Wed.Jan 04, 2023

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Healing healthcare cybersecurity with ‘whole-of-health’ approach

Healthcare Dive

Retired Gen. Keith Alexander and Premera Blue Cross Chief Information Security Officer Adrian Mayers argue for structural changes organizations can make to address healthcare cyberattacks.

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Amazon's One Medical acquisition passes regulatory hurdle in Oregon

Mobi Health News

The Oregon Health Agency said the deal is not likely to greatly reduce access to affordable care in the state, but it placed some conditions on its approval.

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Nurses at 7 New York hospitals plan open-ended strike

Healthcare Dive

About 16,000 nurses originally planned to strike next Monday, though 4,000 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital reached a tentative agreement one day after delivering notice of their plans to walk off the job.

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The Patient Journey Tech Stack: 10 Pharma Predictions for 2023

HIT Consultant

Yishai Knobel, Co-Founder & CEO of RxWare. The complexity of demands on Market Access teams has increased in recent years, between introducing innovative therapies targeting smaller populations and higher bars from Payers and PBMs. Now, drug manufacturers are bucking up. According to the IQVIA Institute , the prescription abandonment rate has reached 27 percent, or $76 billion annually, in specialty drugs alone.

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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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The portal to resolve surprise bills has been inundated with disputes — SCP Health tops the list

Healthcare Dive

Federal agencies received more disputes in a five-month window than they expected to receive in a full year.

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Diagnostic Lab Settles Medical Record Access Case for $16,500

HIPAA Journal

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its first HIPAA enforcement action of 2023, which serves as a reminder that individuals and their personal representatives must be provided with timely access to their medical records. Life Hope Labs, LLC, has agreed to settle the case and will pay a $16,500 penalty. 43 Enforcement Actions for HIPAA Right of Access Failures.

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Withings Unveils Mini At-Home Urine Analysis Platform for Clinical Trials & RPM

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – During a press preview event at CES last night, Withings unveiled, U-Scan, a miniaturized urine health lab that will change the way people and health professionals will monitor vitals from the comfort and privacy of their own bathroom. – U-Scan consists of a technologically advanced pebble-shaped urine analysis reader that sits within the toilet bowl.

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California revises Medicaid contract awards, adding 2 insurers

Healthcare Dive

Five insurers will now receive lucrative contracts to provide managed care services, starting in 2024, in the country's largest Medicaid market.

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Hint Connect Expands Direct Primary Care Network in Colorado with Nextera Healthcare

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Hint Health, the company powering the direct primary care (DPC) movement, today announced a partnership between Nextera Healthcare , Colorado’s first DPC provider and one of the fastest-growing DPC organizations in the U.S., and the company’s DPC network, Hint Connect. – The partnership will allow Nextera Healthcare to more easily support large employers and health plans across the country while deepening Hint Connect’s network in Colorado, one of the stronges

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Withings announces miniaturized health lab for urine analysis

Mobi Health News

U-Scan, an in-home biomarker analysis platform, sits within the toilet bowl to analyze the user's urine.

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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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Increasing financial compensation could drive more diverse clinical trial participation, study says

Fierce Healthcare

Increasing financial compensation could drive more diverse clinical trial participation, study says. fdiamond. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 15:15.

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Pear Therapeutics expands partnership with outpatient addiction treatment clinics

Mobi Health News

Spero Health will widen its use of Pear's reSET and reSET-O prescription digital therapeutics from 14 clinics in Kentucky to 99 locations in five other states.

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FDA rule allows retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills

Fierce Healthcare

FDA rule allows retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills. fdiamond. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 08:12.

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Cognitant and Versus Arthritis boost digital access to MSK resources

Digital Health News

Musculoskeletal patients can benefit from a digital prescription giving access to Versus Arthritis' resources on the Cognitant healthinote platform.

