HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2023

The seven elements of a compliance program are integrated processes organizations in all industries can adopt to help them develop a culture of compliance in the workplace. When applied effectively, the seven elements can also be used to streamline operational processes, optimize organizational performance, and reduce overall costs. While the seven elements of a compliance program apply to all industries, they originated in the healthcare industry in the 1990s.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

The bill mirrors California’s nurse staffing law which took effect in 2004 and outlines exactly how many patients a nurse in specific hospital units can care for at one time.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 30, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Amanda Hansen, president, AdvancedMD My father was diagnosed with diabetes when he was very young and lived his entire life maneuvering various healthcare systems. He had multiple eye surgeries, which is common for diabetes […] The article The Promise of Connected Healthcare: How AI Advancements Are Creating More Meaningful Experiences appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

Provider groups applauded the move, but said they’d need to see how the requirements are rolled back before passing judgment on whether the step would ease documentation burdens on physicians.

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MRO Compliance

MARCH 30, 2023

Interoperability Regulations and the Effects on Health Information Management In January 2023, the Health Data Management COVER story focused on the future of interoperability. As a follow up to this cover story, I wrote a guest article for them entitled 3 specific areas of data sharing to clarify and consider in 2023. Key takeaways from my article include: Definitions and data sharing parameters for substance abuse must be revamped.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

Although telehealth use declined overall compared to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual visits still comprised the highest percentage of medical claim lines in 2021.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

The Thursday ruling means that, effective immediately, health plans nationwide are no longer required to fully cover certain preventative medical services like cancer, HIV and diabetes screenings.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2023

Ensuring medical devices are cybersecure is one of the biggest security challenges in healthcare. Medical devices often have unpatched vulnerabilities, run on outdated software that has reached end-of-life, and lack appropriate security features. As such, they are a security weak point that can be exploited by malicious actors to gain access to healthcare networks and sensitive patient data.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

Oak Street also announced on Thursday it’s canceling its annual board meeting following the CVS deal, which is expected to close in the first half of the year. Oak Street stockholders will meet on April 28 to vote on the sale.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2023

Ransomware and phishing continue to be the biggest cybersecurity concerns for healthcare organizations according to the February 2023 Current and Emerging Healthcare Cyber Threat Landscape report from Health-ISAC. The report, a collaboration between Health-ISAC and Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), identified the key threats to the healthcare sector and is based on responses to a November 2022 survey of executives across Health-ISAC, CHIME, and the Health Sector Coordinating C

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Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s the first time a naloxone-based therapy for opioid overdoses has been cleared for use without a prescription, potentially helping to improve access.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Uber Health rolls out same-day prescription delivery with plans to ship healthy food, OTC meds hlandi Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:54

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2023

A lawsuit has been filed against the digital marketing agency, Rise Interactive Media & Analytics, over a cyberattack in which the protected health information of approximately 54,500 patients of Edgepark Medical Supplies was compromised. On November 14, 2022, a hacker gained access to Rise’s network and accessed files containing sensitive patient data, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, provider information, diagnoses, expected delivery dates, and health insurance information.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Wellth reels in $20M to scale up its 'behavioral economics' approach to tackle chronic conditions hlandi Thu, 03/30/2023 - 07:10

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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

At the recent ViVE2023 conference a lot of industry experts stopped by for quick discussions on a variety of interesting topics. Here are some of those recorded conversations with Divurgent , Laurel Road , Santa Clara Valley Health System , 314e Corporation , and Clinical Architecture. Celebrating Diversity – Divurgent Having a diverse workforce is an advantage.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2023

Eric Bacon, President at AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc The adoption of virtual health has increased dramatically since March 2020, with 150 million telehealth claims in less than two years. Like other revolutionary innovations throughout history, healthcare innovation is necessitated by time — and unmet needs. So many struggled to create virtual care solutions during the pandemic, and many technology companies jumped into the telehealth space because of the unmet needs of patients.

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Digital Health News

MARCH 30, 2023

As social care services embark on massive digitisation, now is the time to embrace standards and interoperability to join up care, says Claire Sutton from the Professional Record Standards Body and the Royal College of Nursing.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2023

Mike Szczesny, Owner and VP of EDCO Awards & Specialties Hiring and retaining top-quality candidates in the healthcare sector has been a significant challenge. Aside from the risk of working around patients infected with diseases, as we saw during the COVID-19 outbreak, they are also faced with several difficulties. The healthcare industry needs effective and efficient retention strategies because of a talent shortage, high turnover rates, and heavy competition for top candidates.

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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Digital Health News

MARCH 30, 2023

At its core, the NHS is made by the people who work within it, helping to keep things going just like a beating heart. Today, technology is the pacemaker for supporting connectivity and communication, working to deliver important information between staff and health services, streamlining communications at an optimal rate, and synchronising the beat of workers.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2023

What You Should Know: – Phenomix Sciences (Phenomix), a precision medicine biotechnology company that brings data intelligence to the treatment of obesity, announces today the launch of its first therapy selection test, the My Phenome Hungry Gut test. – This is a first-of-its-kind obesity test and will determine if a patient’s phenotype is Hungry Gut (Satiety) or feeling hungry shortly after eating a meal.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Capital Rx exec to senators: Here's how to fix the PBM industry fdiamond Thu, 03/30/2023 - 15:36

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2023

What You Should Know: – Today, Verizon announced it was awarded a 12-year contract worth $2.5 billion to help the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) modernize its network – Verizon is driving $700 million in cost savings for HHS through the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract. This contract covers all 10 of the agency’s operating components and its Office of Secretary. – The EIS contract vehicle accelerates HHS’s transition to advanced networking techn

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 30, 2023

Medicare beneficiaries who received telehealth services for opioid use disorder during the pandemic had a 33% lower risk of fatal overdose.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Hint Health, powering cash-only providers, launches new management platform agliadkovskaya Thu, 03/30/2023 - 13:42

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

On February 6, a set of key priorities for the future of healthcare was released by AdvancedMD. I talked to Tim Costantino, vice president and head of product, about challenges and potential barriers to meeting these goals. AdvancedMD is a cloud-based service merging an EHR with a health care management solution, and has recently announced upgrades to its EHR, practice management, and patient engagement functions.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

ViVE 2023: Tripledemic, mental health crisis highlight unequal investment in children's health dmuoio Thu, 03/30/2023 - 17:44

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The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Digital Health News

MARCH 30, 2023

NHS Lanarkshire has upgraded Multitone Electronics' critical messaging system at The University Hospital Hairmyres in East Kilbride, a hospital it manages.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Michigan's Covenant Healthcare System, physicians pay $69M to settle whistleblower's False Claims Act allegations dmuoio Thu, 03/30/2023 - 14:14

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Digital Health News

MARCH 30, 2023

A new module has been added to ORCHA's Digital Health Academy to teach effective patient and public involvement and engagement for app developers.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Judge blocks feds from enforcing ACA's preventive care coverage mandates pminemyer Thu, 03/30/2023 - 13:49

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