Tue.Jan 10, 2023

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COVID-19 vaccine prices are going up. It shouldn’t be our focus.

Healthcare Dive

Vaccinating as many people as possible to reduce the spread of respiratory illness that can be especially life-threatening for the youngest and oldest Americans is key, argues vaccine law professor Richard Hughes IV.

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Connecticut Children's Care Network adds telehealth breastfeeding support

Healthcare It News

As part of a new collaboration with the Connecticut Children's Care Network, Nest Collaborative will provide unlimited same-day telehealth appointments with certified lactation consultants for parents in need of prenatal and perinatal breastfeeding support. The virtual care services will be delivered without copays, out-of-pocket costs or deductibles for families with active insurance or Medicaid coverage.

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CVS reportedly exploring $10B buy of Oak Street Health

Healthcare Dive

Shares in Oak Street, which serves mostly seniors on Medicare, rose more than 32% in aftermarket trading following a Bloomberg report.

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India's insurance scheme shifts to value-based care performance measure

Healthcare It News

The National Health Authority of India will now incentivise hospitals for providing valuable service through a new initiative. Under the flagship insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana or AB PM-JAY, the agency will now shift its focus from the number or volume of services provided to the value of services to measure and grade healthcare providers' performances.

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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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Teladoc expects $2.4B in 2022 revenue, boosted by BetterHelp

Healthcare Dive

BetterHelp’s contribution implies a growth rate of 43% for the business, up from previous management targets, according to SVB Securities analyst Stephanie Davis.

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With Epic-linked RPM, Lee Health is sending fewer people to hospitals and ERs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dr. Zsolt Kulcsar, medical director at Lee Health based in Fort Myers, Florida, says what he has learned in recent years is that telemedicine is great, but it also is a little limiting. There is only so much one can solve via a video interaction. THE PROBLEM. "When the first wave of COVID-19 kind of died down, we met with all of our heads of departments, including cardiology, pulmonary and other key service lines, and we asked them about the limitation of that telehealth interaction,"

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Global Healthcare Cyberattacks Increased by 74% in 2022

HIPAA Journal

The latest data released by the cybersecurity firm Check Point has confirmed that 2022 was a particularly bad year for cyberattacks, which increased globally by 38% year-over-year fuelled by a sizeable increase in attacks on healthcare organizations. Globally, the healthcare industry had the highest percentage increase in weekly cyberattacks of any industry sector, with an increase of 74% from 2021 to an average of 1,463 attacks per week.

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Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines — A Cautionary Tale

NEJM

Since the rollout of bivalent vaccine boosters targeting omicron subvariants, research has suggested they don’t elicit superior immune responses as compared with monovalent boosters. What happened?

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Report: Digital health funding declines to $15.3B in 2022

Mobi Health News

According to Rock Health's investment report, 2022 marks a significant decline from 2021 when digital health companies raised $29.3 billion.

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JPM23: CVS Health still weighing next steps as it plans foray into primary care

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23: CVS Health still weighing next steps as it plans foray into primary care. pminemyer. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 12:37.

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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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Digital Health Funding Reaches $15.3B in 2022 Across 572 Deals, Rock Health Reports

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – In a downtrodden market climate, things don’t need to feel doom and gloom, according to Rock Health’s Annual 2022 digital health funding report. 2022 was a necessary reminder that investment is cyclical and that strong players build resilience in weathering funding climate changes. – Analysts expect that 2023 will be built up on slow, steady, and maybe even boring strategies for healthcare startups and enterprises alike: managing cash, restructuring to accommo

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JPM23, Day 2: Cigna focusing on partnerships in primary care strategy; Omada, Intermountain launch partnership for diabetes care

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23, Day 2: Cigna focusing on partnerships in primary care strategy; Omada, Intermountain launch partnership for diabetes care. hlandi. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 11:15.

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The Continuing Rise of AI in the Healthcare Sector in 2023

HIT Consultant

Melissa Powell, COO of Genesis HealthCare. The announcement in September 2022 that the health tech company Iodine Software was entering into a partnership with the software platform TruCode “to upend clinical administration using artificial intelligence” serves as one of the more recent reminders of AI’s considerable impact on the healthcare sector.

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LeanTaaS, Hospital IQ join forces to address hospital operational optimization

Fierce Healthcare

LeanTaaS, Hospital IQ join forces to address hospital operational optimization. aburky. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 15:00.

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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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90% of Americans Used Telehealth in The Past Year, Survey Finds

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Independa, an award-winning TV-based platform providing remote engagement, education and care, recently announced the results of their latest commissioned survey examining behaviors and attitudes of smart TV users and their experiences surrounding telehealth. – Results from the November 2022 study found that over 90% of Americans used telehealth services in the last year, and that 90% enjoyed their experience.