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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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Public health agencies retool messaging to combat misinformation, restore trust

Modern Healthcare

Agencies in Oklahoma and South Carolina have changed marketing strategies to better connect with residents and improve COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Cost fears holding uninsured people back from signing up for coverage: Florida Blue survey

Fierce Healthcare

Cost fears holding uninsured people back from signing up for coverage: Florida Blue survey. pminemyer. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 16:49.

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GE completes healthcare division spinoff

Mobi Health News

GE HealthCare began trading on Nasdaq as an independent company on Wednesday.

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Consumers Continue to Lean Into Digital Services: Beyond Tech and Hardware at #CES2023

Health Populi

While CTA forecasts a sobering consumer technology revenue picture for 2023, one of the few bright spots is health and fitness technology services, expected to increase by 9 percent in 2023. For the forecast, CTA looked at various spending categories, including gaming, automotive and transportation tech, video and audio streaming, consumer electronics (like big-screen TVs), and fitness and health devices.

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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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November's hospital margins up 12% monthly thanks to cooling expenses

Fierce Healthcare

November's hospital margins up 12% monthly thanks to cooling expenses. dmuoio. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 16:21.

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Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.

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California awards managed care contracts to Molina, Elevance Health and others for 2024

Fierce Healthcare

California awards managed care contracts to Molina, Elevance Health and others for 2024. rking. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 15:55.

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Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Nate Maslak, Founder & CEO at Ribbon Health. Personalization is embedded into many aspects of our lives, from individualized show recommendations on our Netflix accounts to AI-driven product recommendations based on our shopping habits. And consumers have come to expect and demand this personalization. Recent McKinsey research shows that 71% of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions. .

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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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Duke Health partners with nference to reveal EHR insights, improve care

Fierce Healthcare

Duke Health partners with nference to reveal EHR insights, improve care. aburky. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 15:29.

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CommonSpirit Health sued over ransomware attack

Becker's Health IT

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has been hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit over the recent ransomware attack on the health system.

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HealthHero launches workplace wellbeing digital solution

Digital Health News

A new digital wellbeing solution has been launched by HealthHero to support employees with their mental and physical wellbeing.

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Thousands of nurses across 7 NYC hospitals plan open-ended strike

Fierce Healthcare

Thousands of nurses across 7 NYC hospitals plan open-ended strike. dmuoio. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 12:02.

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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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Exec Hires: Experity Appoints Brian Berning as Chief Financial Officer

HIT Consultant

Brian Berning, CFO at Experity. What You Should Know: – Experity , the national leader in on-demand healthcare solutions, announced the appointment of Brian Berning as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. This appointment follows the recent acquisition of Experity by GTCR, a leading private equity firm. – Before transitioning to the role of CFO, Brian joined Experity as Chief Corporate Development Officer, leading the company’s merger and acquisition efforts.

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Compliance Officer Roundtable Looks at Burnout, Empathy, and Connecting Compliance to Patient Care

YouCompli

The healthcare enterprise risk approach takes compliance in new directions . Featured speakers: James Bryant , Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Timothy C. Hogan , Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital; and Renee Wroth , Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, Baystate Health.

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Another HIPAA Right of Access Settlement Ends in a Hefty Fine

Compliancy Group

The HHS wasted no time in 2023, marking the new year with a fine announcement. On January 2, 2023, the HHS issued a press release announcing a $16,500 fine under the HIPAA right of access initiative. Life Hope Labs Slapped with HIPAA Fine. In August 2021, the HHS received a complaint that Life Hope Labs failed to meet a medical records request. A deceased patient’s personal representative first requested access to her father’s records on July 7, 2021.

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Exec Hires: First Stop Health Promotes Teira Gunlock to CEO

HIT Consultant

Teira Gunlock, CEO at First Stop Health (FSH). What You Should Know: – First Stop Health (FSH), a leading virtual care company for primary, urgent and mental healthcare needs, today announced the promotion of Teira Gunlock to Chief Executive Officer. In her role, Gunlock leads a dynamic, growing organization focused on delivering convenient, high-quality and affordable care to U.S. members of its employer clients. – Gunlock started at FSH in 2015, where she held the Director of Clien

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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.