Thu.Nov 17, 2022

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Cleveland Clinic billing for certain messaging on MyChart

Healthcare Dive

The amount of messages Cleveland Clinic providers are answering on the portal has doubled since 2019, prompting the system to start billing for those that require more time and expertise.

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Roundup: EpiSoft's online IFC, payments process goes live in St John of God Health Care and more briefs

Healthcare It News

St John of God Health Care adopts online IFC, payments process by EpiSoft. St John of God Health Care has implemented EpiSoft's online Informed Financial Consent and payments process for patients. These features are the latest addition to its epi-me online patient admissions portal, also by EpiSoft. It has also been integrated with the hospital group's web-based PAS.

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HHS to look at MA risk adjustment as upcoding in spotlight

Healthcare Dive

Regulators have considered changing how they calculate patient risk and reimbursement levels for providers, work that the HHS head said is continuing.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

By? Ameet Sarpatwari , Avi va Wang , Liam Bendick sen , and? Aaron S. Kesselheim. Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues relevant to current or potential future work in the Division.

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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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Primary care physicians are burned out, though faring better in US than other countries

Healthcare Dive

Physicians under the age of 55 were more likely to feel stress, emotional distress or burnout compared to older physicians in all countries, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund.

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Most Koreans want to continue using telemedicine in the future - survey

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Most South Koreans are willing to use telemedicine again in the future, especially those living in rural towns and villages, according to a survey report commissioned by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare. FINDINGS. The said survey was carried out online by Hankook Research in September and involved around 1,700 respondents aged 19 and above.

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HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Exploring cross-border collaboration in the Middle East

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

An expert panel will gather during the first day of the event to discuss how digital health can be improved via cross-border collaborations. WHY IT MATTERS. In this session "Cross-Border Collaborations: Improving Digital Health" (20 November, 13:00 - 13:50), speakers from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond will share concrete examples of how governments and healthcare organisations are successfully collaborating across borders to implement various digital health initiat

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Intermountain promotes COO to top job after Harrison’s departure

Healthcare Dive

Intermountain has tapped Rob Allen, a longtime executive of the Utah-based health system.

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Medtronic Launches World’s First and Only Infusion Set for Insulin Pumps

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Medtronic announced the U.S. launch of Medtronic Extended infusion set , the first and only infusion set labeled for up to 7-day wear. An infusion set is tubing that delivers insulin from an insulin pump to the body and typically requires a set change every two to three days. – The Medtronic Extended infusion set uses advanced materials that help reduce insulin preservative loss and maintain insulin flow and stability to double the wear time of an infusion set

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Repeat COVID-19 infection deadlier than the first go-round, says study

Fierce Healthcare

Repeat COVID-19 infection deadlier than the first go-round, says study. fdiamond. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 10:38.

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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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Spot AI Closes $40M for AI-Powered Camera System for Hospitals

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Spot AI closed a $40M Series B funding round to help individuals in the healthcare system and front lines of a hospital make better decisions around security, workforce safety, and process efficiency. – Leveraging cutting edge AI chip technology built into the Spot AI platform, users can easily access, identify and mark important regions to become easily searchable from their phone, tablet or desktop.

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FDA identifies Insulet Omnipod DASH battery recall as Class I

Mobi Health News

The Class I recall of the DASH system comes days after the company issued a voluntary urgent medical device "correction" for its Omnipod 5 controller.

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Quantum Algorithms for Healthcare

HIT Consultant

Isabella Martinez, Lead Quantum Technologist at Booz Allen. Kevin Vigilante, Chief Medical Officer and EVP at Booz Allen. The field of computational life sciences can and should invest in the development of quantum algorithms today to take advantage of the near-term improvements and long-term transformational potential of quantum technology. Advancements in technology have always driven breakthroughs in medicine.

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Primary care physician burnout raging across the US and other high-income countries, Commonwealth Fund finds

Fierce Healthcare

Primary care physician burnout raging across the US and other high-income countries, Commonwealth Fund finds. dmuoio. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 13:03.