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JPM23: Ascension Health details $2.5B economic recovery plan to rebound from financial, operational headwinds

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23: Ascension Health details $2.5B economic recovery plan to rebound from financial, operational headwinds. hlandi. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 00:06.

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Exec Hires: Former WebMD Exec Joins ODAIA as New Chief Commercial Officer

HIT Consultant

Dr. Eric Trepanier, Chief Commercial Officer at ODAIA. What You Should Know: – ODAIA , the company empowering pharma’s next generation of engagement with healthcare professionals through predictive analytics announces the appointment of Dr. Eric TrĂ©panier (Pharm.D, CFA) as its new Chief Commercial Officer. – As Chief Commerical Officer, TrĂ©panier will drive sales of ODAIA’s MAPTUAL Sphere and MAPTUAL Field products, which aim to expand and deepen relationships between physicians and

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Captify Health Suffers 3-Year Breach of its Your Patient Advisor Website

HIPAA Journal

Captify Health has recently started notifying users of its Your Patient Advisor online service that their sensitive information has been exposed and obtained by unauthorized individuals. In some cases, credit card information was stolen and misused. Captify Health prepares patients for their colonoscopy procedures by providing the colonoscopy preparation products recommended by doctors through its Your Patient Advisor service.

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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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M&A: Avel eCare Acquires NightWatch to Expand Remote Pharmacy Services

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Avel eCare, the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, today announced the acquisition of NightWatch , a West Virginia-based company that provides remote pharmacy services to hospitals, clinics and nursing homes throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic region. – The expansion of remote pharmacy services strengthens Avel eCare’s portfolio of telemedicine offerings and helps meet the growing demand for pharmacy telemedicine ser

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Carbon Health announces $100M in funding days after revealing layoffs

Mobi Health News

The Series D funding round announcement follows CEO Eren Bali's Twitter post on Friday that reported a second round of layoffs affecting more than 200 people.

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5 Executives Share Their Behavioral Health Predictions for 2023

HIT Consultant

As the start of the new year kicks off, we asked 5 healthcare executives to share their top predictions and trends for 2023. Dr. Yusuf Sherwani, Co-Founder and CEO of Quit Genius. Employers will expand SUD treatment for employees: For example, Cigna more than doubled Evernorth’s Behavioral Health Network in recent months, and employers are now the ones driving demand for better behavioral health benefits for their employees.

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Medicare Advantage, telehealth expansion allies to helm key House panels

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare Advantage, telehealth expansion allies to helm key House panels. rking. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 17:25.

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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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M&A: LeanTaaS Acquires Hospital IQ, Combined Valuation Exceeds $1B

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – LeanTaaS, Inc., a provider of AI-powered and SaaS-based capacity management and patient flow software for health systems, today announced it has acquired Hospital IQ , a provider of intelligent automation solutions for hospitals. The acquisition values the combined company at more than $1 billion in enterprise value and enables it to power intelligent operations across more than 180+ U.S. health systems.

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Employer-sponsored coverage flatlined even as unemployment rate shrunk: study

Fierce Healthcare

Employer-sponsored coverage flatlined even as unemployment rate shrunk: study. fdiamond. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 14:31.

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Hive RaaS Gang Leaks Stolen Consulate Health Care Data

HIPAA Journal

The Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaasS) operation has claimed responsibility for an attack on Consulate Health Care, a Florida-based chain of 140 U.S. nursing homes. The group claims to have stolen 550 GB of data in the attack and said files were encrypted on December 3, 2022. The group posted on its leak site about the breach on January 6, 2023, and has already leaked some of the data allegedly stolen in the attack.

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BMA: Medicare Advantage outperforms fee-for-service on certain diabetes outcomes

Fierce Healthcare

BMA: Medicare Advantage outperforms fee-for-service on certain diabetes outcomes. rking. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 13:17.

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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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Vivoo launch smart toilet device to detect health conditions earlier

Digital Health News

Wellness application Vivoo has announced the launch of a revolutionary smart toilet device which will help in the early detection of health conditions.

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AI medical imaging startup Qritive raises $7.5M in latest funding

Mobi Health News

It plans to secure more regulatory approvals for its AI pathology platform.

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Onc.AI Raises $25 Million Series A Financing Co-Led by MassMutual and Action Potential Venture Capital

Healthcare IT Today

Financing will support commercialization of a novel digital clinical management solution focused on immuno-oncology therapies. Onc.AI , a medical technology company developing a novel digital clinical management solution focused on immuno-oncology, announced today it has closed a $25 million Series A financing co-led by MassMutual and Action Potential Venture Capital (a GSK venture fund).

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West Midlands AHSN call for medical drone project

Digital Health News

An Academic Health Science Network is urging businesses to come forward in support of a medical drone project in the West Midlands region.

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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.