a proposed rule that would require some payers to implement digital prior authorization processes, shorten the time frame to reply to PA requests, and establish payer-to-payer data exchange, among several other requirements.
Carle Health + HealthCatalyst: We keep hearing from experts that the way to improve healthcare operations is to make sure that your data wizards are closely embedded with business and clinical units. How does that square with now multiple health systems outsourcing their analytical functions to a third party as it if is a cost center and a commodity?