Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2024

The following is a guest article by Kaeli Tully, Healthcare Systems and Solutions Engineer at Intel In the quiet hours of the night, hospital executives toss and turn, grappling with the daunting reality of staffing shortages that plague their institutions. This is an exercise DX teams should perform thoroughly.

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Compliancy Group

MAY 15, 2024

The healthcare landscape is fraught with complexities, and staying compliant involves understanding the OIG’s specific targets for hospital audits and crafting your OIG compliance program for your hospital with those in mind. Billing Integrity Hospitals must ensure that all billing practices adhere to federal laws and regulations.

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Hall Render

MAY 16, 2024

American Clinical Research Services, a portfolio company of Latticework Capital Management, announced the acquisition of Clinical Site Services and Patient Advertising Guru. billion in assets under management. The summary below includes highlights of recent PE deals and legislative updates.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2023

While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead. There is growth in the number of plans offering virtual care services and expansion in the varieties of services offered.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 8, 2023

NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC, a provider of supplemental benefits, flex cards, and member engagement solutions to health plans and managed care organizations, has confirmed that it has been affected by a security breach involving Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT file transfer solution.

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Innovaare Compliance

APRIL 7, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced capitation rates for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for CY 2025 – average increase of 3.7% billion [4]. billion [4]. or $16 billion in 2025 over 2024 in expected MA payments. generics) beginning in 2025 [1]. generics) beginning in 2025 [1].

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ben Cushing, Chief Architect of Health and Life Sciences at Red Hat Artificial intelligence (AI) is showing up in more healthcare contexts, from drug discovery to diagnostic imaging to robot-assisted surgery. I believe another future for AI in healthcare, however, lies in clinical decision support.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2023

Apria Healthcare LLC, a Minneapolis, MN-based provider of home medical equipment for sleep apnea, has recently sent notifications to individuals about a historic data breach. Apria was alerted about unauthorized access to some of its systems on September 1, 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history.

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Innovaare Compliance

APRIL 7, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced capitation rates for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for CY 2025 – average increase of 3.7% billion [4]. billion [4]. or $16 billion in 2025 over 2024 in expected MA payments. generics) beginning in 2025 [1]. generics) beginning in 2025 [1].

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 17, 2024

The OIG Work Plan, sometimes referred to as “the Work Plan” or “the Plan,” is an essential tool in securing and maintaining healthcare regulatory compliance for patient safety, privacy, and quality care. The OIG Compliance Work Plan identifies significant risks and areas that require attention within the healthcare system.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 3, 2023

Rahul Sharma, CEO of HSBlox Roughly $4 trillion is spent on healthcare annually in the U.S. What has been far less clear is how providers and payers can fully harness SDOH data to proactively manage the health of patients and members. The ultimate aim of VBC is to improve patient outcomes while lowering healthcare costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Delivering solutions for over 70 years, pCare is a specialist in supplying connected technology solutions in healthcare and hospital environments. Uniguest has delivered solutions to the healthcare space for several years now, creating engagement platforms for providers across the world.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jon Stewart, Co-Founder and President at ZenSource Historically, the terms “patient data,” “open-source,” and “healthcare CMS” might have seemed incongruous. Below are 4 tips to enhance patient data security when utilizing open-source in a modern healthcare CMS platform.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Five years ago, in his then-capacity as president and chief executive officer of Geisinger , Dr. David Feinberg keynoted Day 4 of the 2016 annual Cerner Health Conference. He explained: "It's the noise in the healthcare system that will drag you down, she said. "That same year, FDA approved smart pills.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This post highlights certain key initiatives that may impact the healthcare landscape in NYS in the near future. CMS approved $500 million in infrastructure spending for NYS to establish social care networks (“ SCNs ”) to provide HRSN screening and referral services to Medicaid beneficiaries that are targeted populations for HRSN services.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For instance, digital-first healthcare aggregators had been testing programs for telemedicine but, since 2020, the demand for telehealth services has exploded across the globe. Telemedicine certainly provides a way for patients to continue availing of healthcare services without visiting the clinic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a chronic shortage of mental healthcare providers in rural areas, there is a significant lack of access to this much-needed care for those who reside there. In addition, research shows rural Americans are less likely to receive mental healthcare because of the stigma, Booth added. How did this problem develop?

