Bill of Health

APRIL 14, 2025

Pharmaceuticals Whos Gonna Pay? The Impact of Tariffs on Pharmaceutical Products Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration has imposed numerous tariffs on imports to the U.S. with limited exceptions. Until April 7, 2025, pharmaceutical products had been one of those exceptions Published April 14, 2025 Author Jessica Samuels Share Share on LinkedIn Share on X Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration has imposed numerous tariffs on imports to the

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 14, 2025

For Medicare, telemedicine reimbursement and regulation has been about kicking the can down the road – more temporary extensions of COVID-era flexibilities. The current ones run out on September 30. It's April 2025 and healthcare still waits for a permanent solution from the government for telemedicine and Medicare – which tends to drive what Medicaid and private insurers do.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 14, 2025

The decision represents “the end of an era of being open to a broader conception of health within the Medicaid program,” one expert said.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

What You Should Know: – Healthcare providers who received emergency loans from UnitedHealth Group following the Change Healthcare cyberattack last year are now facing demands for full repayment, with some alleging aggressive tactics and potential withholding of future reimbursements, Reuters first reports. – The cyberattack in February of the previous year crippled payment and processing systems at Change Healthcare for extended periods, leaving many healthcare providers in dire fina

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 14, 2025

The Commerce Department has begun a so-called Section 232 investigation into the national security effects of the U.S. importing pharmaceuticals and their starting materials.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

Adam Hesse, CEO, at Full Spectrum The emerging technologies hype cycle had multiple AI applications at the peak of inflated expectations in 2023 and were just beginning the ride down to the Trough of Disillusionment in 2024 1 2. For years, its been said that the use of data and algorithms is going to transform healthcare. While true to a degree, we see that MedTech companies that invest in trends like artificial neural networks, analytics, big data analytics, and now AI, often struggle to yield

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

What You Should Know: – Merck Manuals , an independent medical reference resource announced a significant collaboration with Microsoft to integrate its comprehensive professional medical content into the healthcare agent service within Microsoft Copilot Studio. – The initiative leverages the power of Generative AI (GenAI) to provide clinicians with reliable, in-depth, and evidence-based medical information precisely when and where they need it most at the point of care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2025

Creates Industry Leader in Business Continuity and Data Accessibility for Hospital and Health Systems RLDatix (RLD) , a global leader in safety, workforce, and data solutions for healthcare systems, has acquired IPeople Healthcare , a leading provider of business continuity and data accessibility solutions that ensure seamless, uninterrupted access to EHR data for providers.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

David Talby, CEO, John Snow Labs Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and other general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) systems have demonstrated remarkable versatility, excelling in tasks such as summarization, content generation, and conversational interfaces. However, when it comes to medicine, the limitations of general-purpose AI become glaringly apparent.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2025

The following is a guest article by Ruston Miles, Founder of Bluefin In todays healthcare landscape, data security is a critical priority. With cyberattacks on the rise and patient data becoming increasingly valuable, healthcare providers face a pressing decision: should they adopt traditional end-to-end encryption (E2EE) or invest in next level point-to-point encryption (P2PE)?

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 14, 2025

The rate increase is the lowest since 2019. The American Hospital Association slammed it as inadequate.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2025

Merger Creates Nation’s Most Comprehensive High-Acuity Care Platform, Helping More Patients Receive Advanced Medical Treatment Where They’re Most Comfortablein Their Own Homes DispatchHealth and Medically Home today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, creating the country’s most comprehensive provider of advanced medical care at home.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

Research plays a key part in shaping every stage of nursing care. It offers data, ideas, and proven methods that can improve patient experiences and outcomes. Nurses often seek ways to keep their knowledge fresh and relevant in a field that is always changing. But how can they find topics that spark genuine curiosity and practical solutions? Exploring nursing research paper topics can guide them toward meaningful questions and effective interventions.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2025

For the 164th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast , we are talking about 23andMe and privacy! We kick this episode off by discussing 23andMe’s declaration of bankruptcy to theorize what we think this means for the company and what will happen going forward. Next, we talk about the privacy issues that come from 23andMe and other companies with a lot of healthcare data going bankrupt.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 14, 2025

By Eric Tygenhof MD FACS & Nadeem Dhanani MD MPH - Every day, over 11,000 patients age into Medicare, and as a result, the aging population is leading to an increased demand for care. Along with this shift comes a rise of snowbirds a group of patients who relocate to warmer locations during the winter and return to their home states in the spring.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

Roger Sands, CEO and co-founder of Wyebot What You Should Know: The landscape of healthcare is increasingly digital, relying on a robust and reliable network infrastructure to support everything from patient monitoring to advanced medical imaging. The latest generation of WiFi technology, WiFi 7, promises a significant leap forward in capacity, speed, and latency.

