Fri.Nov 11, 2022

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CommonSpirit continues to wrangle with cyberattack

Healthcare Dive

A majority of the providers affected by the attack last month have regained access to electronic health records, but the system said it is still working to return to normal operations.

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VA, Healthy Together collaborate on mobile access to health records

Healthcare It News

The initial offering enables veterans to view and store immunization records all in one place. WHY IT MATTERS. Healthy Together uses the Department of Veterans Affairs Lighthouse program to securely access relevant VA data when veterans connect their VA accounts. The collaboration is part of the VA's efforts to provide more ways for veterans to securely access and utilize their health records and data through the agency's API.

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Congressional committee requests investigation of hospital price transparency compliance

Healthcare Dive

Committee members said in a recent letter that hospitals have had “ample time” to comply with the rules.

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3 Common Myths on Medical Billing Outsourcing

Medisys Compliance

Scores of medical professionals now prefer to outsource their medical billing. More and more people are considering this choice as the sector is expanding. Doesn’t that dumbstruck you? However, on the other hand, there are a few myths floating around outsourcing medical billing. To burst this smokescreen, you should first take the time to dispel these widespread misconceptions about outsourcing your medical billing before deciding whether it’s appropriate for your medical setting or

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

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.

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Wheel Acquires GoodRx Care Backend Tech for $19.5M

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Virtual care company Wheel acquires GoodRx Care ’s backend virtual care technology, including its clinician-centric EMR, powerful clinical management tools, and flexible patient experience software for $19.5M in cash. – As part of the acquisition, Wheel will integrate GoodRx Care’s underlying technology to expand its existing virtual care platform capabilities and GoodRx will continue to own the consumer-facing GoodRx Care website and mobile app.

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MobilTEK Launches First International Telehealth Program

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sara Hendren, Global Telehealth Lead at MobilTeK by Care on Location. MobilTEK , launched its first international telehealth program in the department of Chuquisaca Bolivia in March of 2022. Through a collaborative partnership with Alliance Bolivia, PROCOSI, and SEDES Chuquisaca, two MobilTEK telehealth exam kits were placed in the communities of Zudanez and El Villar through a pilot program that will study the acceptability, useability, and adaptability of t

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CommonSpirit Health Says EHRs Mostly Back Online Following Ransomware Attack

HIPAA Journal

CommonSpirit Health has recently provided an update on the progress that has been made in recovering from an October 2022 ransomware attack that affected many facilities across its network. The attack was detected on October 3, which forced the health system to take its IT systems offline, including its MyChart electronic health records (EHRs). CommonSpirit Health, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI Health), MercyOne, and St.

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CMS seeks to close gaps in health equity data collection as new measures roll out

Fierce Healthcare

CMS seeks to close gaps in health equity data collection as new measures roll out. rking. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 15:32.

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Informing the Debate about Telemedicine Reimbursement — What Do We Need to Know?

NEJM

Short-term extensions of pandemic-era telemedicine regulations create an opportunity to answer critical questions and ensure that permanent policies will be informed by the best possible evidence.

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HLTH22: Instacart Health partners with ChenMed, Helper Bees, Levels Health to address the root causes of food insecurity

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: Instacart Health partners with ChenMed, Helper Bees, Levels Health to address the root causes of food insecurity. aburky. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 16:56.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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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Industry news in brief

Digital Health News

The latest Digital Health News industry roundup covers a collaboration for Kooth, the benefits of digital health interventions and Wysa's use in PCNs.

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Nurses plan to picket outside of 22 Kaiser Permanente locations

Fierce Healthcare

Nurses plan to picket outside of 22 Kaiser Permanente locations. fdiamond. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 09:08.

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Health Care Access on the Line — Audio-Only Visits and Digitally Inclusive Care

NEJM

Action is needed to ensure that the digital health revolution helps bring about a more equitable care delivery system. Audio-only visits could be a stepping stone to digitally inclusive health care.

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Survey: Patients as Consumers Embrace Post-Covid Model and Want to See More

Fierce Healthcare

Survey: Patients as Consumers Embrace Post-Covid Model and Want to See More. jpiatt. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 07:06.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Q&A: What is healthcare's role in the metaverse?

Mobi Health News

Sam Glassenberg, CEO and founder of Level Ex, discusses the company's immersive experiences and the prospects of the metaverse for healthcare training and delivery.

