Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 7, 2023
The announcement comes after the agency received more than 38,000 public comments in response to a proposal that would restrict telehealth prescriptions, with “a significant majority” expressing concern.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 7, 2023
The American Telemedicine Association released a statement on Friday saying that it applauds the Drug Enforcement Agency for posting a meeting notice on Friday that indicates that it is "openly considering" a special registration that would allow providers to prescribe medically necessary substances by telehealth. WHY IT MATTERS The DEA said in its notice that it is conducting public listening sessions to get input on prescribing controlled substances on telemedicine platforms and to l
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Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 7, 2023
The decision is expected to increase the number of claims providers file in the independent dispute resolution process, especially for smaller amounts, according to a health lawyer.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 7, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has again suspended arbitration of out-of-network payment disputes between providers and payers due to a court order that the agency’s impleme | The Texas Medical Association scored another win against the administration's billing dispute resolution process in the district courts, this time successfully litigating against an administrative fee hike and requirements over which items could be jointly reviewed.
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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
AUGUST 7, 2023
CFO Kathy Lancaster said Kaiser is ready to face the second half of the year after posting a $2.1 billion profit in the second quarter.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 7, 2023
Kaiser Permanente built on 2023’s strong start with $2.08 billion of net income during the quarter ended June 30, bringing its midyear total to about $3.29 billion, the integrated system announced | The nonprofit giant logged a 7.2% year-over-year increase in operating revenues as well as a major boost from its investment portfolio.
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C&M Health Law
AUGUST 7, 2023
On July 21, 2023, the Department of Health Care Access and Information of the California Health and Human Services Agency released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) with regulations that would implement new financial and ownership transparency requirements for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) in California. Senate Bill 650 , which was signed into law in October 2021 and codified at Section 128734.1 of the California Health and Safety Code, requires organizations that ope
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 7, 2023
The digital health firm said it was exiting its core operations in the U.S. and searching for a buyer for its U.K. business.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 7, 2023
Medicare Advantage-focused insurtech Clover Health has staved off a potential delisting of its stock. | Medicare Advantage-focused insurtech Clover Health has staved off a potential delisting of its stock.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 7, 2023
Sondra Pepe, SVP of Product Management, at AiCure The imperative to enhance access to quality care and research is a central concern gripping both the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. At the heart of this challenge lies the crucial necessity for clean and streamlined patient data, which currently suffers from inadequacies in comprehensiveness and accuracy.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 7, 2023
Prospect Medical Holdings was hit with a cyberattack last week that brought computer systems offline and continues to disrupt care in certain areas. | An outage disclosed Thursday is affecting facilities across the holding company's 16-hospital footprint. Some representatives at affiliate systems have describe the incident as a ransomware attack.
HealthIT Answers
AUGUST 7, 2023
By Charbel Rizkallah - More hospitals and healthcare centers worldwide are embracing a “hospital to home” model of care focused on decentralizing healthcare – specifically, getting patients out of the hospital and enabling them to receive care outside of hospital walls, often in their own home. The post How Remote Patient Monitoring Brings the Hospital to the Home appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 7, 2023
Medicare Advantage plan Alignment Healthcare is targeting significant improvements to its medical benefits ratio heading into 2024, and the company's top brass offered investors a look at its strat | Medicare Advantage plan Alignment Healthcare is targeting significant improvements to its medical benefits ratio heading into 2024.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 7, 2023
What You Should Know: Majority 90.5% of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members have adopted digital health , despite nearly half (47.6%) cited financial pressures and staff resource constraints (19.1%) as top barriers to digital health adoption, according to a new survey Xealth. Conducted online between May 15 and June 20, 2023, the Xealth survey examines the digital health experiences and attitudes of CHIME healthcare executives.
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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.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 7, 2023
The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a security alert about a new ransomware group – Rhysida – which is conducting high-impact attacks across multiple industry sectors. Attacks have been conducted in North and South America, Western Europe, and Australia, with the United States, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom having suffered the most attacks.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 7, 2023
Cameron Wood, Head of Client Services & COO at NGA Healthcare The healthcare landscape is constantly evolving, with changes in technology , patient care, and the business of medicine all occurring at a rapid pace. One area that often goes overlooked but is equally critical to the success and sustainability of medical practice is the negotiation of payer contracts.
Becker's Health IT
AUGUST 7, 2023
Hackers have thrown several hospitals around the country into chaos the past few days, as a healthcare ransomware attack has hit yet another big health system.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 7, 2023
For the 120th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are taking a look at the patient experience outside of the hospital. We kick off this episode by detailing our own experiences with care outside of hospitals and clinics. Next, we share the promising technologies we’ve seen improving patient experience in other care settings. Then we discuss our worries about the potential decline in telehealth and how that will impact the patient experience.
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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.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2023
The company also seeks to sell its U.K. business to third parties, exit the U.S. market, and continue trying to sell Meritage Medical Network.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 7, 2023
Augmedix (Nasdaq: AUGX), reported a total revenue was $10.8M in Q2, an increase of 47% compared to $7.3M., projecting to earn $43.5M in 2023.
Becker's Health IT
AUGUST 7, 2023
Prospect Medical hospitals and outpatient clinics across the U.S. have transitioned to paper records or temporarily closed as their teams work to bring computer systems back online after an Aug. 3 ransomware attack.
Digital Health News
AUGUST 7, 2023
The introduction of virtual wards, already accelerating across the country, requires the involvement of enthusiastic and engaged leaders for success.
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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.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 7, 2023
Prospect Medical Holdings, Los Angeles, CA-based health system that operates 17 hospitals and 166 outpatient clinics in California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and New Jersey has been hit with a ransomware attack that has disrupted operations across its network, including operations at its subsidiaries Crozer Health and the Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN).
Center for Health Insurance Reform
AUGUST 7, 2023
In a new case study, published in collaboration with the Milbank Memorial Fund, CHIR researchers examined stakeholder efforts to improve primary care access in Kanawha County, West Virginia—an area designated as a primary care health professional shortage area for low-income residents.
Digital Health News
AUGUST 7, 2023
Qureight and AstraZeneca have teamed up to help advance research into novel drugs for patients with complex lung diseases using AI models.
Health IT Security
AUGUST 7, 2023
Threat actors are most commonly targeting outdated software vulnerabilities. Yet still, many organizations lag in patching known flaws in a timely manner, CISA said.
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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.
Digital Health News
AUGUST 7, 2023
Nourish Care and Ally acoustic monitoring have now integrated, with both companies focusing on partner-centred care for improved outcomes.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2023
The Tennessee-based company has regained compliance with the bid price requirement to remain listed on the NASDAQ.
Becker's Health IT
AUGUST 7, 2023
The U.S. Office for Civil Rights is investigating a May 31 data breach that affected Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System, local NBC affiliate WBALTV reported Aug. 4.
Compliancy Group
AUGUST 7, 2023
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are warning hospitals and telehealth providers about security risks and privacy risks posed by online tracking technologies. These technologies, including Google Analytics and Meta Pixel and integrated into a provider’s website or mobile app, may be impermissibly disclosing consumers’ sensitive personal health information to third parties.
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