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jake Sattelmair, EVP and General Manager at Wellframe , a HealthEdge company Healthcare costs are on the rise in the United States, posing significant challenges for individuals, employers, and health plans.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2024

By integrating Kinsa’s AI illness forecasting engine into Healthy Together’s SaaS platform, Healthy Together is poised to revolutionize population health management, ensuring better outcomes and faster and more effective interventions. Working with a customer in the Washington D.C.

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Healthcare Law Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule. Discontinuing Reimbursement of Telephone (Audio-Only) E/M Services. Yet, audio-only was not universally embraced as a permanent covered service with separate reimbursement.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

One of the hottest topics we hear talked about at Healthcare IT Today has to do with revenue cycle management (RCM). COVID and other financial pressures have driven RCM to the top of many healthcare organization’s strategic priorities. Like most questions in life, the answer to this question is that it depends.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Christophe Morvan is managing partner at Drake Star, and Lawrence Giesen is a partner. Healthcare IT News sat down with the men to discuss main players in the U.S. Google Health benefits from the full potential of Google's data and AI capabilities to enhance access to healthcare information for medical professionals.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

The stories: 4 future health care worlds for 2030 My goal for this post and for the AHIP panel is to brainstorm what the person’s health care experience would be in each of these four worlds. A caveat : I do this exercise with clients over the course of an intense immersive weekend or over many weeks (convening weekly or biweekly meetings).

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 14, 2023

Khue Tran, Chief Strategy Officer at Azalea Health One of the most pressing issues in healthcare today is the growing talent shortage of qualified medical professionals. Many hospitals increasingly rely on contract labor from healthcare travel staffing firms to mitigate these talent shortages. billion annually. from 2019 to 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare system. Musculoskeletal (MSK) is routinely one of the three most expensive categories of care (along with cardio-metabolic disease and cancer care). Dr. Steve Schutzer, an orthopedic surgeon for 34 years, is working on this pain point as cofounder and COO of Upswing Health, a virtual clinic for MSK/orthopedic problems.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year. Those themes are, The Year of the Pharmacist.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Director, Information Technology and Security position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by TransForm Shared Service Organization and is located in Windsor, Canada.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2024

The best contribution that information can make to weight management is to find more effective, personalized treatments: to match the right person to the right treatment, whether it be surgery, drugs, diet, exercise, or some combination. The first article in this series laid out what we know about body weight and obesity today.

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Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Introduction In the complex world of healthcare in the United States, small medical practices often face the challenge of managing their medical billing effectively. The term ‘medical billing for small practices’ encompasses a wide array of topics that are crucial for these healthcare providers.

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Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

At the very heart of your decision, you’re picking a mental health billing company to streamline your revenue management cycle, skyrocket revenue and decrease the burdening costs. Thus, you should know that professionals’ of the mental health billing services would come at a cost. Let’s jump right in, shall we?

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 4, 2023

In today’s complex healthcare landscape, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements is of paramount importance. However, many healthcare organizations struggle to stay updated and navigate the ever-evolving compliance regulations. This is where outsourced compliance services come in.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

– Bundled together, Body Comp and 12-month access to Health+ will be available from October 4, 2022, priced at $209.95. . – Bundled together, Body Comp and 12-month access to Health+ will be available from October 4, 2022, priced at $209.95. Pioneering the Connected Health Movement Using Biomarkers and Data Driven Models.

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Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A rise in cash flow and enhanced processes will improve the efficiency of the billing process, which comes merely with timely and effective denial management. A claim for the same service or procedure is submitted twice : Always check with the insurance payer first since they might be processing the claim before submitting an unpaid claim.

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