Healthcare Dive
JULY 29, 2022
Taft Parsons, who previously worked for Molina Healthcare and Henry Ford Health System, will be tasked with focusing on mental well-being for patients and leading the Aetna Medical Affairs Behavioral Health organization.
Healthcare It News
JULY 29, 2022
Patient engagement SaaS provider PatientBond and healthcare performance improvement and analytics company Vizient are partnering up to provide Vizient member healthcare organizations with digital patient engagement and behavior change programs. WHY IT MATTERS. PatientBond's digital engagement workflows can be personalized with psychographic insights, with the aim of activating patient behaviors and driving improved patient engagement and outcomes.
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Healthcare Dive
JULY 29, 2022
The bill, part of a more than $300 billion package, extends enhanced ACA premiums and allows Medicare to negotiate select prescription drug prices starting in 2026.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 29, 2022
SonicWall has released a mid-year update to its 2022 Cyber Threat Report , which highlights the global cyberattack trends in H1 2022. The data for the report was collected from more than 1.1 million global sensors in 215 countries and shows a global fall in ransomware attacks, with notable increases in malware attacks for the first time in 3 years. Ransomware.
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Healthcare Dive
JULY 29, 2022
The insurer’s premium revenue increased 18% in the second quarter compared with the prior-year period as the payer saw membership increase 9%.
Mobi Health News
JULY 29, 2022
Clinicians will use Caption's AI-enabled guidance software to perform ultrasounds, even in patients' homes. Heartbeat's virtual cardiologists will receive and interpret the results remotely.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mobi Health News
JULY 29, 2022
Ramakant Vempati, Wysa cofounder and president, discusses how the startup tests its AI-backed chatbot to monitor safety and quality.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 29, 2022
Yesterday we looked at what the healthcare facility of the future will look like. As we continue our look at healthcare facilities and what changes we’ll see, today we’re going to look at what technology the Healthcare IT Today community thinks will be needed and included in a healthcare facility. Here’s a look at a few of the ideas they shared.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 29, 2022
A major data breach has been reported that has affected dozens of healthcare, rehabilitation, and senior living facilities in Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, which are operated by companies that are part of the Wilsonville, OR-based group, Avamere Holdings. Between January 19, 2022, and March 17, 2022, an unauthorized individual gained access to a third-party-hosted network that was used by Avamere Health Services, LLC.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
JULY 29, 2022
Utilization management is one tool that insurers can use to help keep premiums in check, but it comes with significant tradeoffs for patients. CHIR's Megan Houston considers the history and current landscape of utilization management tools, what they are used for and what policymakers are doing to keep them in check. Continue reading → The post Prior Authorization – Boon or Bane?
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Digital Health News
JULY 29, 2022
Our latest roundup of contacts and go lives brings you news on new EPRs for East and North Hertfordshire and The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 29, 2022
Happy Friday! We hope you have had a great week and are excited to head into the weekend. It’s time again for another edition of Fun Friday where we find some humor in life, business, and the world of healthcare and IT. We have a quite eclectic mix today that I think you’ll enjoy. First up is Dr. Glaucomflecken’s look at anesthesia and surgeons.
Digital Health News
JULY 29, 2022
One Medical makes it easier for patients to schedule their appointments, renew prescriptions and ultimately advance health outcomes.
Jane Sarashon
JULY 29, 2022
In another factor to add into the retail health landscape, Dollar General (DG) the 80-year old retailer known for selling low-priced fast-moving consumer goods in peoples’ neighborhoods appointed a healthcare advisory panel this week. DG has been exploring its health-and-wellness offerings and has enlisted four physicians to advise the company’s strategy.
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Healthicity
JULY 29, 2022
On a quiet beach along the French Riviera, Ada prepares for a few minutes of sunbathing.
Mobi Health News
JULY 29, 2022
Also, US-based healthcare cloud solutions provider Healthcare Triangle has expanded to Asia-Pacific.
Digital Health News
JULY 29, 2022
Research from ORCHA has revealed privacy flaws with period tracker apps - with 84% sharing sensitive data with third parties.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 29, 2022
Koshland Pharm: Custom Compounding Pharmacy has been confirmed as being fully compliant with the federally mandated standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Koshland Pharm is a San Francisco, California-based PCAB-accredited compounding pharmacy that makes customized prescription medications. The company delivers exceptional quality products with a personalized experience for patients.
