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What Do Medicare Parts A, B, C, D Mean?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the United States that provides coverage to people 65 or older and some younger people with specific disabilities. The program is divided into several parts, covering different […] The article What Do Medicare Parts A, B, C, D Mean?

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Lawmakers show bipartisan support for site-neutral payments

Healthcare Dive

Political will appears to be rising to equalize Medicare payments to hospitals and doctor’s offices for certain low-acuity services, according to lawmaker comments during a Wednesday hearing.

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Congress gives $10M to DoD, Philips to advance AI-driven disease prediction

Healthcare It News

New funding from Congress's Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies initiative will enable the Department of Defense Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure project with additional investment based on its success in demonstrating the use of artificial intelligence to leverage data from wearables could predict COVID-19 and other infections 2.3 days prior to diagnostic testing.

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Teladoc beats Wall Street expectations on first quarter results, raises guidance

Healthcare Dive

Teladoc raised its 2023 outlook following the first quarter results, which analysts said represented a strong start to the year.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Roundup: Sunshine Private live with Kyra EMR, MedicalDirector and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sunshine Private Hospital live with Kyra EMR, MedicalDirector Sunshine Private Hospital in Melbourne's west has gone live with Telstra Health's Kyra Clinical EMR system and MedicalDirector solutions. Kyra EMR, which provides real-time access to patient information anytime and anywhere, helps streamline care delivery at the newly opened 75-bed facility.

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Molina expects half of Medicaid enrollees gained during COVID to lose eligibility due to redeterminations

Healthcare Dive

Redeterminations, which began earlier this month, are not expected to result in a “significant margin impact,” Molina’s CEO said, as the payer raised its full-year guidance.

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Follow the (Medical) Record: Innovative Technology with Mark Thomas

MRO Compliance

Follow the (Medical) Record: Innovative Technology with Mark Thomas Host Don Hardwick interviews chief technology officer at MRO, Mark Thomas. Don and Mark discuss how the healthcare industry as a whole is responding to demands for innovative technology. Specifically, across the board, building technology capabilities that are flexible, configurable and granularly connected is increasingly important for all organizations.

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Ultromics receives Breakthrough Device Designation for AI cardiac amyloidosis tool and more digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Click Therapeutics has begun a clinical trial for its episode migraine digital therapeutic, and Digital Diagnostics is offering its AI-backed diabetic retinopathy screening at select Labcorp locations.

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Why Innovation Management Matters in Healthcare: Boosting Positive Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dan Pichette, executive vice president, Output. When we think of innovation in healthcare, what comes to mind? For many, it may be fancy diagnostic machines or breakthrough drug therapies. But sometimes, it can be […] The article Why Innovation Management Matters in Healthcare: Boosting Positive Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Charging Ahead with Enovate Medical and JAR Systems

Healthcare IT Today

A nurse or technician in a hospital is asked to do a patient intake or capture their vital signs. In modern hospitals, the staff are likely to grab a ‘workstation on wheels,” which is a computer on a cart, accessorized with useful tools along with a wireless connection. Or they may grab a tablet or cell phone. But can the busy staff person find a free workstation or device?

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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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DoE Issues New Guidance on FERPA and Student Health Records

HIPAA Journal

The U.S. Department of Education has issued new guidance for schools and postsecondary educational institutions reminding them of their obligations under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to protect student privacy, emphasizing the importance of keeping student health records private. Guidance has also been issued for parents, legal guardians, and students over 18 years of age on their rights under FERPA ( Know Your Rights ) with respect to student health records.

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Verisma and ScanSTAT Announce Merger, Providing the Strength and Know-How that HIM Departments Need for the Path Ahead

Healthcare IT Today

Merger meets growing demand by combining strengths and accelerating investment in people, technology, and service to lead the industry forward Verisma , a trusted disclosure management partner servicing diverse healthcare environments with their most complicated release challenges, and ScanSTAT , Release of Information (ROI) experts specializing in physician groups, ambulatory services, health systems and hospitals with expanded health information management (HIM) solutions, announced a merger

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Amazon sunsets Halo fitness wearable in the face of competitive, crowded market

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon sunsets Halo fitness wearable in the face of competitive, crowded market hlandi Thu, 04/27/2023 - 10:28

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Quest Diagnostics Acquires Haystack Oncology for $300M in Cash

HIT Consultant

Haystack Oncology was founded to dramatically improve patient outcomes with transformative precision oncology. What You Should Know: Quest Diagnostics has reached an agreement to acquire Haystack Oncology an early-stage oncology company focused on minimal residual disease (MRD) testing to aid in the early, accurate detection of residual or recurring cancer and better inform therapy decisions Under the terms of the agreement, Quest will pay $300 million in cash at closing, net of cash acquired, a

