Healthcare Dive
APRIL 18, 2022
Bright, which went public in June last year, wants to refocus on growth in markets where it can have a bigger impact. The seven-year-old startup lost almost $1.2 billion in 2021.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 18, 2022
Early last year, Baptist Health, a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky, was taking note of the lessons staff had learned and the data gathered through the first year of the pandemic to reassess the organization's overall virtual care strategy and current digital health tools. THE PROBLEM. Patient experience and access, along with provider efficiency, were areas Baptist wanted to improve – to ensure the virtual tools it had were helping to meet its overall goals around care deli
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Healthcare Dive
APRIL 18, 2022
Doctors' financial compensation increased in the past year, resuming a longer-term trend though gender, racial and ethnic pay disparities persist.
Bill of Health
APRIL 18, 2022
By Bob Wold. One understudied condition for which small doses of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin may be beneficial is cluster headache. As founder and executive director of the advocacy group Clusterbusters, I have seen firsthand, as a patient and an activist, that, despite its modest name, cluster is far from “just” a headache. It is a chronic pain condition that lasts “on” and “off” for months or years, often with no hint as to its origin.
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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?
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 18, 2022
More than 90% of health system leaders have increased compensation to recruit and retain staff, while 81% said they are still filling gaps with agency labor, per a new Advis report.
Bill of Health
APRIL 18, 2022
By Jack Becker. Are you ready to learn about “the most innovative piece of exercise equipment ever”? To take advantage of “the momentum of gravity to target your entire midsection”? Doesn’t everybody want to “lose those love handles nobody loves”? To finally “have the flat washboard abs and the sexy v-shape [they’ve] always wanted”?
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 18, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Yoni Nevo, CEO, Sweetch. Obesity comes in many forms and for many reasons. Among the various options for treatment, different approaches work for different people. But no matter the approach, treatability and successful treatment […]. The article For Obesity Management To Work, It Must Be Proactive and Empathetic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that Physician Partners of America, along with its founder and former chief medical officer, have agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations. According to a DOJ press release , the medical group allegedly billed federal healthcare programs for unnecessary medical testing and services, including telemedicine; paid unlawful remuneration to its physician employees; and made a false statement in connection with a loan obtai
Healthcare It News
APRIL 18, 2022
Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2022
A new study in The Lancet found that a deep-learning algorithm was able to detect vision-threatening retinopathy with 94.7% accuracy.
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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.
HIPAA Journal
APRIL 18, 2022
Indiana-based Deaconess Health System and Blue Earth County in Minnesota have notified individuals that sensitive personal information has been accessed by employees without authorization. Deaconess Health System Notifies Female Patients About Unauthorized Medical Record Access by Physician. A physician formerly employed by Deaconess Health System in Evansville, IN, has been discovered to have accessed the medical records of female patients without authorization.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2022
A clinical trial has shown that it can predict AD progression with 88% and 84% accuracy in American and Japanese patients, respectively.
HIPAA Journal
APRIL 18, 2022
Newman Regional Health (NRH), which operates a 25-bed critical access hospital in Emporia, KS, has recently started notifying 52,224 patients that unauthorized individuals have gained access to certain employee email accounts that contained protected health information. NRH explained on its website that a limited number of employee email accounts were accessed by unauthorized individuals over a period of 10 months in 2021 between January 26, 2021, and November 23, 2021.
Colington Consulting HIPAA Blog
APRIL 18, 2022
Our series is designed to explain best practices about HIPAA compliance, HIPAA settlements, and the various requirements an organization must have in place under the HIPAA Security & Privacy Rules.
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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.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2022
A development study published in JMIR describes the App Rating Inventory, which aims to help clinicians find high-quality tools to use with patients.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 18, 2022
For the 86th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re asking the question, Is RPM (remote patient monitoring) overrated? Everyone seems to be talking about remote patient monitoring. This isn’t a huge surprise given all the move to remote that’s happened during COVID, but we wondered if all this talk of RPM is overrated. Certainly […] For the 86th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re asking the question, Is RPM (remote patient monitoring) overrated?