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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.
Compliancy Group
JULY 29, 2022
Each year IBM works with Ponemon Institute to research breaches across several sectors of the economy. For the 12th consecutive year, healthcare breaches had the highest price tag. According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022, the average cost of a healthcare data breach has skyrocketed to $10.1 million. This is an increase of 9.4% from 2021 and an astronomical increase of 41.6% compared to 2020.
NCG Medical Blog
JULY 29, 2022
Operating a successful, enduring medical practice means you have to wear many hats and do more than just deliver quality care to the members of your community; you have to have an effective and efficient revenue cycle management strategy.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 29, 2022
Oncoustics’ SaMD Works on Any Ultrasound System Making AI-Driven Diagnostics, Surveillance and Treatment Monitoring Available and Accessible at Point of Care. Oncoustics ( [link] ), the leader in ultrasound-based tissue characterization solutions announces the initial close of a $5 million+ seed round of funding to advance its SaMD (software as a medical device) technology for the low-cost assessment of structural diseases at point of care.
HealthIT Answers
JULY 29, 2022
In an effort to help health care organizations protect patients’ personal health information, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has updated its cybersecurity guidance for the health care industry. The post NIST Updates Guidance for Health Care Cybersecurity appeared first on Health IT Answers.
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Healthcare Law Blog
JULY 29, 2022
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently tossed a $5.5 million jury verdict finding that a physician violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by submitting claims for items and services ordered subsequent to a violation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (“AKS”). According to the appellate court, the trial court’s jury instruction “brushed aside causation” and “misinterpreted” a 2010 amendment to the AKS.
Hanys
JULY 29, 2022
Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand joined 28 other senators in sending CMS a bipartisan letter asking the agency to change the final 2023 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule, leveraging existing authority, to more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients. More than half of the New York delegation signed a similar letter in the House of Representatives, which garnered 112 members' support.
Medisys Compliance
JULY 29, 2022
We are sharing Medicare guidelines for laser-assisted cataract surgery billing from a last updated CMS document. We shared this document as it was published, to avoid any error while billing for laser-assisted cataract surgery. As per CMS Ruling 05-01 , Medicare will allow beneficiaries to pay additional charges (which are non-covered by Medicare as these additional charges are not part of a Medicare benefit category) associated with insertion of a presbyopia correcting intraocular lens (PC-IOL)
Hall Render
JULY 29, 2022
In May 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued guidance (“Guidance”) regarding the “Importation of Prescription Drugs” final rule (the “Final Rule”), which became effective November 30, 2020. The Final Rule aims to reduce the cost of covered products and address shortages without increasing risk to American consumers’ health and safety by allowing certain “small entities” to import eligible prescription drugs from Canada.
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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.
Hanys
JULY 29, 2022
Recently, the following bills of interest were approved by Gov. Hochul: Clinical laboratory practitioners (Chapter 446 of the Laws of 2022); Maternity-related statistics (Chapter 382 of the Laws of 2022); Assisted living facility race and ethnicity data (Chapter 260 of the Laws of 2022); and. Adverse action against reproductive healthcare providers (Chapter 221 of the Laws of 2022).
Hall Render
JULY 29, 2022
Last week, a number of stories broke that impact health care real estate. The Federal Reserve increased its incremental borrowing rate for the third time this year. The rate increase will impact borrowing rates and could impact the number of new transactions that take place this year. In other news, a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives could result in remote online notarization being authorized across the country.
Hanys
JULY 29, 2022
State and national experts will lead interactive sessions on surveillance; risk assessment and plan development; occupational health; and cleaning, disinfection and sterilization geared toward new infection preventionists and those interested in learning more about infection prevention in New York. Register now !
Hall Render
JULY 29, 2022
NATIONAL. 340B DSH Hospitals Provided $41B in Uncompensated Care in 2020. 429 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS: 2022. 6 Major Trends Boosting the Telemedicine Market in Health Care. 192 hospitals with 1 star from CMS: 2022. Amazon Makes Another Big Bet on Primary Care with One Medical Buyout. CMS launches Maternity Care Action Plan. CMS pitches outpatient payment rule: 5 things to know.
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