Healthcare Dive
MARCH 7, 2022
Telehealth swelled from 4.4% of all medical claims in November to 4.9% in December, with the bump evident in every U.S. census region, according to new Fair Health data.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 7, 2022
The American Psychiatric Association, American Telemedicine Association and 70 other organizations signed a letter this past Friday urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and permanently revise requirements regarding controlled substance prescription. "Our experience during the pandemic was that telehealth meant our member psychiatrists were able to treat more patients, which was critical as we faced a mental heal
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 7, 2022
Patients admitted to more expensive hospitals in competitive markets had a 35% lower chance of mortality, but higher costs weren't correlated with better outcomes in less competitive areas, NBER found.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 7, 2022
Island Health is the publicly funded healthcare provider in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Island Health's Hospital at Home program was created to determine whether treating acute care patients in their own homes is as effective as in-hospital treatment. The program was launched to enable patients to receive safe, effective care virtually and in-person from providers experienced in hospital medicine and acute care.
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 7, 2022
Whether it’s an ultra-low temperature vaccine or a specimen sample, packaging is protecting some of the most advanced and important products ever.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 7, 2022
There have been calls for healthcare organizations to take steps to improve security due to a major rise in hacking incidents, ransomware attacks, and vulnerability disclosures in 2021. Record numbers of healthcare data breaches were reported last year, and tens of millions of healthcare records were compromised. Adhering to the minimum requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule and conducting risk analyses, having robust risk management practices, conducting vulnerability scans, and implementing t
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 7, 2022
Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 7, 2022
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) has published a new Model Contract Language template for healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) to use when procuring new devices from medical device manufacturers (MDMs) to ensure each party is aware of its responsibilities for cybersecurity and device management. “Medical device cybersecurity responsibility and accountability between MDMs and HDOs is complicated by many conflicting factors, including uneven MDM capabilities
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 7, 2022
For the 83rd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re doing a preview of the upcoming HIMSS 2022 conference in Orlando. In case you missed it, we have a busy schedule coming up at the HIMSS 2022 conference. We hope to see many of you there and that you enjoy our coverage of HIMSS22. In […] For the 83rd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re doing a preview of the upcoming HIMSS 2022 conference in Orlando.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 7, 2022
The development, implementation, and enforcement of HIPAA policies and procedures is the cornerstone of HIPAA compliance. Without policies and procedures to provide guidelines, members of Covered Entities´ and Business Associates´ workforces will be unaware of how they should carry out their functions in compliance with HIPAA, how they should react when specific events occur, and what sanctions may apply for failing to comply with HIPAA.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 7, 2022
The following is a guest article by Rob Chappell, Founder and Chief Science Officer, EyeTech Digital Systems. Communication is what connects us all. The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the tremendous impact that limited engagement can have on many aspects of life. Throughout the public health crisis, technology offered one of the few mechanisms that communities […].
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Healthgrades announced its Leading Hospitals in Early COVID Care list of the top 24 U.S. hospitals that provided exceptional care while treating the highest volumes of coronavirus patients during the first wave of the pandemic. Methodology Background. Using inpatient data from CMS for almost every hospital in the country, Healthgrades identified 24 U.S. hospitals that provided exceptional care while treating the highest volumes of coronavirus patients during the fir
Modern Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2022
Medicare Advantage associations supported CMS' use of the minimum coding adjustment, while MedPAC advocated for an increase.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – GoodRx announced that it will acquire vitaCare Prescription Services, a tech-enabled pharmacy services platform that expands GoodRx’s offering to pharma manufacturers while improving patient access and adherence to affordable brand drugs. – Over 500 million brand prescriptions are written every year, yet only half are ever filled.
