Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By Stephen Wood. The provision of scarce resources such as intensive care unit (ICU) beds, antivirals, and ventilators during this pandemic has been an ongoing topic of discussion. Repeatedly, states and hospital systems have considered implementing crisis standards of care, which establish triage protocols for scarce resources. Though crisis standards of care are meant to provide an ethics-based approach to the complex process of allocating scarce health care resources, in reality, they fall sh

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Epic representatives gave a sneak peek at the company's plans for the HIMSS22 Conference and Exhibition this March – including the announcement of Cheers, a new customer relationship management system. "The booth will show off how healthcare organizations can use Cheers to help folks shopping or looking for care, complete an easy intake process, access direct care and remain engaged outside the four walls of a health system," said Sam Seering, a member of the implementation s

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Along with virtual health services now being available for employers across the U.S., Amazon Care is expanding its in-person benefit to 20 more cities this year, the e-commerce giant said Tuesday.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System offers a 100% virtual care program for behavioral health integration that is delivered to patients either directly in a primary care clinic or the patient's home. Therapists are located at either a central clinical location or their home office and are able to securely deliver care using real-time audio and video through various platforms.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare continues to change and evolve as time goes on. It’s essential that with the advancements in technology that doctors, hospitals, and medical practices alike keep up. Your top priority as a provider should be […]. The article 4 Ways To Optimize The Digital Patient Experience In Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The hospital operator plans to buy 30 more centers from SurgCenter Development in 2022, in addition to the 16 it's already acquired this year, executives said on a earnings call Tuesday.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

People flocked to get booster shots as the omicron variant drove a sharp increase in testing, boosting revenue for CVS' drugstore segment. Meanwhile, its payer arm reported lower-than-expected COVID-19 treatment costs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ken Perez, vice president of healthcare policy and government affairs, Omnicell. Originally, the Great Resignation was an idea, proposed by Anthony Klotz, a professor at Texas A&M University, that predicted a large number of […]. The article The Significance and Severity of the Healthcare Labor Shortage appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The California hospital system is accused of wielding its market power to drive up health insurance premiums for hundreds of thousands of consumers.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What You Should Know: Labcorp today announced its strategic partnership with Ascension , one of the nation’s leading Catholic and non-profit health systems. Through this comprehensive arrangement, Labcorp will manage Acension’s hospital-based laboratories in 10 states and acquire select assets of the health system’s outreach laboratory business. Meanwhile, Ascension can leverage Labcorp’s innovative technology to scale diagnostics in priority clinical areas like oncology, neurology and women’s h

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The second-largest player slashed its MA growth forecast for the year as startup insurtechs report membership gains.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Chronic care management has become one of the most important topics to healthcare organizations. The move to value based care is going to require every organization to better understand how to manage chronic conditions. Plus, things like SDoH (Social Determinants of Health) play a really important role in managing these chronic conditions effectively.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Sheila Talton, CEO of Gray Matter Analytics. Healthcare spending is projected to exceed $6 trillion by 2028 , largely driven by rising costs of care for an aging population and the growing number of Americans suffering from chronic physical conditions such as pulmonary disease, diabetes and hypertension. To improve health outcomes while lowering cost of care, providers and payors increasingly are implementing value-based care (VBC) payment models.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The tech and retail giant said in-person offerings will be available in more than 20 new cities in 2022, including San Francisco, Miami, Chicago and New York.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A new pair of studies suggests that virtual care is demonstrating some attractive long-term benefits, including lower costs and improved health access for underserved populations One such study comes from Cigna, whose Evernorth health services division recently closed on its acquisition of virtual care vendor MDLIVE. As part of the study report, Cigna notes that […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Biofourmis Care currently includes programs for heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, lipid management and atrial fibrillation.

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Modern Healthcare

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Some school officials around the country welcomed the state-imposed mandates to spare them from having to make unpopular decisions, especially early in the pandemic. But many superintendents say they now have the tools to decide whether masks should be required, and they welcome the ability to adapt as needed.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Also: VisuWell scores $10 million for its telehealth tool, and Epicore Biosystems picks up $10 million for its hydration wearable.

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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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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A Tennessee-based provider of health services in correctional facilities will pay $75,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on religion and requires employers to reasonably accommodate an applicant’s or employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs unless it would pose an undue hardship for the company.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Banner Health's customer experience channels VP, Christen Castellano, talks about creating new digital tools ahead of her presentation at HIMSS22.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Future of Wellness in 2022 is, “shifting from a ‘feel-good’ luxury to survivalism as people seek resilience,” based on the Global Wellness Institute’s forecas t on this year’s look into self-care and consumer’s spending on health beyond medical care — looking beyond COVID-19. GWI published two research papers this week on The Future of Wellness and The Global Wellness Economy ‘s country rankings as of February 2021.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The digital health insurance provider confirmed it has closed one of the largest Series B rounds in the booming African healthtech industry to date.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What You Should Know: – PayZen , a fintech startup tackling healthcare affordability in the U.S., today announced its technology has been approved by Epic to offer its “Care Now, Pay Later” solution on the App Orchard Marketplace. . – The integration provide a seamless solution to Epic EHR providers, as well as a high-quality user experience for patients.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The companies will offer a combined 750,000 patients with access to services for a variety of needs, including birth control and chronic conditions.

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McGuire Wood

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Aldrich Capital Partners has committed to investing $75 million in Compliancy Group, according to a news release. Compliancy Group , based in Greenlawn, N.Y., is a healthcare compliance software-as-a-service (SaaS) business. Founded in 2005, the company’s solution, The Guard, is intended to help businesses meet HIPAA compliance requirements. Aldrich Capital Partners , based in Tower Vienna, Va., and founded in 2014, pursues investments in healthcare IT and other technology service and software c

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Whether your company delivers healthcare directly or assists providers, there are challenges every day. Patients, pandemics, or a plethora of other things pull on your time and attention. You never have to wonder if you’re making things better for others. Are the services you’re using doing the same for you? Specifically, are you using HIPAA compliant billing software?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Combination scales firm’s data and digital technology capabilities for healthcare providers Leading advisory CPA firm Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) announces the acquisition of Orchestrate Healthcare, an award-winning healthcare IT professional services and consulting firm, seamlessly improving performance within the processes and systems, particularly electronic medical record systems, of provider organizations.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 7, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Yelp is subject to a subpoena to reveal the names of anonymous users who left negative reviews for a doctor.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Curve Health today announced a $12M Series A financing round led by Morningside Ventures with participation from Alumni Ventures and Recover-Care Healthcare, as well as returning investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, IDEO, Inflect Health, Correlation Ventures, Rosecliff Venture Partners, Kapor Capital, WTI, and angel investor Ben Jealous. Curve Health delivers an award-winning care enablement platform that allows patients and […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The website will go online on 12 February.

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