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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Motive Medical Intelligence Appoints Jay Sultan as Executive Vice President of Product Strategy and Management
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Motive Medical Intelligence (Motive), a leading healthcare data and analytics company advancing physician-level performance and value-based care, has named Jay Sultan as Executive Vice President of Product Strategy and Management. Sultan brings more than two decades of healthcare innovation, product leadership, and transformative strategy to his new role. A widely respected expert at the intersection of healthcare technology, policy, and clinical operations, Sultan will lead the strategy and execution of Motive's product portfolio including its flagship product, Practicing Wisely. Sultan will focus on aligning solutions with the evolving needs of payers, physicians, and health systems. "Jay is one of the most forward-thinking healthcare leaders today and we are thrilled for him to join the Motive team," said Jeanne Cohen, CEO and Founder of Motive Medical Intelligence. "His unique ability to connect the dots between policy, technology, and real-world healthcare operations makes him the ideal leader for our Practicing Wisely solution as it continues to add scale and reach in the industry." Sultan most recently served as Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Tegria, where he launched new services, including AI-powered secure chat and modern data platforms. Before that, he was Vice President of Healthcare Strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, where he led strategic growth initiatives. He has also held senior leadership roles at Cognizant, Edifecs, and The TriZetto Group, where he drove the development and commercialization of leading-edge healthcare technologies. In addition to his executive roles, Sultan has served as a trusted advisor to payers, health systems, private equity firms, and emerging healthcare IT companies. "I'm thrilled to join Motive at such a pivotal moment," said Sultan. "This team has created a performance analytics solution like no other in the industry. The methodology, technology, and rigor around Practicing Wisely are reshaping how physician-level performance and improvement data is captured and used to achieve real change in healthcare. I look forward to joining Motive as it accelerates meaningful and impactful change across the U.S. healthcare ecosystem." Sultan holds a Master of Arts in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, with a focus on international economics and international law. He is a frequent industry speaker and published author, and he holds multiple patents in healthcare technology. About Motive Medical IntelligenceMotive is redefining healthcare performance analytics with an emphasis on transparency, physician trust, and real-world actionability. With nearly 30 years of experience and no direct competitors matching its scope or precision, Motive is the partner of choice for organizations committed to eliminating low-value care and thriving in value-based care models. Through its proprietary Practicing Wisely solution, Motive is helping the industry eliminate the $390 billion in annual waste in the U.S. health system, advancing the transition to high-value, patient-centered care, and achieving the quadruple aim. Learn more here. Media: Mardi Larson, Amendola for Motive Medical Intelligence, mlarson@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Motive Medical Intelligence
Digital Trends
6 days ago
- Business
- Digital Trends
EA cancels upcoming Black Panther game and shuts down its developer
In an internal email shared with IGN, Electronic Arts said it is cancelling the upcoming Black Panther game and shutting down its developer Cliffhanger Games. EA Entertainment president Laura Miele sent the email to staff members and also announced another round of layoffs among the company, although EA did not provide a specific number. This new wave of layoffs is the third one this year, following another round last month that saw around 300 jobs cut from Respawn and EA's Fan Care teams. 'These decisions are hard,' Miele wrote (transcribed by IGN). 'They affect people we've worked with, learned from, and shared real moments with. We're doing everything we can to support them — including finding opportunities within EA, where we've had success helping people land in new roles.' Recommended Videos EA says it plans to relocate affected employees to other teams at the company to preserve as many jobs as possible. Miele's email says EA is refocusing its efforts on a smaller number of franchises — presumably its most profitable IPs — including Battlefield, The Sims, Skate, and Apex Legends. EA, like numerous other publishers, has taken hits from the recent economic uncertainty and the turbulence of the gaming industry. Despite the cancellation of the Black Panther game, Miele says the Iron Man game is still in development at