Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2022

U.S. healthcare lobbying expenditures totaled almost $714 million in 2020, compared to $358 million in 2000, according to new research.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This new group can use various Fast Health Interoperability Resources resources as they pilot how to best adopt the SDOH Clinical Care FHIR Implementation Guide (SDOH CC IG) in screening, diagnosis, goal setting and interventions. WHY IT MATTERS. The pilot, funded under a cooperative agreement by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and Health Level Seven International (HL7), focuses on applying FHIR Gravity social risk terminology – to exchange information.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The report, citing unnamed sources, said a deal could emerge in the coming weeks.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By Aparajita Lath. Some COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers in the US have refused to share vaccine samples for research purposes , creating an access issue with the potential to delay comparator studies, follow-on research, and new vaccine / drug development. This issue may be the latest example of the tragedy of the “ anticommons ” in biomedical research.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Health problems periodically occur in a person, regardless of his age, social status, and gender. But on the way to timely access to medicines, there are a number of difficulties – lack of time, a […]. The article The Main Advantages of Online Pharmacies appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The company also announced a partnership with managed care organization CareSource to study the benefits of using virtual reality with patients receiving home and community-based services.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

What You Should Know: – Kahun , an evidence-based clinical reasoning tool for physicians, announces the publication in the International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI) of a first-of-its-kind study assessing the data-gathering function of currently available chatbot symptom-checkers. Out of eight symptom-checkers—K Health, Babylon, ADA, Buoy, Kahun, Mediktor, Symptomae, and Your.MD. – Kahun demonstrated the best overall performance in finding the most pertinent insights in a si

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The health systems say the virtual and in-home care company, called Ovatient, will provide more convenient offerings and a connection to higher-level care when needed.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The MIDAS V.I.E.W. system will prevent diversion of controlled substances and other dangerous medications in healthcare settings across the country. MIDAS Healthcare Solutions Inc. , the leading developer of technology-driven solutions to promote the safe use, handling, storage, return, and disposal of controlled substances and other dangerous medications in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, announced today a $1.19 million investment from IQ Inc. , an award-winning software development

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The tenth annual open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces is upon us. In a new issue brief for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR experts Rachel Schwab, Rachel Swindle, and Justin Giovannelli detail innovative outreach strategies employed by state-based marketplaces during the open enrollment period for plan year 2022—tactics that can be applied during the forthcoming enrollment season for plan year 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

For the 100th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are celebrating! Join us as we take a look back at the journey that brought us here. We’re discussing the big hits and lessons from the previous episodes. And then we look forward at what’s to come for us in the next 100 episodes. Here’s a preview of the questions and topics we discuss in this episode: What stands out for you from the last 100 episodes?

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Digital Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network has welcomed its latest cohort to its Digital Innovators Skills Programme.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A warning has been issued to the healthcare and public health sector about a critical vulnerability in the OpenSSL software library. OpenSLL is an open source cryptographic library that is used by most operating systems and applications for implementing Transport Layer Security for secure Internet communications, including connections to websites and web applications.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of global malaria efforts and examines the U.S. government’s role in addressing malaria worldwide, including current programs, funding, and key issues.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The company received the funds as part of growth equity financing.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a newsletter on cybersecurity awareness and how best to protect the privacy and security of confidential data. According to the newsletter, cybersecurity incidents and data breaches continue to increase across all sectors.

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Colington Consulting HIPAA Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Our series is designed to explain best practices about HIPAA compliance, HIPAA settlements, and the various requirements an organization must have in place under the HIPAA Security & Privacy Rules.

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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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Modern Healthcare

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Patients relying on life-saving machines at dialysis clinics fear locations may close if Proposition 29 passes.

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McGuire Wood

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Lee Equity Partners has announced it has acquired a majority ownership interest in Bradford Health Services from Centre Partners and other investors. Bradford Health , based in Birmingham, Ala., is a substance use disorder treatment provider in the Southeast. Founded in 1977, the company operates a coordinated network of 40 facilities. Lee Equity is a New York-based private equity firm that focuses on control buyouts and growth capital financings in the middle market.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

What You Should Know: – Mass General Brigham (MGB) has partnered with DexCare to improve consumer experiences and outcomes for virtual urgent care. – DexCare’s solution will allow patients to access care from MGB at their preferred time and format through simple, self-directed digital experiences = better patient acquisition, retention and experiences.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The HHS cybersecurity best practices serve as a guide healthcare organizations can adopt to improve their security posture. One of these best practices is security incident response. . HIPAA requires healthcare organizations to report security incidents to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). HIPAA defines a security incident as “ the attempted or successful unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, or destruction of information or interference with system operations in an information sy

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Health IT product news from Renee, Perimeter Medical Imaging AI, AGS Health, Lightbeam Health, CareCloud, OSF Healthcare, CareSignal, RhythMedix, Vivalink, Panda Health, Bright.md, HealthTap, PointClickCare, Zócalo Health, Innovative Payment Solutions, Veta Health, Penn State Health and more. The post Health IT Product News Report October 2022 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

What You Should Know: Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a prime spot on a $650M contract in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL). The Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning (AVAIL) contract provides VHA and the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) with the ability to fast-track the design, development, and testing of healthcare innovations.

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Healthcare Law Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In May, we discussed the final rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Final Rule”) issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”). In the Final Rule, CMS established certain marketing and communication requirements for Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations and Part D prescription drug sponsors (PDPs), intending to address complaints of inappropriate marketing that indicated it CMS

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By Stephen Dean - It’s shocking that communication remains a persistent problem within the health care industry. Despite the pandemic contributing to much-improved telehealth, as well as digitization, there are still major obstructions in communication avenues across the board. The post The Consequences of Poor Communication in Health Care appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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NCG Medical Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you’ve never heard of a patient care policy before, then you might ask yourself if your medical practice needs another piece of business writing. The answer is yes, it’s a good rule of thumb for your practice to have such a policy.

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As a wrap for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we rounded up all of the posts, tweets, advice, tips, tools and episodes that we have promoted throughout the month of October to encourage and show our readers how to #BeCyberSmart. The post Cybersecurity Awareness Month Wrap Up appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Jackson Lewis

OCTOBER 31, 2022

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month, and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has provided a timely reminder for HIPAA covered entities and business associates to have a written incident response plan ! To learn why another policy is needed, what an incident response plan needs to include, and the reporting obligations, read the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report here.

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McGuire Wood

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Lee Equity Partners has announced it has acquired a majority ownership interest in Bradford Health Services from Centre Partners and other investors. Bradford Health , based in Birmingham, Ala., is a substance use disorder treatment provider in the Southeast. Founded in 1977, the company operates a coordinated network of 40 facilities. Lee Equity is a New York-based private equity firm that focuses on control buyouts and growth capital financings in the middle market.

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