Thu.Nov 10, 2022

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Bright Health ceases MA operations in Florida in latest business cut

Healthcare Dive

The newest reduction for the insurtech comes less than a month after Bright announced it was leaving the Affordable Care Act exchanges and slashing its Medicare Advantage footprint to just Florida and California.

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AI in Digital Health: Autonomy, Governance, and Privacy

Bill of Health

The following post is adapted from the edited volume AI in eHealth: Human Autonomy, Data Governance and Privacy in Healthcare. By Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci and Mark Fenwick. The emergence of digital platforms and related technologies are transforming healthcare and creating new opportunities and challenges for all stakeholders in the medical space.

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More than the main stage: 5 key panels at HLTH 2022

Healthcare Dive

Major healthcare players will discuss private equity, value-based care, digital health funding and more at the fifth annual HLTH conference next week.

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Health equity gets a boost from digital clinical communication tools

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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Slower digital health funding prompts rise in M&A activity: report

Healthcare Dive

Companies are expected to continue to explore tie-ups during an unfavorable fundraising period.

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The Riskiest Connected Devices in Healthcare

HIPAA Journal

The number of connected devices being used in hospitals continues to grow and while these devices can improve efficiency, safety, and patient outcomes, they have also substantially increased the attack surface, and many of these devices either lack appropriate security features or are not correctly configured. According to a recent Microsoft-sponsored study by the Ponemon Institute into the current state of IoT/OT cybersecurity, 65% of organizations said their IoT/OT devices were one of the leas

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HC3 Sounds Alarm About Venus Ransomware

HIPAA Journal

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has recently shared details of the tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with Venus ransomware attacks, and has made several recommendations on mitigations that healthcare organizations can implement to improve their defenses against attacks. Venus ransomware, aka GOODGAME, is a relatively new threat, having first been identified in mid-August 2022; however, the ransomware has been used globally in attacks and there are now submi

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17 HLTH 2022 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch

HIT Consultant

Before HLTH 2022 kicks off next week in Las Vegas, we asked 17 digital health executives for their predictions and major themes to expect at HLTH. 1. Keith Reynolds, Chief Operating Officer at Welldoc. Access to care is a central focus for healthcare given several factors: a growing population being impacted with chronic conditions, increased resourcing constraints, and growing fatigue and workload among providers.

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Telehealth took off during COVID. Here's how companies like Sprinter Health and TytoCare are trying to close the loop on remote care

Fierce Healthcare

Telehealth took off during COVID. Here's how companies like Sprinter Health and TytoCare are trying to close the loop on remote care. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 12:33.

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Northwell Holdings & Aegis Ventures Form FemTech Company for Menopause Support

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Northwell Holdings and Aegis Ventures inked an agreement today for the formation of Upliv , a femtech-based women’s virtual care startup that aims to raise the bar for clinical menopause support. – Upliv is the joint creation of Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings, the for-profit investment arm of Northwell Health.

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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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New research from Twill uncovers how most pregnant Americans struggle with the Invisible Weight of mental health challenges.

Fierce Healthcare

New research from Twill uncovers how most pregnant Americans struggle with the Invisible Weight of mental health challenges. jpiatt. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 08:55.

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BioIntelliSense and Medically Home Partner to Enhance High Acuity Hospital Care at Home

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – BioIntelliSense, Inc., a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Medically Home Group, Inc., a technology-enabled services company that is at the forefront of the movement to decentralize care for serious or complex illnesses. – The collaboration further expands the availability of continuous biometric data and insights to physicians and nurses caring for patients in the M

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Key Insights from the Healthcare CIO Panel at CHIME’s Fall Forum

Healthcare IT Today

This week I had the chance to spend time at the CHIME Fall Forum in San Antonio. It was great to be back together and it is still the best place to find healthcare CIOs. This year CHIME was celebrating their 30th anniversary at the event and they held a CIO panel that included a mix of CIOs across the generations: Andrea Daugherty, CISSP, Interim CIO, Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas.

