Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The initiative prioritizes integrating behavioral health services into primary and other specialty care areas as well as community-based settings like schools.
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
By Taleed El-Sabawi, Jennifer J. Carroll, and Bayla Ostrach. Health law and policy in the United States are, in many senses, driven by a desire to control. When that control is enacted to impose anti-scientific but deeply moralized social norms, suffering always follows. Consider, for example, the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which ended a constitutionally recognized right to abortion.
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Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The HHS Office of Inspector General found that by loosening emergency use authorization requirements to bring COVID-19 tests to market faster, the agency allowed inaccurate tests to be distributed.
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
By Vincent “Tank” Sherrill. You fill in the blank! I’ve often referred to the mind as a womb, or a laboratory of life, not a “thing,” but rather a place where thoughts and ideas are conceived. However, since COVID-19 has been introduced on the scene, I’ve watched a cold game being played inside two Washington State prisons: the game between “The Progression of the Mind versus The Regression of the Mind.”.
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Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The most serious flaws were failing to prove that UnitedHealth is likely to misuse Change Healthcare’s data to advantage the company, Judge Carl Nichols wrote.
MRO Compliance
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Follow the (Medical) Record: Steve Hynes, President of Provider Solutions for MRO. In this episode, host Don Hardwick interviews Steve Hynes, President of Provider Solutions for MRO. They discuss general healthcare industry trends, changes, and how things have evolved over the last 20 years. HealthcareNOW Radio Podcast Network · Follow the (Medical) Record: Steve Hynes, President of Provider Solutions for MRO.
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Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
(Clockwise from top left: Matt Chun, Sarah Gabriele, Katie Gu, Sanjay Reddy, Aparajita La th). We are excited to welcome a new group of Student Fellows to the Petrie-Flom Center family. These five students are a fantastic cohort of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics scholars who join us from across Harvard. They each will undertake a year-long research project with mentorship from Center faculty and affiliates, and also will blog here at Bill of Health regularly.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Of the settlements made public, the insurer’s settlements so far total at least $462.7 million.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Shriya Palekar, AVP Health Plan Solutions, TytoCare. The COVID-19 outbreak led many to realize the transformative value the virtual world can bring to their industries. The healthcare industry – where virtual care and telehealth integration […].
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Mental health conditions were the No. 1 cause of pregnancy-related mortality, the agency said.
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HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The maximum penalty for violating HIPAA is currently $1,919,173 (September 2022). However, this figure represents the maximum penalty per violation type, and Covered Entities and Business Associates found guilty of multiple violations can expect to pay much more. When Congress passed HIPAA in 1996, it set the maximum penalty for violating HIPAA at $100 per violation with an annual cap of $25,000.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
What You Should Know: – Biotech and medical AI innovator Surge announced a $2.6M round co-led by HCVC , a global early-stage fund dedicated to high-potential technology startups, and Boutique Venture Partners, a leading fund based in the Silicon Valley. Veteran angel investors, including Nicolas Godin, the COO/CFO of Cardiologs , also participated in the round. – Based on an exclusive license to Stanford’s patented postoperative complication prediction technology, Surge’s
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
With Integrated Care Systems now coming into effect, Andy Meiner, chief revenue officer at ReStart, looks at what role interoperability will play. Integrated care systems (ICSs) will struggle to achieve even the most basic objectives, such as virtual wards and integrated clinical pathways, without a fundamental change in approach. These digital transformation initiatives must be […].
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The following is a guest article by Constancio Fernandes, VP of Engineering at Asimily. The security teams at healthcare systems tasked with safeguarding massive fleets of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices are used to getting a heavy dose of cybersecurity patch advisories—the challenge is what to do next. There has been no shortage of these urgent alerts flagging complex IoMT device vulnerabilities over the past few years, from the aptly named Urgent/11 to SweynTooth, GRUB2, and countles
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HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
One of the capabilities of many business password managers is the ability to send encrypted messages to any recipient. Often this capability is used to securely share login credentials or other confidential data. But is it okay to share ePHI via a business password manager? Over the past few years, the capabilities of business password managers – particularly vault-based password managers – have grown significantly.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The following is a guest article by Christopher Larkin, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Concord Technologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is pervasive in our daily decisions. We are assisted by AI-powered solutions that map optimal travel routes, deliver targeted online search results, manage vital banking functions, and even guide our driving. .
Symplr
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Calling all nurses and nurse leaders: You’re rightfully proud of the crucial work you do and are aware that your role is more important than ever. For some nursing teams, it’s time to take the next step in bringing meaningful recognition to your extraordinary practices by becoming a Magnet-designated organization. If your organization has achieved and maintains the prestigious designation, congratulations on choosing the path to excellence.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Ambulatory Principal Trainer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is in the California Bay area. Here’s a description of the position: Duration: 3-6 Months.
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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
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The insurer said the new offering will be included in the majority of its commercial health plans.
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
In answer to the question can medical records be subpoenaed; the answer is yes because every type of record can be subpoenaed. Possibly a more relevant question would be “how should healthcare providers respond to a subpoena for medical records”? In most states, there are three types of subpoenas – a “witness subpoena” that requires an entity to appear in court to give evidence, a “deposition subpoena” that requires an entity to provide copies of records and/or attend a deposition hearing, and a
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Curative is shifting from COVID-19 testing to launching a new health plan as testing needs decrease.
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital in Texas has recently announced it was the victim of a hacking incident that resulted in disruption to the operations of some of its IT systems. The cyberattack was detected by the hospital on July 12, 2022, and immediate action was taken to contain the incident and prevent further unauthorized access, and forensics experts were engaged to determine the nature and scope of the attack.
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Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Simon Bolton and Saffron Cordery will devlier keynote addresses at Digital Health Rewired which is taking place on March 14 and 15 2023.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Hospitals and health insurers are now required to publicly post their prices for health care services. However, as Maanasa Kona and Sabrina Corlette observe in their latest Health Affairs Forefront blog, the new disclosure requirements have not - yet - translated into data that can be used to identify the drivers of health care cost growth. Their piece identifies options for federal and state regulators to improve compliance and ultimately help support informed health care purchasing and policy
Modern Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
An analysis of the FDA's emergency use authorization process underscores the need for a national testing strategy, HHS inspectors said.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
nference said researchers can use the de-identified clinical data to develop new therapeutics and diagnostics.
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Becker's Health IT
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The FDA issued a warning to patients who use a particular insulin pump system that unauthorized people could access it and change how much insulin a patient receives.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
AI in healthcare has become a huge topic of interest, but what does the practical application of AI look like? At the Ai4 Conference, we sat down with Vincent J. Major, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health and Lead in Operational Machine Learning EHR Integration at NYU Lagone Health to learn more about him and his work with AI in healthcare.
Med-Net Compliance
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) analyzed State survey agency (SSA) data on Medicare.gov for the most recent standard surveys and the previous 12 months of complaint surveys. They identified that 6,622 nursing homes had been cited for infection prevention and control program deficiencies as of February 26, 2020, and Medicare.gov indicated that 24 nursing homes were part of a nursing home chain.
OSHA Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
As Monkeypox (MPX) continues to be an issue throughout California, Cal/OSHA issued guidance to assist in protecting employees. However, this guidance applies only to workplaces covered by the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) standard, which is notable because the guidance itself states that “MPX spreads primarily by close or direct contact with infectious rashes, lesions, scabs, or body fluids.
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