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Industry Voices—What people want from virtual primary care

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—What people want from virtual primary care. pminemyer. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 12:39.

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Wheel to buy GoodRx's backend virtual care tech for $19.5M

Mobi Health News

GoodRx will continue to own and operate its telehealth platform. The deal is expected to close at the end of November.

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2023 Evaluation and Management Coding Changes – Part 2

Healthicity

With so many coding changes just around the corner, it’s hard to keep up – we’re here to help!

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

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.

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Hims & Hers, ChristianaCare partner for in-person care on East Coast

Mobi Health News

Hims & Hers patients in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will gain access to ChristianaCare's provider network.

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SEC Ambulance Service disrupted by significant IT issues

Digital Health News

South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is continuing to suffer “significant IT system issues”, but the incident is no longer critical.

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Fathom Secures $46M Series B Financing

Healthcare IT Today

Series B co-led by Alkeon Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Vituity’s Inflect Health, Cedars-Sinai, ApolloMD, Jonathan Bush, and other healthcare executives. Financing allows Fathom to continue to advance the standard in automated medical coding in response to critical challenges facing providers. Fathom , the leader in medical coding automation, today announced the closing of a $46 million Series B financing led by Alkeon Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners , w

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Important Deadline Approaches for California Healthcare Employers to Apply for Worker Retention Payments

Healthcare Law Blog

On June 30, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to stabilize and promote the retention of California’s healthcare workforce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This response included the allocation of $1.3 billion for retention payments to physicians and other clinical and non-clinical healthcare workers. California’s Department of Health Care Services (“ DHCS ”) will administer the distribution of those funds through its Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility COVID-19 Worker Retenti

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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CMS Issues Final Rules on CY 2023 Fee Schedules for Physicians

HealthIT Answers

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued final rules on the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule and the 2023 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System. They include updates and policy changes that will take effect January 1. 2023. The post CMS Issues Final Rules on CY 2023 Fee Schedules for Physicians appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Northwell Holdings, Aegis Ventures team to launch virtual menopause care platform Upliv

Fierce Healthcare

Northwell Holdings, Aegis Ventures team to launch virtual menopause care platform Upliv. pminemyer. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 11:32.

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Weekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: Forbes Releases Health Care Predictions for 2023 | USDA Announces $110 Million in Grants for Rural Health

Hall Render

Forbes released The Top 10 Healthcare Industry Predictions for 2023 which includes a focus on 1) Medicare Advantage; 2) Changes in how PE and VC funds look at health care opportunities; 3) The impact of technology and retail on health care; 4) Changes in home care; and 5) Changes in how providers view value-based care. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $110 million in grants to improve the infrastructure of hospitals and clinics in rural communities.

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MDLive expands virtual primary care platform to improve chronic condition management

Fierce Healthcare

MDLive expands virtual primary care platform to improve chronic condition management. pminemyer. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 14:36.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

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.

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Using Technology to Monitor and Manage Employees: When Is It Too Much?

Hall Render

Although there is no bright-line answer to which electronic monitoring and automated management practices will result in unfair labor practice charges, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) General Counsel (“GC”) Jennifer Abruzzo has made clear that the NLRB will scrutinize such practices to ensure that they do not interfere with employees’ rights to communicate about workplace conditions and organize.

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Industry Voices—Improving veteran pain management requires a committed, comprehensive approach

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Improving veteran pain management requires a committed, comprehensive approach. hlandi. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 17:17.

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Weekly Real Estate Briefing: Forbes Releases Health Care Predications for 2023 | USDA Announces $110 Million in Grants for Rural Health

Hall Render

Forbes released The Top 10 Healthcare Industry Predictions for 2023 which includes a focus on 1) Medicare Advantage; 2) Changes in how PE and VC funds look at health care opportunities; 3) The impact of technology and retail on health care; 4) Changes in home care; and 5) Changes in how providers view value-based care. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $110 million in grants to improve the infrastructure of hospitals and clinics in rural communities.

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HC3 warns healthcare organizations of Venus ransomware threat

Becker's Health IT

The Health Care Cybersecurity Coordination Center, or HC3, is warning the healthcare industry to be on the lookout for the Venus ransomware threat.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.