Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 2, 2022
In a suit filed in Idaho’s southern district, the Department of Justice claimed that Idaho’s “near-absolute” abortion ban blocks clinicians from providing necessary care in medical emergencies as required by federal law.
MRO Compliance
AUGUST 2, 2022
Continuing the Interoperability Journey – Three New Opportunities for HIM. August 2, 2022. Journal of AHIMA. Healthcare interoperability is a team sport, and information technology (IT) professionals aren’t the only players in the game. Professionals with heath information (HI) management skills, experience, and leadership also fill valuable interoperability roles.
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Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 2, 2022
Groups like the American Hospital Association had asked for more adjustments, but the CMS declined to set aside its regulatory payment formula.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 2, 2022
In a letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission this past week, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asked the regulatory agency to look more closely at the proposed $3.9 billion merger between Amazon and One Medical. "I realize that the FTC is currently engaged in numerous efforts to combat America’s accelerating economic concentration and the power of tech behemoths," Hawley wrote.
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Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 2, 2022
Month-to-month increases in patient volumes were not enough to offset the growing cost of care, according to a Monday report from Kaufman Hall.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 2, 2022
The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4 million people in Suffolk County, New York. It uses telehealth technology to connect specialists and clinicians to areas of need, help monitor patients' health status and behavior remotely, promote t
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HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 2, 2022
The average payment in ransomware attacks increased in Q2, 2022; however, there was a fall in the median payment for the second successive quarter, indicating more victims of ransomware attacks are choosing not to pay up. The data comes from the latest quarterly report from the ransomware remediation firm, Coveware. The average ransom payment in Q2, 2022 was $228,125, which is an 8% increase from the previous quarter.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 2, 2022
A report by the U.K.-based Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps found 84% of 25 apps shared data outside of the developer's system.
JNC Compliance
AUGUST 2, 2022
Previously I shared healthcare leaders must evaluate whether patients are a priority within their compliance program, which leads to: #2: Cultivating a culture of compliance among […]. The post Compliance Culture: 10 Questions Every Leader Needs to Ask appeared first on JNC Healthcare Compliance Group.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 2, 2022
– Brave Health , a virtual-first behavioral health provider focused on serving Medicaid and Medicare populations, today announced an innovative referral partnership with MedArrive. – Through this collaboration, if MedArrive identifies an eligible health plan member in need of mental health support, MedArrive’s field providers can immediately refer that member to Brave Health’s behavioral health providers in real time and schedule care within 72 hours.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 2, 2022
Instead of taking their temperatures manually, users can sync data from the Oura Ring to help determine fertility.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 2, 2022
With cost and convenience at the forefront of consumer spending decisions and US prescription drug spending continuing to rise through 2026 to an estimated $730.50 billion, winners will offer consumers more robust online resources including pricing transparency, discounts, generic options and more information about the drug itself. According to a 2022 MARS survey by Kantar, 34% of total U.S. adults aged 18+ stated that they purchase prescriptions or over-the-counter drugs online.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 2, 2022
As we march towards more in-home and remote care, the need for digital innovation was at an all time high. Without giving it too much credit, COVID-19 accelerated the pace of innovation in this area. It was vital to find alternate solutions to provide the care people needed. I sat down with Dr. Jan Kimpen, Chief Medical Officer at Philips to discuss the work they have been doing in this field.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 2, 2022
It also plans to double its headcount over the next 12 months.
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Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 2, 2022
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 8/5 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Erica Olenski Johansen ( @thegr8chalupa ) on the topic “What’s Next? The Future of Healthcare IT Social Media. ”. Friends, we have so much to talk about! The last twelve years have been some of the most formative and important of our careers – and in some cases, our lives. .
Becker's Health IT
AUGUST 2, 2022
Healthcare ransomware attacks jumped 328 percent in the second quarter of this year, despite a drop in the attacks globally, according to the 2022 midyear update of the "SonicWall Cyber Threat Report.".
