HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Jessica Altman, Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner sums it up well : “When we talk about bringing something back to state control, that is a real narrative that can appeal to both sides of the aisle. There is nothing political about making health insurance more affordable.”.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 1, 2022

Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in health care prices will soon get an unprecedented look at what insurers pay for care, perhaps helping answer a question that has long dogged those who buy insurance: Are we getting the best deal we can?

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Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

Cyberattacks have been reported by Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Rancho Family Medical Group. The forensic investigation and document review took almost a year, with the hospital stating in its breach notice that those processes were not completed until March 4, 2024.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Bupa Arabia , the Saudi-owned and publicly traded health insurance company, has just announced its backing of the Dubai-based online appointment booking platform, Okadoc. The two MENA businesses have signed a “strategic partnership”, which includes an undisclosed equity investment by Bupa Arabia in Okadoc.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 28, 2023

Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, CA, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a data breach that exposed the protected health information of up to 233,835 individuals. The post Good Samaritan Hospital Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Frequent virtual medical triage significantly reduces the likelihood that patients will be sent to the hospital, which is often costly for insurance providers. Telehealth is a great place to start if the payer communities and insurance providers seek to work with a high volume of patients while also practicing quality care techniques.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

We’ve seen successful adoption and integration of genAI into our product, which is now used in clinics and hospitals. It gives doctors an understanding of a patient’s condition quickly so they get more face-to-face time with patients. During pilot tests, 90% of doctors said they intended to continue using the feature.

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Jane Sarashon

JUNE 13, 2022

Doctors heads and hearts are jammed with concerns beyond curing patients’ medical conditions: U.S. Underneath that top-line statistic, it’s important to note that: 52% of doctors are “very concerned” about healthcare access, 28% are “concerned,” and. 68% of doctors said that the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2019

Medicine Delivery – medication will be delivered to patients with absolute data security as Samitivej adheres to the data protection standards mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In addition, the services of the Samitivej Virtual Hospital do not require appointments to be made in advance.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Data Service Portal is accessible to the public, particularly researchers, academics, analysts and policymakers, for gathering and using data as a basis for formulating health-related research, policies and programmes.

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Jane Sarashon

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

While consumers’ satisfaction with inpatient care experiences improved a few points over the past year, health insurance and hospitals still fall in the bottom-third of all industries with which people interact, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Insurance and Health Care Study 2021-2022.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Having health insurance in the U.S. See the third chart, where KFF/Peterson Center looked at the consumer’s insurance status, state of medical debt and health care service impact — in Health Populi lingo we use the phrase, “self-rationing behavior due to cost.”

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2023

The wealthiest hospitals have the ability to invest in the newest machinery and the best digital infrastructure. Meanwhile, low-income populations ― whose health needs are often the most urgent ― are less likely to be able to access the tools that might mean the difference between life and death. population. A majority of U.S.

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Jane Sarashon

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

“The odds are against hospitals collecting patient balances greater than $7,500,” the report analyzing Hospital collection rates for self-pay patient accounts from Crowe concludes. Crowe benchmarked data from 1,600 hospitals and over 100,00 physicians in the U.S.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 10, 2023

What was once personal, private, and one hoped, protected within the presumptively confidential space of the doctor-patient relationship, feels exposed. Sadly, there is nothing either surprising or illegal about using presumptively confidential health information in punishing women.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Because twice, doctors told members of my family that due to brain injury, I was about to die. One, I had health insurance, or I would still be paying thousands of dollars in expenses. Next thing I remember I woke up in a hospital, where for six days I had been unconscious. But I went through hell to be here.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 7, 2023

Ittai Dayan, co-founder & CEO of Rhino Health Hospitals are increasingly motivated to drive digital transformation in order to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, meet regulatory requirements and stay competitive.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 14, 2024