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Jane Sarashon

APRIL 14, 2025

As Weight Watchers prepares to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, I file the news event under “thinking the unthinkable.” “Thinking about the unthinkable” is what Herman Kahn, a father of scenario planning, asked us to do when he pioneered the process. In this book, for Kahn, “the unthinkable” was thermonuclear war, and the year was 1962.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 14, 2025

HIMSS, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has a global community of 125,000+ strong, and includes professionals from nurses to AI researchers. They bring insights from the worlds top health systems, including 430+ provider organizations, 500+ nonprofit partners and 550+ health services organizations. Here is some of their latest news.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

Dr. Scott Flamm, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer at SimonMed What You Should Know: – SimonMed Imaging (“SimonMed”) , an outpatient medical imaging provider and radiology practice across the United States announced the appointment of Scott Flamm, MD, as its new Chief Medical Information Officer. – Dr. Flamm joins SimonMed from the Cleveland Clinic, consistently ranked as the worlds top cardiovascular program, where he served as the Head of Cardiovascular Imaging.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 14, 2025

Two new memos update federal AI policy, which the White House says will accelerate innovation, strengthen public trust and prioritize U.S.-developed AI tools.

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Digital Health News

APRIL 14, 2025

The FDP Referral to Treatment clinical letters validation tool is live for testing at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 14, 2025

The G7 continuous glucose monitoring system will have a 15.5-day wear time and last 15% longer than Dexcom G7, according to the company.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Digital Health News

APRIL 14, 2025

Nominations for the Digital Health Awards 2025, which shine a light on the outstanding digital leaders in the NHS, are now open.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 14, 2025

A cardiothoracic surgeon and former host of an award-winning TV show, he now leads the largest agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, with a $1.7 trillion budget, tasked with delivering health outcomes for more than 160 million people. The post Dr. Mehmet Oz Shares Vision for CMS appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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HIPAA Vault

APRIL 14, 2025

Introduction: Digital Health Is Now Under Double Scrutiny In an age where healthcare data breaches cost over $10 million per incident, regulation is rapidly evolving to close loopholes in health data protection. The latest move? A revised FTC Health Breach Notification Rule that casts a wide net over digital health applications and consumer-facing wellness tools.

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MedTrainer

APRIL 14, 2025

There is so much work that goes into keeping provider data accurate. Every provider requires dozens of documents to be collected. When youre not collecting these documents fast enough, organizations fall behind on manual work, losing money, and causing operational efficiency to decline. At some point, provider data management solutions need to be introduced.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2025

What You Should Know: – Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) , the global leader in virtual care announced the appointment of Adam Weinstein as its new Chief Product Officer. – In his new role, Weinstein will be instrumental in guiding Teladoc Health’s product teams to continue driving growth through strategic product innovation. A key focus will be ensuring that the evolving needs of the company’s customers are directly translated into its product offerings. – Weinstein bri

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MedTrainer

APRIL 14, 2025

For many healthcare organizations, credentialing includes periodic checks of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). But malpractice claims, license actions, and disciplinary measures dont work on your schedule. A lot can happen in between sporadic NPDB checks leaving your organization exposed to serious financial and reputational risks. That leads us to the importance of centralized NPDB credentialing software and automated queries.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 14, 2025

Discover how a strategic focus on appropriate patient identification for MSK care significantly reduces costs, prevents unnecessary surgeries, and boosts patient outcomes.

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Physician Credentialing Company

APRIL 14, 2025

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, also called bone mass measure, is very important in the identification and monitoring of osteoporosis as well as other diseases of the bones. Code 77080 is assigned to a central DEXA, which is a non-invasive test used to determine the patients BMD. DEXA is a useful tool for diagnosing osteoporosis, assessing the chances of bone breakages, and evaluating the impacts of the implemented treatment plan.

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Advertiser: Celo

Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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