Healthcare Dive
MAY 27, 2022
If Congress grants regulators the expanded authority, actors could be protected from steep fines for data-sharing practices the HHS previously said were acceptable under complex information blocking regulations.
HIPAA Journal
MAY 27, 2022
A recent study by Source Defense examined the risks associated with the use of third- and fourth-party code on websites and found that all modern, dynamic websites included code that could be targeted by hackers to gain access to sensitive data. SOurce Defense explained that websites typically have their own third-party supply chains, with those third parties providing a range of services and functions related to site performance, tracking and analytics, and improving conversion rates to generat
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Mobi Health News
MAY 27, 2022
The study was supported by AppliedVR and used its system for treating chronic lower-back pain. The tool received FDA De Novo clearance last year.
Kaiser Health News
MAY 27, 2022
Mariel needed a new gastroenterologist. Having just moved back to San Antonio, the 30-something searched for a doctor to manage her Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition that is successfully managed with medications and lifelong monitoring — including regular colonoscopies. Mariel booked an appointment and learned she would be on the hook for a $1,100 colonoscopy — about three times what she had paid for the same test in a different state.
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HIT Consultant
MAY 27, 2022
What You Should Know: New price transparency government mandates are on the horizon, but how much does cost really impact consumers? HealthSparq published its Annual Consumer Sentiment Benchmark report, which found that 44% of respondents have avoided getting healthcare services because they were unsure of the costs (compared to 25% last year). The survey of 1,000+ healthcare consumers unveils their opinions on price transparency in healthcare and how cost influences care.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 27, 2022
Yesterday we shared 6 EHR optimization tips with you. Today, we’re going to look at the ecosystem of technology that interacts with the EHR and makes the EHR experience better (or worse if done wrong). It’s easy to talk about optimizing the EHR as just configuring the EHR setting and workflows, but EHR software these […].
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HIPAA Journal
MAY 27, 2022
An information technology consultant who worked as a contractor at a suburban healthcare company in Chicago has been charged with illegally accessing the company’s network and intentionally causing damage to a protected computer. Aaron Lockner, 35, of Downers Grove, IL, worked for an IT company that had a contract with a healthcare company to provide security and technology services.
HIT Consultant
MAY 27, 2022
Heather Fernandez, CEO & co-founder at Solv Health. What You Should Know: – Today, Heather Fernandez , CEO and co-founder of healthcare on-demand app Solv Health shared her diversity plans for bringing on more women and first-time investors to the Cap Table as part of the company’s $45M Series C round. As a Filipino-Iranian woman, Heather knows “people like me” don’t get funded – or hired or invited to the table.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 27, 2022
The previous articles in this series described what it’s like to try to get home treatments for COVID-19, and how it would ideally work. This final article looks at particular changes that regulators and health IT practitioners could do to help cope with the next health crisis. Tracking and measuring the epidemic We’ve already discussed […].
Mobi Health News
MAY 27, 2022
The consumer genetics company reported full-year revenue came to $272 million, an 11% increase compared with the prior year.
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HIPAA Journal
MAY 27, 2022
A class action lawsuit filed against NorthEast Radiology PC and Alliance HealthCare Services over a data breach that exposed the protected health information of more than 1.2 million individuals has been dismissed by a New York Federal Judge for lack of standing. The lawsuit was filed in July 2021 on behalf of plaintiffs Jose Aponte II and Lisa Rosenberg, whose protected health information was exposed as a result of a misconfiguration of the companies’ Picture Archiving Communication System (PAC
Healthicity
MAY 27, 2022
Ada has been a fan of the majestic Orca for most of her life. What’s not to love about the wolf of the sea?
Center for Health Insurance Reform
MAY 27, 2022
Several insurers have eliminated broker commissions for mid-year marketplace enrollment. In a new Expert Perspective for the State Health & Value Strategies project, CHIR’s Justin Giovannelli looks at the consequences of cutting broker commissions for special enrollment periods, including risk of coverage losses, market instability, and potential violations of federal nondiscrimination rules.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 27, 2022
Category-Creating Digital Health Platform Secures New CEO and Major Partnerships and Successful Patient Outcomes, Time- and Cost Savings Drive Rapid Growth UPSWING HEALTH, the physician-founded musculoskeletal (MSK) health care innovator, whose diagnostic, triage, treatment and recovery platform solves the crisis of both excessive, inappropriate utilization and under-treatment of millions of orthopedic injuries, announced today that […].
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Health Law Checkup
MAY 27, 2022
In this episode of Talking Pop Health, Eric Tower is joined by Hector Torres of FocalPoint Partners, a diversified, global investment banking enterprise with a strategic focus on the health care industry. Hector is Managing Director and co-head of Health Care Investment Banking at FocalPoint Partners.
