Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

NSW Ambulance is promoting community emergency response by equipping volunteer responders with a mobile emergency alert and dispatch app developed in the United Kingdom. Called GoodSAM (Good Smartphone Activated Medics), the free app alerts a responder to nearby individuals – within 1,000 metres – in cardiac arrest. This allows them to provide CPR or use an AED before paramedics arrive.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Volatility in MA stars for the 2023 plan year is raising questions around the earnings outlooks issued by payers.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health technology company ConnectedLife and Fitbit. Called LifeHub+, the mobile app-based service seeks to connect clinicians and health coaches with patients who are at risk or dealing with preventable chronic health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It’s the latest demonstration approval from the agency, following others in Oregon and Massachusetts targeted at expanding access to coverage and addressing nutrition and housing needs.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Paperwork-intensive prior-authorization processes have become an impediment to timely healthcare delivery.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Researchers from Georgetown University advocate for more federal support to remove insurance-related obstacles to treatment.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Phoenix, AZ-based Valle del Sol Community Health has notified 70,268 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed. Valle de Sol did not state in its notification letters when hackers gained access to its network, or for how long they had access, but did confirm that the unauthorized activity was detected on January 25, 2022.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Explore potential consequences and remedies for 3 compliance risks in the healthcare payments space.

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Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Four out of five bills have at least minor inaccuracies, which can lead to piling of exorbitant medical costs, burning a hole in the medical pockets. Other typical errors include paying for the same service more than once or adding incomplete or inaccurate information for a patient. A billing department could misplace or misinterpret information from the doctor’s notes too.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The investigation comes after Washington's attorney general sued the system for pressuring eligible charity care patients to pay.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2022

What You Should Know: – The global femtech market size is expected to grow from $12.65 billion in 2022 to $22.29 billion by 2028, with an estimated CAGR of 9.9% from 2022 to 2028, according to the latest Insight Partners report. – The report reveals that the global femtech market growth is driven by increasing demand for medical devices used in the female health industry and growing demand for technologically advanced femtech products.

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of September that we think deserve sharing again. The post Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – September 2022 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A study published in JAMA Network Open found patients living in census blocks with inadequate broadband speed participated in fewer video visits after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

For the 99th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re talking about physician practices. We dive into the challenges that physician practices are currently facing and discuss what changes can be made to help them thrive. Next we take a look forward to see what technology will have the most impact on physician practices. Lastly, we discuss what organizations to look out for when it comes to physician practices.

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Hospitals 84

Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The company will use the funds to expand its platform and accelerate global commercialization.

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Digital Health News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Improvement Projects from the London Health Data Strategy programme is open for applications and will use local data to improve health outcomes.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) aims to remove insurance-related obstacles to mental health and substance use disorder treatment, but inadequate compliance has raised questions about health plan enrollees’ ability to access critical behavioral health services. In a new issue brief, CHIR experts look at current barriers to effective state enforcement and identify opportunities to improve MHPAEA compliance.

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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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The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 17, 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 to promote her business on social media. without his consent.

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Digital Health News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

NHS Provider's Saffron Cordery, and NHS Confederation's Matthew Taylor, explore how digital can help deliver ICS ambitions. .

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Milliman IntelliScript® , an insurtech company with risk assessment solutions for life and health insurers, has acquired OneRecord , a digital healthcare company that empowers consumers to access, aggregate, and share their healthcare data with the people and organizations they trust using standards-based APIs. OneRecord has two products: a consumer application, called OneRecord, that enables consumers to retrieve their own clinical and financial healthcare information for free, and a business-f

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Digital Health News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

NHS England has announced the winners of its Digital and Data Awards 2022, a part of the Year of the Digital Profession initiative.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The second largest nonprofit hospital chain in the United States has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The cyberattack has caused IT outages for over a week at facilities across the country. At one of the facilities, an emergency room nurse was so overwhelmed with the patient load that she called 911 and asked for help. Two area firefighters responded to the plea and worked in the emergency room for about an hour and a half until the situation was under control.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Radiology Associates of Albuquerque (aka RAA Imaging/Advanced Imaging, LLC) has recently notified patients that some of their protected health information was stolen in a cyberattack that was detected more than 12 months previously. RAA said suspicious activity was detected within its environment in August 2021. Prompt action was taken to secure its systems and prevent further unauthorized access, and an investigation was launched to determine the nature and scope of the incident.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Six health systems have reported that some of their patient and employee data has been compromised due to a ransomware attack against third-party printing vendor Kaye-Smith.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As healthcare practices continue to struggle to find qualified staff, one option to consider is a virtual assistant. It may sound complicated, but it’s an expansion of services that has been around for quite a while. We will explore two questions: is it possible to have a HIPAA compliant virtual assistant, and is it right for you? What is a HIPAA Compliant Virtual Assistant?

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SQA

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Los Angeles, CA, October 18, 2022 – Today, SQA Services, Inc. announced Michael Guymon has been appointed as the new SQA President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Guymon succeeds Mike McKay, who was appointed Co-Chairman after serving as President and CEO for the past 27 years. . “I feel privileged to take on the role of leading SQA forward at a pivotal time in the company’s history.

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Dot Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The 8 Principles of Quality Management are the foundation for guiding QMS Principles of ISO 9001, the most widely adopted quality standard in the world. The International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, created these guidelines, which form the cornerstone of quality and compliance. ISO 9001 gives organizations an operational framework to develop processes and procedures to make sure they are meeting the needs of customers, stakeholders, and abiding by the statutory and regulatory requi

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Symplr

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Hospital Price Transparency Rule has been in effect for almost a year. As an attorney, compliance software solution consultant—and healthcare consumer—I decided to try out the online tools to get a feel for the patient experience of tracking down prices for acute care. But first, some background.

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Health Law Advisor

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In September of this year, New York City Councilwoman Julie Menin announced her plan to introduce a series of bills that would create further price transparency requirements for hospitals, with noncompliance resulting in high financial penalties. The bill package would create an office of hospital accountability that would inform the public as to how much hospitals are charging for various services via a price transparency information portal, where hospitals would be required to provide certain

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