Compliancy Group

JULY 18, 2023

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) plays a crucial role in ensuring the integrity of healthcare services. With its focus on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) within the healthcare system, OIG healthcare compliance sets standards that every healthcare provider should be aware of. With OIG’s mission to protect the health and welfare of patients, as well as the financial stability of government-funded healthcare initiatives, it operates as an independent entity within the Department of He

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 19, 2023

The main objective of HIPAA law is to protect the privacy of an individuals’ health information while at the same time permitting needed information to be disclosed for patient care and other purposes such as billing. This balance helps protect the rights of patients while ensuring smooth operation of the healthcare system. HIPAA compliance laws set the standards for protecting sensitive patient data that healthcare providers, insurance companies, and other covered entities must adhere to.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 17, 2023

The largest health system in the country reported a data security incident last week after information was taken from an external storage location and posted online, affecting an estimated 11 million patients.

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Bill of Health

JULY 19, 2023

By Rafaello Adler-Abramo Incorporating disability issues into general resilience planning is not only a life-saving necessity , but also a timely opportunity for broader disability inclusion. Resilience planning is currently expanding and often well-funded. It is expected to vary by locale and populations, so differing needs are assumed. Additionally, much resilience planning is being developed de novo, possibly allowing easier incorporation of disability needs in primary planning, rather than b

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 19, 2023

Lawmakers and state Attorneys General have written to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra, criticizing the proposed update to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that seeks to improve reproductive health information privacy. Lawmakers Criticize HIPAA Privacy Rule Change for Not Going Far Enough to Protect Patient Privacy In response to the proposed changes, Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Rep.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 19, 2023

The chief medical officer at the Alliance for Patient Access argues for reforms to reduce burdens associated with prior authorization.

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Bill of Health

JULY 20, 2023

By Katherine A. Macfarlane In May 2023, Mass General Brigham instructed its patients that they “cannot ask staff members to wear a mask because our policies no longer require it.” Following patient protests, the hospital updated its policies with an imperfect fix, announcing that “ patients can ask, but providers determine when and if masking in a particular situation is clinically necessary.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 20, 2023

Medicaid managed care organizations studied by the HHS’ Office of the Inspector General denied one out of every eight requests for prior authorization in 2019, and most states don’t regularly monitor whether denials are appropriate.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2023

Kelly Peng, CEO and CTO of Kura Technologies Not long ago, augmented reality (AR) sounded like something straight out of a sci-fi novel. Today, the rapidly-evolving technology is beginning to change the way many industries function, and healthcare is one of the very promising areas. A doctor’s office a decade in the future could look very different from a doctor’s office of the present; as AR and virtual reality tools develop, they will fundamentally elevate the quality and convenience of heal

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Healthcare It News

JULY 18, 2023

Changi General Hospital has deployed a trio of autonomous mobile robots in and around the emergency department to complement nursing care. HOW THEY WORK These meter-high robots, equipped with sensors, speakers and a touchscreen display, are capable of moving around crowds on their own without bumping into people and other moving objects, according to CGH.

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Bill of Health

JULY 18, 2023

By Divya Goyal Growing interest in recognizing and promoting migration as a form of climate adaptation risks exacerbating existing inequalities and generating new ones for disabled people. Scholars, policymakers, and advocates in this field need to pay greater attention to the impact of climate-induced migration on disabled people, document the experiences of disabled people with climate-induced migration and displacement — with a particular focus on their vulnerabilities and capabilities — and

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 21, 2023

The regulatory agencies sent a joint letter to roughly 130 hospitals and telehealth providers outlining the risks of using online tracking technologies that might disclose sensitive consumer information.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2023

As hospitals and health systems seek to dig out from particularly tough couple years for their bottom lines, the large majority are planning to boost spending on technology the next year as they continue their efforts toward digital transformation. WHY IT MATTERS More than 88% of hospital chief information officers and other IT leaders plan to increase their investments in third-party technology in 2023-24, according to a new poll from IDC and sponsored by Redox.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 21, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission joined the U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights this week in reminding healthcare organizations about their responsibilities for third-party disclosures of protected health information under HIPAA, the FTC Act and the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. WHY IT MATTERS While OCR has addressed the privacy and security risks related to healthcare organizations that knowingly or unknowingly use third-party tracking tools that can analyze, gather and sh

