Healthcare Dive
APRIL 12, 2024
Rampant consolidation continues to threaten the existence of independent physicians, according to a new report from Avalere and the Physicians Advocacy Institute.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 12, 2024
ChatGPT has been making an impact on enduring healthcare challenges. Many providers and patients are reporting the artificial intelligence helping with preventative care and preventing non-emergent emergency department visits. Imran Qureshi is chief technology officer at b.well Connected Health, a FHIR-based interoperability platform vendor. He has expertise in AI and a lot of advice to share on the subject of health systems harnessing ChatGPT and other large language model-based technologies.
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Healthcare Dive
APRIL 12, 2024
The class action alleges the Meta Pixel embedded on VillageMD’s website allowed the primary care provider to disclose personal and protected health information to third parties, including Facebook and Google.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 12, 2024
Physicians made steady pay gains last year, as total compensation grew by a modest 3%, increasing from an average of $352,000 to $363,000. | Any contentment about compensation gains was undercut by the effects of high inflation rates throughout 2023 and Medicare reimbursement cuts, according to Medscape's 2024 physician compensation report.
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Healthcare Dive
APRIL 12, 2024
Overall, 31% of people with a completed renewal were removed from the safety-net insurance program, while 69% had their coverage renewed, according to KFF.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 12, 2024
A year ago, Blue Shield of California joined forces with Accolade and TeleMed2U to launch Virtual Blue, a new plan that centers on virtual care for members with the goal of boosting access. | A year ago, Blue Shield of California joined forces with Accolade and TeleMed2U to launch Virtual Blue, a new plan that centers on virtual care for members with the goal of boosting access.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 12, 2024
Nearly all hospitals’ websites collect and transmit user information to third parties, yet most do not have privacy policies that tell the visitors who exactly will be receiving those data, accordi | A recent study warns that many hospitals' user tracking and disclosure practices could open their organizations up to lawsuits.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 12, 2024
Kellee Stewart, actress and fertility advocate, sat down with MobiHealthNews at an event in LA to discuss Progyny's partnership with Evite its fertility benefits offerings.
Digital Health News
APRIL 12, 2024
Shuri Network Bursary Programme applications are open, where women from minority ethnic groups can secure a free place at Summer Schools 2024 in Durham.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 12, 2024
Solution Erases Long Phone Holds for Patients, Supports Overwhelmed Medical Front Desk Workers, and Improves Patient Access to Physicians Assort Health is introducing the first generative AI solution built specifically for healthcare call centers, promising to erase that dreaded hold music forever. The company is announcing $3.5 million in funding, which will be used to continue scaling the team to meet rapidly accelerating demand with large healthcare organizations.
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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
APRIL 12, 2024
The New York-based mental health company also announced a measurement-informed system to help providers transition to value-based care.
Health Populi
APRIL 12, 2024
Whether you’re a patient or a physician in the U.S., you’re burned out, tapped out, stressed out, timed out. While the 118 th U.S. Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently.
Digital Health News
APRIL 12, 2024
St George’s, University of London, have led revolutionary work to improve student mental health by using virtual reality sessions to reduce.
Becker's Health IT
APRIL 12, 2024
A former employee has taken responsibility for a 2023 data breach at Springfield, Mo.-based Jordan Valley Community Health Center, CBS affiliate KOLR reported April 11.
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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA
APRIL 12, 2024
Safeguarding patient data is paramount amidst the looming danger of cyber threats. The necessity of cyber insurance has never been clearer, as its presence or absence can significantly impact the resilience of healthcare providers. Let’s explore the benefits of cyber insurance, the risks faced by those without it, and the effects it has on those handling a cyber incident.
Digital Health News
APRIL 12, 2024
Promptly Health and Datavant have announced a collaboration to address the challenges of a fragmented health data landscape in Europe.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 12, 2024
What You Should Know: – A new study by Avalere commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) paints a clear picture: the landscape of US medical practice ownership is shifting dramatically. As of January 2024, a staggering 77.6% of US physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems, or corporate entities. – The trend has been steadily increasing over the past five years, with over 44,000 practices acquired by these entities since 2019.
Becker's Health IT
APRIL 12, 2024
Ransomware groups are increasingly focusing on executing attacks on vulnerable remote access systems in healthcare, a April 12 report from nonprofit patient safety organization ECRI found.
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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.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 12, 2024
What You Should Know: – Philips Respironics , a subsidiary of Royal Philips, has finalized a consent decree with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address issues raised during a 2021 inspection of a Philips facility in Pennsylvania. – The agreement focuses on Philips Respironics’ operations in the US, particularly regarding the recall of certain sleep and respiratory care devices. – The company’s focus will now be on comple
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 12, 2024
AI is riddled by bias, especially in healthcare. | Designing community-centric programs that bridge public health and healthcare can address the inequities AI in healthcare continues to perpetuate.
HealthIT Answers
APRIL 12, 2024
By Ian Cohen - My Health My Data Act went into effect on March 31, 2024 This law is a game changer for companies, even outside of healthcare. The law requires companies to get an explicit “opt-in” for HIPAA Consent when collecting certain types of data. The post 2023 in Review: The Rise of Healthcare Data Privacy Regulations appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 12, 2024
Walgreens-backed primary care clinic chain VillageMD has hired a former Centene executive to run its Village Medical, Summit Health and CityMD businesses. | Walgreens-backed primary care clinic chain VillageMD has hired a former Centene executive to run its Village Medical, Summit Health and CityMD businesses.
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HIT Consultant
APRIL 12, 2024
What You Should Know: – Whistleblower Aid , a non-profit organization supporting whistleblowers, is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take action against 22 additional digital health providers following the recent FTC case against Monument Inc. This action banned Monument Inc. from sharing user data with third-party advertisers, a violation of patient privacy. – This case highlights the importance of protecting patient data in the digital health industry.
Becker's Health IT
APRIL 12, 2024
The stark contrast between expectations placed on healthcare providers and the reality of our cybersecurity challenges has come into sharp focus since the attack on Change Healthcare.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 12, 2024
What You Should Know: – PerfectServe® , a leader in cloud-based clinical collaboration and provider scheduling, and TeamBuilder , a provider of innovative workforce management solutions, announced a strategic partnership. – The PerfectServe and TeamBuilder partnership offers a comprehensive solution for medical groups seeking to optimize scheduling.
MedTrainer
APRIL 12, 2024
Healthcare professionals never stop learning. Surgical procedures, regulations, medications, and insurance change at the drop of a hat, with compliance teams required to keep pace. This means prioritizing healthcare compliance courses to stay within the more than 600 regulatory requirements. While overarching regulations apply broadly to healthcare, such as those related to patient privacy (HIPAA, for example), specific rules and standards can vary depending on the type of healthcare specialty o
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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.
Compliancy Group
APRIL 12, 2024
Only 17% of Internet of Things (IoT) devices haven’t experienced some type of cyberattack over the last 13 months. One of the reasons for this is that the security measures for these types of devices are somewhat lacking. Additionally, encryption protocols for these devices often have a higher level of vulnerability to security incidents, making it easier for patient data to fall through the cracks.
MedTrainer
APRIL 12, 2024
You might believe older adults are more likely to fall while in the hospital. Adults 75 years and older account for approximately 29% of reported falls, while around 44% of those 18-64 years experience a fall during a hospital stay, according to the incident reporting process in healthcare data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( AHRQ ).
The Health Law Firm Blog
APRIL 12, 2024
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 14, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled with New Vision Dental (NVD) over a potential HIPAA Privacy violation. The California-based dental practice paid $23,000 to OCR and [.
Hanys
APRIL 12, 2024
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