Healthicity
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
In this episode, we welcomed Stacey Crudup , Chief Compliance Officer at The SEES Group , to share her insights on why building relationships with team members on the front lines of healthcare is essential in driving strong compliance programs.
Compliancy Group
OCTOBER 30, 2023
In healthcare facilities, where the well-being of patients is vital, every aspect of operations must adhere to strict guidelines. This includes laundry services, which serve a critical role in maintaining cleanliness and preventing the spread of infections. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) has established specific regulations to ensure the safe handling and management of contaminated laundry in healthcare facilities.
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Compliancy Group
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Boo! On Halloween, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with a Massachusetts business associate (BA) for $100,000. This is the first ransomware agreement OCR has reached. The Attack and the Settlement After filing a breach report with OCR in 2019 reporting a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 206,695 patients, the OCR launched an investigation into the BA’s HIPAA compliance.
Compliancy Group
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Compliance in healthcare is a fundamental aspect of ensuring the safety, privacy, and security of patients’ personal information and overall well-being. With regulations in place such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act), and SOC 2 (Service Organization Control). Organizations are required to develop a comprehensive compliance plan in healthcare that adheres to these guidelines.
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.
Medisys Compliance
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Effective medical billing is essential for healthcare organizations to maintain financial stability and ensure accurate reimbursement. One critical aspect of the medical billing process is accurate charge entry. Accurate charge entry involves meticulously recording the services provided to patients, along with their corresponding charges. Failing to enter charges accurately can result in costly errors that can impact the revenue cycle and hinder the organization’s financial health.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises. Under international human rights law, States have a positive, primary obligation to ensure that such health care services are of the highest possible quality and accessible to everyone, everywhere, and without discrimination.
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Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Valley Health System is constructing a new hospital in Paramus, New Jersey – presenting an opportunity to transform healthcare delivery for the surrounding communities. This is the story of the hospital – which is scheduled to open April 14, 2024 – and some of the technologies its IT leaders say will help advance delivery of leading-edge care.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Suki announced the expansion of its ambient artificial intelligence technology, Suki Assistant, to more than 20 independent practices, including Capital City Primary and Immediate Care. The application is a voice assistant that generates notes in real-time by listening to patient-clinician interactions. It can be used for clinical documentation, diagnosis coding, real-time information retrieval from the electronic health record and other applications.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
By Sharona Hoffman Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are questionnaires that patients fill out on tablets or other computers or devices. They ask patients to check boxes in answer to questions about their symptoms, treatment effects, and ability to function physically, emotionally, and socially. They thus may solicit very sensitive information about matters such as anxiety, depression, and sexual satisfaction.
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Humana charged higher rates for the same services in the Upper Midwest and Southeast compared to the Central U.S. and Florida, according to new research published in JAMA.
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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
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Emory Healthcare is using three medication management services offered within Fuzion by DrFirst, a platform that provides clinicians with medication history, to streamline workflows for its clinicians and improve medication adherence for its patients. WHY IT MATTERS Patients at Emory Healthcare could have less chance of adverse drug events and know what they will pay for prescriptions at the pharmacy before they leave the doctor's office or hospital with AI-driven insights.
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
“Do personal health trackers belong in the doctor’s office?” Software Advice wondered. “Yes,” the company’s latest consumer survey found, details of which are discussed in a report published on their website. Unique to this study is the patient sample polled: Software Advice surveyed 876 patients in September 2023 to gauge their perspectives on wearable tech and health.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 30, 2023
By Bobby Stroup 2023 is the year of the emoji lawsuit. This year a “thumbs-up” emoji was found to be part of a legally binding contract. In another legal case, a “moon” emoji was found to be possible evidence of securities fraud. This legal evolution may seem a bit strange. We are more accustomed to emojis being the characters in a “ cinematic masterpiece ” or the subject of corporate public relations.
Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Doctors’ Management Services agreed to settle claims it did not comply with HIPAA breach rules and failed to identify risks after a cyberattack exposed the information of more than 200,000 patients.
