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Please Keep Your Masks On

Bill of Health

By Chloe Reichel. What is more important: your comfort, or a person’s life? These are the stakes of the move to unmask in the U.S. . The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new guidance , which suggests that many people in the U.S. can stop wearing masks, has attempted to change the reality of our COVID risk landscape by assigning new colors to risk levels and massively shifting the parameters of these criteria.

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CMS redesigns controversial Medicare direct contracting model

Healthcare Dive

The decision to retain the direct contracting model — albeit with numerous changes and a new name — was met with mixed reactions from stakeholders.

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Geospatial analysis is helping improve community health outcomes

Healthcare It News

One of the tenets of UVA Health's mission is community and health equity. The health and well-being of people in its community, especially those who are challenged by social determinants of health, can be improved through community-based care. With that in mind, UVA Health and its partners have launched WellAWARE, a program that provides community health services to targeted neighborhoods in Central Virginia.

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For-profits focus more on outpatient care as inpatient volume remains depressed

Healthcare Dive

Inpatient volumes for non-COVID-19 care have flagged throughout the pandemic, leading some operators to focus more heavily on outpatient service lines like ASCs and freestanding emergency departments.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Teladoc to partner with Amazon on Alexa-enabled virtual visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Teladoc Health announced this week that it was partnering with Amazon to launch voice-activated virtual care on Alexa-supported Echo devices. According to the companies, U.S. customers around the country can connect with a Teladoc provider via audio at any time for general medical needs. "By introducing and integrating our virtual first care experience with Echo devices, we are providing an innovative and convenient way for users to connect with a doctor," said Donna Boyer, chief produ

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Healthcare sector on alert for cyber threats in wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Healthcare Dive

AHA is especially concerned that some hospitals were collateral damage after Russia targeted Ukraine in a 2017 cyberattack that quickly spilled worldwide.

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A battle on two fronts: Fighting to end stigma and the obesity epidemic

Healthcare Dive

It's not just about research. Battling misconceptions is key to advancing obesity care and improving the lives of people living with the disease.

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NIST Requests Comments on How to Improve its Cybersecurity Framework

HIPAA Journal

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking feedback on the usefulness of its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (NIST Cybersecurity Framework) and suggestions on any improvements that can be made. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was released in 2014 to help public and private sector organizations implement cybersecurity standards and best practices to improve their cybersecurity posture, better defend against cyber threats, and quickly identi

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HHS sets out plans to make medical device, diagnostics supply chains pandemic-proof

Healthcare Dive

The department wants to shore up the public health supply chain by investing in personal protective equipment, durable medical equipment and testing.

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The demise of single-payer in California trips up efforts in other states

Modern Healthcare

The failure of single-payer healthcare legislation in California casts doubt on the ability of other states to pass government-run, universal healthcare. But activists in New York, Washington state, and elsewhere say they are taking lessons from California and changing their tactics.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Apple, Harvard research highlights relationship between PCOS, heart health and diseases

Mobi Health News

Preliminary data from the women's health study shows individuals with PCOS are more likely to have Type 2 diabetes and obesity than those without the condition.

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New Data Show Medical Debt Disproportionately Affects the Most Vulnerable Populations

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Unpaid medical bills are among the largest contributors to personal debt in the United States. Evidence indicates that medical debt disproportionately affects people of color and individuals with lower incomes. CHIR’s Maanasa Kona reviews new data from the Census Bureau and state court records that demonstrate the disparate impact of medical debt on vulnerable populations, and explores what policymakers can do to protect consumers from aggressive debt collection.

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PT Team Member Spotlight: Meet Rob

Provider Trust

Meet Rob Clayton! He has been a part of ProviderTrust since the early years of our office sharing space with Nashville SC and been an integral part of our growth. Rob is an amazing leader, manager, friend, and father and we are grateful to work alongside him. Tell us about yourself and what you do for ProviderTrust. Hi! I’m a Husband to Casey and father of 2 little ones, Josie and Calvin.

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2022 Security and Compliance Tips, Threats, and Trends

Compliancy Group

As 2022 unfolds, the security and compliance threats to organizations and healthcare practices look a lot like a repeat of 2021: more ransomware threats, recycling old scams and finding new flaws to exploit. . Where should your focus be regarding 2022 security and compliance, and what are the best 2022 healthcare security tips to protect your organization?

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

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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4 ways to streamline compliance using cloud technology

MedTrainer

Ponder this strange fact: many of the same healthcare organizations that treat patients with the most cutting-edge technology still use administrative systems from one hundred years ago — paper forms stored away in filing cabinets.… The post 4 ways to streamline compliance using cloud technology appeared first on MedTrainer.

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Teladoc Health and Amazon Team Up to Launch Teladoc on Alexa

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Whole-person virtual care provider Teladoc Health , today announced a first of its kind experience with Amazon Alexa with the launch of voice-activated general medical virtual care on supported Echo devices. – Customers in the U.S. will now be able to connect with a Teladoc care provider 24/7 from supported Echo devices for general medical needs.

