Med League

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Personal injury plaintiffs attorneys often use medical billing expert as part of their legal strategy to support their claims for compensation in personal injury cases. These experts play a crucial role in assessing and presenting the medical expenses incurred by the plaintiff as a result of the injury. Here’s how personal injury plaintiffs typically use medical billing expert: Review and Analyze Medical Records: Medical billing review experts are tasked with carefully examining the plaint

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The nonprofit reported continued cost pressures in the first half of the year, including an increase in labor and supply expenses.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Integrated healthcare provider Apollo Hospitals is now rolling out its connected care programme across its entire network in India. This follows the recent nationwide expansion of a similar programme for its partner hospitals, aiming to build the largest connected healthcare ecosystem in the country. WHAT IT'S ABOUT According to a press statement, Apollo's Comprehensive Connected Care service provides a real-time view of the patient from several care touchpoints along the patient journey

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The acquisition comes after the EHR vendor agreed to pay millions to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By Kathleen (Katie) Hammond We have seen a growing trend in recent years of companies covering some, or all, of the cost of elective (i.e., non-medical) egg freezing as an employee benefit. For instance, Meta , Google , Netflix , Uber , and Apple are among the list of companies that offer some coverage for elective egg freezing. In this piece, I explore four concerns with employer-funded elective egg freezing.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Favorable selection of healthier beneficiaries led to overpayments in counties with high Medicare Advantage penetration, but benchmark changes could mitigate the impact, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Regulators' latest effort to nudge the U.S. away from fee-for-service takes a page from how Maryland pays its hospitals.

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HealthIT Answers

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We rounded up thoughts on why 88% plan to increase their third-party technology investments in 2023-2024 according to a Redox sponsored survey, Buyer Mindsets: Health Technology Perspectives from Clinical and Clinical IT Leaders. The post Providers are Budgeting for Third-Party Tech Investments Says Survey appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major blind spot for many Americans, a new survey suggests. | Though many respondents used the internet for medical information and had a regular doctor and blood work done once or twice a year, 58% of respondents were unfamiliar with the illness.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Mike Hines, Principal Evangelist at Resolute Software In recent years, cloud computing has become the go-to solution for healthcare institutions seeking flexibility and scalability. However, as the digital and legislative landscapes evolve, a growing number of organizations are reevaluating their cloud strategies. Are you best served by doubling down on your cloud-based strategy, or by backing off a bit and bringing some of your services out of the cloud and back down to earth?

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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.

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

YouTube announced two programs Thursday that the Google-owned video platform said will give healthcare content creators new opportunities to educate diverse audiences. | The two new initiatives leverage cultural representation and targeted messaging to reach audiences impacted by health inequity, Google's Garth Graham, M.D., said.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Andre Esteva, Founder and CEO of ArteraAI In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has created a wave of excitement and anticipation within the healthcare industry. AI has the potential to revolutionize patient care, improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy, enhance treatment planning, and streamline administrative tasks.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Unite Us, tech company focused on social determinants of health, lays off employees amid profitability struggles agliadkovskaya Wed, 09/06/2023 - 14:25

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

What You Should Know: – GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham form a strategic collaboration on the co-development of an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that will help increase scheduling operations effectiveness and productivity. – The first innovative AI app from the collaboration is the schedule predictions dashboard of Radiology Operations Module (ROM), a digital imaging tool that helps optimize scheduling, reduce cost, and free providers from administrative burden, allow

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is among those pushing back against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC's) plans to update pre-merger notification requirements, calling the proposal “a subs | "There is no need to subject hospitals to burdensome rules aimed at other sectors of the economy,” the AHA wrote of amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Form proposed in June.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

What You Should Know: UPMC announced it is replacing Oracle Cerner with Epic’s enterprise EHR platform to create a unified platform across its health system, representing more than six million patient records. UPMC previously deployed Epic in its outpatient space, Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports. UPMC cites lowering operational costs, optimizing security, and improving patient engagement as reasons for the EHR replacement.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Research shows that Medicare spending has leveled off for the past decade, morphing from something that experts worried might break the federal budget to an unexpected bright spot. | Medicare had once been seen as something that would one day break the budget. However, Medicare spending in the last decade slowed greatly. But why?