AIHC
APRIL 18, 2022
Written by: Thomas "Trent" Jackson, BS, CCRS Medicare bad debts present Medicare Part A providers an opportunity to recover reimbursement dollars they otherwise would have missed. Provided that a proper log is kept, total uncollected Medicare co-insurance and/or deductibles can be claimed on the cost report for 65% reimbursement. Under 42 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) §413.89 and the Provider Reimbursement Manual (PRM) 15-1 § 308, a bad debt is allowable when it results from deductible and co
HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2022
What You Should Know: Suki , a provider of voice artificial intelligence (AI ) technology for healthcare launches new “show me” commands for its voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare. – The commands allow clinicians to quickly retrieve a wide set of patient information, including vital signs, medications, allergies, and medical and surgical histories — untethered from the electronic health record (EHR) — enabling them to be more present with their patient
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 18, 2022
Investment accelerates the expansion and innovation of MedTrainer’s best-in-class solution to enhance value to its current customers and rapidly expand its reach into new markets MedTrainer, healthcare’s leader in credentialing, training, and compliance management, today announced a $43 million Series B investment led by Vista Equity Partners, a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, […].
HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2022
What You Should Know: – Blue Spark Technologies, Inc., a Cleveland, OH-based provider of wearable remote patient monitoring solutions, announced that it has raised $40 million in growth funding led by Ghost Tree Partners with support from Aon. – The funding will go towards scaling the company’s sales and marketing functions and the continued advancement of Blue Spark’s wearable remote patient monitoring solutions.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 18, 2022
Any shift in healthcare goes slow. In many ways, this is by design. We don’t want to make changes that are going to literally put patients’ lives at risk. While change is slow, it feels like we’re on that slow march to putting patients first in healthcare. Certainly COVID threw some gas on that fire […].
HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2022
Maura Cash RN, BSN, CASC, VP of Clinical Strategies for HST Pathways. Extraordinary advances in technology have opened up previously unthinkable possibilities for the healthcare industry and improvements in patient care. Electronic health records (EHRs) are one of many health IT advancements in recent years, and they prove to have a significant impact on both providers and patients alike.
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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
APRIL 18, 2022
It has several features including virtual clinic, automated reminders, and appointment management.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
APRIL 18, 2022
A certified nurse’s aide (CNA) who was working in an Oklahoma nursing home has pled guilty to stealing money from a resident. The Oklahoma Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) initiated the investigation after a referral was received by the Oklahoma State Department of Health – Protective Health Services Long-Term Care regarding the report of a nursing home resident missing money from her room.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2022
It allows users to earn health points which can be redeemed for healthcare products.
Compliancy Group
APRIL 18, 2022
One of the critical requirements of HIPAA is having effective policies and procedures that reflect how an organization uses, controls, and manages the protected health information of individuals. Employees must not only be aware of these policies and procedures but also attest that they will abide by them. Many companies include their HIPAA policies in Employee Handbooks, but is that the best way?
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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.
NCG Medical Blog
APRIL 18, 2022
What is the guiding philosophy of your medical practice ? Do you have it clearly written and in plain view for your patients on your website, in your office, as part of your employee handbook?
Health Law RX
APRIL 18, 2022
Covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) have the chance to provide input on two amendments to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH Act”). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking public input regarding: How covered entities and business associates (collectively, “r
McGuire Wood
APRIL 18, 2022
FFL Partners has announced it has invested in Perlman Clinic. Perlman , based in San Diego, is an independent provider of primary care in the Greater San Diego Market. Founded in 2005, Perlman operates 16 facilities staffed by more than 100 primary care providers who provide primary care, urgent care, behavioral health and wellness services. FFL Partners , based in San Francisco, invests in middle market companies within healthcare and business services.
Medisys Compliance
APRIL 18, 2022
An Alternative Payment Model (APM) is a payment approach that gives added incentive payments to provide high-quality and cost-efficient care. In October 2021, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced a goal of having every Medicare beneficiary and the majority of Medicaid beneficiaries covered by some type of alternative payment model (APM) by 2030.
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