Motive. She also once more confirmed the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and said Bioware is still working on the next Mass Effect entry. Little is known about what the Black Panther title was supposed to be, exactly, but EA had originally planned for it to be an open-world single-player game. It was part of a three-game deal, including Iron Man and a third, as-yet-unannounced game. There is no word on whether the unannounced title has been affected by this move or not. 2025 has seen waves of layoffs across the entire gaming industry, and the previous two years weren't much better. In response, many workers in the industry banded together to form the United Videogame Workers, a union focused on protecting employee rights and ensuring better working conditions.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mastering Recap Hours and Sleeper Split Rules in 2025
Compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules is how drivers keep their schedules legal, fleets avoid violations and everyone stays safe fighting the fatigue epidemic. After all, HOS violations are double-weighted. Recap hours and split sleeper berth exemptions are two of the most underutilized tools in a driver's logbook. Too many drivers are either confused by them or unsure how to apply them in real time. Let's break them down and explain why understanding these rules matters more than ever in 2025. If you're running under the 70-hour/8-day rule (common for most interstate operations), you're limited to 70 hours of on-duty time in any rolling eight-day period. Each day, the hours you worked eight days ago 'fall off' and are added back into your available time. That's your recap. Understanding this is critical for HOS management and for drivers who operate without a 34-hour restart. If you're running hard and skipping the restart, knowing what hours will be added back each day gives you a tool for long-haul planning. You ask, 'So, a 34-hour restart isn't required?' No, it's not. Argue if you want to. I said what I said. They extend your work cycle without requiring a restart. They help fleets maximize available hours without burning out drivers. They prevent unintentional HOS violations from poor planning. The chart above shows a sample 14-day pattern of daily hours worked under the 70/8 rule. Notice the fluctuations and imagine how a smart dispatcher could route loads based on upcoming recap returns. Drivers using a sleeper berth can split their required minimum 10-hour break into two qualifying periods: One of at least seven consecutive hours in the sleeper. One of at least two hours (off duty or sleeper berth). Combined, they must total at least 10 hours. These breaks pause the 14-hour on-duty clock, meaning you can regain drive time in ways you wouldn't with a 10-hour break. A driver might work seven hours in the sleeper (midnight to 7 a.m.), drive for eight hours and then take three hours off duty later. As long as the seven+three meets the requirements, the driver can reset the 14-hour clock from the end of the first qualifying period. The chart above visualizes how that might look on a grid log. While the math and rules can be confusing, most modern ELDs (like Motive) handle these calculations automatically if drivers are appropriately trained. FMCSA roadside violations still list HOS issues, especially 14-hour violations and log falsification, among the most cited infractions. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Roadcheck blitzes and other initiatives seem never-ending and are becoming more aggressive. Fleets that don't teach sleeper splits or recap management risk not only fines but OOS violations, lost revenue and increased insurance rates. Motive's ELD, Free Electronic Logbook App for short-haul and other exemptions, as well as the Fleet Dashboard automatically: Alert drivers of available hours. Track qualifying sleeper berth splits. Calculate recap hours. Prevent HOS violations before they happen. Why did I mention Motive specifically? Many fleets operate under an hours-of-service exemption, and few allow for or provide an editable, nontracked method for timesheet record-of-duty calculations. Whether short-haul, driveaway, agricultural or other exemption. An ELD isn't always available, not all fleets have them but the free electronic logbook app is. Meanwhile, training platforms like Luma Brighter Learning allow fleets to onboard drivers with interactive hours-of-service modules tailored to real-world scenarios. Understanding sleeper splits and recap hours is a smart operational strategy in a world of rising litigation, nuclear verdicts and compliance crackdowns. Drivers who understand these rules can avoid unnecessary restarts and violations. Fleets that teach and track them avoid fines, improve retention and build a culture of operational excellence. These rules guide legal, efficient and profitable movement in the cab, dispatch office or safety department. The post Mastering Recap Hours and Sleeper Split Rules in 2025 appeared first on FreightWaves.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Relay Payments Launches Relay Pulse, an ELD Integration to Prevent First-Party Fuel Fraud
