Healthcare Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The Government Accountability Office is urging the CMS to resume certain eligibility checks on providers whom they consider at high risk of fraud to the Medicare program.
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 20, 2022
By Matthew Chun. A scientist’s high-tech approach to assisted suicide is already available for use in Switzerland and is actively being campaigned for in the United Kingdom. Could the United States be next? Dr. Philip Nitschke — nicknamed “Dr. Death” by some — has made it his mission to “ demedicalize death ” by removing doctors from the process of assisted suicide and bringing suicide devices directly into the hands of individuals seeking to end their own lives.
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Healthcare Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Lawmakers are rushing to speed passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package as they near a Friday deadline for government funding.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The Rise to Health Coalition seeks to catalyze individuals and organizations committed to health equity and justice. WHY IT MATTERS. Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, announced the new coalition at the recent IHI Forum 2022 in Orlando. Joined by Dr. Aletha Maybank, chief health equity officer and senior vice president of the American Medical Association, and Glenn Harris, president of Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines, the three healthcare lead
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 20, 2022
UCHealth is a non-profit healthcare organization based in Colorado made up of 12 hospitals across the state. THE PROBLEM. The organization had a new use case for virtual care, a program called Virtual Deterioration. Essentially, it was trying to find patients who were deteriorating in the hospital sooner in order to provide rescue and treatment faster to give them the best outcome.
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
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Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus. rking. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:29.
Compliance Now
DECEMBER 20, 2022
By: Megan Diehl, Manager, Compliance Consulting, MZQ Consulting. The end of the 2022 calendar year is fast approaching, and with it come numerous deadlines that can directly or indirectly impact employer group health plans. Below is an overview of several items that plan sponsors should be mindful of this season. The Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate.
HIPAA Journal
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Healthcare data breaches continued to be reported at an astonishing rate in 2022, with data breaches of 500 or more records being reported at a rate of almost two per day. Healthcare providers and other healthcare entities continue to be targeted by cybercriminals and nation-state actors, and attacks have increased in both volume and sophistication.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Ted Hill, SVP Sales and Marketing, SSG. From reducing IT backlogs and accelerating app development, to empowering citizen developers and enabling “fusion” dev teams of programmers and business technologists, the private sector has been enjoying the benefits of low-code development for some time now. For those unfamiliar with the concept, “low-code” generally refers to app development platforms in which users can input information and get the results they need through graphical user interfaces,
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
2023 forecast: Why digital health is ripe for a new wave of M&A, including more 'disruptive' deals. hlandi. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 16:33.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
David Hollander, Sr. Director of Marketing at Bluetooth SIG. In August, the Food and Drug Administration established a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical exam, prescription, or a fitting adjustment by an audiologist.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Some experts assert the legislation is preemptive and may stifle innovation, while others argue it has the potential to improve patient access to meaningful healthcare.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Diabetes prevention is one of the biggest challenges in the healthcare industry as more than 37 million Americans (11.3% of the population) suffer from this debilitating chronic disease. As we close the year out, we sat down with Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of diabetic healthcare tech company Podimetrics to learn how the industry and his company are working to implement health equity change to serve patients living with advanced diabetes.
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Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Epidemiology group no longer recommends universal asymptomatic COVID screening at healthcare facilities. dmuoio. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 16:07.
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 20, 2022
What You Should Know: – Carallel , a Chicago, IL-based provider of human-centered guidance and digital tools for family caregivers raises a $8.2M Series A funding round led by FCA Venture Partners , with participation from prominent regional payers including 450 Ventures, as well as Create Health Ventures, Gratitude Railroad, Loud Capital, and Wanxiang Healthcare Investments. – Carallel uses expert guidance and digital tools to identify and empower caregivers so they can confidently
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Medicare-certified hospitals must supply ownership data. fdiamond. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 16:46.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Former Hospital Employees Accused of Selling Patient Information. Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN, including a recently-licensed Registered Nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling medical information about car accident victims to personal injury attorneys and chiropractors. The hospital may be penalized for its HIPAA compliance based on the investigation caused by the alleged illegal activities of its rogue employees.
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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.
Digital Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Cera is aiming to keep more patients out of hospital by trialling Siri for Care, an AI-powered voice assistant that will help monitor patients.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The investment will support Nectar's growth nationwide, fund clinical trials and help the company open a physical location.
Health IT Security
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Citrix released patches for… Citrix ADC and Citrix…The National Security… read more
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The startup offers access to advocates who can help family caregivers make plans or solve problems as well as a digital health platform.
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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.
Digital Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
An annual tradition, this year's Joe McDonald Christmas column looks at Christmas past, present and future regarding NHS pressures, IT and digital health.
NEJM
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant measure adopted by Congress to combat climate change, is likely to play an important role in mitigating the adverse health effects of climate change.
Digital Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Sectra is to supply Great Ormond Street Hospital with an enterprise imaging solution to support radiology teams in making effective diagnoses.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Industry Voices—Healthcare's burnout crisis affects caregivers, too. pminemyer. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 14:08.
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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.
Becker's Health IT
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The HHS urged Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway users to check that their systems are not vulnerable to a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability, which is being actively exploited by Chinese hackers and other state-sponsored hacking groups.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The following is a guest article by Maria Luoni, President at RightSourcing. The labor shortage in the U.S. healthcare sector isn’t new. We always knew the demand for caregivers would skyrocket as the Baby Boomer generation reached their mid-70s. However, the events of the past few years have significantly exacerbated the challenge. . Discussions about the uncertain future of the industry’s labor force intensified in 2021, as hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers left the field.
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Down $2.6B over 9 months, struggling Washington hospitals hope state legislators can help prevent more service cuts. dmuoio. Tue, 12/20/2022 - 14:05.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Investment will accelerate growth in platform development and hiring across the organization. Fortified Health Security (Fortified), a best-in-class managed security services provider (MSSP) to the healthcare industry announced today a majority investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners and Health Velocity Capital with participation from Nordic Consulting.
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