Fri.Jan 21, 2022

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4 key trends for payers and providers in 2022

Healthcare Dive

The sectors face continued operational pressure as they head into a third year of the pandemic, including a tight labor market and shifts in payer mix.

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'Convincing evidence' of efficacy still lacking for mobile mental health interventions

Healthcare It News

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Harvard Medical School and Brown University published a meta-review in PLOS Digital Health this week seeking to examine the efficacy of apps and other mobile health interventions for mental illness. After examining results from 14 meta-analyses representing 145 randomized controlled trials, researchers said they failed to find convincing evidence of efficacy.

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The future of ONC's interoperability framework hinges on adoption. But the agency — and industry — is optimistic

Healthcare Dive

The government can't require anyone to adopt TEFCA, raising concerns it won't see enough voluntary uptake to create the coast-to-coast interoperability network envisaged by ONC. But competitive advantages to participation could get the ball rolling.

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Customer service takes on a new meaning in healthcare’s age of consumerism

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Patient Engagement Topic: Analytics Interoperability Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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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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IBM to sell Watson Health division to private equity firm

Healthcare Dive

Despite the computing giant's big aspirations for the potential of AI applications in medical research and clinical decisionmaking, Watson Health fell short and is now being sold for an undisclosed amount.

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HIMSSCast: Taking telehealth beyond the video chat

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the gas pedal on the use of virtual care, particularly synchronous video chats. But virtual care's potential extends beyond one-on-one conversations – it can also leverage remote patient monitoring technology to take services out of the brick-and-mortar facility. Joining Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich to talk about telehealth's capabilities now and in the future is Dr.

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Beyond COVID-19: Remaining at the center of care even as care centers change

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Interoperability Patient Engagement Telehealth Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Better than ever with a long way to go: The future of digital health reimbursement

Mobi Health News

In a preview of their HIMSS22 presentation, Robert Jarrin, managing partner at the Omega Concern, and Brian Scarpelli, senior global policy counsel at the Connected Health Initiative, explain the current digital health reimbursement landscape.

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Global digital health funding skyrockets to $57.2B with record cash for mental health, telehealth

Fierce Healthcare

Global digital health funding skyrockets to $57.2B with record cash for mental health, telehealth. hlandi. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 11:17.

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What's next for AppliedVR after its FDA De Novo

Mobi Health News

Cofounder and CEO Matthew Stoudt discusses AppliedVR's De Novo clearance from November, what's next for the company and the biggest trends from 2021.

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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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Cigna study: Virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER, urgent care visits by 19%

Fierce Healthcare

Cigna study: Virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER, urgent care visits by 19%. pminemyer. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 14:24.

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How pharmaceutical marketing affects decisions about patient care

Kaiser Permanente

As we search for ways to improve the value of prescription drugs and make them more affordable, pharmaceutical marketing poses a real challenge. Pharmaceutical marketing aims to shape perceptions about a drug’s benefits and harms, and this can significantly impact providers’ decisions about patient care. While many in health care recognize pharmaceutical sales representative visits (referred to as detailing), medical journal advertising, and direct-to-consumer advertising as pharmaceutical promo

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IBM sells Watson Health assets to investment firm Francisco Partners

Fierce Healthcare

IBM sells Watson Health assets to investment firm Francisco Partners. hlandi. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 09:44.

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M&A: Babylon Acquires Patient Engagement Solution DayToDay Health

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Babylon (NYSE: BBLN) acquires patient engagement platform DayToDay Health (“DayToDay”) to provide Babylon members with DayToDay’s digital-first, highly engaging programs and clinical services prior to and following scheduled surgeries, major health events like childbirth, and following diagnosis of chronic conditions. – Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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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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The eviction moratorium in New York has ended. Here's how one practice is prepared to serve affected patients

Fierce Healthcare

The eviction moratorium in New York has ended. Here's how one practice is prepared to serve affected patients. agliadkovskaya. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 13:44.