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Center for Health Insurance Reform
MARCH 7, 2022
Health insurers reported healthy earnings during the fourth quarter of 2021, thanks in large part to publicly funded programs Medicare and Medicaid. CHIR's Megan Houston reviewed earnings reports for nine major insurers and reports on the key market trends in the health insurance industry. Continue reading → The post Where the Bread is Really Buttered: Insurers’ Q4 Earnings Reports Show Heavy Reliance on Government Business appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2022
Roger Massengale, Chief Commercial Officer, Eitan Medical. January 2022 marked two years since the outbreak of COVID-19, with the healthcare system still working to adjust to a very challenging new reality. However, these challenges have served as a catalyst for important shifts within the healthcare industry, some of which are poised to be a significant part of the 2022 infusion landscape.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 7, 2022
The startup, led by Livongo vets, will include remote monitoring and virtual services supported by cellular networks, and mobile units delivering in-home care.
Modern Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2022
“The Florida Department of Health is going to be the first state to officially recommend against the COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children," Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said Monday.
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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.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 7, 2022
Also: MDisrupt raises $6 million, and Maverick Medical AI scores $5 million.
Modern Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2022
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo on Tuesday released guidance recommending against vaccinations for healthy children, contradicting federal public health leaders whose advice says all kids should get the shots.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 7, 2022
This news comes just after GoodRx announced it had missed its Q4 earnings expectations.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
MARCH 7, 2022
After an investigation into Colorado’s care for people with disabilities who reside in nursing homes, the Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded that the state unnecessarily segregates people with physical disabilities in nursing facilities. The unnecessary segregation is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v.
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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.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Foresite Capital is announcing their latest, oversubscribed $173M fund, which will be used to support Foresite Labs’ incubated life science companies. – Foresite Labs was created in October 2019 to found, build, and scale life sciences companies at the intersection of healthcare and data science. One of Foresite Capital’s core beliefs is that by combining machine learning, big data, and genomics, life sciences companies can accelerate commercialization from de
Compliancy Group
MARCH 7, 2022
In the midst of all the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, one bright spot is the increased availability of HIPAA compliant telehealth options. Quarantines and travel restrictions created a need for patients to be able to access health care remotely. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has scaled down HIPAA enforcement as it relates to telehealth, but that won’t always be the case. .
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2022
What You Should Know: MediQuant ®, a provider of enterprise active archiving and conversion solutions, has been selected by the US Defense Health Agency (DHA) to help consolidate all clinical data across the Military Health System as it transitions to a new enterprise electronic health records (EHR) platform by 2024. – The contract to deploy MediQuant’s DataArk solution for the DHA “Genesis” rollout was secured by ECS, a leading provider of science, engineering, and advanced technology sol
The Health Law Firm Blog
MARCH 7, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 18, 2021, a Tallahassee surgeon was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for committing health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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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.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Cedar launches Cedar Pre to deliver seamless and comprehensive healthcare experiences to consumers preparing for care. – By leveraging Cedar’s expanded patient engagement suite, providers can empower patients with unprecedented access and affordability from pre-registration and intake through final payment. Cedar , a New York City-based healthcare financial technology platform built for today’s consumers, today announced the launch of Cedar Pre , an enterprise
McGuire Wood
MARCH 7, 2022
Infinedi Partners has announced it has invested in LaSalle Network. LaSalle , based in Chicago, is a national staffing and recruiting firm providing services in many sectors, including healthcare revenue cycle, technology, cybersecurity, accounting and finance, and human resources. Founded in 1998, the firm states it operates in more than 20 states and has more than 5,000 employees.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 7, 2022
What You Should Know: – Health Gorilla raises $50 million in Series C funding to securely enable the exchange of actionable and aggregated clinical data. – The new investment will accelerate Health Gorilla’s mission to connect everyone, everywhere, with actionable health data. Health Gorilla , a Sunnyvale, CA-based health interoperability platform, today announced it has raised $50M in Series C funding led by SignalFire with participation from Epsilon Health Investors , IA Capi
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 7, 2022
juli, the AI-powered digital health platform empowering patients and their care teams to manage complex chronic conditions, announced it has secured $3.8 million in a seed funding round. Leading the round were Speedinvest, one of Europe’s most active early-stage venture capital firms, and Norrsken VC, a fund investing in start-ups solving the world’s biggest problems while building […].
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