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Hearing Health Technology Making A Difference

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Many people with hearing loss benefit from wearing hearing aids and using other technology. Permanent hearing loss can’t be cured but it can be treated with the right tools and aids. Hearing aids have come […]. The article Hearing Health Technology Making A Difference appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Crisis in the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: Why It’s Time to introduce AI

HIT Consultant

Andrew Pucher, CEO of Dascena, Inc. One of the many acute challenges during the pandemic has been the departure of approximately 18% of the U.S. healthcare workforce, 4 resulting in staffing shortages in hospitals. This has impacted the well-being of the remaining healthcare practitioners 5 as well as their patients – many of whom are deferring care that is vital to disease management and overall maintenance of health, 6,7 or who do not have access to timely emergency care. 1 Though such challen

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Why Getting A BSN Is Worth It

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Have you finally decided to advance your career? If so, this is the right place for you to be. After being in a profession for some time, it is natural to feel stagnant and bored […]. The article Why Getting A BSN Is Worth It appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Butterfly Launches System-Wide Ultrasound w/AI-Guided Option

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Butterfly Network today launched Butterfly Blueprint , a system-wide platform that supports scaled deployment of ultrasound across hospitals and health systems. – Blueprint integrates ultrasound information into health systems’ clinical and administrative systems and workflows. That means clinicians across all disciplines now have a tool that allows them to see and know results sooner to drive better care decisions, efficiency and outcomes.

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Report: About a quarter of Americans used telehealth during COVID-19

Mobi Health News

According to Trilliant Health's trends analysis, 45.7% of telehealth patients only had one visit.

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Food Insecurity, Energy Prices, and Medical Debt Spike in February 2022

Health Populi

There’s a trifecta cost challenge hitting U.S. household budgets in February 2022, highlighted in a poll from Morning Consult : inflationary spikes for housing, food, and energy, and the COVID-19 Omicron variant forcing health care costs up for some consumers driving medical debt up. This further underscores the reality that medical spending in the U.S. is taking shape as a consumer service or good, competing with — potentially crowding out — other household line items like foo

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Operations AI startup Qventus scores $50M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: Vocal biomarker company Kintsugi raises $20 million, VR startup XRHealth scoops up $10 million and Gesund.ai emerges from stealth with $2 million.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 27: Health IT Talent Shortage and Equity with Michael Saad

Healthcare IT Today

For the 27th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Michael Saad, Senior VP and CIO at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. In this episode we learn about Saad’s experience outside of healthcare and what we can learn from that background. Plus, we dive into a number […].

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Healthcare Discrimination Based on Disability – Still Prohibited in the Pandemic!

Health Law RX

It may seem as though the pandemic is coming to an end, but while COVID cases are declining, they have not ceased. As the pandemic continues, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights issued new guidance on February 4, 2022 to remind healthcare providers that federal disability laws remain in place. The new guidance recognizes that during a public health emergency, such as the one caused by the pandemic, when resources can be scarce, individuals with disabilities

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GHX Acquires Syft, AI-Powered Hospital Supply Chain Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today GHX announced its acquisition of Syft , a leading provider of AI-enhanced inventory control and end-to-end supply chain management software and services. – As a wholly-owned subsidiary of GHX, Syft joins GHX’s value-based care division’s growing portfolio of solutions that help modernize the supply chain. Modernizing Healthcare Supply Chain to Overcome COVID-19 Related Challenges.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Federal District Court Vacates QPA Rebuttable Presumption Provisions of No Surprises Act Regulations

Health Law Advisor

On February 23, 2022, in the case captioned Texas Med. Ass’n v. U.S. Dep’t of Health & Human Servs. , No. 6:21-cv-00425-JDK (E.D. Tex.), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued the first major judicial decision addressing implementation of the new federal No Surprises Act, which went into effect nationally on January 1, 2022.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: THL Leads Growth Investment in Qventus

McGuire Wood

Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) has led a $50 million growth investment in Qventus, according to a news release. Qventus , based in Mountain View, Calif., is a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-based software for care operations automation. Founded in 2012, the Qventus platform integrates with EHRs and uses AI and behavioral science to support its solutions for inpatient, emergency department, perioperative and command center settings.

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5 Ways to Encourage Employee Engagement in Healthcare | symplr

Symplr

Every business requires engaged employees—they’re happier, they perform better , and are less likely to leave an organization. They’re arguably more essential in healthcare, where a competent, dedicated, alert provider or staff member could mean the difference between life and death for a patient. The stakes of employee engagement go beyond patient safety to include quality and the achievement of outcomes affecting reimbursement.

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Improving Denial Management Process of Your Practice

Medisys Compliance

Denial Management is a key process of revenue cycle management. It is the process where every unpaid claim is investigated. It helps practices quickly and easily determine the causes of denials, know the future risks, and get paid faster. When practice deals with government and various private insurance carriers and that too for various billing scenarios, each denial is different.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.