Healthcare Dive
MARCH 21, 2022
When a hospital closes in a rural community, the effects often ripple through the local economy, reducing the size of the population, labor force and possibly county income, new research suggests.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 21, 2022
The importance of data-sharing and interoperability were two dominant themes at HIMSS22, with leadership repeatedly emphasizing how the COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the consequences of siloed information. Dr. Donald Rucker, former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, says the ability to represent data uniformly is arguably a bigger win than the ability to transmit it – and he says FHIR will be a key way of doing so.
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 21, 2022
Current shortages and widespread issues recruiting and retaining staff are a central concern for hospitals, and could lend nurses more leverage in negotiations.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 21, 2022
Healthcare organizations each faced an average of 109 cyberattacks per week last year, by far the most of any industry. While hospitals and health systems may have well-honed cybersecurity protocols to prevent or mitigate such attacks, the growth of care-at-home technologies – including remote patient monitoring and hospital at home – has created another layer of concern.
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 21, 2022
St. Louis, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and Manhattan also landed on the Lown Institute's top-10 list of the most racially segregated hospital markets.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 21, 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.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 21, 2022
A woman has been sentenced to serve 15 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme to defraud patients of a Metairie, LA, medical clinic. In 2015, three individuals were arrested in connection with the scheme following an investigation by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in New Orleans and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Brandon Livas, 37, and Royale Lassai, 32, of New Orleans, LA, both pled guilty to a one-count bill of information with Bank Larceny in July 2019 for their role in
HIT Consultant
MARCH 21, 2022
David Maahs, MD, Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford Children’s Health. A recent study from Stanford found that pediatric patients with rapid access to continuous glucose monitoring soon after a type 1 diabetes diagnosis had healthier blood sugar values than an earlier group of patients who weren’t given the monitors near the time of diagnosis.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 21, 2022
On March 17, 2022, Dallas, TX-based JDC Healthcare Management, which runs more than 70 Jefferson Dental & Orthodontics practices throughout the state of Texas, reported a security breach to the Office of the Attorney General of Texas that has affected more than 1 million Texans. As previously reported on this site, JDC Healthcare Management detected malware within its IT network on or around August 9, 2021, with the forensic investigation into the security breach confirming the malware was d
HIT Consultant
MARCH 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – TimeDoc Health , a Chicago-based provider of virtual care management activation, today announced it has closed a $48.5M Series B round led by Aldrich Capital Partners. – Founded in 2015, TimeDoc Health partners with PCPs and healthcare organizations to automate record-keeping for clinician/patient interactions (in-person and virtual), sending the reports to CMS for reimbursement. – During the pandemic, the company has been instrumental in helping provide
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2022
As part of the agreement, SoftBank will research market opportunities for the digital therapeutic, and it can negotiate an exclusive commercialization deal in Japan.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today, CMR Surgical has announced a VR professional education program for its Versius® Surgical Robotic System. – The announcement marks CRM Surgical as the first soft-tissue surgical robotics system to offer VR training as part of its surgical team training pathway; giving surgical teams increased flexibility to practice their skills.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 21, 2022
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today Teladoc Health announced a first-of-its-kind Virtual Care Transformation Model for employers. – The model offers a comprehensive roadmap to move virtual care forward based on an organization’s resources, priorities and goals. Virtual Care Transformation Model: Roadmap to Evolve Virtual Healthcare Benefits.
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Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 21, 2022
Morgan Health, the JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) business focused on improving the quality, equity and affordability of employee health care, announced a $5 million investment in Embold Health, a physician-led analytics company that measures and creates transparency around provider performance. Embold Health’s data analytics and insights offers employers, employees, health plans and health […].
HIT Consultant
MARCH 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Recora today emerged from stealth to announce $20M in Series A funding led by SignalFire with participation from Valor Equity Partners and existing investor Pear VC. – In addition, the company while also unveiled its Cardiac Recovery Program for health systems, medical groups and health plans. Redefining the Future of Heart Health.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 21, 2022
For the 84th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Changing Patient Expectations. The world of healthcare is changing and expectations from patients is changing even quicker. In this episode, we talk about how they’re changing and what healthcare organizations need to do to adapt to these changes. In many cases, what used […] For the 84th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Changing Patient Expectations.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
MARCH 21, 2022
Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSM) continue to be marketed widely, often as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace plans, even though HCSMs don’t follow the same rules and typically don’t provide the same protections. There is a dearth of data on HCSM operations and finances, but a Massachusetts rule has offered a glimpse behind the curtain.
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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.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2022
The app has correctly detected COVID-19 in 92% of infected participants of a clinical trial.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
MARCH 21, 2022
The sole owner and operator of a Kansas home healthcare company has pleaded guilty to employment tax fraud. The fraud scheme caused a tax loss to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of over $300,000. The owner was responsible for all financial matters related to the company, including the payroll and collecting and paying the employment taxes to the IRS.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2022
The company plans to use the money to build out its care coordination staff as well as its sales and marketing teams.
Modern Healthcare
MARCH 21, 2022
Elizabeth Fowler, director of CMMI, joins the Check Up to discuss the new ACO REACH model and changes to direct contracting.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2022
The device, which is not yet cleared by the FDA, alerts bystanders to a potential cardiac event nearby and guides them to the scene.
The Health Law Firm Blog
MARCH 21, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 23, 2022, a psychiatric practice and its owner agreed to pay $310,874 to resolve allegations they improperly hired and employed a physician who was excluded from federal healthcare programs. The physician who was hired was on.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2022
New research from JAMA finds ICBT non-inferior to traditional therapy.
YouCompli
MARCH 21, 2022
Executive Summary. When the pandemic hit, a California-based hospital system was inundated by COVID-19 caseloads and related pressures. Its Compliance function was overwhelmed too, struggling to manage the volume, speed, and scope of regulatory changes coming in. Further complicating the situation: Regulators were modifying how they announced changes.
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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.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Applied XL , a real-time information company tracking disruptions to the health of people, places, and the planet, today announced it had raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Hearst Ventures with the participation of the Boston Globe Media Partners and STAT, which are owned by the Henry family. – The latest round brings Applied XL’s total funds raised to date to $5 million in the last 12 months.
YouCompli
MARCH 21, 2022
Executive Summary. As chief compliance officer for a hospital system, Scott Borsuk faced a two-fold challenge. He was overwhelmed by the endless stream of new and changing laws and regulations coming in. Deciding if changes pertained to his organization was an even bigger struggle. Implementing YouCompli helped his compliance function to deliver greater value to the hospital system.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – DeliverHealth , a provider of technology-enabled solutions for hospitals, health systems, and group practices, today announced the acquisition of PresidioHealth , a healthcare technology and clinical intelligence company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. – The acquisition enables DeliverHealth to further expand its software platform, thus improving coding quality and speeding up the reimbursement cycle for healthcare organizations.
YouCompli
MARCH 21, 2022
Executive Summary. When two hospital systems merged, the Compliance function struggled to keep up with cumbersome exsiting processes. This was on top of another complex problem facing the hospital system: billing headaches. The health system needed a better way to handle rejected and improperly coded bills, and in turn, improve overall revenue collection.
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