Center for Health Insurance Reform
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
As hospitals expand and take over outpatient care settings, consumers are facing additional charges in the form of facility fees when they see physicians and other providers. In a new post for Health Affairs Forefront, Christine Monahan and Linda Blumberg detail congressional proposals to reform billing practices that expose consumers to facility fees.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Kentucky ranks fifth in the U.S. for adults with hypertension, many of whose condition is not controlled. Untreated high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and other serious health problems. THE PROBLEM The traditional approach of seeing a patient in the office, prescribing medication, advising them on lifestyle changes to make, having them check their blood pressure at home and report back, has fallen short, said Dr.
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Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
By Ashley Shew Far too often, when people write and talk about technology and disability, stories are deeply shaped by ableism. Often when devices are painted as “solving the problem of disability” or “empowering disabled people,” they suggest that being disabled is itself a problem, and that people should try to be as nondisabled as possible. But pretending to be nondisabled is not a great way to live — to be in hiding or denial, to not give your body and mind the rest they deserve, to hurt you
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Agency scientists flagged numerous issues with Brainstorm’s stem cell treatment ahead of a high-profile Wednesday meeting of expert FDA advisers.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.” This is the key finding in a study from PRC on the implications of nurses’ dis-engagement from their work.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The Catholic health system reported another round of layoffs, this time affecting ancillary, support and overhead positions.
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Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kyle Bachman, senior recruiter, Goshen Health. It can be hard to see any silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic. But as impacted organizations re-focused on their basics in order to survive – if not […] The article What COVID Taught Us About a Train-and-Hire Program To Recruit Frontline Workers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Healthcare organizations are continuing to push the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rethink its coverage policy for anti-obesity medications. | Critics say that the view CMS has of certain anti-obesity medications is outdated and could be covered under Medicare Part D.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
For the 62nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Laura Marquez, Senior Director for Digital Transformation at the University of Utah Health (UofU Health) , to talk all about digital transformation! We begin this episode by looking at healthcare on the East Coast and on the West Coast to see if they are different or not.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Costco is joining retail competitors Walgreens, Walmart and CVS Health by expanding its healthcare footprint. | The big-box retailer teamed up with startup Sesame to offer special discount pricing to Costco members on a broad range of outpatient medical care services, including telehealth visits.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
AI & ML Intelligence As health systems deploy AI – using it for everything from simple process automations, to helping reduce provider burden, to advanced clinical decision support models, to expanding the possibilities of patient care – they're confronting some key challenges such as algorithmic bias, model transparency and sometimes clinician mistrust.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
President Joe Biden signed into law Friday a bipartisan bill that overhauls the country’s organ transplant system by increasing competition among contractors and paving the way for additional fundi | The bipartisan bill ends nearly four decades of an effective monopoly held by a third-party contractor and opens the door for more funding and network reforms floated by HRSA earlier this year.
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The total number of organ donation decisions registered for the first time through the NHS App has increased by over a fifth over the last year to 546,825.
HealthIT Answers
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
If you are attending the upcoming HLTH event in Las Vegas, starting October 8th, consider stopping by these booth or checking out these sessions. And don't miss checking out Darena Solutions' product announcement of MeldRx. The post Heading to HLTH? Add these to your Agenda appeared first on Health IT Answers.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Oracle has announced the launch of a new Clinical Digital Assistant, enabling healthcare providers to leverage the power of generative AI.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
As healthcare organizations embrace new care delivery paradigms with the addition of recent technologies, they must ensure that they have sufficient technical integration to support their goals.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
What You Should Know: – Laguna Health , an AI-powered care management platform launched its Caregiver Companion app, a fully-digital care experience for caregivers supporting patients throughout their post-hospital care journeys. – The app provides caregivers with greater visibility into the patient’s care pathway and access to the patient’s digital-first care team so caregivers can more easily manage the health and well-being of patients.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, states have taken action to protect and promote access to abortion. CHIR’s Rachel Swindle and Karen Davenport outline some of these state efforts as they relate to private insurance.
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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.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
What You Should Know: CirrusMD , a leading provider of scalable virtual care announced a national expansion of ongoing work with the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). This continuing work includes the expansion of VA Health Chat , which is provided to Veterans by CirrusMD on behalf of the VA, through its agreement with the prime contract holder, Iron Bow Technologies.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Women face greater medical costs than men and, as such, are getting significantly less value out of their benefits, according to a new analysis from Deloitte. | Women face greater medical costs than men and, as such, are getting significantly less value out of their benefits, according to a new analysis from Deloitte.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The wholesaler's members can access virtual and in-person appointments through Sesame's platform.
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
YouTube is continuing with its efforts to verify UK health workers on its channel in a battle to tackle the growing problem of health disinformation.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the technology landscape across the healthcare industry, and the transformation continues. Healthcare organizations around the globe are investing in new digital technologies to enhance care delivery, reduce costs, manage workforce shortages and adapt to evolving healthcare delivery patterns. Youzhi Li, PhD, director of healthcare at Keysight, said, “Newer technologies can address these common pain points, but their deployment also adds new technical hurdles.
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Cylera, a leader in healthcare IoT intelligence and security, has signed a new three-year agreement with Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.
Becker's Health IT
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft, announced that 13 of its healthcare clients' data was affected by the MoveIt software breach, The HIPAA Journal reported Sept. 19.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
While digital health still holds plenty of promise in healthcare, the lack of cohesion between Medicare, Medicaid and commercial health plans about just what digital services should be covered is a | Just how commercial plans cover digital health codes varies greatly, often leaving physicians confused about treatment options and patients uncertain about what they’ll have to pay for those services, according to the issue brief.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Led by 83North, This Round of Financing Brings Total Funding to Over $100 Million Ibex Medical Analytics (Ibex) , the leader in AI-powered cancer diagnostics, today announced it has closed a $55 million Series C financing round led by 83North. Additional participants in the round were Sienna Venture Capital and existing investors in the company, Octopus Ventures, aMoon, Planven Entrepreneur Ventures, and Dell Technologies Capital.
Becker's Health IT
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
A ransomware attack hindered the state of Maryland's ability to monitor patient safety at hospitals, The Washington Post reported.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Black patients are more often physically restrained in emergency departments than white patients and those of all other races are, thereby increasing their risk of physical and psychological harm a | The disproportionate frequency of physical restraints puts Black patients at risk of physical and mental adverse harm, researchers said while advocating increased investigation into any potential role individual, institutional and structural mechanisms of racism may play in the trend.
HealthIT Answers
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
By Aisha Pittman MPH & Clif Gaus ScD - NAACOS has been advocating for several changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program. We push for policies we feel would increase participation in accountable care organizations and help CMS reach its stated goal of having all Medicare beneficiaries in a relationship accountable for quality and total cost of care by 2030.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
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