Besides being all the rage in the industry, digital transformation is a key component to the strategy of forward-leaning hospitals and health systems today. This is one of the most important topics healthcare CIOs and other C-suite and health IT leaders can be talking about today.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Health insurance and property insurance. Lack of insurance makes everything dreadful. Autonomy and insurance help you through a lot of crises. Almost a full week after the accident occurred, I woke up in a Phoenix hospital. There I met an excellent doctor who told me I could recover.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As the heatmap chart illustrates, health insurance ranks relatively low in peoples’ simplicity lens, akin to general insurance, media, and automotive, and below booking travel (air, train, car rental), and social media. ” Think of it as an ROI on delivery simplicity to health care experiences.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Once the threat materializes, it is common in healthcare settings for hospitals to choose a reactive approach. But picture a similar strategy in a clinical setting — imagine if we didn’t approach health safety in layers of defense. CMOs should set aside time to learn from the CISO about the cyber threats the hospital faces.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The American Hospital Association is taking disruption seriously right here, right now, as the U.S. hospital sector is facing major challenges on all fronts: staffing (especially nursing and more broadly, clinician burnout), supply chain, financial stressors, demographics, and cross-industry politics vis-à-vis pharma and health insurance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

The surge in teleconsultations came after it partnered with the Philippines Department of Health and the National Privacy Commission to deliver free telemedicine services, which helped in easing hospital occupancy and preventing the spread of COVID-19. million patients over the past year.

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Jane Sarashon

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The cost of health insurance for a worker who buys into a health plan at work in 2022 reached $22,463 for their family. “When housing and health both rank as basic needs in Maslow’s hierarchy, what’s a health system to do?” Think sustainability for health and health care.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 17, 2022

Use of Tracker by Hospitals Likely Violates HIPAA. An investigation by The Markup and Stat has uncovered a tracking tool used by 33 of the country’s top 100 hospitals that collects patients’ protected health information (PHI) and sends it to Facebook—including details about medical conditions, prescriptions, and physician appointments.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The American Customer Satisfaction Index Insurance and Health Care Study 2020-2021 published today, recognizing consumers’ value for the quality of health insurance companies’ mobile apps and reliability of those apps. Emergency room experience stayed at an index of a (low) 66.

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Health Care Law Brief

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a strategy paper highlighting key aspects of its plan to revamp cybersecurity requirements in the healthcare industry. hospitals, HHS issued the strategy as part of a broad effort to implement the Biden Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2020

Right now in the real world, real patients are already being treated for COVID-19 in American hospitals. This week, the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker project published estimates for inpatient care and out-of-pocket spending for hospital admissions due to the coronavirus. Remember that on average in the U.S.,

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This means your organization must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This means your organization must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Certification. A CMS certification also translates to being a “covered entity.”

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The AMA’s newly-adopted policies take a multi-pronged approach towards advancing its principle that reproductive care is health care. States have now imposed new reporting requirements on physicians to document and/or disclose health data of patients seeking abortion care.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 2, 2024

Nevertheless, this contact travel to clinics or hospitals can be difficult for individuals whose conditions make simple journeys a struggle. The author notes the challenges plaguing health systems, such as rising costs, clinician burnout, workforce shortages, inflation, and high interest rates.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

Part 2 will cover the impact of COVID-19 on physician well-being, and Part 3, on the impact of the coronavirus on the health care system. Eight percent of doctors have closed their practices as a result of COVID-19, tallying about 16,000 closed practices. One-half of physicians in the U.S.

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Hall Render

MAY 24, 2024

NATIONAL AHA, FAH request CMS to extend comment period for TEAM proposed rule CMS launches new option to file EMTALA complaints Cybersecurity execs share healthcare’s biggest vulnerabilities Here’s how much hospital prices are rising – and why Hospital groups seek more time to comment on proposed payment model How noncompete ban could shake (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2023

With more than 50 specialties offering more than 20,00 appointments each week, patients without health insurance can book doctors' visits for a set price with no referrals required.

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