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Medicare’s Open Enrollment Is Open Season for Scammers

Kaiser Health News

Finding the best private Medicare drug or medical insurance plan among dozens of choices is tough enough without throwing misleading sales tactics into the mix. Yet federal officials say complaints are rising from seniors tricked into buying policies — without their consent or lured by questionable information — that may not cover their drugs or include their doctors.

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Top 5 Digital Transformation Priorities for Healthcare Leaders

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, released the 2021 edition of “ The Science of Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Why It’s Vital for Payer-Provider Collaboration.”. – The survey report assessed more than 4,000 survey responses from healthcare professionals over the first six months of 2021 for their insights into healthcare organizations’ progress toward digital transformation.

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10 rural states launch lawsuit against CMS' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

Fierce Healthcare

10 rural states launch lawsuit against CMS' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. dmuoio. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 12:57.

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Healthcare will have to keep pace with majority minority population change

Healthcare It News

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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Majority of surgeons in new survey warn of longer wait times, care delays if Medicare cuts go through

Fierce Healthcare

Majority of surgeons in new survey warn of longer wait times, care delays if Medicare cuts go through. rking. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 15:30.

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BioNTech acquires EIT Health startup in fight against bacterial infections

Mobi Health News

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health has announced the acquisition of one of its supported startups PhagoMed GmbH, by BioNTech SE, in a bid to find new and alternative solutions to antibiotics that are losing effectiveness.

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Rad AI Nabs $25M to Automate Radiology Impressions, Save Time, Reduce Burnout, Improve Patient Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Rad AI , a Berkely, CA-based radiologist-led AI company, today announced $25M in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures with participation by several existing investors, including OCV Partners , Kickstart Fund , and Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused fund). – Rad AI Omni automatically generates a customized impression from the findings and clinical indication dictated by the radiologist, using the most advanced neural networks.

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Blue Cross NC teams with Teladoc for expanded telehealth services

Fierce Healthcare

Blue Cross NC teams with Teladoc for expanded telehealth services. pminemyer. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 11:49.

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AppliedVR Secures $36M to Scale Therapeutic Virtual Reality Platform for Pain Management

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AppliedVR , a Los Angeles, CA-based company advancing the next generation of immersive therapeutics, today announced $36 million in series B funding, bringing its total funding to $71M. The round, which included investments from F-Prime Capital , JAZZ Venture Partners , Sway Ventures and SVB Ventures , set up AppliedVR for rapid growth as it prepares for its decision from the FDA on its first de novo submission. – Virtual reality provides an immersive experien

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Medical Practice Perspectives from Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright at #MPE21

Healthcare IT Today

At the recent Medical Practice Excellence Leaders conference in San Diego hosted by MGMA, I had a chance to sit down and talk with Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright, President and CEO of MGMA. We’ve been lucky to talk to Dr. Fischer-Wright a number of times over the years and she always offers great insights into what’s […].

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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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Decentralized Clinical Research Will Be A Paradigm-Shifting Trend

HIT Consultant

Zeenia Framroze, Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Sharecare. The field of clinical research is on the precipice of change, and for good reason. Traditional clinical trials and processes are primarily confined to sterile, isolated clinical settings that are often narrow in scope and provider-centric. Researchers of tomorrow, however, already are identifying accurate and effective new methods to conduct and draw meaning from their work, after concluding that current models for clini

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Flywheel wraps up $27.5M Series C and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: Remote patient monitoring platform HealthSnap brings in $5 million, and behavioral health-focused Videra Health raises a $3 million seed round.

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Notable Labs Launches by Acquiring Rights to Volasertib – Will Use Data, AI to Fast-Track Cancer Treatment

HIT Consultant

Thomas Bock, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Notable. What You Should Know: – Coming out of stealth, Notable Labs , a pioneer and developer of predictive precision medicines, is acquiring worldwide development and commercial rights to volasertib, a PLK-1 inhibitor in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from Oncoheroes. – Notable will leverage its high-fidelity Predictive Precision Medicines Platform to identify and select volasertib-responsive patients prior to their treatment and fast-tra

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Things To Consider Before Getting Professional Certifications or Diplomas Online?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Individuals aspire to continue their education online, adding various certifications and diplomas to their CV. With time, professionals have invested in learning skills and modules online as per their feasibility and requirements. The online dental […].

