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Telemental Healthcare Access Act would repeal in-person service requirements

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A bipartisan group of senators this week introduced the Telemental Healthcare Access Act of 2021, geared toward reducing hurdles to providing virtual behavioral health services. The bill, introduced by Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Ben Cardin, D-Md., and John Thune, R-S.D., would remove the statutory requirement that Medicare beneficiaries be seen in person within six months of receiving mental health services through telehealth.

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Vyne Medical Launches Refyne, a SaaS Platform To Facilitate Electronic Submission of Medicare Audit Responses

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Vyne Medical today announced the launch of its new Refyne platform. Purpose built for healthcare, Refyne is designed with the look and feel of a modern consumer-facing app and features to help optimize administrative workflows […]. The article Vyne Medical Launches Refyne, a SaaS Platform To Facilitate Electronic Submission of Medicare Audit Responses appeared first on electronichealthreport

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How telehealth overcomes barriers to cleft palate care and speech therapy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine can have long-term health equity benefits, including allowing providers to reach more patients in remote regions without travel requirements and see an increased number of patients in need who have historically avoided care due to stigma. To discuss virtual care and health equity, Healthcare IT News interviewed Dr. Cate Crowley , professor of practice, Teachers College, at Columbia University in New York City.

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The Benefits of HIPAA For Patients, Doctors, and The Healthcare Industry

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that mandates the creation of national standards to protect delicate and private patient medical history and health information from being disclosed […]. The article The Benefits of HIPAA For Patients, Doctors, and The Healthcare Industry appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) Drive Additional 2X+ in Referral Revenue

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Mike Linnert, Chief Executive Officer & Founder at SymphonyRM. Most healthcare systems don’t think about the annual wellness visit (AWV) as a way to drive the holy grail in healthcare: better health outcomes and increased revenues. I’m going to make the argument here that they should. Less than […].

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What is a Medical Coder? How Do I Become One?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Medical coders are health information professionals that analyze and translate medical procedures and records into standard codes. Medical coders work on diagnoses, treatment procedures, supplies, and other valuable medical information that government agencies, insurance companies, […].

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Google Cloud, HCA Healthcare Agree To Partner On Data Analytics Platform

Healthcare IT Today

This week, HCA Healthcare and Google Cloud announced that they have teamed up to create a new analytics platform. The platform is intended to build on HCA’s long-term digital transformation strategy. The provider already has data from 32 billion encounters available, which it uses to take steps such as developing algorithm-informed decision support tools for […].

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HIMSSCast: From big pharma to the startup world

Mobi Health News

YourCoach COO and podcast host Eugene Borukhovich on his journey and his insights on digital health and digital therapeutics.

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The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

Health Populi

Wherever you live in the world touched by the coronavirus pandemic, you felt (and were) stress-tested. Both you were, and your home was as well. In this year’s 2021 annual report by Deloitte into Connectivity & Mobile Trends, their report details How the pandemic has stress-tested the crowded digital home. This analysis was done, as it is every year, by the Deloitte Center for Technology, Media & Telecommunications.

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New telehealth platform in Malaysia to offer unlimited teleconsultations through monthly subscription fee model

Mobi Health News

Carepool Asia claims it is Malaysia’s first multidisciplinary digital healthcare platform to offer unlimited consultations.

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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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MRO Announces Acquisition of Clinical Data Interoperability Company FIGmd

Healthcare IT Today

MRO, Corp. (MRO), a leading clinical data workflow platform and the KLAS-rated No. 1 provider of release of information (ROI) solutions, announced today the acquisition of Rockford, IL-based FIGmd, a leading provider of clinical, claims and quality data acquisition platforms and data interoperability solutions. The acquisition expands MRO’s ability to efficiently acquire, ingest, manage and […].

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British medtech firm Smith+Nephew introduces its robotic surgery system in Australia, New Zealand

Mobi Health News

The US FDA-approved CORI Surgical System is a handheld robotic solution for unicompartmental and total knee replacements.

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Using VR to take surgical training to a new level

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Contributed: The Future Use Case of Voice Biomarkers

Mobi Health News

Potential use in biomarkers includes detecting everything from Parkinson's disease to schizophrenia.

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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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Aevice Health scores $2.1M to bring AI wearable stethoscope for remote respiratory health monitoring to Japan

Mobi Health News

The Singaporean firm has also partnered with Japan's Toho Holdings to develop and market its device.

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France-based Mnemo Therapeutics raises €75M in Series A round

Mobi Health News

The healthtech company aims to accelerate its next generation integrated CAR-T and epigenetic targeting platform.

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Garmin is updating its Forerunner smartwatches to include VO2 Max capabilities

Mobi Health News

The update is now available for download in the Garmin Connect app for the Forerunner 245, 745 and 945.

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DarioHealth's new device aims to curb slouching, boost better posture

Mobi Health News

The new device tracks the user’s posture and vibrates when they slouch.

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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.