Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act exchanges could be boosted by extended subsidies and the effects of Medicaid redeterminations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Steven Ullman, director at the Center for Health Management and Policy at the University of Miami, says utilization has dropped to 5.4% of medical claims since telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic.

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Over 60% of participants in the JAMA study weren’t aware artificial intelligence models could be systematically biased based on demographics.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A new policy from Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts, starting Jan. | Some patients needing a colonoscopy in Massachusetts won't be covered for monitored anesthesia care, or MAC, starting Jan. 1. Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts is standing by the policy, which will save the insurer money but require the patient to remain awake for the operation.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Flattening wage growth, declining quit rates and rising payrolls are signs the red-hot labor market is stabilizing. However, the credit agency said recruitment still remains “hyper-competitive.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Physician pay and workforce issues were top of mind for Fierce Healthcare readers in 2023. | Physician pay and workforce issues were top of mind for Fierce Healthcare readers in 2023. The biggest stories in 2023, determined by you, the reader, include major hospital mergers, changes to the Medicare Advantage program, Amazon's latest healthcare move, and of course, generative AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Speke is a premium service that provides scribal services to clinicians. While many companies boast of creating clinical notes purely through natural language processing and AI, Speke leverages ambient clinical voice together with human scribes to create a higher quality note for the clinician. Executive Vice President Vadim Khazan justifies the choices made by Speke, which is part of the company ScribeAmerica , by posing a trade-off.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

GuideHealth acquired Arcadia's managed services organization and value-based care services division. It also signed an agreement to leverage its data analytics platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by Mitchell Perry, VP Compliance & Security at Access In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare IT in US healthcare frameworks, integrating electronic health records (EHRs) has become a cornerstone for providers. However, the transition from traditional paper records to digital formats presents a challenge that extends beyond a simple “scan all” approach.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What You Should Know: knownwell , a fully integrated virtual and in-person weight-inclusive healthcare company, today announced the launch of knownwell teens, an early intervention clinical offering designed to support the 14 million children and teens living with obesity in the United States. Created by knownwell’s renowned metabolic health experts, this new model aims to empower patients on their wellness journey through the company’s clinically-rigorous care model.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Season Health , the leading integrated food-as-medicine platform, today announced the closing of a strategic acquisition of clinical assets from Wellory , one of the largest networks of registered dietitians in the country providing medical nutrition therapy to patients nationwide. This accelerates Season’s growth by significantly expanding its provider network and its ability to offer comprehensive, personalized nutrition care to more patients, including those looking for in-network benef

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Providing healthcare is undeniably one of the most promising and rewarding ventures in today’s business landscape. This is because of the rapidly growing global population and aging demographic. As featured in Companies Market Cap, the top 10 publicly traded healthcare companies have revenue of $39 billion to $359 billion as of 2023. This shows that there’s a continual focus on health and wellness.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – Samsung Health , according to Hon Pak, Vice President and Head of Digital Health Team, MX Business at Samsung Electronics, aims to assist individuals in comprehending and handling their health through a comprehensive platform that connects devices, services, and people. – The inclusion of the new Medications tracking feature is anticipated to enhance users’ ability to conveniently manage their medications, improve adherence, and ultimately maintain bette

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Symplr

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A recent article identified The Joint Commission’s Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) process as “costly, ineffective, and potentially harmful”. While The Joint Commission issued a statement countering this contention, conversations we’ve had with other healthcare systems indicate they agree. With the right technology, your hospital or health system can both streamline the OPPE process and improve the process of identifying outliers and driving performance improvement.

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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.

Becker's Health IT

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Salem (Ohio) Community Hospital is facing a lawsuit due to a breach at medical transcription service Perry Johnson & Associates which led some of the hospital's patient data to be compromised, NBC-affiliate WFMJ reported Dec. 21.

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Digital Health News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As 2024 edges ever closer, let's take a look back Digital Health's most popular and most read news stories from the past year.

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HealthIT Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Our annual predictions for 2024 continues with the business and finance of healthcare in 2024. Throughout the next few weeks we will be asking the industry experts what they think we will see in 2024. Check back as we cover value-based care, digital health, interoperability, privacy, security, access, and equality. The post The Business and Finance of Healthcare in 2024 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Digital Health News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is set to become the first UK hospital to trial an AI-powered pain assessment tool.

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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.

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Becker's Health IT

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Orlando (Fla.) Health is alerting patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised as two of the organization's vendors experienced cybersecurity breaches.

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Digital Health News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

John Mitchell, a speaker on the integrated care stage at next year’s Rewired, tells Digital Health News he has high hopes for the Federated Data Platform.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Two of southern California’s largest pediatric providers are planning to come together in 2024. | The southern California pediatric health systems say their 10-plus years of clinical and research collaboration have paved the road for integration into a new entity, to be called Rady Children's Health.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Also, Cipla has increased its stake in digital pharma solutions company GoApptiv.

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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.

Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I called 2021 weird , then 2022 just as weird , but 2023? Decidedly weirder. This year I have Alex Peitz and Garrett Rhodes with me again to help me reflect on what we got right and wrong last year, and what we should be prepared for next in 2024. 2023: the year where nothing changed, and yet everything changed Reflecting on our predictions from last year, we are quite baffled why we didn’t say anything about AI.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – Greenway Health, a leading provider of health information technology services, has partnered with Data Dimensions, the largest EDI clearinghouse in the Property and Casualty industry, to launch a game-changing solution for ambulatory care practices. – This partnership aims to reduce administrative burden, improve patient care, and boost efficiency through the Greenway Document Manager.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Data is constantly being shared and stored electronically, contributing to healthcare organizations’ significant challenges regarding safeguarding patient information. With increasing cyber threats and privacy breaches, ensuring the confidentiality and security of protected health information has become paramount. This is where a healthcare privacy risk assessment plays a crucial role.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In the inaugural episode of Sheppard Mullin’s Health-e Law podcast, renowned expert Dr. Laura Tully, Vice President of Clinical Services at ChatOwl, discussed emerging issues for health-tech’s data collection and use activities with Sheppard Mullin’s Digital Health Team co-chairs, Sara Shanti and Phil Kim. In the episode, “In Tech We Trust? The Case for Transparency”, Dr.

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Speaker: Amy Anderson

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.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A study publicized in August 2022 revealed that the complex coding structures used in the United States drive up medical billing costs. This helps to make the U.S. one of the most expensive countries for health providers to [.

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Health Law RX

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With a couple of “firsts,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is signaling that it is cracking down on healthcare organizations that fail to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Rules). On October 31, 2023, OCR issued its first settlement agreement under the HIPAA Rules related to a ransomware attack (the Ransomware Settlement ) and on December 7,

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Healthicity

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Get ready for something special – the Annual Auditing Checkup Report is here! In the midst of the auditing hustle, take a moment to see how your program measures up in this ever-evolving landscape.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – Guidehealth , an AI-powered healthcare platform announced the acquisition of an industry-acclaimed managed services organization (MSO) and Value-Based Care Services division from Arcadia , a healthcare technology leader known for its powerful data platform. – Additionally, Guidehealth secured a technology agreement to leverage Arcadia’s advanced analytics platform, further fueling its newly acquired offering.

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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.