Relay Pulse connects with 100+ ELD providers—including Samsara, Motive, and ISAAC—to block unauthorized fueling and reduce manual oversight ATLANTA, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Relay Payments, the fintech company modernizing payments for the trucking and logistics industries, has launched Relay Pulse, an interactive solution leveraging a strong integration with a carrier's ELD to prevent fraud by giving carriers greater visibility and control over driver fueling. Fuel fraud remains a costly challenge for fleets, especially first-party fuel fraud, where carriers struggle to track driver fueling behavior and prevent unauthorized transactions from drivers committing fraud. Relay Pulse integrates directly with electronic logging devices (ELDs) to automate fraud prevention, eliminate manual processes and reduce operational risk. "Relay Pulse has been a game changer for us," said Navjot Thandi, Operations Manager at Royal Carrier LLC. "We can now accurately track fuel usage and cost in real-time – no more guessing, and no more theft. It's a powerful tool that gives us visibility into our operations and helps us reduce expenses, which is critical in today's market." Relay Pulse integrates with 100+ ELD providers—including Samsara, Motive, ISAAC, and more—to help prevent first-party fuel fraud. By enforcing fueling policies—like on-duty verification, truck location verification, and tank capacity checks—Relay Pulse stops fraudulent transactions before they happen. Key features and capabilities of Relay Pulse include: Automatic enforcement of fuel tank thresholds to block unauthorized transactions and prevent excessive fueling. Confirmation that the fuel tank increased after fueling. Truck Location verification to block fueling attempts when drivers are not near their truck. Real-time driver and vehicle syncing to ensure drivers are assigned to the correct truck, keeping fueling records accurate. Automated onboarding and offboarding of drivers between Relay and your ELD system to maintain up-to-date permissions. "Fuel fraud costs carriers millions each year, yet most solutions leave too many gaps in visibility and control," said Ryan Droege, CEO of Relay Payments. "First-party fuel fraud is often an afterthought, and when fleets do try to solve for it, they're stuck with time-consuming manual processes that only catch fraud after a driver has successfully stolen fuel. Relay Pulse changes that by giving carriers real-time control over when their drivers fuel and how much they can purchase." To learn more about how Relay Pulse can help protect your fleet, visit About Relay PaymentsRelay Payments is building a modern digital payment network to revolutionize the trucking and logistics industries. Trusted by more than 400,000 drivers, 100,000 carriers, and 2,200 truck stops nationwide, Relay has brought efficiency and automation to an industry historically reliant on cash, checks, and cards. Relay has joined forces with industry leaders like Pilot Company, AMBEST, Maverik, Schneider, Coyote Logistics, Lineage Logistics, and others to provide secure, reliable over-the-road transactions. Founded in 2019, the Atlanta-based fintech includes more than 150 team members and has won awards for product innovation, customer service, and organizational culture. For more information about Relay, visit Media Contact:Kirstin Robison, Pitch Public Relationskrobison@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Relay Payments
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Big Fleet Tactics Small Carriers Can Borrow
You don't have to manage a fleet of 3,000 trucks to start thinking like someone who does. In fact, some of the most innovative tactics enterprise carriers use aren't exclusive to the megacarriers. They have better systems, more data and the discipline to act on that data. Many of the advantages big fleets enjoy come from habits and perspectives that small carriers can adopt without massive investments or teams of analysts. As someone who started as a driver turned owner-operator, built a fleet, and later helped run and oversee enterprise operations, I've seen firsthand how the mindset shift is what separates survival from scalability. Enterprise carriers track everything, not because they enjoy paperwork, but because compliance failures, missed preventive maintenance intervals and expired medical cards lead to exposure, and exposure costs money. Whether you're a one-truck owner-operator or managing 20 power units, you need a system that tells you when your federal annual inspection is due, when a tire's warranty is up, or when your drivers last completed their MVR self-certs. Fleet tech and data-focused tools are your first line of defense against costly violations, downtime and audit failures. Smaller carriers often think, 'I'll just remember,' or 'I'll check it later.' Enterprise fleets don't leave