Medisys Compliance

MAY 31, 2023

Understanding Primary Care CPT Codes Navigating the world of medical billing codes can be overwhelming, especially for those in the primary care field. There are several primary care Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes used to describe the various services and procedures offered to patients. These codes are crucial for billing and reimbursement purposes, and understanding them is vital for the success of any medical practice.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 31, 2023

A J.D. Power study found overall satisfaction with commercial health plans fell, with sicker members less likely to receive outreach and care coordination.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 31, 2023

On Tuesday, the American Medical Association, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and Race Forward officially launched Rise to Health, a call to action for providers, payers, pharma and professional societies to make health equity a priority. Rise to Health will have enforcement teeth in the form of establishing a set of measures across numerous participants.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 31, 2023

The nonprofit giant formed in December barely made it into the black, after revenue of $7.54 billion squeaked past expenses of $7.53 billion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

Qualitative data provided by 87 primary care practices in New York and Florida showed that while telehealth experiences differed on the basis of pre-pandemic clinician and practice familiarity with virtual care platforms, varying state regulations during the public health emergency, the lack of formal guidelines and physician burnout affected how quickly telemedicine offerings matured within practices.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 31, 2023

Denver Health — the largest provider of care for uninsured people in the city — has struggled with rising costs and a surge in sicker patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

When the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system created a telehealth program, the main problem it was trying to solve was how to improve access to care across the state. THE PROBLEM Alabama has some of the worst healthcare outcomes in the country. Telehealth technologies were adopted to eliminate the geographic excuse for these outcomes and start to address the issues, said Dr.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2023

According to Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture , even if we solve the interoperability challenge in healthcare, we will still have to work to refine the data to make it useful. The quality of that data needs to be improved and the resolution of the picture it paints of a patient needs to increase. The latter is a hidden challenge that healthcare organizations are not paying enough attention to.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

BJC HealthCare of St. | The two organizations are hoping to close their cross-market deal by the end of the year, potentially creating a new 28-hospital, integrated, academic health system.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 31, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Electronic health records (EHRs) have revolutionized the healthcare industry, streamlining patient care, improving efficiency, and enhancing communication among healthcare providers. Here, we explore the history of EHRs, highlighting the obstacles overcome throughout their development and […] The article The Evolution of Electronic Health Records: Overcoming Obstacles and Future Challenges a

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

Employers are bracing for 2024, fearing they’ll face inflation and soaring healthcare costs while still trying to recruit and retain workers in a tight labor market, a new survey shows. | Employers got something of a break last year from inflation when it comes to healthcare costs because most contracts with providers last three years. A survey by the consulting company Mercer says they won’t be so lucky in 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2023

The following is a guest article by Michael Blum, MD, Cardiologist, Co-founder and CEO at BeeKeeperAI and Former Chief Medical Information Officer at UCSF Medical Center The advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT3 (GPT3) Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot sparked an unprecedented societal appreciation for the power of AI. While AI has been broadly deployed across industries for a decade, it remained mostly hidden from the typical user.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

Despite the increased adoption of digital health tools and telehealth in the past three years, patients and providers see the "digital front door" as still being a less-than-ideal entry point into | More than a quarter of patients believe the payment experience has gotten worse. Four in 10 patients said they’re likely to cancel or postpone care without an accurate cost estimate.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 31, 2023

Brian Fugere, Chief Product Officer at symplr As hospitals and health systems continue to be stretched thin by negative operating margins , competitive pressures, and workforce shortages, decision-makers must do more with less and make strategic software investments to reduce costs and increase efficiencies in both the short and long term. Decision-makers agree that now is not the time to pull back on software investment: according to research from Bain & Company , 45% of providers have incr

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

Hospitals’ year-to-date operations broke even in April, though a rise in bad debt and a dip in volumes suggest the upward momentum will likely be short-lived, healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hal | Kaufman Hall's latest monthly industry report showed a 0% year-to-date median operating margin across the hospital industry as well as signs of bad debt and charity care beginning to pick up as states begin paring their Medicaid populations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2023

“With Artificial Intelligence we now have the ability to erode trust at scale” Reggie Townsend, Vice President of Data Ethics at SAS made that statement to a room full of clients, data analysts, AI experts, and media at the SAS Innovate conference. That attention-grabbing line was Townsend’s opening to an engaging keynote on the need for “Trustworthy AI” and thoughtful incorporation of ethics into the AI conversation.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas—Retail giant Walmart will roll out a new program that aims to assist employees of its vision centers in advancing their careers. | Retail giant Walmart will roll out a new program that aims to assist employees of its vision centers in advancing their careers.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 31, 2023

A group of 10 Senators has written to Google demanding answers about its policies for deleting sensitive location data, such as visits to abortion clinics, fertility centers, domestic violence shelters, addiction treatment facilities, and other sensitive locations. Following the decision of the Supreme Court that overturned Roe v Wade and removed the federal right to abortion, Google announced that it would be introducing a new data deletion policy and would be deleting precise geolocation data

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HIT Consultant

MAY 31, 2023

Harshit Jain MD, Founder and Global CEO of Doceree Consolidation and the threat of monopolization in healthcare are rising. The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a wave of accelerated consolidation since 2010. In 2019, the industry saw a record-breaking 1,276 pharmaceutical M&A’s , representing a total value surpassing $411 billion. Monopolistic practices within healthcare and pharmaceutical industries not only hurt a healthy economy, but they also ultimately limit patients’ choices wh

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Digital Health News

MAY 31, 2023

Lilli, a company using machine learning (ML) to revolutionise home care, has announced a partnership with digital care management provider Nourish Care.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 31, 2023

The company's Precision DL speeds up screening time, enhances the image quality of PET/CT scans and improves small lesion detection.

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Digital Health News

MAY 31, 2023

NHS England is investigating the transfer of private patient information from 20 trusts to Facebook and could take further action, a spokesman said.

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Health Populi

MAY 31, 2023

“Healthcare costs came roaring back in 2021” after falling in 2020. In 2023, that roaring growth in health care costs continues with expected growth of 5.6%. For 2023, you could take your $31K+ and buy a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid auto, fund a year at the Gnomon School in Hollywood toward a degree in animation or game design, or buy healthcare for your family of 4.

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Health IT Security

MAY 31, 2023

MCNA Dental, a Medicaid and… read more

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

Kaiser Permanente opened its wallet for a $10 million commitment to support a financially struggling Colorado safety net system, according to a Tuesday announcement. | Denver Health, which cares for a third of the city's residents, has faced rising expenses and an influx of patients in need of charity care.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 31, 2023

Hyro will use the funds to expand its workforce, grow strategic partners and further build its platform.

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Digital Health News

MAY 31, 2023

Pictura Bio has announced that it has been awarded funding to develop a prototype of its AI-powered disease testing platform for use in military settings.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

Strive Health clinches $166M from CVS Health Ventures and NEA to fuel growth aburky Wed, 05/31/2023 - 12:45

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Becker's Health IT

MAY 31, 2023

Two Idaho Falls, Idaho-based hospitals and partnering clinics reported a cyberattack on computer systems May 30.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 31, 2023

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas—Walmart investors voted Wednesday to reject a push from some company shareholders to conduct an independent study on consumers' data privacy and reproductive rights. | Walmart investors voted Wednesday to reject a push from some company shareholders to conduct an independent study on abortion data privacy.

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