Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

By James Toomey. Many people, including, it seems, most advocates for law reform, assume that older adults are uniquely vulnerable to scams, and indeed that senior scams are a unique social problem demanding a unique legal solution. But in “The Age of Fraud” (forthcoming in the Harvard Journal on Legislation , winter 2023), about which I’ve blogged here before , I reported the results of an empirical study suggesting that, in fact, younger adults were as much as three times more like

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

New findings from JAMA Psychiatry suggest virtual visits were effective in managing certain conditions, like substance use disorders, among Medicare beneficiaries.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Vibrent Health CEO Praduman "PJ" Jain, who also serves as principal investigator of the NIH All of Us Research Program's Participant Technology Systems Center, joined Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard to talk about the All of Us program, why his company is working with NIH on the initiative, how to ensuring clinical trials represent a broader cross-section of society, and what recent FDA guidance on clinical trial diversity might accomplish.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The industry added 48,000 jobs in August, compared to about 70,000 jobs in July and about 60,000 jobs in June.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Receiving opioid use disorder-related telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower odds of overdose and better retention using medications like buprenorphine, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

One day after the FDA’s authorization, the CDC recommended the companies’ omicron-targeted vaccines for most adults and children over 12 years old.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Tracie Morris will be joining the system effective Sept. 11 with a focus on developing a “vibrant and inclusive culture” including initiatives surrounding recruitment, retention and well-being, according to BHSH.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

What You Should Know: – A new report from KLAS focuses on healthcare-specific deployments of Microsoft Cloud Technologies, especially Microsoft Azure, which is receiving strong market interest. – This study is meant to help organizations considering Microsoft Cloud technologies understand their current use, the overall customer experience, and the impact of the solutions.

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Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

While the general public may not fully understand what HIPAA does and doesn’t do, you must understand your responsibilities under this federal law and the severe consequences for failing to meet them if you’re a healthcare provider or a business that supports them. Case in point: in August 2022, A Massachusetts dermatology practice agreed to pay more than $300,000 to settle an alleged HIPAA violation because they tossed specimen bottles with patients’ protected health information into unsecured

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

What You Should Know: – Luna, the leading in-home physical therapy (PT) platform, today announces the launch of a value-based savings program for orthopedic practices to reduce post-acute care costs by 55-70%. – Top orthopedic groups are turning to Luna to reduce costs and deliver this innovative, in-person form of care, including Hoag (Orange County), Resurgens Orthopaedics (Atlanta), and dozens of others.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today community to get their thoughts on the IT infrastructure needs in healthcare. The responses we got were quite interesting. Tomorrow we’ll share some of the responses to the more classic definition of IT infrastructure. However, amidst the IT infrastructure responses we received a number of health IT experts talking about the importance of health data and interoperability infrastructure.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

What You Should Know: – Withings is reimagining the use of smart scales and home health optimization with the introduction of Body Comp, a complete body assessment scale measuring multiple biomarkers typically only assessed in a professional clinical setting, and Health+ an enhanced service providing detailed health analysis and tools to help people improve their health by building a health routine. – Bundled together, Body Comp and 12-month access to Health+ will be available from O

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Californian legislature has passed a bill ( AB-1242 ) that prohibits companies in the state from complying with warrants from other states that seek access to information about individuals seeking or providing abortions. The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade removed the federal right to obtain an abortion. Several states had trigger laws in place that made abortion illegal in the event of Roe v.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Femtech a term coined by Danish entrepreneur Ida Tin in 2016 has become a revolutionary moment for women across the globe. Femtech as the term suggests focuses on using technology to solve health issues in females. Although women are the primary caregivers of families, they themselves are at the receiving end of not getting treated for the ailments they suffer.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The latest roundup includes a new solution being deployed in Milton Keynes and Ethical Healthcare Consulting donating half of its profits to charities.

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Healthicity

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Rumors are swirling. Will there be downsizing? Will Elon Musk buy the company and replace everyone with robots?

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In what could be his final address as health secretary, Steve Barclay set out the government’s priorities over the winter at Policy Exchange in London.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Five vulnerabilities have been identified in Contec Health’s CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could allow a threat actor to conduct a denial-of-service attack, access a root shell, make configuration changes, modify firmware, and cause the monitor to display incorrect information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a security advisory about the vulnerabilities but said Contec Health did not resp

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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.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

According to an SEC filing, the cuts will primarily affect its technology-focused and marketing groups.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Happy Friday! I hope all of the Healthcare IT Today community is doing well and ready for the long weekend. I saw someone on Twitter ask why the week before a short week feels so much longer. Don’t know the answer to that one, but I wondered the same. This week for Fun Friday, we have a really timely video from Dr. Glaucomflecken on the big news that came out of Washington about academic publishing.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Also, Lunit has received Taiwan's approval for its AI mammography solution.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

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HealthIT Answers

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Health IT product news from Clarify Health, DrFirst, CenTrak, Experity, Vital, QGenda, Surescripts, CCS, GYANT, Caption Health, Infermedica, Enghouse Vidyo, Orbit Telehealth, Signant Health and more. The post August 2022 Health IT Product News Report appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Symplr

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Over the past decade, the medical device sales industry has changed drastically, and one of the biggest advancements was the proliferation of hospital value analysis committees (VACs)—sometimes referred to as technology assessment committees. According to GreenLight Medical, now a part of symplr , VACs came into existence as cost-cutting pressures increased and hospitals focused on identifying excess expenditures that occurred during supply chain processes.

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Hanys

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Learn strategies for implementation and the intent behind requirements to improve health equity from a Joint Commission representative. Register now for this Sept. 22 webinar open to HANYS members and non-members.

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McGuire Wood

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Ampersand Capital Partners has announced it has closed its latest fund, Ampersand 2022, with $1.2 billion in capital commitments. The fund, the firm’s eleventh primary fund since 1992, was oversubscribed. Ampersand , based in Wellesley, Mass., is a middle market private equity firm with a focus on growth equity investments in the healthcare sector. Founded in 1988, the firm typically pursues majority or minority positions in companies generating between $10 million and $100 million in revenue.

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Get ready for an even better MedTrainer experience: we’ve added a new way to see your course assignments! It’s more intuitive, more streamlined, and more of what you need to get courses completed fast. Here’s how it works: You’ll see a new menu option under Learning called “My Course Assignments.” Click on My Course Assignments to find the new and improved view of all your assigned courses.

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Hanys

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Leadership Learning Series: Focusing on well-being during challenging times. Sept. 12, Sept. 19 and Oct. 3. From underpayments to incorrect denials: How to identify payer violations and efficiently recover lost revenue for NY providers. Sept. 13. Standing membership call. Sept. 13. Preventing and responding to aggressive patient behavior, part two. Sept. 16 and Nov. 17.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

On July 26, 2022, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (“CMS”) published the 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OOPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center Payment System Proposed Rule. The proposed rule includes a new exception to the prohibition on physician self-referral (“Stark Law”) and would allow for physicians to have ownership or investment interests in Rural Emergency Hospitals (“REH”).

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Hanys

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This five-part virtual series, beginning Oct. 6, will cover a range of topics, including creating strategic partnerships with executives, strengthening Microsoft Excel skills and much more. Register today for $75 per facility.

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