it to chance; they build automated workflows and let systems remind them, track exceptions and log history. That mindset saves time, preserves records and protects revenue from preventable mistakes. Big fleets know that lag time kills claim outcomes. A crash reported and responded to within 30 minutes versus three hours can be the difference between a closed claim and a nuclear verdict. Motive's AI dashcams, for example, can alert fleet managers before the driver even picks up the phone, shaving precious time off your response and giving you control of the narrative before opposing counsel gets involved. Smaller fleets often delay, unsure of what to do or whom to call. That delay is deadly. Big fleets build post-incident workflows. They don't wait. They document, coach, investigate and prepare for litigation before it happens. Big fleets track vehicle utilization like airlines track planes. How much time is your asset sitting still versus earning? How long are your drivers dwelling at the shipper, and how does that time relate to on-time performance or revenue per mile? The best-run fleets know the value of every hour and every wheel turn. Smaller fleets often look only at a rate per mile but ignore how much time they spend sitting at a port or waiting to be loaded or unloaded. Motive and other fleet telematics providers give you tools to measure that in real time. When you start thinking about margin per minute, you see what enterprise fleets see: Time is your highest-cost variable. You'd be amazed at how many fleets fight tooth and nail over $250 a month for secure truck parking and then get sued into oblivion when a truck parked on an off-ramp gets broken into, struck or worse. Big fleets finance risk. They see paid, safe parking as a reduction in potential liability from both a security and compliance and enforcement perspective. When you start thinking like a risk manager and not just a driver, you realize the shortcut is seldom the cheapest option, and 'free' parking can be your most expensive decision. Risk has a cost, and enterprise carriers know that cheap is rarely cheap in the long run. Here's a big one: fuel fraud. Fuel cards like Motive's fuel card program offer competitive discounts and fraud insurance (up to $250,000 in protection) and flag suspicious activity. Do you think your driver can't pump 200 gallons into a 150-gallon tank three times a week while running 800 miles? Motive's AI will tell you otherwise. It'll even show you nearby cheaper alternatives and alert you when your driver pays 20 cents more at the TA when a Love's was across the street. Big fleets treat fuel as a controlled asset. They rely on telemetry, alerts and oversight. Pennies make dollars, and dollars make sense. Most small carriers don't have a safety department. Big fleets do, but they know it's not a revenue-generating function. It's a revenue preservation function. Think about that. Systems like Tenstreet, Driver iQ, Samba Safety and Checker help enterprise fleets ensure they're hiring safe, qualified, insurable drivers. Defensive driving programs from Luma Brighter Learning, Smith System and the National Safety Council are baked into onboarding. Small fleets assume these are 'too expensive' until a wrongful death claim makes them realize prevention is the cheapest path. A significant difference between small and large fleets is how you find and access freight. Small fleets chase boards. Big fleets build relationships. They know that direct shipper freight, negotiated contracts and longer-term rate stability allow you to plan capacity, build lanes and reduce uncertainty. The difference in mentality is night and day. Spot freight is survival, whereas contract freight is strategy. It's not just about price, it's about predictability, reputation and relationship leverage. Here's where it gets real: captive insurance groups. Some larger carriers have figured out that by banding together, they can form their own risk pool, essentially becoming part-owners of their insurance company. If they run clean and safe, they profit on underwriting surplus instead of just paying premiums into the wind. Can small fleets do this? Not alone. But by joining vetted groups or building toward the qualifications, you shift from price-taker to price-setter. That's how real businesses think about risk. You don't need 1,000 trucks to think like someone who does. You need data. Systems. Automated, consistent workflows and above all, a business-first mindset. If you're still saying, 'That's for the big guys,' you're already falling behind. Big fleets don't win because they're big. They're big because they win at the margins, over and over, by thinking smarter, acting faster and eliminating waste. You can borrow that playbook today. All it takes is the willingness to stop trucking like it's still 1998 and start building like it's 2030. After all, there is so much more to running a trucking business than turning a wheel. The post Big Fleet Tactics Small Carriers Can Borrow appeared first on FreightWaves.
