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Arizona passes law to dramatically expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey this past week signed a law aimed at expanding access to telehealth in the state. The omnibus law is aimed at making services provided to Arizonans through Ducey's executive orders permanent. "Telehealth expands access to medical services for low-income families and those living in rural areas, protects vulnerable populations, and allows snowbirds visiting our state to receive telemedicine from their home state," said Ducey in a statement.

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To build a more equitable health system, experts say start with tech insights

Mobi Health News

Chelsea Clinton and others at the International Vatican Conference discuss starting to develop healthcare systems around the most vulnerable populations.

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Life Flows Through Our Software – An Interview with Top Dedalus Executive, Damon Auer

Healthcare IT Today

When a company leads with the statement that “Life Flows Through Our Software”, I get really intrigued and had to learn more about Dedalus. What a beautiful statement that illustrates the power and importance of the work we do in healthcare IT. People’s lives really do flow through our software. To learn more about this […].

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UPenn Medical School develops low cost COVID-19 test called RAPID

Mobi Health News

The test was developed as an alternative to RT-PCR tests, which require trained laboratory technicians to perform and can take days to get results back.

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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Memora Health Closes $10.5M Financing Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Modernize Care Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

Memora Health, a technology company building an intelligent platform for virtual care delivery, patient navigation, and complex care management, today announced the close of $10.5M in financing led by Andreessen Horowitz. Additional investors including AlleyCorp, Martin Ventures, Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty Five Ventures, Sachin Jain, Operator Partners, Edward Elmhurst Health, B Capital, and Aaron Szekel also participated.

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Ada Health partners with Novartis to work on diagnosis for immunological diseases

Mobi Health News

The partnership will use Ada Health's AI-based platform to speed up the diagnosis of rare conditions.

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Teladoc builds out mental healthcare services with myStrength Complete

Mobi Health News

The new offering combines the app-based models of care from myStrength with Teladoc’s on-demand therapists and psychiatrists.

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Report on COVID-19’s Impact on Medical Practices

Healthcare IT Today

If you know anything about the MGMA organization, they’re probably most well known for all the data they have around medical practices. Whether you’re looking for Provider Compensation Data, Medical Practice Claims and A/R data, or basically any data needed about medical practices, MGMA is the place to go. Given this, it was no surprise […].

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J&J develops reshaping contact lenses for childhood myopia

Mobi Health News

The system includes a software that can accurately assess the corneal topography.

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ICD-10-CM Guidelines: Updates Effective January 1, 2021

MedTrainer

ICD-10-CM Guidelines: Updates Effective January 1, 2021. The pandemic has reshaped much of the world, including healthcare compliance training , and the medical community has needed to adapt to the challenge. One specific way that the healthcare industry has been impacted is that the CDC has updated its ICD-10-CM coding guidelines to account for the unique ways COVID-19 affects the body.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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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CMS.gov - Untitled Article

CMS.gov

On April 30, CMS announced the winner and runner-up of the CMS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge (“AI Challenge”), a prize competition for innovators to demonstrate how artificial intelligence tools can be used to accelerate the development of AI solutions that predict patient health events for Medicare beneficiaries for potential use by the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) in testing innovative payment and service delivery models.

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FAQ: Assessing Access and Accountability With Electronic Health Records (EHR)

MedTrainer

FAQ: Assessing Access and Accountability With Electronic Health Records (EHR). HIPAA is a crucial piece of healthcare legislation requiring careful healthcare policy management to remain in compliance. The law’s privacy rule requires that a covered entity make an effort to ensure the safe usage and security of personal health information (PHI) throughout the organization.

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How to Master CMS Audit Preparation

Innovaare Compliance

CMS Audit preparation aren’t something you can cram for at the last minute and expect good outcomes. If health plans aren’t continuously monitoring all CMS universes for compliance issues, not only can errors creep into regulatory compliance tables, it highlights how member care isn’t being positioned as a high priority. Remember, CMS isn’t looking for perfection.

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Improve Workplace Compliance With Custom Learning from MedTrainer

MedTrainer

Improve Workplace Compliance With Custom Learning from MedTrainer. Healthcare compliance education can be one of the least exciting parts of an employee’s tasks. In many cases, the process is dry, repetitive, and doesn’t have the impact on employees that it’s intended to. Consequently, an employee can “complete” their compliance training without actually grasping the material in a meaningful way.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Health and Getting Outside – What the 2021 Axios Harris Poll 100 Brands Mean for Health/Care

Health Populi

We want to go outside, drive our cars, shop for groceries, stay and get healthy. These are the key themes coming out of the 2021 Axios Harris Poll 100 on the most visible brands with high (and low) reputations among U.S. consumers. In the top-ranked “excellent” and “very good” brands numbered 1 through 50, we find five core health care brands that were most visible to U.S. consumers: Moderna ranked #3, Pfizer #7, CVS Health #24, Walgreens #46, and Kaiser Permanente #47.

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FAQ: Assessing Access and Accountability With Electronic Health Records (EHR)

MedTrainer

FAQ: Assessing Access and Accountability With Electronic Health Records (EHR). HIPAA is a crucial piece of healthcare legislation requiring careful healthcare policy management to remain in compliance. The law’s privacy rule requires that a covered entity make an effort to ensure the safe usage and security of personal health information (PHI) throughout the organization.

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Sharps Safety: Keeping Your Staff Safe During the Pandemic and Flu Season

MedTrainer

Sharps Safety: Keeping Your Staff Safe During the Pandemic and Flu Season. COVID-19 has put an unprecedented amount of pressure on healthcare systems across the nation these past few months. That has understandably made healthcare compliance education and other vital initiatives a lower priority. However, with vaccines providing a light at the end of the tunnel, administrators must take time to catch up on compliance issues, such as sharps safety, in their facilities if they want to avoid severe