Tue.Sep 06, 2022

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Private equity-owned physician groups linked to higher spending in study

Healthcare Dive

The findings could be evidence of overutilization designed to drive up profits, the senior author of the study published in JAMA Health Forum said.

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Maryland health system conquers the digital divide with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an abrupt change to reimbursement of telehealth services, allowing healthcare providers to more broadly expand patient access to virtual care. For the University of Maryland Medical Center health system based in Baltimore, telemedicine services encompass a vast array of tools that help the organization engage patients, monitor symptoms and provide direct care beyond the confines of a physical location.

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Amazon, One Medical receive second request from FTC

Healthcare Dive

A second request from the regulator means the two cannot move forward with the deal “until the companies have substantially complied with the additional investigatory request,” according to the FTC.

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Introduction to the Symposium: Health Law and Policy in an Era of Mass Suffering

Bill of Health

By Chloe Reichel and Benjamin A. Barsky. Last spring, the United States crossed the bleak and preventable 1,000,000-death mark for lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this symposium, our hope is to acknowledge — and mourn — this current era of mass suffering and death. In particular, we want to reckon with the role of health law and policy in shaping, and at times catalyzing, the impact that the pandemic has had on our loved ones and communities.

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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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How virtual care connects members to the right doctor

Healthcare Dive

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit research organization, suggests members tend to choose healthcare systems in which their doctor is employed to avoid care interruptions.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CVS Health announced on September 5 that it will acquire Dallas-based Signify Health, a network of 10,000 clinicians across 50 states with more than 50 health plan clients, including CVS's Aetna division, for $8 billion. In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home.

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FTC to look into Amazon, One Medical deal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing Amazon's Prime business model, and has also reviewed the tech giant's other potential deals, such as the acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios and a new deal with iRobot which makes autonomous vacuums, for anti-trust violations. That doesn't necessarily mean Amazon's recent $3.9 billion purchase of San Francisco-based One Medical , which provides membership-based telehealth and in-person care, will be challenged (as was the case w

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CVS nabs home healthcare company Signify for $8B following bidding war

Healthcare Dive

CVS beat out rivals Amazon and UnitedHealth in the latest big-ticket deal for a home health company.

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FTC reviewing Amazon's $3.9B One Medical acquisition

Mobi Health News

In an SEC filing, One Medical parent 1Life Healthcare said both companies had received requests from the agency for more information regarding the deal late last week.

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CVS Health to Acquire Signify Health

Healthcare IT Today

Advances long-term strategy by providing platform for growth in value-based care. CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) (“Signify”) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Signify Health for $30.50 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $8 billion.

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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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CVS Health to Acquire Signify Health for $8B

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – CVS Health announced it will acquire Signify Health for $30.50 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $8B. – Signify Health’s clinicians and providers can have an even greater impact by engaging with CVS Health’s unique collection of assets and connecting patients to care how and when they need it.

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2022 Fall Conference Season Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 96

Healthcare IT Today

For the 96th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re talking about the upcoming fall health IT conference season. We discuss the different conferences we’re looking forward to and speculating what attendance will be like. Next, we dive into what topics we expect to be covered in these conferences. Then we discuss whether companies and providers get more value from in-person conferences or digital conferences.

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OIG Calls for Greater Oversight of the Cybersecurity of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

HIPAA Journal

The HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has called for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve oversight of the cybersecurity of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The OPTN is a national system for allocating and distributing donor organs to individuals in need of organ transplants. The OPTN is a public-private partnership that links all professionals that are involved in the donation and transplantation system which is administered by the Uni

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Guy’s and St Thomas’ conducts surgical training using virtual reality

Digital Health News

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has been training its surgeons of the future using innovative virtual reality (VR) technology.

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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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HIPAA Series Part 4: Risk Analysis and Management Plan

Healthicity

In part four of our HIPAA Security series, we will take a closer look at the requirements.

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Increasing ransomware attacks are healthcare's new 'pandemic'

Becker's Health IT

Ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare industry have increased by 94 percent in the last year as patient data is used by hackers to commit fraud and identity theft, VentureBeat reported Sept. 6.

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CVS Health advances healthcare strategy in acquiring Signify Health for $8 billion

Mobi Health News

Amazon, UnitedHealth Group were also reportedly interested in buying the home health platform.

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Vermont AG’s Office Settles Allegations of Abuse and Neglect with Care Home Company

Med-Net Compliance

Following an investigation, the Vermont Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit (MFRAU) announced a settlement with an assisted living facility company. It is alleged that the company, which is the operator of four residential care homes in Rutland, Vermont, failed to properly train staff and adequately document and monitor the delivery of resident care services, resulting in abuse and neglect of residents.