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Casana Raises $30M for Effortless Home Health Monitoring

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Casana , a healthcare technology firm that is reinventing in-home health monitoring announced it has raised $30M in Series B funding, bringing the total capital raised to $46 million led by Morningside with participation from Matrix Partners , as well as Series A investors General Catalyst and Outsiders Fund. – The Series B funding will allow Casana to accelerate FDA submission of the Heart Seat with the goal to obtain FDA approval and bring this important new

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KFF: 4 out of 13 major insurers rely on mail and faxes to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests

Fierce Healthcare

KFF: 4 out of 13 major insurers rely on mail and faxes to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests. rking. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 11:05.

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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company rolls out digital pharmacy

Mobi Health News

The company recently rolled out a PBM operation, which it says will help it lower costs for its online pharmacy.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

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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Encompass Health to spin off home health, hospice business as new company

Fierce Healthcare

Encompass Health to spin off home health, hospice business as new company. dmuoio. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:20.

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Transparency and the Doctor–Patient Relationship — Rethinking Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures

NEJM

To reduce the harm associated with improper financial relationships between manufacturers and physicians, practitioners could be required to disclose such relationships directly to patients.

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Biden administration's rapid-test rollout doesn't easily reach those who need it most

Modern Healthcare

In the past week, the Biden administration launched two programs that aim to get rapid COVID tests into the hands of every American. But the design of both efforts disadvantages people who already face the greatest barriers to testing.

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Compliance Conversations Podcast: All Things Therapy for Compliance Experts

Healthicity

Hello folks! In my most recent episode of Compliance Conversations, I sat down with a co-worker to chat.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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Peloton slows production, reportedly facing decrease in demand

Mobi Health News

Peloton CEO John Foley said the company is considering downsizing.

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2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2022, we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to share some predictions for the new year. I always find it interesting to learn what people think is coming down the road. Be sure to check out all our Health IT Predictions. If it seems like we’ve been talking about interoperability forever, […].

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Call for Submissions: Journal of Law and the Biosciences Special Issue on Abortion Law

Bill of Health

American law on reproduction seems likely to change, perhaps radically, in 2022, as the U.S. Supreme Court considers challenges to state laws limiting abortion. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the Court is considering a substantive Mississippi ban on almost all abortions after 15 weeks; in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v.

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Does New TV-Based Telehealth Platform Make Sense For Providers?

Healthcare IT Today

I don’t know about you, but as I see it, one of the challenging things about being a telehealth user is adapting to the nuances involved in using different platforms. Even small differences between them can be annoying and even stressful. For example, having to enter your personal information at different times when logging into […].

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

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.

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West Virginia Nursing Facility Violated Fair Labor Standards Act and Agrees to Pay Back Wages

Healthcare Compliance Blog

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has determined that a West Virginia nursing facility failed to pay the proper overtime premium to employees working 12 hour shifts. The investigation recovered $270,984 in back wages and liquidated damages for 166 workers. The nursing home’s failure to pay the proper overtime violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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WebPT Acquires Clinicient

Healthcare IT Today

Acquisition to fuel innovation in solutions for rehabilitation therapy practices WebPT, the leading outpatient rehabilitation SaaS platform for patient and practice management services, today announced the completion of the acquisition of Clinicient and its subsidiary Keet, effective January 18, 2022, following regulatory review. The acquisition provides additional scale and industry expertise to fuel innovation from […].

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Roundup: Huma acquires iPLATO healthcare, AI used to develop blood test that predicts COVID survival, and more

Mobi Health News

Plus, Northern Ireland’s GPs get prescribing decision support.

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Wheel Raises $150 Million Series C to Power the Virtual-First Care Revolution

Healthcare IT Today

Wheel, the health tech company powering the next generation of healthcare, today announced a $150 million Series C round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global. New investors Coatue and Salesforce Ventures participated in the round, along with existing investors CRV, Tusk Venture Partners, and Silverton Partners. This brings Wheel’s total funding to $216 million to date, including a $50 million Series B […].

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.