Digital Health News
AUGUST 2, 2022
Caroline Shaw will be leaving The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust to take up the role of CEO at Evergreen Life.
Hall Render
AUGUST 2, 2022
OIG recently issued an advisory opinion related to a request by an ophthalmology practice (“Practice”) to examine four proposed funding arrangements for a continuing medical education (“CME”) program offered to local optometrists on current treatment and medication protocols for patients requiring ophthalmic surgeries. The CME program would offer 2-6 hours of CME, valued at $500-$9,000.
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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
AUGUST 2, 2022
He's concerned that the acquisition would "provide Amazon with access to enormous tranches of patient data.
Health Populi
AUGUST 2, 2022
When I talk about patient support programs (PSPs), I’m most often focused on supporting peoples’ access to medicines due to costs, bolstering health literacy, and addressing health citizens’ risks of drivers of health that can be obstacles to optimal health outcomes (those challenging social determinants of health). A new report from Deloitte on Intelligent post-launch patient support speaks to another crucial definition of patient support: post-market surveillance and patien
Digital Health News
AUGUST 2, 2022
In our second Digital Health Awards 2022 winner profile we hear from Peter Thomas, who was named CCIO of the Year during Summer Schools in York.
Med-Net Compliance
AUGUST 2, 2022
The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) reported that an Iowa nursing home would be fined $20,000 after a resident was inappropriately discharged and left outside for 11 hours overnight. The DIA received an “immediate jeopardy” complaint of neglect on June 27. An investigation completed July 13 found that the events leading to the complaint included six state and three federal code violations.
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Becker's Health IT
AUGUST 2, 2022
Albuquerque, N.M.-based First Choice Community Healthcare notified patients Aug. 1 that a March data breach compromised the protected health information of patients.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 2, 2022
St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, ID, has recently reported a data breach to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights that has affected 31,579 patients. The breach occurred in May 2022 at Kaye-Smith, the health system’s billing vendor, and affected patients that were billed that month. The breach was discovered in June 2022 and was reported to St. Luke’s Health System on July 6, 2022.
Becker's Health IT
AUGUST 2, 2022
Dozens of healthcare providers and health plans were affected by a data breach involving printing and mailing vendor OneTouchPoint.
YouCompli
AUGUST 2, 2022
C.J. Wolf, MD provides enforcement action summaries for the YouCompli blog. These summaries provide real-world examples of regulators’ response to practices that don’t fully comply with regulations. This month’s article looks at COVID enforcements.?? ?. Healthcare compliance history has shown that when the government disperses significant funds, audits and enforcement associated with the disbursement of those funds will shortly follow.
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Health Law Advisor
AUGUST 2, 2022
You might be thinking, that’s an odd title: obviously FDA’s breakthrough device designation is helpful. However, after looking at the data, my conclusion is that I would avoid the breakthrough device designation for any product that qualifies for the 510(k) process. The process is likely not helpful for such devices. Background. Why would I even question whether the program is helpful?
HealthIT Answers
AUGUST 2, 2022
CMS releases Fiscal Year 2023 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1767-F) and Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS 1765-F). The post Two 2023 CMS Payment System Final Rules Released appeared first on Health IT Answers.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 2, 2022
What You Should Know: – Doceree , a global platform building unprecedented solutions for HCP programmatic marketing with proprietary data tools is teaming up with Tealium , the world’s largest independent customer data platform (CDP) to advance Doceree’s capabilities to collect, collate and analyze data sets, ultimately helping with the company’s mission of reducing healthcare costs. – US healthcare costs grew by 9.7 percent in 2020 alone, highlighting the need for healthcare p
HealthIT Answers
AUGUST 2, 2022
By Adam Wong & Wei Chang - ONC is excited to announce “Using Machine Learning Techniques to Enable Health Information Exchange to Support COVID-19-Focused PCOR,” a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund project implementing new technologies and standards to unlock the potential for health information exchanges (HIEs) to support research.
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