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Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The chapter looks at how individuals are engaging with their care to incorporate the patient's perspective into health equity initiatives.
MRO Compliance
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Too often today, relations between provider and payer organizations can become contentious around issues related to payment and quality of care. Yet such conflict does not serve patients well, because it deflects these organizations’ attention from their underlying shared purpose: To work together to deliver well-coordinated, cost-effective healthcare to patients.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 31, 2023
By Calvin Wai-Loon Ho With the mainstreaming of digital technology across many spheres of social life, infodemic management must be an integral part of public health emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. While the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) do not make explicit reference to infodemics, the application of digital technologies in response to a public health emergency is a clear concern.
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Regulators proposed a rule on Friday meant to make payment dispute resolutions more fair and efficient following more than a year of industry complaints.
Advertiser: Celo
In this ebook, you will learn about the 18 PHI indicators, the legal requirements and penalties surrounding PHI, and how your healthcare teams should securely exchange this data. Key takeaways from this ebook: Gain confidence in identifying PHI. Acquire practical implementation strategies for exchanging PHI within your organization. Emphasize the importance of using compliant communication tools within healthcare teams.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Essentia Health-Fargo did not necessarily have a specific problem that led it to implement tele-stroke technology. Rather, the implementation stemmed from a desire to be proactive in delivering the best care possible. A PROACTIVE MOVE "Per AHA/ASA Stroke Care Guidelines, tele-stroke implementation is effective in triaging patients for IV thrombolytics and endovascular therapy," said Chelsey Kuznia, RN, SCRN, stroke program manager at Essentia Health-Fargo, DNV Certified Comprehensive S
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
CVS Health beat the Street on both earnings and revenue in the third quarter, reporting $2.3 billion in profit. | By comparison, the company reported a $3.4 billion loss in the third quarter of 2022 as it paid out its part in a global settlement over the opioid crisis.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
By Joelle Boxer Dobbs “return[ed]” the authority to regulate abortion to “the people and their elected representatives.” The people of Ohio will act on that authority on November 7, demonstrating yet again the emerging role of referenda in American abortion law. The referendum will determine if “ The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety Amendment ,” or Issue 1, is added to the Ohio Constitution.
Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
As of Wednesday, Minnesota hospitals must check patients' financial assistance eligibility prior to sending debts to collections, as a part of a multi-year push around charity care oversight.
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85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
South Korea forms national bio-health commission The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) has recently enacted the presidential decree that establishes the Bio-health Innovation Commission. This commission, according to a press release, seeks to foster the local bio-health industry and provide systemic support for the integration of the latest technologies, including AI and nanotechnology.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The Biden administration Thursday finalized policy changes for Medicare reimbursements in 2024 that will cut payments to physicians by 1.25% compared to 2023. | The Biden administration Thursday finalized policy changes for Medicare reimbursements in 2024 that will cut payments to physicians by 1.25% compared to 2023.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 30, 2023
With the award of the Federated Data Platform contract said to be delayed until mid-November, NHS England appears to be seeking to drum up support for it.
Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The massive for-profit operator has allegedly shuttered services at Mission Health, the hospital system it acquired in 2019, violating the terms of its purchase agreement.
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This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 31, 2023
What You Should Know: – 23andMe , a genetic health and biopharmaceutical company launched Health Action Plan, a new digital tool for 23andMe+ members that draws on results from genetic reports, health history survey data, as well as blood and biomarker data to provide a uniquely tailored set of health recommendations out of hundreds of options. – Health Action Plan is a helpful first step when it comes to prevention and early risk detection.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
House Democrats are pressuring Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to better evaluate how AI is utilized by Medicare Advantage plans, hoping to prevent eye-catching rates of denial. | Medicare Advantage prior authorization denials are in the crosshairs of House Democrats. They say evidence points toward insurers willingly allowing algorithms to wrongfully deny service to patients.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Professor Bob Wachter believes the NHS requires ‘a new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of emerging technologies.
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Cybercriminals are increasingly breaching healthcare systems, exposing patient information and threatening access to medical care. Here’s the latest.
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