Healthcare Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Hospitals are increasingly acting as venture capitalists, ratcheting up investments in companies with products they can use and scale, according to a data analysis of hospital VC arms conducted by Healthcare Dive.
Bill of Health
MARCH 30, 2022
By Kaitlynn Milvert. In August 2021 , the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) put in place requirements for service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Litigation has since ensued over the military branches’ restrictive approach to religious exemptions to vaccination. On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed into one such case: the Court granted the government’s request for a partial stay to allow the Navy to continue to use vaccination status in making deployment and assignmen
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Meanwhile, the percentage of claims for telehealth shot up from just 0.22% of all claims in 2019 to about 15% in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions set in and patients worried of virus transmission.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 30, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dirk Schrader, resident CISO (EMEA) and vice president of security research, Netwrix. Ransomware is steadily increasing each and every year, with the healthcare and hospital industries suffering among the most. In 2021, we saw […]. The article Five Security Predictions Facing Healthcare Organizations In 2022 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Florida is freezing enrollment in Centene's plans, according to a March 17 letter sent to the CEO of the Florida division, the Sunshine State Health Plan.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 30, 2022
This past month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a study examining how Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing Medicare fee-for-service claims data and Medicare Advantage encounter data from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, along with those from the same period the year prior, the agency calculated the total number of services used via telehealth and in-person, as well as the typ
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 30, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Nursing can be an exciting profession if you opt to become a travel nurse since you’ll always be on the go. Still, the job comes with some unique challenges associated with the niche that may […]. The article 7 Survival Tips For Travel Nurses appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
A growing number of health insurers, private equity companies and hospitals are snapping up home health and hospice practices, with hopes for a substantial ROI.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 30, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The public health industry has many options for lucrative careers. However, employers prefer candidates who have relevant experience and a higher education degree in public health. Career options and salaries vary depending on several factors. […].
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 30, 2022
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and Law Enforcement Health Benefits Inc. have confirmed they were recent victims of cyberattacks, both of which involved the use of ransomware. Ransomware Attack Affects 85,282 Law Enforcement Health Benefits Members. Law Enforcement Health Benefits, Inc. (LEHB) has recently announced that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that was detected on September 14, 2021.
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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.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 30, 2022
Doug McDonald, Director of Technology in the Office of the CTO at Extreme Networks. In March 2020, many office workers packed up their bags under the mandate of their employers, assuming they’d be working from home for a few weeks so the coronavirus could “blow over.” Fast-forward two years: many of those same employees have yet to step foot back into their old offices, and some never will again.
Sharps Compliance
MARCH 30, 2022
Sharps Compliance has announced the essay topic for its scholarship contest for this fall. Each semester Sharps awards three scholarships: 1st prize: $1,500. 2nd prize: $1,000. 3rd prize: $750. To enter, students must be studying a healthcare-related field, write an essay on the topic below, and complete an application. Essay Topic: Numerous U.S.-based trade organizations, from the National Center for Assisted Living to the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care, and many others
HIT Consultant
MARCH 30, 2022
What You Should Know: – Hims & Hers & Carbon Health partnership adds the seventh U.S. state to the Hims & Hers provider network, which enables seamless care for a wide range of conditions. – Collaboration advances Hims & Hers efforts to transform healthcare by adding another high-quality provider to its growing network of provider relationships.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 30, 2022
Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 30, 2022
What You Should Know: – VivoSense , an agile end-to-end scientific solutions company developing novel digital endpoints from wearable sensor data raises $25 Million in Series A funding. – The financing will accelerate the development of novel digital biomarkers and improve digital clinical outcome assessments. VivoSense will also use this financing to expand and refine its informatics platform for data analysis from wearable and connected technologies to deliver validated digital cli
Symplr
MARCH 30, 2022
HIPAA. The Physician Self-Referral Law (aka Stark law). The Anti-Kickback Statute. Price transparency. These and many other regulations keep healthcare compliance teams on track toward compliance, safety, and continuing quality improvement. According to the American Hospital Association’s Regulatory Overload Report, healthcare organizations spend $39 billion per year on activities to comply with 629 federal regulatory requirements.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 30, 2022
The software automatically flags cases of pneumothorax, or a collapsed lung, on X-rays for more efficient triage.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 30, 2022
The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, CEO and Founder of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS). While mobile technologies and smartphone use have become completely mainstream, adoption in health care falls dramatically short. According to Pew Research, 97% of Americans own a cell phone of some kind. But despite health care advancements, cutting-edge […].
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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.
Modern Healthcare
MARCH 30, 2022
Despite increased public awareness, research advances, and wider insurance coverage for autism therapies, children often wait months — in some cases more than a year — to get an autism diagnosis and begin intervention services.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 30, 2022
If the future of healthcare is built on the back of data (and I assure you it is), then it is extremely important to know what a healthcare organization looks like that has access to clean, high quality data. A man with deep experience cleaning healthcare organization’s data so it can be trusted and used […].
Mobi Health News
MARCH 30, 2022
Altoida adds $14 million to its Series A round, and Zephyr AI rakes in $18.5 million.
Modern Healthcare
MARCH 30, 2022
The spike in deaths are likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 30, 2022
Eight Sleep said the deal will allow it to improve and expand its coaching programs.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
MARCH 30, 2022
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the resolution of three investigations and one matter related to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Two of these cases are part of OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, bringing the total number of these enforcement actions to twenty-seven since the initiative began.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 30, 2022
Solera will offer Oshi Health and Vivante Health on its digital health marketplace.
The Health Law Firm
MARCH 30, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 2, 2022, the Gov. of Mississippi signed the “Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act” legalizing medical marijuana in the state.
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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.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 30, 2022
This M&A will expand Linus Health's capabilities into the physical-function space.
Compliancy Group
MARCH 30, 2022
Three people in Louisiana recently pled guilty to federal bank larceny charges following an identity theft scheme that resulted from the unauthorized release of protected health information (PHI) by an employee at a medical clinic. We all have heard about the fines assessed against covered entities and business associates who have violated HIPAA standards and been caught.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 30, 2022
What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum has agreed to acquire LHC Group, a national patient-focused provider of high-quality in-home health care services for $5.4 billion ($170 per share). – The acquisition will further strengthen their shared ability to advance value-based care , especially in the comfort of a patient’s own home.
Health Law Pulse
MARCH 30, 2022
Yesterday, March 29, 2022, the CDC launched a new calculator designed to help individuals exposed to COVID-19 discern how many days of quarantine and/or isolation are necessary. This tool was created in order to aid in the prevention of spreading the virus. Users are first prompted to select whether they have tested positive for COVID-19 or whether they had close contact with someone who had COVID-19.
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