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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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Recuro Health’s Acquisition of Competitive Health Adds End-to-End Integrated Benefits to its Digital Medical Home and Portfolio of Digital Health Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

Recuro Health (Recuro), a premier virtual health solutions company that takes a uniquely personalized and proactive approach to virtual care through its Digital Medical Home™ (DMH), today announces the acquisition of Competitive Health (CHI), an integrated digital health solutions company that provides a suite of digital products to help employers reduce costs, promote engagement and maximize employer ROI.

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5 Tactics to Combat Healthcare Fraud

JNC Compliance

In this series, I shared that the government recovered five billion dollars from the healthcare False Claims Act in 2021, one of the most significant recoveries […]. The post 5 Tactics to Combat Healthcare Fraud appeared first on JNC Healthcare Compliance Group.

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Upfront Raises Additional $10M for Automated Patient Navigation & Engagement Platform 

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Upfront Healthcare, a leading omnichannel communication, and patient engagement platform raise an additional $10M co-led by Baird Capital , Echo Health Ventures and First Trust Capital Partners , with additional participation from existing investors including LRVHealth , Hyde Park Venture Partners , and Nashville Capital Network. . – As market demand surges for patient engagement solutions, the investment bolsters Upfront’s trajectory of market l

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Illinois Amends Nurse Agency Licensing Act to Bar Non-Competes, Add Reporting, Contract Obligations

Jackson Lewis

Amendments to the Illinois Nurse Agency Licensing Act ( HB 4666 ) aim to promote transparency and protections for healthcare workers, but, in practice, they make it more difficult for nurse staffing agencies to retain employees. Under the new law, staffing agencies doing business in Illinois can no longer enter into covenants not-to-compete with nurses or certified nursing assistants.

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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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How Can We Address Disparities in Cancer Screenings?

HealthIT Answers

By Morris Panner - Modern medicine has revolutionized cancer treatment, and the prognosis for many cancers today is very good if caught early. That’s why regular screenings for certain cancers are a crucial part of preventive care. The post How Can We Address Disparities in Cancer Screenings? appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Unpacking Averages: Assessing FDA’s Focus on Enforcing 510(K) Requirements on Imports

Health Law Advisor

A private equity client asked us recently to assess a rumor that FDA was on the warpath in enforcing the 510(k) requirement on medical devices from a particular region. Such a government initiative would significantly deter investments in the companies doing the importing. Turns out, the agency was not. The FDA’s recent activities in the region were well within their historical norms.

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Talent Tuesday: The Role of Mental Health in DEI

HealthIT Answers

By Melissa Dexter - Workplace diversity training began soon after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which required employers to end discriminatory hiring practices. However, these trainings were ambiguous and unenforced, producing very little change in employment practices. The post Talent Tuesday: The Role of Mental Health in DEI appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Huron Capital Sells Pueblo Mechanical & Controls

McGuire Wood

Huron Capital has announced it has sold a majority interest in Pueblo Mechanical & Controls. Pueblo , based in Phoenix, Ariz., is a provider of HVAC and plumbing installation, maintenance, retrofit and repair services to customers in healthcare and other markets. Founded in 2001, the company largely serves the Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions.

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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.

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On the Road to Cures Update: Certified API Technology

HealthIT Answers

By Avinash Shanbhag & Rob Anthony - The moments we’ve all been waiting for since 2016 are fast approaching: the 21st Century Cures Act infrastructure is coming into place in 2022! The Cures Act laid out a vision for a rich health IT ecosystem of standards-based APIs and nationwide health information networks to securely. The post On the Road to Cures Update: Certified API Technology appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Earn CEUs with MPA's FREE Compliance & HIPAA Webinars!

Health Care Performance

Sign up for MPA's FREE Compliance & HIPAA webinars: All webinars start at 11:00 a.m. CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. Compliance Training for SNFs. September 21, 2022. 90 minutes. 1.8 CCB CEUs. If the OIG walked into your organization and asked the nearest employee about their compliance program, would they reply with an immediate and clear answer?

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CMS Issues a “Roadmap” for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Blanket Waivers

Healthcare Law Blog

In response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (the “PHE”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued numerous “blanket waivers” to increase access to medical services, and ease the regulatory burden on providers across the health care industry. In order to help providers understand the current status of the various waivers – some of which have been codified into law or adopted through the regulatory process, and others of which have already been terminated – CMS has iss

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Why Healthcare Needs Tech-Enabled Human Intervention

HIT Consultant

Thomas Ferry, Engooden Health President and CEO. There’s a “perfect storm” facing healthcare today: Chronic disease prevalence, physician shortages, and a growing population aging into Medicare are set to overwhelm our healthcare system if action isn’t taken. Over 133 million Americans have at least one chronic disease, and as that number continues to rise, delivering adequate care to these patients has never been more challenging.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.