Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There was no change in telehealth use in the Midwest and Northeast in August, but utilization rose 4.7% in the South and fell 1.4% in the West.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A new project led by indigenous community leaders, together with researchers from the University of Queensland, seeks to link disparate health records of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders across health facilities to improve maternal and perinatal health outcomes. The Digital Infrastructure For improving First Nations Maternal and Child Health (DIFFERENCE) project has been awarded A$3 million in funding from the federal government's Medical Research Future Fund.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

One analyst asked whether not pursuing deals will pose a disadvantage in future years. CEO David Cordani said he is open to M&A but does not think acquisitions are a “silver bullet.

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Wyatt Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Best practices in IT data security include the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) but cyber threat actors are evading the data security that MFA is intended to provide. To combat this, CISA recently issued guidance and fact sheets urging the migration to phishing-resistant MFAs such as FIDO/WebAuthn and PKI-based MFA. If this is not feasible, CISA recommends the use of "number matching" in MFA applications to mitigate against MFA fatigue or push bombing.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

One year after its Iora acquisition, revenue from capitated contracts represents half of One Medical’s net revenue even though the provider’s at-risk members comprise just 5% of total membership.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Jonathan Montague, President & CEO at HotSpot Therapeutics. Forecasting the influence that artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning technologies will have on the future of healthcare has created a cottage industry in the hype. From the overzealous aspirations of IBM’s Watson Health initiative to the inclusion of AI on Gartner’s 2021 Hype Cycle at the “Peak of Inflated Expectations,” so much noise has been made around AI/machine learning in healthcare that it can be difficult to appr

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

What You Should Know: – Transcarent and Prescryptive Health announced today a partnership to provide the industry’s most immersive, intelligent, and individualized pharmacy care experience. – Transcarent Pharmacy Care empowers Transcarent Members and their families with an entirely different consumer-directed experience that truly transforms their health and care journey and provides, for the first time, employers and health systems with maximum control over their formulary, benefit

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Health Law Checkup

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

From policy to patients and everything in-between, the health care industry is constantly evolving. Check out this discussion with Eric Tower and Dr. Lee Sacks regarding the shifts in society to understand where health care is headed. The pair addresses the concerns that employers are anticipating related to cost and the unsustainable losses that hospitals are facing.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Yishai Knobel, CEO and co-founder of RxWare. Imagine visiting your doctor’s office. Instead of swiping a copay card and filling out a paper form by hand, the receptionist says, “We take Apple Health.” You wave your iPhone over a digital kiosk, instantly uploading your current medical record and insurance information. Your copay is then deducted from a health savings account.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The ongoing Apple Women's Health Study found a small and temporary increase in average menstrual cycle length associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Researchers noted there's no evidence the vaccine affects fertility.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

What You Should Know: – Growth equity investor SEMCAP is launching SEMCAP Health , its healthcare investment strategy to address the significant opportunities at this unprecedented time in the healthcare industry. – SEMCAP Health takes influential minority or majority positions in high-growth healthcare tech and tech-enabled services business.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. Effective content management can help hospitals, health systems, and large ambulatory groups turn piles of paper and digital content into actionable data. The best document management systems drive improvements by not only storing digital healthcare data, but by also ensuring data is easily accessible enterprise-wide.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Yishai Knobel, CEO and co-founder of RxWare. Imagine visiting your doctor’s office. Instead of swiping a copay card and filling out a paper form by hand, the receptionist says, “We take Apple Health.” You wave your iPhone over a digital kiosk, instantly uploading your current medical record and insurance information. Your copay is then deducted from a health savings account.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services plans to make reSET and reSET-O available through providers in outpatient settings.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

What You Should Know: – Veta Health announced today the launch of its virtual care offering at Parkview Health (Parkview) , a not-for-profit, Indiana-based network of 10 hospitals and more than 100 clinics. – In partnership with Veta Health, Parkview will offer its patients virtual care programs designed to support patient recovery and self-management at home.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The acquisition of Epion by Kyruus continues the company’s push to encompass more of the patient journey. The combined company can now offer healthcare organizations a more complete patient access solution. Patients can now search easily for a provider, book an available appointment, fill out all the necessary paperwork electronically ahead of that appointment and check-in online.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Numares AXINON® System. What You Should Know: – Mayo Clinic and Numares Health have expanded their collaboration recently to develop AI-enabled diagnostic testing that is more accurate and reliable than current U.S. tests for patients with chronic diseases, including kidney, cardiovascular, liver and neurologic conditions. – The expanded collaboration builds on Mayo Clinic’s clinical research support for Numares Health to include an innovative convertible equity investment.

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Digital Health News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A report by The King’s Fund has highlighted the importance of relationships and technology for interoperability to progress in integrated care systems.

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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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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The medical claims processor, CorrectCare Integrated Health, has recently notified its clients that the protected health information of some of their patients was accidentally exposed over the Internet and may have been accessed by unauthorized individuals. On July 6, 2022, CorrectCare discovered two file directories on its web server had been misconfigured and could be accessed over the Internet without requiring authentication.

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Digital Health News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

999 callers who are hearing-impaired can now use a newly launched app to connect to a British Sign Language interpreter to translate their emergency call.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York. Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively l

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

They can access Intellect's self-guided CBT programmes and one-on-one coaching until April next year.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Several more providers of anesthesia services have confirmed they have been affected by a data breach at their management services organization (MSO). Last month, HIPAA Journal reported that 13 providers of anesthesia services to hospitals had been affected by the breach. At least five more healthcare providers are now known to have been affected. The latest announcements bring the breach total up to 410,842 records.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Also, Syntekabio has launched its cloud service platform for AI drug discovery.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) produced a new video on recognized security practices for organizations covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules. Recognized security practices can help organizations improve their ability to safeguard patient information from cyberattacks and better safeguard healthcare services.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Transcarent announced it would expand into the pharmacy benefit space in September.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Gary Long, EVP & CCO at R1 RCM. The healthcare industry is facing unprecedented challenges, including severe labor shortages. According to a recent study, more than nine in 10 health systems and physician groups are experiencing a workforce shortage in revenue cycle management (RCM) , with many of those reporting vacancies in over half of their RCM roles.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 16, 2022, 50 Cent, the rapper and entrepreneur, sued a plastic surgeon and her Sunny Isle Beach, Florida, medical practice in federal court. The suit alleges that the doctor used photographs she took with 50 Cent [.].

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McGuire Wood

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

McGuireWoods has long been an avid supporter of the advancement of professional women. As part of our initiative seeking to expand the leadership of women in private equity, we are continuing our series of profiling women leaders in private equity. We are hopeful that this series will serve to inspire other women to pursue their careers in private equity in a way that best challenges and motivates them, which these impressive women have all done.

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Health Law Checkup

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

From policy to patients and everything in-between, the health care industry is constantly evolving. Check out this discussion with Eric Tower and Robert Friesen regarding the shifts in society to understand where health care is headed. Robert addresses population health across the world and the United States and what changes he believes would bring significant improvements.

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