Mon.Nov 21, 2022

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The ‘Res Nullius’ Construction of Human Genomic Data

Bill of Health

By Donrich Thaldar. No one domain of the law holds exclusive sway over human genomic data. Instead, genomic data have a multidimensional legal nature , meaning that multiple legal domains — including property law, privacy law, contract law, and intellectual property law — are all applicable. This opens the door for different persons to have rights originating in different legal domains with respect to the same genomic data.

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UnitedHealth-Change deal approval faces appeal from DOJ, states

Healthcare Dive

Antitrust experts said it’s surprising regulators took this long to file an appeal, while UnitedHealth slammed the move as “entirely without merit.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 44: Social Determinants of Health with Dr. Jennifer Goldman, DO

Healthcare IT Today

For the 44th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Dr. Jennifer Goldman, DO, Chief of Primary Care at Memorial Healthcare System. In this episode we’re discussing Dr. Goldman’s work in Social Determinants of Health (SDoH). First we dive into what she’s done to integrate SDoH data into the EMR and how she’s kept people from over looking it.

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Morgan Health nabs Walmart executive to accelerate strategy around population health

Healthcare Dive

Cheryl Pegus is leaving Walmart’s health division to work as a managing director for JPMorgan’s venture attempting to lower employer health costs.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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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2022-2023 PCORI Fee Released

Compliance Now

By: Megan Diehl , Manager, Compliance Consulting, MZQ Consulting. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee established by the Affordable Care Act helps fund research to evaluate and compare health outcomes, clinical effectiveness, risks, and benefits of medical treatment and services. The fee is currently in place through 2029. In Notice 2022-59 , the IRS announced that the PCORI fee for plan years ending between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023 is $3.00.

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Mayo Clinic income slumps as expenses climb in Q3

Healthcare Dive

Expenses outpaced revenue growth as the Minnesota-based health system became the latest provider to report a recent drop in operating income.

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Will healthcare look different in 2023?

Healthcare Dive

How is healthcare is changing for providers as we enter 2023, and what can we do to prepare?

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Learning About Medication Success at #HLTH2022 from Synapse Medicine

Healthcare IT Today

One of the great things about the HLTH 2022 conference is you get a wide range of topics across every part of healthcare. For example, I attended a session on Medication Success that was presented by Franck Tricot, VP, Strategic Partnerships at Synapse Medicine. Tricot gave us a really interesting view into what it takes to do medications properly in healthcare.

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Health tech companies weigh options to stem cash burn as IPO market sags

Healthcare Dive

Healthcare technology companies are delaying initial share sales as public market stocks and valuations plunge across the sector. Where will they turn in the meantime?

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House lawmakers press Biden admin to change latest surprise billing rule

Fierce Healthcare

House lawmakers press Biden admin to change latest surprise billing rule. rking. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 17:18.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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Epic ensnared in Texas probe of parental access to teen medical records

Healthcare Dive

The state is at the forefront of an intensifying legal battle over the rights of transgender and non-binary children to gender-affirming healthcare.

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care.ai Secures $27M for AI-Powered Smart Patient Rooms

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: care.ai , a Orlando, FL-based first and only AI-powered ambient monitoring platform in healthcare raises $27M in funding from Crescent Cove Advisors. – The company plans to use the funding to accelerate growth and scale deployments of the industry’s first smart care facility platform throughout the U.S. AI-Powered Smart Patient Rooms. care.ai ’s Smart Care Facility Platform™ transforms healthcare settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes, into responsive car

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Lifespan brings on Mass General Brigham executive as new CEO

Healthcare Dive

John Fernandez will assume the role early next year, replacing Timothy Babineau, who held the position for more than a decade.

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Keeping Telehealth in Great (Security) Shape

HIT Consultant

Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist at Arelion. COVID-19 turned telehealth into a household term, transforming the services that healthcare providers can offer patients. Thanks to advancements in connectivity, global experts in rare procedures and conditions can connect virtually to share knowledge with local medical practitioners and surgeons – and can conduct remote consultations in the comfort and privacy of patients’ homes worldwide.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

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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How digital health startups should plan for declining investment

Mobi Health News

During a panel discussion at the HLTH 2022 conference, panelists stated companies need to refocus their business models due to an anticipated lack of funding.