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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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Urban Institute: Benefits of closing Medicaid coverage gap outweigh proposed DSH cuts

Fierce Healthcare

Urban Institute: Benefits of closing Medicaid coverage gap outweigh proposed DSH cuts. rking. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 13:01.

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Celebrating Veterans Day

Provider Trust

Veterans Day is celebrated annually on November 11th to honor veterans that have served in the United States Armed Forces. To celebrate Veterans Day, we reached out to some of our resident ProviderTrust veterans, Tom Dulin and Sean Geddis, to ask about their time in the service and what it means to them. Tell us about yourself and what you do for ProviderTrust.

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Hims & Hers launches mobile app for subscription members on Q3 revenue surge

Fierce Healthcare

Hims & Hers launches mobile app for subscription members on Q3 revenue surge. rtorrence. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 10:56.

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The Connection Between Hospital Readmissions and Post-Acute Care

Healthcare IT Today

Every healthcare organization knows the importance of reducing hospital readmissions. It’s the perfect example to demonstrate how healthcare gets measured and can be improved. However, while most hospitals and health systems know their readmission number, many don’t know what it takes to reduce that number. In fact, much of the discussion about hospital readmissions focuses […].

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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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Oscar Health posts another loss in Q3 even as revenue soars

Fierce Healthcare

Oscar Health posts another loss in Q3 even as revenue soars. pminemyer. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 15:01.

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How virtually 'scrubbing in' could help surgeons hone their skills

Mobi Health News

MobiHealthNews sits in on the first virtual surgery using Proximie and Teladoc's new combined technology.

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Amwell narrows 2021 revenue outlook due to delta variant impact on telehealth visit volume

Fierce Healthcare

Amwell narrows 2021 revenue outlook due to delta variant impact on telehealth visit volume. hlandi. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 19:33.

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Peloton launches connected strength training camera

Mobi Health News

The Peloton Guide will cost $495 and be available in the U.S. and Canada in early 2022.

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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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The Cost to Cover Health Insurance for a Family in America Is $22,221

Health Populi

Even with growing inflation in the U.S. and post-pandemic job growth in 2021, the cost of health insurance premiums rose faster than either the price of goods or wages. That family health plan premium reached $22,221, an increase of 22% since 2016, we learn in the annual report from Kaiser Family Foundation, 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey. This report is our go-to encyclopedia of statistics on health insurance year-after-year, surveying companies’ annual health insurance strategies f

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Google's new app aims to help folks with speech impairments communicate

Mobi Health News

The tool includes transcription and verbal repeat functions.

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Carbon Health's new hospital, specialist partner program will help its patients transition to higher acuity care

Fierce Healthcare

Carbon Health's new hospital, specialist partner program will help its patients transition to higher acuity care. dmuoio. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 09:32.

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AppliedVR scores $36M for virtual reality pain management

Mobi Health News

The Series B brings the company’s total raise to $71 million.

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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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The U.S. Congress and Global Health: A Primer

KFF

This primer provides an overview of congressional engagement in global health. It examines the structure of Congress and its role and key activities in global health. It then illustrates these by examining two global health examples: the creation and evolution of PEPFAR and the 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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La inscripción de Medicare es temporada abierta para estafadores

Kaiser Health News

Encontrar el mejor plan médico privado, o de medicamentos, de Medicare entre docenas de opciones es lo suficientemente difícil sin incluir estrategias de venta engañosas. Sin embargo, funcionarios federales dicen que están aumentando las quejas de personas mayores engañadas para que compren pólizas sin su consentimiento, o atraídas por información cuestionable, que pueden no cubrir sus medicamentos ni incluir a sus médicos.

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Chutes & Ladders—Surescripts CEO announces retirement; Ochsner appoints first chief digital officer

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Surescripts CEO announces retirement; Ochsner appoints first chief digital officer. dmuoio. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 16:15.

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Biotech Company Nuritas Raises $45M To Scale Its Peptide Discovery Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Nuritas , a biotech company that uses proprietary AI to discover plant-based actives (peptides) and make the products we consume healthier and more sustainable raises $45M in Series B funding led by Cleveland Avenue, LLC. The round also included participation from Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, VisVires New Protein, U2’s Bono and The Edge, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Ali Partovi. – Founded in 2014, Nuritas’ computational approach to discovery uses artificial

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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.