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A recent survey of healthcare professionals indicates 78% of healthcare organizations have experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in the past 12 months. 60% of those incidents had a moderate or significant impact on the delivery of care, 15% had a severe impact, and 30% involved sensitive data. Protected Health Information (PHI) was exposed or stolen in 34% of incidents in North America.

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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.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, the legislation set forth requirements for insurers to cover lactation services for mothers, a stark contrast from expecting families to pay o | The Affordable Care Act says insurance companies must front the cost for lactation care. Many are still not doing so, forcing other providers to step up.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Aileen Killen, Ph.D., RN, CPPS, Director of Perioperative Operational Excellence, LiveData In the dynamic world of healthcare, preference cards serve as crucial tools that capture a surgeon’s specific needs and preferences for each type of surgical procedure they perform. These cards typically outline the equipment, instruments, and supplies required for a particular procedure, providing a personalized roadmap for surgical teams to follow.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Former UnitedHealthcare executive Roger Rodriguez said that during his tenure with the insurance giant, he endeavored to view payer issues through a provider lens. | Former UnitedHealthcare executive Roger Rodriguez said that during his tenure with the insurance giant, he endeavored to view payer issues through a provider lens.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

What You Should Know: – Augmedix announced today the expansion of the company’s ambient medical documentation products to the behavioral healthcare market. Augmedix currently supports behavioral healthcare entities with its Augmedix Live and Augmedix Notes products and will supplement those with its newest product, Augmedix Go , later this year.

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The collaborators will improve access to Tiotropium Bromide Inhalation Powder in the U.S. for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Vital illustrates how the new wave of generative AI technologies can contribute to a better life for millions of people. Vital is using AI to take inscrutable test results and doctors’ notes, full of abbreviations and jargon, and produce meaningful explanations for patients in common English. What about errors? According to Aaron Patzer, CEO, Vital’s doctor-to-patient medical note translator is more accurate on average than the summaries produced by doctors themselves.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Laboratories at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are the first in the UK to use a tool that measures the risk of kidney failure in patients with kidney disease.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dale Quayle, CEO at RF Code The data center infrastructure is constantly evolving. Over the last 12 months, companies have turned more frequently to cloud deployment for its presumed benefits. However, as this trend develops, many companies are recognizing the limitations of the cloud-only model and repatriating infrastructure tied to critical data in a housed facility.

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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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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If there’s one thing we know about rare diseases, it’s that their prevalence is not so rare. | The rare disease journey can be long and difficult. rWGS could offer newborns a greater chance of successful diagnosis and intervention at birth.

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Healthcare Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a long-awaited proposal to establish new federal minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities. [1] If the proposed rule is finalized, CMS estimates that approximately 75% of all nursing homes would have to “strengthen staffing in their facilities” in order to meet the new requirements. [2] Proposed Minimum Staffing Requirements As proposed, nursing homes will be required to provide: A Registered Nurse

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have published the letters that were sent to hospital systems and telehealth providers in July 2023 advising them about the privacy risks associated with website tracking technologies such as Meta Pixel and Google Analytics. The widespread use of these tools on hospital websites and the risk of impermissible disclosures of protected health information (PHI) prompted OCR to issue guid

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Erkin Otles – AI Practice Lead – HTD Health What You Should Know: – HTD Health , a New York-based company specializing in virtually-enabled care, EMR integration, and Software as Medical Device (SaMD) design and development, is launching a healthcare AI practice with partner Erkin Ötleş to meet the changing needs of the industry. – The firm works with healthcare organizations across the sector to plan, design, and build software systems to improve patient engagement, clin

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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.