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5 Proven Strategies to Increase Employee Retention And Reduce Operational Costs In Senior Living

HIT Consultant

Yamin Durrani, CEO of Kami Vision. Staffing turnover in senior care has reached an all-time high at an annual rate of 48.5% among all employees and 68.1% among resident assistants and personal care aides. At a sunk cost of roughly $2,200 per employee, staff turnover is expensive and results in lower resident satisfaction, quality of care and occupancy.

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7 health systems affected by data breaches in the last 30 days

Becker's Health IT

From a third-party data breach to phishing schemes that compromised employee email accounts, here are seven health systems that have been affected by a cybersecurity incident since Oct.

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4th Annual UCSF Health Hub: Digital Health Awards Announced

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – UCSF Health Hub and the Digital Health Awards team announces the ten Best in Class winning companies , 40 Rising Stars, three Rising Star Champions and two Hall of Fame inductees for the 2022 Digital Health Awards. – The winning companies were chosen from more than 1,200 submissions based on a rigorous judging criteria.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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DOJ to appeal UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare merger challenge

Fierce Healthcare

DOJ to appeal UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare merger challenge. pminemyer. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 07:37.

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10 Charged Over BEC Scams Targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurance Programs

HIPAA Journal

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 10 individuals over business email compromise scams that have resulted in more than $11.1 million being defrauded from Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance programs. The payments were intended for hospitals for providing covered medical services. Business email compromise (BEC) scams involve gaining access to legitimate email accounts and using them to trick individuals responsible for wire transfers into making fraudulent payments to attack

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AEYE Health receives FDA 510(k) for AI-backed diabetic retinopathy screening

Mobi Health News

The Israeli startup said it's now focused on receiving clearance to use its AEYE-DS system with a portable camera.

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HEE launches VR app for nurses to experience prison healthcare settings

Digital Health News

Health Education England (HEE) has launched an app that uses virtual reality (VR) technology to show nurses what a role within a prison would be like.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

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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Walmart healthcare exec Pegus departs for Morgan Health

Fierce Healthcare

Walmart healthcare exec Pegus departs for Morgan Health. pminemyer. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 16:17.

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Prof Ben Goldacre to be Rewired 2023 keynote

Digital Health News

Renowned doctor, academic, writer and broadcaster, Professor Ben Goldacre, will be returning to Digital Health Rewired 2023 as day two keynote.

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Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Family Glitch Fix

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Open Enrollment for 2023 is in full swing, and our recently updated Navigator Guide has hundreds of FAQs that are likely top of mind for consumers and those assisting them. This week, CHIR’s Kristen Ukeomah highlights FAQs regarding the recent fix to the "family glitch." Continue reading → The post Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Family Glitch Fix appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Forefront Dermatology To Pay $3.75M In Healthcare Data Breach Settlement

Health IT Security

Forefront Dermatology,… read more

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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4 ways Medicaid could manage high-price drugs

Fierce Healthcare

4 ways Medicaid could manage high-price drugs. fdiamond. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 15:09.

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OIG: HHS Must Modernize Its Approach to Cybersecurity

Health IT Security

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Forefront Dermatology Proposes $3.75 Million Settlement to Resolve Ransomware Lawsuit

HIPAA Journal

The Wisconsin-based dermatology practice, Forefront Dermatology, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of patients whose protected health information (PHI) was compromised in a ransomware attack in late May 2021. Forefront Dermatology has affiliated practices in 21 states and Washington D.C. In May 2021, the practice was targeted by the Cuba ransomware gang, which gained access to its network and exfiltrated files from the network before encrypting data.

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HC9 Ventures closes $83M fund, builds community of investors to grow early-stage healthcare startups

Fierce Healthcare

HC9 Ventures closes $83M fund, builds community of investors to grow early-stage healthcare startups. hlandi. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 07:10.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.