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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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CHIME/symplr Report Reveals Hospital Exec Priorities and 2023 Initiatives

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – symplr , a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software, has announced the findings of its 2022 symplr Compass Survey. – The research captured sentiments from decision makers at top U.S. health systems to obtain insights about healthcare operations technology at their organizations, including effectiveness, challenges, and areas of opportunity.

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HLTH22: Private equity rebuffs critics, says it brings rigor, scale and necessary change to healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

HLTH22: Private equity rebuffs critics, says it brings rigor, scale and necessary change to healthcare. dmuoio. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 17:57.

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Inhealthcare: Redefining healthcare with digital technologies

Digital Health News

The way we deliver healthcare in the UK must change. Nearly one in eight people are awaiting NHS treatment. Increasingly, people own smart devices and expect to be able to use them to engage with the health service, ideally from the comfort of their own homes. Inhealthcare’s virtual wards enable patients to be cared for safely at home and support earlier discharge from hospital.

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Sema4 to exit reproductive health testing, lay off 500

Mobi Health News

The AI-backed genomic and clinical data company announced it had laid off about 250 workers in August.

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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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UnitedHealthcare, AARP team up to lower the cost of hearing aids

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare, AARP team up to lower the cost of hearing aids. hlandi. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 22:13.

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Interview: Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services

HIPAA Journal

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services, has shared her thoughts.

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DirectTrust and EHNAC Announce Merger Agreement

Healthcare IT Today

EHNAC to merge with and into DirectTrust; EHNAC Commission will remain intact. DirectTrust and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) today announced an agreement to merge EHNAC with and into DirectTrust, effective January 4, 2023. DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information.

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Mixed reactions to Autumn Statement on NHS funding increase

Digital Health News

Healthcare system leaders and suppliers react to the Autumn Statement, which includes a NHS funding increase of £3.3billion in each of the next two years.

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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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Milliman: Home benefits surge in popularity among Medicare Advantage plans

Fierce Healthcare

Milliman: Home benefits surge in popularity among Medicare Advantage plans. rking. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 15:17.

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Patient Data Compromised in 5 Hacking Incidents, Ransomware Attacks, and Break-ins

HIPAA Journal

Salud Family Health Provides Update on September 2022 Ransomware Attack. Colorado-based Salud Family Health, a Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC), has recently provided an update on a September 2022 cyberattack and has confirmed that patient data was potentially stolen. Salud Family Health said the security breach was detected on September 5, 2022, and it has now confirmed that patient and employee data was accessed in the attack.

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Babylon reports revenue growth amid reverse share split and more digital health earnings

Mobi Health News

Akili, Oscar Health and Bright Health also post third quarter results.

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Healthcare Sees 60% YoY Increase in Cyberattacks

HIPAA Journal

There was a global increase in cyberattacks in Q3, 2022, with attacks rising by 28% compared to the corresponding period last year. Attacks are now occurring at a rate of 1,130 per week, on average, according to Check Point Research. Education was the most extensively targeted sector in Q3, experiencing an 18% rise in attacks, followed by government/military which saw a 20% increase.

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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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Why healthcare mergers and acquisitions are a cybersecurity risk

Becker's Health IT

As Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, formed by the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives in 2019, dealt with a weeks-long fallout from a ransomware attack, health system CIOs and chief information security officers say these large acquisitions can make healthcare systems more vulnerable to security breaches.

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Novo Nordisk and Abbott partner to enhance diabetes support

Digital Health News

A collaboration between Novo Nordisk and Abbott is enabling people with diabetes to view and review their insulin dosing data and glucose data in one place.

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AMA adopts policy to curb influence of private equity on new doctor training

Fierce Healthcare

AMA adopts policy to curb influence of private equity on new doctor training. rking. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 16:53.

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2023 Evaluation and Management Coding Changes – Part 3

Healthicity

Welcome to the last part of our three-part series on 2023 E/M Coding Changes!

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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.