Healthcare Dive
MAY 18, 2023
“Insurers are in effect denying Americans necessary care in order to fatten and pad their bottom lines, and that phenomenon is unacceptable,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said at a subcommittee hearing.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 18, 2023
An addiction medicine practice in Fishers, Indiana, run by Dr. Bill Farr has in two years seen a cohort of 100 patients remain in his medication-assisted treatment program 94% of the time using a new technology (developed by Farr) compared with 54% of the time without the technology. Farr runs the addiction practice and is cofounder of Atadas, a telehealth medication monitoring technology company.
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Healthcare Dive
MAY 18, 2023
Suki incorporates generative AI to “listen” to clinician-patient encounters and auto-generate clinician notes, but says clinicians maintain ultimate control.
Compliance Now
MAY 18, 2023
By: Megan Diehl, Manager, Compliance Consulting, MZQ Consulting On May 16, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service released updates to the maximum annual 2024 contribution limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) under high deductible health plans (HDHPs). These limits, which have increased slightly from 2023, apply to both individual and family coverage.
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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
MAY 18, 2023
The World Health Organization warned that caution is not being exercised with the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, and called for rigorous oversight of the new technology.
HIPAA Journal
MAY 18, 2023
A healthcare data breach of 1 million+ records is certain to result in multiple lawsuits, and the data breach experienced by NextGen Healthcare is no exception. The data breach was only disclosed by NextGen on May 5, but at least a dozen lawsuits have already been filed in federal court in Georgia over the breach. The data breach was the result of a hacking incident involving stolen credentials, which allowed unauthorized individuals to access a database that contained sensitive patient data suc
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Healthcare IT Today
MAY 18, 2023
For many of the most severe health conditions, early detection greatly increases the chance of successful treatment and much better outcomes. This article shows how some surprising technologies are improving the early detection of several conditions. Nutromics continuously monitors the delivery of an antibiotic used to treat sepsis. Eye-tracking from Tobii is used by several of its clients to detect certain kinds of autism as early as twelve months of age.
Healthcare Dive
MAY 18, 2023
Conversation about pharmacy benefit management consolidation dominated a Wednesday House hearing, with lawmakers pointing to the middlemen as drivers of high health costs.
HIT Consultant
MAY 18, 2023
What You Should Know: Three years after COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency, many healthcare supply chain leaders and frontline professionals are operating in survival mode, according to new industry research from Deloitte Consulting LLP. Ongoing challenges include economic pressures, multiple resource shortages, data visibility and labor issues.
Healthcare Dive
MAY 18, 2023
The regulator is probing the business practices of two more drug purchasing organizations, deepening an investigation that began last year.
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HIT Consultant
MAY 18, 2023
What You Should Know: A new report by KLAS d elves into many of the questions posed to clinicians in the Arch Collaborative’s User Experience and Trainer Quality Benchmark surveys to help further demystify the specific characteristics of EHR education that led to clinician success with the EHR. The report also provides guidance on how organizations can generate clinician enthusiasm around EHR training to better help them thrive in their EHR environment.
Healthcare Dive
MAY 18, 2023
The Department of Veterans Affairs said the new contract includes stronger performance metrics and larger credits to the VA if Oracle Cerner doesn’t meet expectations.
HIPAA Journal
MAY 18, 2023
R&B Corporation of Virginia, doing business as Credit Control Corporation (CCC), has recently reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General that has affected 286,699 individuals. CCC is a debt collection agency and business associate of many hospitals and doctor’s offices. The Newport News, VA-based debt collection agency said it detected suspicious activity within its computer systems on March 7, 2023.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 18, 2023
Marcus Perez, President at Altera Digital Health is focusing the company on delivering results for clients. Teams are relentlessly focused on addressing current client pain points – like cashflow challenges, workforce frustration, and patient throughput – while also building capacity to handle future needs like care-at-home. Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to chat with Marcus Perez, President at Altera Digital Health , at the HIMSS23 conference.
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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
MAY 18, 2023
A joint cybersecurity alert has been issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) about the BianLian ransomware and data extortion group. The BianLian group has been conducting attacks in the United States since at least June 2022 and has actively targeted critical infrastructure organizations, including the healthcare and public health sector.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 18, 2023
Unions ask DOJ to investigate UPMC for alleged anticompetitive worker suppression dmuoio Thu, 05/18/2023 - 10:20
HIPAA Journal
MAY 18, 2023
The Edinburg, TX-based internal medicine specialists, ASAS Health, have recently notified 25,527 individuals about a hacking incident that exposed some of their sensitive protected health information. Suspicious network activity was detected on March 9, 2023, and immediate action was taken to secure the network. A forensic investigation confirmed that hackers had access to parts of its network that contained patient information.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 18, 2023
Government stats show number of uninsured declined in 2022, though experts question methodology, conclusion fdiamond Thu, 05/18/2023 - 15:06
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Healthcare IT Today
MAY 18, 2023
The following is a guest article by Deepak Singh, MBA, MS , Product Manager at Teladoc Health. This article represents Singh’s thoughts and don’t necessarily represent the views of Teladoc Health. The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making waves across various industries, and telehealth/telemedicine is no exception.
HIPAA Journal
MAY 18, 2023
The Oklahoma Institute of Allergy Asthma and Immunology was forced to cease trading while it recovered from a cyberattack, with patients forced to wait to receive medical care or seek treatment at other facilities. The asthma and allergy clinic has been closed for at least two weeks as a result of the attack, but the closure appears to be temporary.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 18, 2023
Ushers in a New Era of the Company, Accelerates Launch of New Data & Decision Science Service Line with a World-Class Data & Analytics Platform and Team at BST MultiPlan Corporation (MultiPlan or the Company), a leading provider of technology and data-enabled cost management, payment, and revenue integrity solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry, today announced that it has acquired Benefits Science LLC (Benefits Science Technologies or BST), a next generation data and advanced analy
Digital Health News
MAY 18, 2023
Accurx has launched its free Accumail feature nationally to primary care users in order to help GPs communicate more easily with other professionals.
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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
MAY 18, 2023
The offering will supplement Included Health's online medical care with DispatchHealth's on-demand, at-home urgent care services.
Digital Health News
MAY 18, 2023
The use of innovative medical technology from Vygon has boosted the virtual ward strategy at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, saving money and bed days.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 18, 2023
FTC steps up scrutiny of digital health apps with proposed changes to data privacy rule hlandi Thu, 05/18/2023 - 16:28
Mobi Health News
MAY 18, 2023
It can potentially help doctors prevent or better manage kidney disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
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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
MAY 18, 2023
New digital technologies can enable surgeons to 'virtually scrub-in' and share knowledge around the world, says Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram.
Mobi Health News
MAY 18, 2023
Rightway will integrate One Medical into its RightwayHub to broaden employee access to primary care services.
Digital Health News
MAY 18, 2023
Florence has announced the launch of their new app ‘Florence for Business’, which is designed to help tackle the healthcare staffing crisis.
Jane Sarashon
MAY 18, 2023
On April 11, 2023, three of the largest U.S. consumer credit rating companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — planned to remove medical bill collections that were under $500 from consumers’ credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) calculated that these medical bill “erasures” under $500 impacted nearly 23 million consumers and eliminated medical collections totally for 15.6 million people in the U.S. according to CFPB’s recently-pub
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
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