Healthcare Dive
MARCH 27, 2024
Gross Medicare spending on the pricey drugs rose from $57 million in 2018 to $5.7 billion in 2022, according to a new analysis from the health policy group.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 27, 2024
Among the top global policy issues at HIMSS24: AI regulation, patient access and equity. Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, explains how the organization advocates for health policies that support those goals.
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 27, 2024
The proposed deal could face regulatory scrutiny, Massachusetts officials say.
Bill of Health
MARCH 27, 2024
By Vincent Joralemon As therapies using drugs like MDMA, psilocybin, and LSD advance through the FDA research and approval pipeline, patients should be prepared for steep price tags attached to these procedures. For example, experts estimate MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD will cost upwards of $12,000 per patient. These high costs highlight the need for comprehensive insurance coverage because many of those experiencing symptoms of conditions like PTSD also frequently lack the resources to pay fo
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 27, 2024
The increase stands in contrast to other industries, which have cut back on extra offerings year over year.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 27, 2024
Technology has the potential to address healthcare's three biggest challenges: rising costs, staffing shortages and cyber threats - but it must be used with care, says Arnab Sen, chief strategy officer of Omega Healthcare.
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HealthIT Answers
MARCH 27, 2024
This month's AI report includes news and updates from Profluent, Xsolis, Tempus, SnapCare, AxiomEHR, Ontrak Health, Together by Renee, DrFirst, Talkdesk, Andor Health, MedeAnalytics, & more! The post AI in Healthcare News and Updates appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 27, 2024
The deal comes as Ascension works to improve its financials and focus on expanded ambulatory and telehealth offerings.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
Are patients taking their medications? | Startup Scriptology launched to bring a new approach to medication management by combining an extended clinical pharmacist team with a technology platform to give patients more guidance and support to help them follow their medication plan.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 27, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Derek Reis-Larson, senior vice president, claims pricing services, MultiPlan. Medical costs continue to vary widely by location, provider, and coverage type, making it difficult for patients to understand the true cost of care and […] The article No Surprises Act in 2024: What’s Been Accomplished and Where We’re Headed with Price Transparency appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
Two years ago, startup InStride Health launched to provide mental health treatment for children and teens based on a program rooted in academic medicine, aiming to make high-quality care more acces | Two years ago, startup InStride Health launched to provide mental health treatment for children and teens based on a program rooted in academic medicine, aiming to make high-quality care more accessible to families.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 27, 2024
Human pose estimation and abductive reasoning technologies have been used to estimate automatically the cause of pain and offer users a suitable exercise program.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
Tenet Healthcare has wrapped up its deal to sell four hospitals and their related outpatient sites to UCI Health, according to a Wednesday announcement academic system. | UCI Health said the acquisitions will help meet the “continually increasing demand for inpatient beds for a range of intensive and critical care needs” that until now was being met by its flagship, 459-bed UCI Medical Center.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 27, 2024
As most of you know, we’ve had a healthcare IT job board called Healthcare IT Central for a long time. In fact, it was integral to the growth of Healthcare IT Today. While we happily helped many health IT professionals find jobs and healthcare organizations fill their health IT positions, our focus has definitely moved from growing the job board to the content, podcasts, and videos we have been doing on Healthcare IT Today.
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
A new report finds that the federal government made nearly $236 billion in improper payments across entitlement programs last year, with Medicare and Medicaid a large source of payment errors. | A new report finds that the federal government made nearly $236 billion in improper payments across entitlement programs last year, with Medicare and Medicaid a large source of payment errors.
Digital Health News
MARCH 27, 2024
The NHS Long Term Plan seeks to mainstream digitally-enabled care across all areas of the NHS. Not only will this enable true transformation of healthcare, but it will also play a key role in the delivery of the wider net zero agenda.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule Wednesday to help individuals obtain and retain Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage. | In a final rule set to take effect in two months, CMS is streamlining its Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment and renewal processes.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 27, 2024
Andrew Lockhart, CEO, Fathom Autonomous inpatient coding. This may sound like a pipe dream for revenue cycle leaders, whose hopes were likely raised and crushed in the early aughts. But it’s coming sooner than most think. Why is true inpatient coding automation the “holy grail” – as Kerry Gillespie, a former CFO at Intermountain Health and now an executive consultant at Warbird Consulting Partners, said to me at a Healthcare Financial Management Association roundtable last year
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
Facility fees are “clear profit-gambits” that take financial advantage of unsuspecting patients while failing to provide any benefits to them. | A new report calls for a total ban on so-called facility fees that can surprise patients while offering no benefits.
Becker's Health IT
MARCH 27, 2024
A ransomware group that specializes in "double extortion" has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on an Oklahoma hospital, HIPAA Journal reported.
Digital Health News
MARCH 27, 2024
NHS Dumfries and Galloway have confirmed that patient data has been released by a ransomware group, following an earlier cyber attack on its IT systems.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 27, 2024
What You Should Know: – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)is seeking public input on a new draft plan outlining the nation’s health information technology (health IT) strategy for the next six years. – The draft 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan focuses on improving access to health data, creating a more equitable healthcare experience, and modernizing public health data infrastructure.
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.
Digital Health News
MARCH 27, 2024
Maternity teams in the Black Country are using the ImproveWell platform to allow staff to provide feedback which can be used to improve patient experience.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 27, 2024
David Stevens, Head of GenAI What You Should Know: – CentralReach , the leading provider of software for ABA and multi-disciplinary providers treating Autism and IDD, announced the appointment of David Stevens as its first-ever Head of GenerativeAI (GenAI). – In this newly created role, Stevens will lead a team dedicated to designing, developing, and piloting GenAI features for CentralReach’s software suite, cari.
Digital Health News
MARCH 27, 2024
NHS Dorset is calling for people to join its Digital Public Engagement Group and play their part in shaping digital health and care services for the future.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 27, 2024
Patients using the healthcare system's patient portal app will have access to 24/7 virtual care through Curai Health.
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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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 27, 2024
Crisis Text Line will provide free, 24/7 text-based mental health support to FOLX members.
Digital Health News
MARCH 27, 2024
Llanfairfechan’s Plas Menai Surgery in Wales has become the second site in the country to roll out the electronic prescription service for patients.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 27, 2024
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a healthcare and public health (HPH) sector alert about credential harvesting , one of the most common tactics used by hackers in cyberattacks on the HPH sector. While there are more secure ways of authenticating individuals and controlling access to accounts and resources, credentials such as usernames, passwords, and personal information are commonly used.
Symplr
MARCH 27, 2024
On-call scheduling isn’t just about staff management; it's the nerve center of your hospital's operations, dictating how effectively your team members can communicate, collaborate, and ultimately, care for patients. Yet, many healthcare facilities continue to rely on archaic scheduling methods, unaware that their reluctance to evolve has tangible, negative implications.
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