Healthcare It News

JANUARY 13, 2023

The recent IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Healthcare Industry 2023 Predictions report, offers some fascinating and provocative forecasts for what the next year – and years – might hold for care delivery and the technologies deployed to improve it. "Technological strategies and capabilities will determine how healthcare organizations navigate the aftereffects of the global COVID-19 pandemic combined with the impact of everything from inflationary pressures to supply chain constraints

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 13, 2023

The state filed suit Thursday against pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, alleging they worked with drugmakers to drive up the price of insulin.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is an understatement to say Brad Reimer, CIO at Sanford Health, has his hands full. Sanford Health is a massive health system that serves the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Today, Reimer is in the middle of a $350 million virtual care initiative, working to overcome health IT workforce challenges, and building a modern data ecosystem – emphasis on modern.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 13, 2023

Looking forward, UnitedHealth expects growth of its membership rolls, an increase in fully capitated lives in Optum Health and an acceleration of Optum Insight’s integration with Change Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

The subscription-based service sends semi-customized supportive texts based on what users input about their experiences when signing up and without initiation. Reducing healthcare worker burnout. The company's FAQ says the service, developed by a worldwide team of care experts, is designed to complement other mental health services, like counseling or therapy.

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MRO Compliance

JANUARY 13, 2023

Strategies to Focus Internal Audit Activities. January 13, 2022. Journal of AHIMA. Healthcare staffing shortages, declining margins, and lower reimbursements brings renewed attention to operational expenditures. Yet as the volume of administrative work continues to climb, this means getting more done with fewer resources. So it may be a good time to streamline internal audit activities, such as those for coding compliance.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

On January 12, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed in a letter to registrants that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L. 117-328) (the Act), which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, eliminated the “DATA-Waiver Program” The removal of the DATA-Waiver (or X-waiver) will increase the pool of practitioners eligible to prescribe buprenorphine , a clinically-proven medication used to treat patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Former VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin discusses how his experiences in healthcare shaped his digital health platform for chronic pain patients.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

Irfan Shakeel, VP of Training and Certification Services, OPSWAT. Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry will continue to increase: The healthcare industry is most vulnerable to cyberattacks, which makes it a lucrative target for cybercriminals; attacks on the healthcare industry have grown significantly in 2022, and attacks will even go further in 2023.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 13, 2023

A group of 20 security and risk executives from 20 leading healthcare provider organizations have come together to share their insights and guidance with less well-resourced healthcare organizations to improve information risk management in the healthcare industry, including addressing one of the most urgent healthcare cybersecurity challenges – third-party risk management.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Weave (NYSE: WEAV), the all-in-one customer communication and engagement platform for small- and medium-sized businesses, today announced new research, the 2023 Healthcare Business Insights Report, which examines how inflation and recession fears are impacting small healthcare offices, the patient experience and the strength of patient-provider relationships. – The healthcare industry has become increasingly more competitive in the last five years.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2023

JPM23's Health Tech Tidbits: Talkspace plots path to profitability, Veradigm invests in analytics company and Babylon CEO pushes back. hlandi. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 22:10.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lindsay Dymowski, President — Centennial Pharmacy Services. The healthcare landscape continues to shift as we emerge from an uncertain and continuously-evolving pandemic. Technology is playing a vital role in giving people access to necessary services and, as a part of this technology shift, community pharmacies are stepping up in order to better serve the public.

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NEJM

JANUARY 13, 2023

After a few difficult and anxiety-provoking experiences when his son is hospitalized for a complex medical condition, a pediatric hospitalist recognizes the need for changes in both clinicians’ approaches and broader policy.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

Rondi Rabuse, President & COO at UCM Digital Health. What You Should Know: – UCM Digital Health , a digital health and telehealth provider, including a 24/7 emergency medicine triage, treatment, and navigation service, announced Rondi Rabuse as its newest president and chief operations officer. – With over three decades of experience in the healthcare field, Rabuse will help drive and accelerate UCM’s strategic growth plans, further enhancing UCM’s mission to improve the patient

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2023

Following rapid expansion, Jefferson Health launches reorganization and, reportedly, layoffs. dmuoio. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 16:51.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Transcarent , a health and care experience company that makes it easy to access high quality, affordable care, and aligns with the companies who pay for care, announced a new collaboration with The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic ( The Clinic ) that enables Transcarent Members and their families to access The Clinic’s expert second opinions. – Transcarent Members can easily leverage Cleveland Clinic’s world-renowned specialists for a personalized care evaluation an

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2023

Optum expects to treat 4M in fully accountable, value-based models this year. pminemyer. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 07:31.

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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.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

JANUARY 13, 2023

Primary care is a critical tool to prevent illness and death and improve equitable distribution of health care. In a new case study, published in collaboration with the Milbank Memorial Fund, CHIR researchers detail stakeholder efforts to expand primary care access in Columbia County, Arkansas—a county classified as a primary care health professional shortage area.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2023

KFF study details the challenges in addressing mental health in Medicaid. fdiamond. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 08:25.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Dallas-based company said the investment brings its valuation to more than $2 billion.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2023

California sues major PBMs, drugmakers over insulin prices. pminemyer. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 14:42.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 13, 2023

This Digital Health News industry roundup covers a care home admin platform saving time and money and a LifeStart resuscitator trolley for Lister Hospital.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Acquisition creates a combined company valuation exceeding $1 billion. LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based leading provider of AI-powered and SaaS-based capacity management and patient flow software for health systems, today announced it has acquired Hospital IQ , a leading 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

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 13, 2023

CONNECT Care has received funding from Innovate UK which it will use to 'unlock' NHS records on medicines to improve patients' safety.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

JANUARY 13, 2023

In most states, January 15 marks the end of the open enrollment period for 2023 coverage. While taking the final steps to enroll in a marketplace plan, there are a few important policies and procedures to keep in mind. We've highlighted some of the FAQs from our Navigator Resource Guide to help consumers through the process of finalizing their enrollment.

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Becker's Health IT

JANUARY 13, 2023

New research from Netskope, a cybersecurity company, found that 400 cloud applications delivered malware in 2022, tripling the number of distinct cloud applications that delivered malware in 2021.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2023

HHS: Uninsured rates decline for younger Americans from 2019 through 2021. rking. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 14:47.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. Health information exchanges (HIEs) are well-situated to help healthcare organizations achieve three core goals of value-based care: providing better care for individuals, reducing healthcare costs, and improving population health management strate

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Health IT Security

JANUARY 13, 2023

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