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Top Story INVEST Pitch Perfect Spotlight: How Pear Suite Makes Sure Community Health Workers Get Paid Pear Suite recently won the payer/provider technology track of MedCity News' INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The startup provides a software platform for community health workers that helps them share data, submit claims and maintain compliance. Sponsored Wanted: Data scientists and clinicians interested in collaborating to improve patient care. Presented by Society of Critical Care Medicine Register for the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Datathon. Attend July 19-20 near Chicago to address real-world critical care issues with talented and innovative clinical and data professionals. Sponsorship opportunities available. Hurry, registration closes June 11. Register now.

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Video   How Might the GOP's Budget Plan Affect Hospitals' Margins? The Trump administration's flagship budget package, which is making its way through Congress, includes the biggest Medicaid funding cuts ever proposed in the history of the program. Experts believe this bill would lead to unsustainable revenue losses for providers. An increase in uninsured patients would lead to more uncompensated care — which could drive up hospitals' costs during a time when their expenses are already climbing steadily. Experts also think the legislation could result in higher premiums for commercially insured patients. Hospitals factor in things like bad debt and unpaid patient bills when they're negotiating rates with insurers — and this often ends up driving up healthcare costs for the average consumer.

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MedCity Pivot Podcast: Precision Medicine with the CEO of Helix In this episode of the MedCity Pivot Podcast, editor-in-chief Arundhati Parmar, speaks with Helix CEO James Lu about his company and how far precision medicine has come. Watch Now

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