HIPAA & Health IT
MAY 27, 2022
Ready or not, Roe v. Wade leak or not, health app developers are on notice. Those that collect sensitive personal information, such as reproductive data, must carefully navigate both federal and state laws. These laws are continually in flux and warrant ongoing monitoring. Last September, I wrote about the FTC’s Policy Statement on enforcing the Health Breach Notification Rule.
Health Law Checkup
MAY 27, 2022
On Monday, February 14, 2022, the State of Texas by and through the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, filed suit against Meta Platforms, Inc. for alleged violations of the state’s biometric and deceptive trade practices laws.
Hanys
MAY 27, 2022
Many of New York's hospitals and health systems can expect new elected officials representing their communities next year. HANYS' interactive redistricting tool compares existing congressional district lines and the hospitals within them to the updated lines under which candidates will be elected in November and take office in January 2023.
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.
McGuire Wood
MAY 27, 2022
Compass Group has announced the sale of The Allied Group. The Allied Group , based in Cranston, R.I., and founded in 1946, is a fulfillment services provider of document management, kitting and mailing services to healthcare and life science organizations. The company was sold to Atlantic Street Capital portfolio company Lab Logistics , a provider of outsourced medical supplies, kitting and logistics services to the healthcare industry.
HIT Consultant
MAY 27, 2022
Matt Titus, VP & Chief Commercial Officer at epocrates. Over the past two years, we’ve witnessed the massive digital disruption in healthcare that was spurred by the pandemic. The most frequent example tends to be in the rapid adoption of technology like telemedicine, but this disruption has touched even the most seemingly small pieces of the healthcare ecosystem and will have long lasting consequences.
Hall Render
MAY 27, 2022
A recent decision from the 8 th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted employers some modest flexibility in conducting and relying on background checks for potential new hires covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The court made two key rulings: Employers have no obligation under the FCRA to provide job applicants with the opportunity to explain negative but accurate background check results.
Hanys
MAY 27, 2022
The fact sheet from NYC Health + Hospitals gives an overview of the disease as well as recommendations for screening, testing and treatment. Providers should continue to monitor DOH and CDC for updated information.
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Healthicity
MAY 27, 2022
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Hanys
MAY 27, 2022
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Healthcare It News
MAY 27, 2022
CVS on Thursday announced the launch of its new CVS Health Virtual Primary Care service. WHY IT MATTERS. The new offering integrates patient engagement tools, telehealth, electronic health record data and more on a single platform that can connect consumers with clinicians at CVS or other providers. The tool enables patients to choose care in either retail or community-based settings, through at-home health services or virtually, according to CVS Health, which is selling the service to Aetna ful
Hanys
MAY 27, 2022
CHIA recognizes the innovative work done by member hospitals, health systems and community partners to improve the health and well-being of their communities. Don't let your work go unrecognized! Submit your nomination by June 6.
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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.
Compliancy Group
MAY 27, 2022
Almost as surely as summer follows spring, lawsuits follow breaches of protected health information. Here’s a roundup of recent HIPAA breach lawsuits and settlements. Lawsuits Increasing Following HIPAA Breaches – Facts and Figures. The law firm BakerHostetler published its annual Data Security Incident Response Report based on findings from 1,270 data security incidents managed by the firm in 2021. .
Hanys
MAY 27, 2022
Moving the HANYS Annual Membership Conference to a fully virtual event allows us to tackle important issues together while you stay close to your hospitals and health systems where you're needed most. Register today for our June 16 – 17 event packed with dynamic sessions about bolstering your workforce, achieving health equity, supporting age-friendly care and advancing healthcare's digital transformation.
HIT Consultant
MAY 27, 2022
What You Should Know: – Biotech company Phenomix Sciences launches its biobanking registry, marking the first obesity registry to study the impact of personalized treatment based on phenotyping. The impact of this biobanking registry and the data it will yield has the potential to change the entire system’s approach to obesity, from a treatment recommendation to the way payers determine coverage and how the industry combines diagnostics testing with drug therapy. – The data collected
Hanys
MAY 27, 2022
This week, several bills passed both houses of the Legislature and are now awaiting delivery to Gov. Hochul, including: OMIG reforms (A.7889-A/S.4486-B). Surgical smoke policies (A.9974/S.8869). Enhanced safety net hospital definition (A.3511-A/S.3530-A). OB and midwifery medical liability premium reduction (A.8392-A/S.3010-A). PACE program oversight (A.9542/S.8903).
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