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Bill of Health

JULY 17, 2023

By Sarah Bell When considered in climate policy, disabled people are typically homogenized as climate “victims;” a framing that does little to address the social or political conditions that create these circumstances or to recognize the potential contributions of disabled people as knowledgeable agents of change. This piece highlights the failure to recognize the knowledges of disabled people as a form of epistemic injustice, whereby the capacity of disabled people as knowers or 

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 19, 2023

The findings led JAMA researchers to conclude pandemic relief funds “may not have been necessary” for some for-profit hospitals and affiliated health systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2023

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 21, 2023

Hear about new healthcare technology for improving patient and clinician experiences, and visit one of the most popular booths, where attendees stood in line to get some "puppy love,” all from the HIMSS23 exhibit hall.

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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.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2023

“Digital technologies offer tremendous potential for shifting from traditional medical routines to remote medicine,” with the role of wearables playing a growing role in the new home care for healthy aging. But what are the challenges of deploying this promising tech with older people keen to be independent at home? We learn a lot about prospects and challenges in Digital health for aging populations, a Perspective report in Nature Medicine ‘s July 2023 issue.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 19, 2023

Amar Desai will serve as CEO of Optum’s care delivery organization after returning to UnitedHealth Group this spring following a brief period at CVS Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Commonwealth Care Alliance is a healthcare services organization that offers health plans and care delivery programs designed for individuals with significant needs. With offerings in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan and California, it delivers comprehensive, integrated and person-centered care by coordinating the services of local staff, provider partners and community organizations.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 20, 2023

The Cleveland-based Eaton Corporation, a power management company, announced that it developed an ambient monitoring API for use, on a subscription basis, for its sensor-based smart circuit breaker. The readings can flag anomalies, like a spike in night-time bathroom visits, as part of patient remote health monitoring, the company said. WHY IT MATTERS In its announcement Wednesday, Eaton said the algorithm's accuracy is as effective as home health and wellbeing monitoring from connected heal

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Jane Sarashon

JULY 20, 2023

Barbie is having a moment, marketers agree. This weekend, many of us will buy movie tickets (yes, to see “real” movies in “real” brick-and-mortar cinemas) to see both the new film Oppenheimer along with the Barbie movie. So many movie-goers will be making it a double-feature experience that started as a meme, the portmanteau “Barbenheimer,” to mark the cultural-phenomenon moment.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 20, 2023

Three years after the onset of the pandemic, providers remain overwhelmed, burned out and pessimistic about the future, according to a new report.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2023

Health tech company EVYD Technology and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore's lead R&D agency, have launched a joint AI research lab focused on population health and digital health. At the same time, they announced a S$10 million ($7.5 million) project under the joint lab to facilitate multi-institutional, cross-border collaborations in digital health.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 21, 2023

Federal regulators are warning hospital systems and telehealth providers about the data privacy risks of using third-party tracking technologies. | Federal regulators sent letters to 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers warning them about the data privacy and security risks related to the use of online tracking technologies integrated into their websites or mobile apps.

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SQA

JULY 19, 2023

Wins & Challenges It’s hard to believe how quickly eight months have flown by at SQA. It has been such an amazing experience getting exposure to all our client’s challenges and successes. I have enjoyed seeing a broader spectrum of the industries from which I came, Aerospace and Energy , by observing how other companies are solving similar problems.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 20, 2023

Through the acquisition, TPG will gain access to Nextech’s network of more than 11,000 physicians and over 60,000 clinics.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

A shortage of skilled nursing is disrupting care delivery nationwide. The workforce challenge not going away, and will require creative approaches, including virtual care, says Wendy Deibert, chief nursing officer at Caregility.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 21, 2023

A pandemic program that distributed funds for uninsured patients’ COVID-19 testing and treatment made nearly $784 million in improper payments to healthcare providers, money the government should b | A recent audit estimated that COVID testing and treatment payments for millions of uninsured patients shouldn't have happened. The government agency responsible for the program says it's now working to claw those funds back from providers.

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