Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Among today's leaders in healthcare, few health system executives have the fortitude and patience to stand by a long-term investment until it pays dividends. CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd Dean, who announced that he is retiring in 2022, is someone whom we should all aspire to model. While.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The World Health Organization released a policy brief this past week aimed at combating age-related bias in health-related artificial intelligence tools. The brief , "Ageism in artificial intelligence for health," proposes a wide range of measures to ensure older people are effectively engaged in the processes, technologies and services affecting them.
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
It's not an uncommon story for nonprofits, which generally sit on a huge pot of investment assets, to see their bottom line boosted by returns. But the scale to which these returns hoisted Kaiser's net income sets 2021 apart.
Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
By James R. Jolin. Weatherization serves as an important yet strikingly neglected tool not only to meet vulnerable communities’ energy needs, but also to combat the negative health effects associated with the climate crisis. In the United States, households with lower gross income experience higher “energy burdens” — that is, the proportion of a household’s income that is expended to meet energy costs.
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The agency pushed back plans to expedite review of the shot in children under 5, seeking more data on a third dose. An advisory meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed as a result.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
While love can’t solve all of the world’s problems, it is absolutely a basic human need and a positive force for health and well-being. For today’s Health Populi blog, I have curated a big hug-full of posts I’ve written over the years building the evidence base of love as a determinant of health. As a sidebar, the graphic you see here — my “WiFi Heart” — was purposefully commissioned to my web designer to incorporate elements of love and connectivi
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
A joint security advisory has been issued by cybersecurity agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, warning about the increased globalized threat of ransomware attacks and the elevated risk of targeted attacks on critical infrastructure entities. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) have observed high-impact ransomware attacks against 14 of the 16 critical infrastructure sec
Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Learn how Virtual Construction technologies can make sure your next project is more efficient.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Gaps in patient care contribute to declining health for preventable conditions and cost health systems millions of precious healthcare dollars. Furthermore, COVID-19-induced delays to standard preventive care and routine screenings have exacerbated gaps in patient care. Now, as organizations play catch up to understand patients’ current health status, they can’t afford to waste limited resources on inefficient care processes and guesswork.
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Healthcare privacy laws in the United States are due an update to bring them into the modern age to ensure individually identifiable health information is protected no matter how it is collected and shared. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule is now more than 2 decades old, and while the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed updates to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that are due to be finalized this year, even if the proposed HIPAA Privacy Ru
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
What You Should Know: – Variantyx , a technology-driven precision medicine company providing advanced genomic testing for the rare genetic disorders, reproductive health, and precision oncology markets, today announced they have secured $41.5M in C-2 funding led by New Era Capital Partners and includes Peregrine Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, 20/20 HealthCare Partners, and Pitango HealthTech. – Founded in 2014, the Variantyx proprietary whole genome sequencing and analysis p
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Combined company will create one of the largest networks of at-risk providers, improving patient outcomes while lowering costs across the care continuum Signify Health, Inc. (NYSE: SGFY), a leading value-based healthcare platform that leverages advanced analytics, technology and nationwide healthcare provider networks, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Caravan Health, a leader in […].
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The Egyptian non-profit has teamed up with GE Healthcare to utilise AI to assess how well a patient is responding to neoadjuvant therapy, commonly used prior to surgery.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Healthcare, like finance, is a huge and highly regulated sector of society with many different types of institutions that have to exchange data. Both sectors have defined standards in the pursuit of seamless data exchange, and both now have a modern standard (FHIR in the case of healthcare; FIX in the case of finance) that […].
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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.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
A study published in JAMA Network Open found CCBT led to improved depressive symptoms in primary care patients compared with treatment as usual alone.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
For the 26th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Lee David Milligan, MD, CHCIO, CIO at Asante Health System. For those that follow along closely, you may remember Milligan from this previous interview and he carries over the great knowledge sharing in this episode. First, we dive […].
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The continuous glucose monitoring system can be used to measure glucose levels in adults with diabetes for up to six months.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is asking healthcare employers to take immediate actions to reduce worker injuries and illnesses. The request is largely due to data that shows U.S. healthcare workers experienced a 249% increase in injury and illness rates in 2020. Workers in healthcare and social assistance jobs combined have suffered more injuries and illnesses than workers in any industry.
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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.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The telehealth service is expanding across Asia two years since its launch in Singapore.
Symplr
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Fewer errors, improved safety, lower costs, better productivity: These are the promises of interoperability in any industry. Interoperability generally refers to setting up two or more systems to exchange data—and in healthcare, there are an incredible number of systems in play.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The company plans to use the new investment to build its team and client base.
Symplr
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Cybersecurity attacks can erode patient trust and create public relations nightmares, but the larger threat is their potentially devastating effects on patient safety. In an age of increasing cybersecurity threats, focusing on healthcare cybersecurity isn’t optional; it’s mandatory. The data on healthcare cybersecurity breaches—and the resulting threats to patient safety—are unsettling.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The company plans to use the funds to focus on the oncology space.
Medisys Compliance
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Compliant and accurate coding backed by comprehensive clinical documentation is crucial for ensuring physicians receive the highest level of reimbursement to which they are entitled. Inaccurate coding can delay payments, negatively impacting cash flow as insurance carriers withhold reimbursement until claims are corrected or appropriate supporting documents are received.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
MFine users can now book tests from Datar Cancer Genetics.
Innovaare Compliance
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Healthcare organizations establish Compliance Departments with the primary purpose of providing compliance oversight for the organization. Operational teams—such as the Member Services Department and the Appeals & Grievances Department—have significant compliance regulations, so they must know to maintain compliance. This includes CMS regulations for Medicare Plans, regulations for Commercial Plans and Medicaid regulations for state plans.
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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.
HIPAA Trek
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Email is a critical part of daily life and modern business: but is it HIPAA compliant? There’s no denying that, in a healthcare setting, email is convenient. It saves time and eases communication between internal staff, referring providers, and business associates. But it can also be challenging to ensure the security of Protected Health Information […].
The Health Law Firm
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 2, 2021, a doctor and his wife who had been indicted for their roles in a $1.3 million Medicare fraud scheme asked a New Jersey court to eliminate a bail condition. The doctor argued that the bail condition impeded his ability to practice medicine.
McGuire Wood
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Vesey Street Capital Partners (VSCP) and MD Healthcare Partners (MDHP) are partnering to build a healthcare services platform, according to a news release. The companies stated that the partnership will seek to acquire and build a multi-site organization aimed at increasing care quality and efficiency while reducing healthcare costs. VSCP and MDHP will each deploy committed capital to fund the platform through organic and acquisition-based strategies.
Compliancy Group
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
A ransomware hack of Morley Companies Inc. resulted in the possible compromise of the personal data of at least 521,046 individuals. The provider of business process outsourcing and meeting solutions to dozens of Fortune 500 companies revealed the ransomware hacking incident in a filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General and a post on their website.
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