Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Like other healthcare providers, Texas' biggest nonprofit hospital system is contending with rising labor and supply costs and softer income as the country enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
The U.S. nursing shortage has reached critical levels with the pandemic battle paired with an aging population. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the need for 1.1 million new RNs for expansion and replacement of retirees. To serve its inpatient population and overcome the nursing shortage, St. Luke's Health System of Kansas City has developed an innovative approach leveraging virtual care.
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Monday that the Biden administration would continue to "step up" to assist community health centers, including working with Congress to try to double their funding.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
The updated five-star ratings are now expected in July instead of April after the agency identified an error in one of the measures.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
It felt super appropriate that I met up with Abner Mason, Founder of SameSky Health, on Valentine’s Day 2022. While we conversed via Zoom, Abner’s positive energy vibrated over the 5,600 miles between him in LA County and me in Brussels, Belgium – nine hours apart, but in the proverbial same room in the conversation. My initial ask of Abner was to discuss the re-branding of ConsejoSano to SameSky Health , but I first wanted to hear the man’s origin story.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
A new study has concluded that Mayo Clinic’s hybrid Care Hotel is working well for patients, offering them an opportunity to handle stressful aspects of surgery in a lower-stress environment and saving them money. Mayo’s Care Hotel is a virtual medicine hybrid care model implemented at Mayo’s Florida location in July 2020. Mayo designed the […].
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
CaptureRx has proposed a $4.75 million settlement to resolve claims related to a 2021 data breach that affected approximately 2.4 million patients of its healthcare provider clients. CaptureRx is a healthcare administrative service provider that helps hospitals manage their 340B drug discount programs. On February 6, 2021, CapturRx discovered unauthorized individuals had gained access to its network and used ransomware to encrypt its files.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
What You Should Know: – TytoCare has received CE Mark approval for its AI-backed Tyto Lung Sounds Analyzer, a web-based software system designed to aid in the clinical assessment of lung auscultation sound data by analyzing recorded lung sounds to determine whether wheezing is detected within the recording. – The Lung Sounds Analyzer will further enable physicians to better diagnose respiratory conditions remotely.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
During the first six months of the pandemic, 13% of outpatient visits were conducted through telehealth. By March to August 2021, that number slipped to 8%.
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Suzanne Cogan, General Manager, SPH Analytics, a Press Ganey Solution. Healthcare organizations are increasingly eager to leverage analytics technologies, including machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), in new ways. One telling sign of this is that the global predictive analytics healthcare market, which was valued at $1.8 billion in 2017, is projected to reach more than $8.5 billion by 2025.
Electronic Health Reporter
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The pandemic has changed the medical field forever. While virtual medical visits were on the rise before the virus sent everyone into quarantine, they exploded once people were hesitant to leave their homes to visit […]. The article Top Benefits of A Virtual ICU appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Travis Good, MD, Co-founder and CEO of Haekka. HIPAA, for better or worse, is a part of every healthcare business. It does not matter if your company is a traditional clinic or a cutting-edge AI platform powered by PHI (protected health information). There are different approaches to comply with HIPAA, and organizations as varied as clinics and AI platforms typically employ these different approaches.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 2/18 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Health IT Olympics.” We’re wrapping up the Winter Olympics soon. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed some of the events. I […].
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
What You Should Know: – FitOn , the No. 1 fitness app and digital fitness platform, announced today it has raised $40M in new funding and is expanding its reach in healthcare and wellness through the acquisition of Peerfit , a corporate wellness leader. – Peerfit’s founder, Ed Buckley, will stay on in his current role as CEO to continue leading the tremendous growth of the Peerfit business.
Modern Healthcare
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
While CMS could end Direct Contracting, experts say changes to risk adjustment, incentives and other model elements are more likely.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
More than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments have been recovered by the Department of Justice Department (DOJ) related to civil cases involving fraud and false claims in fiscal year 2021. This is the second largest annual total in False Claims Act history, and the largest since 2014. Total recovery now totals more than $70 billion. In 1986, Senator Charles Grassley and Representative Howard Berman led the successful efforts in Congress to amend the False Claims Act to, among other things,
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Wellbeat brings a platform with virtual fitness, nutrition and mindfulness courses.
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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.
Modern Healthcare
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic the U.S. is still grappling with its coronavirus tests: how to improve them and how to make more of them.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Also: Complex-care-management platform Memora Health and digital-fitness startup FitOn both raised $40 million.
Compliancy Group
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Under HIPAA, when a breach of unsecured PHI takes place, the covered entity that sustains the breach must notify affected individuals of the breach. Notification must be provided through a breach notification letter. The content requirements and a HIPAA sample breach notification letter are discussed below. Patient Notification in Breach Notification Letters.
The Health Law Firm Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 18, 2021, the Justice Department announced that two Texas ophthalmologists and their eye clinic must pay millions of dollars in penalties for fraudulently billing Medicare. The penalties were assessed in connection with their evaluation and treatment.
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
What You Should Know: – Hurdle Health , a digital platform revolutionizing mental healthcare by providing services with a focus on culturally intentional mental healthcare for people of color today announced expanded service availability in Texas, Massachusetts and California with plans to add even more states by Q2 2022, including Tennessee, Minnesota, Illinois, Georgia, and New York. – With these expansions, the mental health service and its specially trained therapists are now lic
The Health Law Firm
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 29, 2021, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 833, known as the “Protecting DNA Privacy Act,” which took effect in Florida October 1, 2021. Under the act, collecting or submitting another person’s DNA sample for analysis without his or her express consent now constitutes a second-degree felony in the state of Florida.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
What You Should Know: – Season Health announces anchor partnerships with Geisinger , CommonSpirit Health , and Cricket Health to scale Food as Medicine initiatives. Season is funded by LRV Health , 8VC , Bain Capital , Healthy.VC and Company Ventures , Toyin Ajayi (Co-founder and CMO of Cityblock Health ), and Max Mullen (Co-founder of Instacart). – These partnerships will combine Season’s industry-leading digital food pharmacy and medically tailored meal program with Geisinger, Comm
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Funding round is led by Insight Partners to accelerate growth and fuel platform’s network expansion to meet surging demand PriorAuthNow, the only real-time prior authorization network for providers and payors, today announced a $25 million funding round led by New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. This latest investment brings PriorAuthNow’s […].
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
What You Should Know: – VillageMD announced it has acquired Healthy Interactions , which helps patients manage chronic conditions through interactive educational programming as part of a stronger patient-provider relationship. – The Healthy Interactions program, which offers virtual, in-person and hybrid sessions, will be available from Village Medical and Village Medical at Walgreens providers in 14 markets by the end of 2022.
The Health Law Firm Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 1, 2021, a former dental office manager was sentenced to 12 months in prison for her role in a Medicaid fraud scheme. The office manager for Universal Smiles, a D.C.-based dental practice was sentenced for her.
Health Law Advisor
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
In this episode of the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast : This term, the Supreme Court of the United States is set to rule in a Medicare reimbursement case that has sparked a fresh look at the historical deference often granted to agencies and whether it should remain, be modified, or even be overruled. Attorneys Stuart Gerson , Robert Wanerman , and Megan Robertson discuss why Chevron deference matters to health care industry stakeholders and what aspects of deference arguments should be in
Jackson Lewis
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Healthcare companies continue to face increased risks of ransomware attacks on their operations. According to the recently released BD Cybersecurity Annual Report for 2021 , such attacks are also increasingly sophisticated. Management can take important steps to minimize the risks of this form of cybercrime. Ransomware. Ransomware is malware that encrypts files on a device, rendering the files and systems that rely on them unusable.
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