Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The group of leading experts gathered virtually to discuss the importance of harnessing technology to gain health insights from data, and their findings were discussed on Day Two of the HIMSS21 Middle East session around 'Leveraging Data and Technology to Advance Population Health Management' The session participants were: Dr Ada Al-Qunaibet, Director of Public Health Research and Health Statistics, Public Health Authority Saudi Arabia; Dr Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer, HIMSS, U

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Making caregivers' lives easier should be one of the primary goals of any healthcare provider organization's IT shop. Throwing too many solutions with too many workflows and too many log-ins at physicians and nurses is a recipe for failure. With telehealth a mainstream technology today because of the necessities of the COVID-19 pandemic, caregivers need the technology to be a natural part of their workflow and an easy way to connect with patients.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Major insurers won't pay for Biogen's Alzheimer’s drug until they get more proof that it works: Bloomberg survey. rking. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 16:43.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Digital care applications are among the most wanted innovations in the Germany.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Survey: Majority of Medicaid managed care plans offered health equity benefits in 2020. rking. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 14:40.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Industry Voices—Health plans look to HIEs while expanding population health work. hlandi. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 20:23.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This news comes just weeks after Philips announced its plans to acquire Cardiologs.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

White House unveils $1.5B investment to train over 22,700 new healthcare providers. dmuoio. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 14:29.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The resignation comes a week after the company announced its cofounders were leaving their roles.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Digital MSK provider Sword Health gets $189M, boosts valuation to $1.8B. rtorrence. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 11:33.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Also: RenalSense scores $14 million for its renal diagnostic, and InsurMedix rakes in $15 million for fertility insurance.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Patient engagement platform Luma Health picks up $130M to automate provider-patient communications. rtorrence. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 16:18.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The news comes just as Pear is finalizing its SPAC merger.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Patient engagement platform Luma Health picks up $130M to automate provider-patient communications. rtorrence. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 16:18.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

SWORD raised $163 million in Series D funding, which allowed for a secondary round where it scooped up another $26 million.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For the 20th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Bryan Bliven, Chief Information Officer at MU Health Care. MU Health Care was recently awarded the HIMSS Davies Award as one of only nine healthcare organizations that have been selected as a Davies award winner twice. In this […].

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Provider Trust

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As the healthcare industry continues to modernize and more processes become automated, important data has become decentralized. We use more software solutions today than ever before and getting those tools to communicate can be a major challenge. When we get into the specifics of software integrations, things can get confusing. What’s best for my organization?

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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 IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The following is a guest article by Sean Deuby, Director of Services at Semperis. No business sector is safe from ransomware attacks these days. But one industry that has been increasingly under attack—and has life-or-death consequences—is healthcare, as recently uncovered in a new research report from the Ponemon Institute. In the last year, cyberattacks on […].

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

What You Should Know: – Today, global health IT company, Edifecs announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Health Fidelity, a San Francisco-based tech provider. Together, the companies will offer health plans and provider customers with the most complete risk adjustment solution in healthcare. Edifecs , Inc., a health information technology solutions company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Health Fidelity , a leading provider of risk a

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

PayZen, a mission-driven fintech company tackling healthcare affordability, today announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. SignalFire led the round, with participation from Link Ventures and 7wireVentures, as well as existing investors Viola Ventures and Picus Capital, bringing the total amount raised to $20 million. Medical debt is a $300B problem in the US; nearly one in […].

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

John Kelly, Principal Business Advisor, Edifecs. The healthcare industry is now closer than ever to its quest for true interoperable data exchange. July 1, 2021 was the enforcement date for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interoperability and Patient Access final rule. The rule requires that all healthcare payer organizations participating in a CMS program allow members to download and share their data using API’s (Application Programming Interface).

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Improving Equity in Public Health: Four Lessons Learned from COVID-19. admin. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 11:41.

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OSHA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Four separate groups of petitioners challenging the OSHA ETS, including a coalition of 27 states, have asked the court to hear the OSHA challenge en banc, arguing that the case involves a question of exceptional importance in that it is an “unprecedented mandate of COVID vaccines based on a rarely used law of questionable applicability.” Bentkey Servs., LLC d/b/a The Daily Wire v.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Humana reaches value-based care deal with Minnesota-based Allina Health. rking. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 12:26.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A survey put forward by the national healthcare, life science and workforce management law firm Epstein Becker Green found that telemental health services have increased in quantity this year – as have fraud-related enforcement actions at the state and federal levels. "These enforcement actions demonstrate that the telehealth industry should not only consider the law from a policy and operations perspective, but should also invest in a robust compliance infrastructure," wrote rep

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Ascension eked out $25M operating income as COVID-19 surges racked its southern hospitals. dmuoio. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 17:24.

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Health Law Advisor

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this episode of the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast : We’re beginning to see how mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry are being impacted by President Biden’s executive order promoting competition in the American economy. The Federal Trade Commission recently announced policy changes, and the Department of Justice has been asked to consider policy changes, that boards of directors and C-suite officers must take into account when weighing transactions.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Higher expenses couldn't derail Advocate Aurora's profits in Q3 2021. dmuoio. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 12:29.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw continued ups and downs when it came to telehealth use. A few months after widespread vaccine use emboldened some patients to seek in-person care, the Delta variant began to drive case numbers up again – and many individuals, having experienced the convenience of telehealth, continued to take advantage of the modality.

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