Wed.Jan 11, 2023

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Doctors no longer bound by noncompetes under FTC’s proposed ban

Healthcare Dive

The FTC’s sweeping proposal would free physicians to work for a competitor, undermining the status quo in physician-employer relationships, attorneys told Healthcare Dive.

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State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This article was updated with additional comments. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently looked at state trends with regard to expanding access to telehealth-based behavioral care during the pandemic and found that states see telemedicine as a key component of maintaining access to behavioral healthcare for Medicaid enrollees. WHY IT MATTERS. KFF's survey of state Medicaid programs found them not only expanding telehealth benefits – for example, providing audio-only coverage of behavio

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Nonprofit hospitals, hammered by soaring expenses, have ‘deteriorating’ outlook: Fitch

Healthcare Dive

Labor will remain the largest hurdle for hospitals this year even as they struggle with inflation and spiking COVID-19 admissions that can dent revenue, according to the ratings agency.

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Study Identifies Healthcare Ransomware Attack Trends

HIPAA Journal

Healthcare ransomware attacks have at least doubled in the past 5 years, data recovery from backups has decreased, and it is now common for data to be stolen and publicly released following a successful attack, according to a new analysis recently published in the JAMA Health Forum. Healthcare ransomware attacks can be difficult to accurately track, as ransomware is not always specified in breach reports and press releases, and ransomware gangs typically do not publicly disclose their attacks wh

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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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Key trends for payers and providers in 2023

Healthcare Dive

Providers are likely to clash with payers over rate hikes after a year of intense cost pressures.

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Verily laying off 15% of workforce, trimming down business lines: 'We've made some hard but necessary choices'

Fierce Healthcare

Verily laying off 15% of workforce, trimming down business lines: 'We've made some hard but necessary choices'. dmuoio. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 16:51.

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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company adds another PBM partnership

Mobi Health News

Cuban tells MobiHealthNews that MCCPDC is working on adding partnerships with PBMs that "share our mission of cost-plus pricing, transparency and no rebates.

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Hospitals disappointed with court ruling placing HHS in charge of 340B repayment

Healthcare Dive

The court’s ruling on Tuesday is the latest update in a yearslong legal dispute between safety net hospitals and the government over payment rates.

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Walmart and Avanlee Care Launches Program to Aid Caregivers

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Avanlee Care , a digital health tool for today’s caregivers, has announced a partnership with Walmart to support the 65 million Americans currently caring for aging family members. As a part of Walmart’s “New Year Reset” program, the Avanlee Care app will be displayed and promoted at supercenter locations throughout Florida in the pharmacy and grocery sections of the stores. – This collaboration is the first of its kind for both brands.

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JPM23: As the year gets underway, here's what insurtechs have planned

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23: As the year gets underway, here's what insurtechs have planned. pminemyer. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 19:32.

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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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M&A: OpenLoop Acquires Reliant.MD’s Practice Group

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – OpenLoop Health , a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced its acquisition of Reliant.MD’s practice group. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – The acquisition enables OpenLoop to continue to expand the depth of its clinical services and further confirms its place as a leader in digital and hybrid healthcare delivery. – For Reliant Immune Diagnosti

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JPM23, Day 3: Clover Health tees up busy day for insurtechs; Hinge Health stretches its reach into at-home care

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23, Day 3: Clover Health tees up busy day for insurtechs; Hinge Health stretches its reach into at-home care. hlandi. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:00.

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Featured Health IT Job: Microsoft BizTalk, SQL Cluster Engineer

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Microsoft BizTalk, SQL Cluster Engineer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is remote. Here’s a description of the position: Currently seeking an analyst with deep Microsoft BizTalk and SQL Cluster engineering experience to assist a client academic health system’s team with operational su

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Becerra renews COVID-19 public health emergency another 90 days, possibly for last time

Fierce Healthcare

Becerra renews COVID-19 public health emergency another 90 days, possibly for last time. rking. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 12:18.

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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 Safety of Inpatient Health Care

NEJM

A retrospective cohort study assessed patient safety in 11 Massachusetts hospitals in 2018. Adverse events were identified in 24% of hospital admissions and preventable adverse events in 7%.

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For health equity, risk adjustment should overpredict spending for marginalized groups, Health Affairs study says

Fierce Healthcare

For health equity, risk adjustment should overpredict spending for marginalized groups, Health Affairs study says. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 17:08.

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Respiratory care startup Telesair raises $22M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Food delivery company ModifyHealth scooped up $10 million, and Censinet, developer of healthcare cybersecurity software, raised $9 million.

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JPM23: Intermountain Health, UCHealth launch joint venture to accelerate value-based care in Colorado

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23: Intermountain Health, UCHealth launch joint venture to accelerate value-based care in Colorado. hlandi. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 10:02.

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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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DE&I Initiatives Can Help Address Healthcare Workforce Challenge According to Deloitte

Healthcare IT Today

Implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and addressing the workforce challenge in healthcare are not mutually exclusive. In fact, improving DE&I may be one of the quickest ways to alleviate the pressure of finding and keeping healthcare talent. How? Indigenous groups, visible minorities, and women are underutilized talent pools.

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UCSF Health received fewer patient portal messages after letting clinicians choose when to charge

Fierce Healthcare

UCSF Health received fewer patient portal messages after letting clinicians choose when to charge. dmuoio. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 12:08.

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Ascension-Q secures £250,000 in pre-seed funding round

Digital Health News

Cloud-based clinical trials platform Ascension-Q has gained £250,000 in pre-seed funding to help expand the number of clinical trials it can support.

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A record 15.9M people enrolled in ACA marketplace plans so far, CMS says

Fierce Healthcare

A record 15.9M people enrolled in ACA marketplace plans so far, CMS says. fdiamond. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 10:36.

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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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Person Centred Software launch Smart Cups to tackle dehydration

Digital Health News

The UK’s leading provider of digital care management systems, Person Centred Software, has launched Smart Cups, a solution to tackle dehydration.

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Elsevier introduces more expansive 3D human anatomy to increase racial representation in education

Fierce Healthcare

Elsevier introduces more expansive 3D human anatomy to increase racial representation in education. aburky. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:53.

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Singaporean health data analytics firm Holmusk gets Veradigm's backing

Mobi Health News

Veradigm is also keen on bringing its behavioural health data to Holmusk's rapidly growing database.

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NHS Digital launches online community for API developers

Digital Health News

An online community for API developers has been launched by NHS Digital to give them the tools, support and help needed to carry out their roles.

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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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CMS plans to announce first Part D drugs subject to price negotiations this fall

Fierce Healthcare

CMS plans to announce first Part D drugs subject to price negotiations this fall. rking. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 10:33.

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Set a Timer on Financial Return for Software Investment | symplr

Symplr

What’s the biggest capital budget problem in a health system? Too many requests and not enough money. As a result, healthcare spending decisions—on technology, software, and equipment—require answers to two key questions: How big will the return on investment (ROI) be for a given amount spent? How soon will that return be realized?

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Healthcare Cybersecurity: Addressing the Immediate Issue Today

Medical Gas Compliance

Healthcare facilities are not without risk when it comes to cyber attacks. The Department of Health and Human Services reports that from 2018 to 2021, there was an 84% increase in data breaches reported by healthcare organizations. (source). 2022 was an even more troubling year for Healthcare related cyberattacks. Out of any global industry sector, The healthcare industry had the highest increase in weekly cyberattacks in 2022.

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Digital musculoskeletal care company Hinge Health launches in-person home care

Mobi Health News

The physical therapy house call service will first be available in Chicago.

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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.