Bill of Health
JULY 18, 2022
By James Toomey. In my paper Narrative Capacity (recently published in the North Carolina Law Review ), I argue, among other things, that the legal system’s recognition of personal decision-making should be a function of personal identity, not (as it currently is) of an individual’s momentary cognitive functioning. One of the arguments on this score is as follows.
Healthcare It News
JULY 18, 2022
While interoperability and price transparency rules are supporting a movement toward better access to data, the industry is still struggling to transition from sharing information to shared decision-making. Unfortunately, without accurate information embedded in their workflows, providers can’t have meaningful conversations with patients about care costs or covered options, which negatively impacts a patient’s ability to access care.
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Healthcare Dive
JULY 18, 2022
HHS cited Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services for multiple HIPAA violations, including failure to disclose in a timely manner that patient data had been compromised.
Healthcare It News
JULY 18, 2022
The HHS Office for Civil Rights on Friday said it has settled nearly a dozen investigations of allegations of HIPAA Right of Access Initiative violations. WHY IT MATTERS. OCR's enforcement actions, which include some substantial monetary penalties for the following healthcare providers, and compelled them to furnish patients with timely copies of their health records: Peoria and Canton, Illinois-based ACPM Podiatry , failed to provide a former patient with his requested medical records, acco
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Healthcare Dive
JULY 18, 2022
The effort to scale up vaccine distribution comes amid concerns about supply constraints with case numbers projected to increase.
Healthcare It News
JULY 18, 2022
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Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 18, 2022
The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. With funding support from a broad range of federal agencies – Department of Commerce, HRSA, USDA and FCC – the health system has worked with more than 150 community hospitals, clinics, medical practices, schools and other healthcare entitie
Healthcare Dive
JULY 18, 2022
The FCC is officially closing the door on analog/copper POTS lines. Read what this means for the healthcare industry.
Mobi Health News
JULY 18, 2022
The toolkits are based on the Digital Medicine Society's Sensor Data Integrations project, which includes organizations like Amazon Web Services, Oracle, the Moffitt Cancer Center, Takeda and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 18, 2022
"A much higher update is warranted," the American Hospital Association said in a statement citing increased inflation.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 18, 2022
In this weekend’s Bonus Features (Aren’t Bonus Features great?!), you may have seen that Brian mentioned that Rhinogram has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for their secure communication platform for healthcare. Given the Rhinogram has been around for a long time, is used in 750 locations and across 50 different healthcare specialties, you may wonder why they chose to go the crowdfunding route.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 18, 2022
Currently, 18 drug manufacturers are limiting 340B discounts dispensed through pharmacies that contract with 340B providers, according to a letter from bipartisan House members to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 18, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has sent a warning to healthcare providers about the importance of compliance with the HIPAA Right of Access with the announcement that a further 11 financial penalties for HIPAA-covered entities that have failed to provide patients with timely access to their medical records. The latest batch of enforcement actions brings the total number of financial penalties imposed under the HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative up
HIT Consultant
JULY 18, 2022
What You Should Know: – Sutter Health , a not-for-profit integrated health system that provides high-quality care across Northern California has signed a 10-year agreement with R1 RCM to serve as their exclusive provider of enterprise revenue cycle management services. – The parties believe that the partnership will help improve Sutter’s overall financial performance with an estimated $400M in cost savings over the next 10 years, helping Sutter achieve more sustainable labor costs an
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Compliancy Group
JULY 18, 2022
Demonstrating their continued focus on right of access violations, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced 11 settlements and one HIPAA fine for medical practices across a wide variety of specialties. An examination of the specifics of each incident cites several reasons by the covered entities for not providing the requested records, including: Complete failure to respond.
McGuire Wood
JULY 18, 2022
Veritas Capital has acquired Coronis Health, according to Axios. Coronis , based in Sykesville, Md., is a healthcare revenue cycle management company. Founded in 2015, the company plays across several industries, including pathology, behavioral health, hospitals, surgery centers and primary care and specialty physicians. Veritas , based in New York, is a private equity firm that primarily targets technology or technology-enabled solutions for several sectors, including healthcare.
Symplr
JULY 18, 2022
Transfers—sending patients to a different facility and, alternatively, accepting patients from referring providers or hospitals—are regular occurrences. But unfortunately, so are the hampered communication and data management efforts surrounding them. In fact, most health systems waste significant time and resources trying to track down the provider information they need to quickly make the best decisions about patient transfers.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 18, 2022
The strategic partnership broadens access to high-quality and affordable pediatric mental health care at a critical time. Brightline , the category leader in virtual behavioral health care for children, adolescents, and families, today announced a $10M investment by Northwell Health , New York’s largest healthcare provider, bringing its total Series C funding to $115M.
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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
JULY 18, 2022
With Google, Meta and others pushing the envelope in artificial intelligence research, Chirag Shah, professor at the iSchool at the University of Washington, talks about some practical and ethical considerations.
HIT Consultant
JULY 18, 2022
Dan UpDyke, Strategic Marketing Manager Life Sciences at Rockwell Automation. The ability to navigate constant disruption is a prerequisite for success in today’s life science industries. To maintain their competitive advantage, businesses in this sector need to drastically boost their organizational agility and resiliency in the face of unprecedented market conditions and operational challenges.
Mobi Health News
JULY 18, 2022
The mental health startup seeks to scale its teams and commercial expansion plans across Asia with the funding.
Digital Health News
JULY 18, 2022
West Middlesex University Hospital is supporting women who have experienced a loss early in their pregnancy through the use of virtual reality headsets.
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Mobi Health News
JULY 18, 2022
Real-time, contextual communication improves patient outcomes, care team collaboration and the clinician experience.
Digital Health News
JULY 18, 2022
The Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network is calling for applications from early-stage SMEs for its fourth accelerator programme.
Becker's Health IT
JULY 18, 2022
An iPad with protected health information was stolen from Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in May, according to a July 17 report from City News Service of Southern California.
Digital Health News
JULY 18, 2022
Durham County Council has connected to the Great North Care Record, improving health and social care services for people in the local area.
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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.
Med-Net Compliance
JULY 18, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the owners of a Virginia skilled nursing facility (SNF). The owners also have an interest in 12 other SNFs, and the remedial terms of the settlement agreement apply to each of them. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that the facility had denied admission to an individual who is deaf because she would need sign language interpreting services while there.
Foster Swift
JULY 18, 2022
After the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) was tasked with responding to how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) would be affected. Particularly, HHS’s Office for Civil Rights has released guidance regarding how the HIPAA Privacy Rule may or may not permit disclosure of an individual̵
The Health Law Firm Blog
JULY 18, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 15, 2022, the United States again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans special access to free tests, vaccines, and treatments. The public health emergency was initially declared in January 2020, when the [.].
HealthIT Answers
JULY 18, 2022
By Curtis Bauer - Two consumer financial trends – a growing inclination towards “buy now, pay later” options and a desire by millennials to pay down debt – have combined to highlight the importance of providers’ offering digital patient engagement and payment options that deliver price transparency. The post Two Trends Represent Latest Evidence of Growing Consumerism in Healthcare appeared first on Health IT Answers.
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