Bill of Health

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By Matthew Chun. International collaboration through the sharing of health data is crucial for advancing human health. But it also comes with risks — risks that countries around the world seem increasingly unwilling to take. On the one hand, the international sharing of health-related data sets has paved the way for important advances such as mapping the human genome , tracking global health outcomes , and fighting the rise of multidrug-resistant superbugs.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The insurer paid outside vendors to conduct in-home visits with its plan members, then pressured the vendors to record high-value diagnoses that would lead to higher payments for Cigna, the DOJ alleges.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By Heidi Li Feldman. The more individuals must rely on their own judgment and effort to protect themselves from disease, the more they need information regarding the possibility of exposure to the cause of the disease. This simple proposition, combined with changes in how governments and institutions are approaching COVID, means that university faculty should rethink their role in keeping their students informed about COVID cases among class members.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A new report from Turquoise Health finds progress in compliance with federal rules created to help consumers comparison shop for medical services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Australian government is restoring its subsidy for bulk-billed video telehealth psychiatry consultations through a A$47.7 million ($30 million) investment in the October budget. Starting this November, people living in rural and regional areas and other eligible patients can once again access free video consultations for mental health. This comes as the latest funding will restore 50% fee loading to bulk billed Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) psychiatry services delivered by video telehealt

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Current procedures the HHS’ employs to make inventory decisions are hampering its ability to ensure the stockpile has the right resources in the right quantities to combat future crises, a GAO report found.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Naturally as healthcare moves into a more digital space, more tech is needed to accomplish every day tasks. This opens up a new market that is largely attractive to Big Tech. However, the success of this move varies from company to company. Some companies were able to organically integrate into the world of healthcare while others forced their way in.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – Viome Life Sciences , a mission-driven digital health company, announced additional $67M in funding toward its Series C round. – Led by Bold Capital Group, the $67M raise brings the company’s total funding to over $150M and will be used to support the development of its at-home tests that leverage precision nutrition to improve health and increase longevity by addressing the epidemic of chronic diseases, cancers, and aging. – Viome will expand its propri

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Calm Health, offered through providers, payers and self-insured employers, builds off the company's acquisition of Ripple Health Group.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – BioIntelliSense, Inc. acquires AlertWatch , an FDA-cleared, clinically proven patient monitoring solution. AlertWatch uniquely provides robust integration, data analysis and a patented intuitive display of contextual patient data for more efficient, actionable clinical decisions. – As part of the recently announced strategic partnership with Medtronic, its Patient Monitoring business will distribute AlertWatch to hospitals throughout the U.S. as a new offering

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The company will distribute AlertWatch to hospitals in the U.S. as part of its strategic partnership with Medtronic.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – EngagedMD, Inc. , a global technology company serving both clinics and patients in the fertility space raises $11M led by MonCap. – As part of the investment, EngagedMD welcomes Jonathan Sockol, Managing Partner of MonCap, to the Company’s Board. Modern Fertility Treatment. EngagedMD offers the leading eLearn and eSign solutions for the fast-growing fertility sector, supporting the journeys of more than half of all fertility patients in the U.S., U.K., a

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Digital Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) has laid out its digital strategy delivery plan, with a main ambition of becoming a digital leader in the NHS.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The newest offering is spirometry testing to evaluate patients for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Employees at West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne will be paid the same amount this Friday as they were for their last paycheck due to the ransomware attack on parent company CommonSpirit Health, KCCI reported Oct. 18.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. Key QHIN selection considerations for federal agencies and state and regional exchanges around control, innovation and flexibility. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs).

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A Montana nurse who admitted to stealing opiates while working at multiple healthcare facilities was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release. The government alleged in court documents that the defendant diverted opiates in 2021 while working at multiple healthcare facilities. In June 2021, a hospital manager discovered that the defendant, for at least the previous three months, routinely obtained oxycodone from the hospital’s pharmacy but did

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Healthicity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Our webinar on 2023 Coding Changes raised a lot of questions!

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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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Symplr

OCTOBER 18, 2022

"For me, as a nurse, I am always preparing for the unknown." —St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Nurse.

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Healthicity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

When we say “HIPAA Security Rule,” what comes to mind?

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As companies and organizations continue to face an escalation in cyberattacks, CIOs say their top investment priority in 2023 will be cybersecurity, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 17.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The nation's largest Medicaid insurer, Centene, has agreed to pay $165.6 million to Texas to resolve claims that it overcharged the state’s Medicaid program for pharmacy services. The deal was signed on July 11, 2022, but wasn’t publicly [.].

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Now on demand, Hello Healthcare episode. Join Chris Hemphill as they guide us through conversations with some of the leaders who see this new focus on digital transformation as a watershed moment for healthcare to keep iterating and see that this change continues far into the future. The post Patients Don’t Care About Digital Transformation appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A study publicized in August 2022 revealed that the complex coding structures used in the United States drive up medical billing costs. This helps to make the U.S. one of the most expensive countries for health providers to [.].

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – MEDITECH today announced it is extending its population health management offering with Expanse Population Insight, powered by the Innovaccer Data Platform. – Population Insight leverages the power of the Expanse platform for providing care delivery and data analytics with proven expertise in data aggregation and curation.

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By Tom Dorsett - The U.S. spent nearly $348 billion last year on prescription drugs, the highest in the world and an average of about $1,200 per person. To put this in perspective, Sweden spent about $350 per capita. High drug costs in the U.S. continues to be a threat to patient health and long-term outcomes. The post 5 Ways to Reduce Rx Cost without Burdening Physicians and Patients appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Shiv Gopalkrishnan, General Manager, EMR & Care Management, Philips. Care providers continue to face mounting pressures – from increasing staffing shortages to balancing patient needs across in-person and virtual settings and managing pent-up patient demand. Rather than navigating through fragmented digital solutions that feed care providers disparate data, more and more clinicians now rely on connected technology to access the care context, i.e. the right patient data translated into reliab

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By David Coppins - The tide has turned post-COVID: long-term care facilities are cutting their staffing agency budgets and planning to hire everyone in-house. So what do staffing agencies actually do for facilities, and how can a healthcare facility master those functions? The post How Nursing Homes Can Build Their Own Recruiting Pipelines appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Digital Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

To help alleviate NHS backlogs, Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) partnered up with Insource to create a single waiting list across the whole ICS to speed up elective recovery. This case study outlines how data was unified across three sites, how patients were prioritised and more.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed is notifying patients that some of their data may have been inadvertently sent to Facebook.

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