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Mailing Error at CMS Vendor Affects 10,000 Medicare Beneficiaries

HIPAA Journal

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has started notifying certain Medicaid beneficiaries about an impermissible disclosure of some of their protected health information due to a mailing error at one of its contractors. The incident occurred at Palmetto GBA, which the CMS uses to handle claims. Between January 8 and January 29, 2023, Palmetto GBA mailed Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs) to Medicare recipients; however, a computer programming issue with its print mail services res

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Partnership Brings At-Home Specialty Care to Patients with Heart Failure

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Sprinter Health , a mobile diagnostics company, and Story Health , a health technology and services company that provides scalable specialty care beyond the clinic, today announced their partnership to bring elevated healthcare into the homes of patients with heart disease. Heart disease is widespread and impacts nearly 50% of American adults.

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Bipartisan bill revives efforts to expand FTC oversight to nonprofit hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

Bipartisan bill revives efforts to expand FTC oversight to nonprofit hospitals aburky Thu, 04/27/2023 - 14:02

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10 Critical KPIs Every Successful Healthcare Organization is Implementing

HIT Consultant

Contract Logix white paper reveals the top 10 most important contract management KPIs and how to maximize their impact It’s critical for every healthcare organization to monitor and optimize its contracts and contracting processes using key performance indicators (KPIs). But how do you determine which KPIs are the most important to your business and how do you harness the data required to benchmark and track them?

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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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Chutes & Ladders—Kaiser snatches up chief digital officer, Allina names COO

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Kaiser snatches up chief digital officer, Allina names COO aburky Thu, 04/27/2023 - 16:54

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Practice Better Raises $27M to Support the Future of Health and Wellness Professionals

HIT Consultant

Nathalie Garcia, Founder of Practice Better What You Should Know: Practice Better , a leading, all-in-one practice management software platform for health and wellness professionals, announced today that it has raised a $27 million growth investment led by Five Elms Capital and follows a $1 million investment from Disruption Ventures in 2021. The investment will support the development of new integrations and strategic partnerships, as well as enhanced product features to help health professio

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Facing industry pushback, Joint Commission plans to introduce proposed sustainability measures as optional

Fierce Healthcare

Facing industry pushback, Joint Commission plans to introduce proposed sustainability measures as optional agliadkovskaya Thu, 04/27/2023 - 14:43

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GigXR to Develop Holographic Simulation Training for Combat Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Today, global holographic healthcare training providers, GigXR, announce a second Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop holographic simulation training for the 354th Medical Group United States Air Force (USAF). The contract signifies another step forward for XR as a means to deliver hyper-realistic, immersive training tools.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Amazon pulls the plug on Halo health tracking devices

Mobi Health News

The company will stop supporting its Halo division effective July 31, just three years after its inception.

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Mental and behavioral healthcare – bridging gaps with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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EVisit acquires Bluestream Health to build out digital tools as hospitals double down on telehealth strategies

Fierce Healthcare

EVisit acquires Bluestream Health to build out digital tools as hospitals double down on telehealth strategies hlandi Thu, 04/27/2023 - 12:03

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Fueling Innovation in Healthcare by Scaling Access to Protected Data

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dr. Suraj Kapa, Chief Medical Officer at TripleBlind Data is arguably the most critical driver of innovation in healthcare today. When you think about it, everything in healthcare hinges on having access to the right data: From developing new drugs and medical devices to allocating scarce resources amidst supply chain issues.

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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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Partnership Brings At-Home Specialty Care to Patients with Heart Failure

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Sprinter Health , a mobile diagnostics company, and Story Health , a health technology and services company that provides scalable specialty care beyond the clinic, today announced their partnership to bring elevated healthcare into the homes of patients with heart disease. Heart disease is widespread and impacts nearly 50% of American adults.

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New app personalises sleep cycle for hospital shift workers

Mobi Health News

It provides recommendations for sleep timing based on their work and personal calendar and records of sleep/wake times and mood.

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Healthcare organizations more reactive than proactive in cybersecurity, study finds

Becker's Health IT

A KLAS research report based on a survey of 48 organizations found that healthcare providers are more reactive than proactive when it comes to their cybersecurity posture.

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Teladoc posts narrower loss with boost from BetterHelp division

Mobi Health News

The virtual care company reported a net loss of $69.2 million and revenue of $629.2 million, an 11% increase from the first quarter last year.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.