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CVS Health’s Former Chief Strategy Officer Joins VC Firm, LRVHealth

HIT Consultant

Josh Flum, Managing Director at LRV Health. What You Should Know: – LRVHealth , the inside healthcare venture capital platform, announced that Josh Flum joined the firm as a managing partner. Prior to joining LRV Health, Flum served as Chief Strategy Officer and Business Developer Officer at CVS Health. – Flum joins a diverse team of healthcare operators, entrepreneurs, investors and insiders leading healthcare innovation and transformation alongside a network of strategic limited pa

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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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HLTH22: Nuance, Nvidia put AI tools in the hands of clinicians, opening pipeline 'from bench to bedside'

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: Nuance, Nvidia put AI tools in the hands of clinicians, opening pipeline 'from bench to bedside'. aburky. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 14:58.

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Survey: People Living with COPD Want Innovation in Care Delivery

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – People living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are enthusiastic about the promise of care innovation, according to a survey released by Wellinks , a digital healthcare company offering the first-ever integrated, virtual COPD management solution, in collaboration with the COPD Foundation. – The research assessed patient perspectives on COPD care in the United States and findings suggest the status quo is failing people living with the disease.

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Crossover Health, Aetna pilot primary care service for Seattle employers with fixed-fee payment model

Fierce Healthcare

Crossover Health, Aetna pilot primary care service for Seattle employers with fixed-fee payment model. hlandi. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 10:58.

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Healthcare Industry Least Likely to Increase Funding for Supply Chain Defense

HIT Consultant

– While supply chain security impacts nearly every industry, new research from BlueVoyant hones in on the unique challenges impacting the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector. – BlueVoyant , the leader in supply chain defense, found that compared to other verticals like energy and manufacturing, the healthcare sector was least likely to increase budget for external resources to bolster supply chain cybersecurity.

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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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Humana's CenterWell to open 3 clinics in Louisville next year

Fierce Healthcare

Humana's CenterWell to open 3 clinics in Louisville next year. pminemyer. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 13:12.

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West Midlands pathology networks deploy a PACS to tackle cancer backlogs

Digital Health News

The West Midlands has seen the modernisation of four pathology networks, with the deployment of a picture archiving and communications system from Sectra.

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KFF: Seniors have, on average, 43 Medicare Advantage plan options to choose from

Fierce Healthcare

KFF: Seniors have, on average, 43 Medicare Advantage plan options to choose from. rking. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 16:42.

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The Future of Healthcare M&A with Rahul Rekhi from Lazard

Healthcare IT Today

There have been a lot of different factors recently that have led us to live in such uncertain times. First it was the pandemic leaving us to figure out how to stay safe. Then there was burnout leading to a major shortage in the workforce. Entering another recession is just another item in a long list of events that we are now trying to scramble and figure out how to endure.

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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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Bright Health further slims MA footprint as it charts course for profitability

Fierce Healthcare

Bright Health further slims MA footprint as it charts course for profitability. pminemyer. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 15:45.

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Lurie Children’s Hospital Proposes Settlement to End Insider Breach Lawsuit

HIPAA Journal

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital has proposed a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit filed in response to two privacy breaches involving unauthorized medical record access by employees. On November 15, 2019, the Chicago hospital discovered an employee had been impermissibly accessing patient records. The investigation determined the unauthorized access occurred between Sept. 10, 2018, and Sept. 22, 2019.

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More than 100 healthcare organizations have signed onto climate resilience pledge, HHS says

Fierce Healthcare

More than 100 healthcare organizations have signed onto climate resilience pledge, HHS says. dmuoio. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 13:23.

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Home care company Sprinter Health partners with virtual care provider Firefly Health

Mobi Health News

Firefly members will have access to Sprinter's phlebotomists and nurses for at-home services.

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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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Chutes & Ladders—Venture capital firm welcomes former CVS Health CSO; Centivo gets new CTO

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Venture capital firm welcomes former CVS Health CSO; Centivo gets new CTO. aburky. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 17:53.

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Jury Returns Verdict for EEOC in Disability Case against Tennessee Nursing Home

Med-Net Compliance

After a three-and-a-half-day trial, a jury returned a verdict for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former employee of a Tennessee nursing home who had been fired after requesting intermittent leave to address her anxiety. The former employee was awarded $6,000 in compensatory damages, and the court will award back pay of $6,146.72, the amount stipulated by the parties.

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Here's how much more commercial insurers pay for the first year of dialysis than Medicare

Fierce Healthcare

Here's how much more commercial insurers pay for the first year of dialysis than Medicare. fdiamond. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 11:30.

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Taiwan-based non-profit develops AI software for diabetic eye disease diagnosis

Mobi Health News

It can diagnose diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema in 5-10 seconds.

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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.