Compliance Now

JANUARY 3, 2022

By: Jennifer Berman, CEO, MZQ Consulting. Among its many new requirements for employee benefit plans, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) created new compensation disclosure requirements related to group health plans. Specifically, the new rules require brokers and consultants anticipated to earn $1,000 or more in direct or indirect compensation related to group health plans to disclose that compensation to the plan sponsor reasonably in advance of entering into an agreement to provi

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a draft guidance focused on using digital health technologies to acquire data remotely from participants in clinical investigations of medical products. "Compared to intermittent trial visits, the use of DHTs to remotely collect data from trial participants may allow for continuous or more frequent data collection," said FDA officials.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we enter COVID-19’s “junior year,” one unifying experience shared by most humans are feelings of pandemic fatigue: anxiety, grief, burnout, which together diminish our mental health. There are many signposts pointing to the various flavors of mental and behavioral health challenges, from younger peoples’ greater risk of depression and suicide ideation to increased deaths of despair due to overdose among middle-aged people.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

Even before COVID-19, Louisville, Kentucky-based Baptist Health was facing a variety of challenges: access to care, patient experience, lack of specialists in its rural market and lack of new patient acquisition strategies in the digital space. THE PROBLEM. "For far too long, patients needed to follow the hospital's rules to seek care – must drive in, wait in a room, etc.," said Nick Sarantis, system director of digital health at Baptist Health.

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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?

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to a study published in JMIR, providers are generally positive about remote therapy and tele-rehabilitation, but they need more training and support to overcome obstacles like technology hurdles and practical concerns.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 3, 2022

John Cherf, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Lumere, a GHX company. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians were attuned to the operational and financial challenges faced by most hospitals and healthcare systems. They just weren’t necessarily living those challenges firsthand. . However, when procedures were canceled and demand for supplies soared, the experience became more personal.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 3, 2022

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic , physicians were attuned to the operational and financial challenges faced by most hospitals and healthcare systems. They just weren’t necessarily living those challenges firsthand. . However, when procedures were canceled and demand for supplies soared, the experience became more personal. Many physicians experienced steep revenue decline as well as the challenges of securing the right medical supplies when they were needed.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 3, 2022

The company said it plans to put the funds towards further developing its Mantarry platform.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 3, 2022

What You Should Know: – Strategic acquisition of leading patient adherence technology and services provider to complement CareMetx current suite of patient access products. CareMetx, LLC, a leading technology-enabled hub services company focused on improving patient access to specialty medications, announced today the acquisition of Human Care Systems, Inc.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Manoj Srivastava, a cybersecurity expert at Kaseya, offers a view ahead at a variety of security technologies important to the year ahead.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

If you can’t tell, Information Blocking is top of mind for those at ONC. We can expect more and more details coming out about what they expect from healthcare organizations and health IT companies when it comes to Information Blocking. Jonathan Bush’s vision of not competing based on access to data seems like the main […].

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Innovaare Compliance

JANUARY 3, 2022

Pressure on member-facing staff at the beginning of a new year. January and February are usually busy months for Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO). New enrollees are still learning to navigate around the health plan to access medical services. Some are finding out the benefits they have signed up for are not what they are expecting. A multitude of reasons drives up MAOs’ member call volumes, frustration and anxiety, all of which contribute to grievances.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

For the 21st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Drex DeFord, Former CIO and Executive Healthcare Strategist at Crowdstrike. In this ripped from the headlines episode, we talk about two major security breaches that impacted healthcare in a massive way. Those are the Log4j vulnerability which impacted […].

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McGuire Wood

JANUARY 3, 2022

M/C Partners has completed a strategic investment in Edafio Technology Partners, according to media reports. Edafio , based in North Little Rock, Ark., is a managed services provider. Founded in 1999, the company range of services includes healthcare consulting. M/C Partners , based in Boston, is a private equity firm that invests in small and mid-size businesses in the digital infrastructure and technology services sectors.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Regional Sales Manager position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Qualifacts and is in Arizona. Here’s a description of the position: Qualifacts and Credible, two leading providers of […].

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 3, 2022

The funds will go toward expansion in Southeast Asia.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

This past month, a new law in Texas went into effect requiring physicians to examine patients in person before providing abortion medication and banning the delivery of such medications by mail. Abortion via telemedicine was already prohibited in the state, as reported by NPR. But violating the new law, SB 4, is considered a state jail felony – meaning providers who are convicted could face between 180 days and two years in prison, and a fine of up to $10,000.

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