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Ozempic, Celebrities, and TikTok: A Regulatory Nightmare Waiting to Happen?

Bill of Health

Government Regulation Ozempic, Celebrities, and TikTok: A Regulatory Nightmare Waiting to Happen? In the neon-lit world of TikTok, Ozempic has become the worst-kept “secret” in Hollywood and on social media. Celebrities gush about it, TikTokers brag about dramatic weight loss, and suddenly a diabetes drug is a pop culture phenomenon. Published June 26, 2025 Author Abeer Malik Share Share on LinkedIn Share on X Share on Facebook Share on Reddit In the neon-lit world of TikTok, Ozempic — along wit

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Florida Healthcare License Search: A 2025 Guide to Verifying Providers Safely

Florida Health Care Law Firm

Why Healthcare License Verification Matters in Florida With over 22 million residents and a rapidly growing elderly population, Florida’s healthcare system is one of the busiest in the country. Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, healthcare employer, or legal consultant, ensuring the legitimacy of a healthcare provider is essential. This is where the Florida healthcare license search becomes a critical tool.

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How to Prepare for a QMS Audit: A Step-by-Step Checklist

Dot Compliance

Whether it’s an internal review, a customer audit, or a regulatory inspection, QMS audits are a critical part of maintaining compliance in regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices. By ensuring your team and system is prepared, you’ll be better able to reduce risk, avoid findings, and build trust with auditors.

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AI in Pharmacovigilance: Why True Transformation Starts with Workflow Re-Engineering

HIT Consultant

Daunielle Chipman, Senior Director at IQVIA There is no doubt that the introduction of artificial intelligence into the field of pharmacovigilance is making waves. According to a 2025 McKinsey survey of leaders in the pharma and MedTech industries, 32% of life sciences organizations are spending $5 million or more on generative AI budgets. Specifically, there was a 7% increase in the number of respondents expecting to allocate more than $10 million in generative AI budgets, and a 5% increase in

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Telehealth Billing for Private Insurance: What Providers Need to Know

Medisys Compliance

Telehealth is no longer an emergency backup; it’s a mainstream mode of care delivery. But when it comes to billing private insurance for telehealth services, many healthcare providers still face confusion, denials, and inconsistent payments. If you’re a provider offering telehealth services and dealing with commercial payers like Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, or Blue Cross Blue Shield, you’ve probably realized: private telehealth billing is not as straightforward as Medicare.

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Leveraging FHIR and Interoperability to Transform CHRISTUS Health’s Revenue Cycle Operations

MRO Compliance

As healthcare becomes more digital, leaders are turning to tools like FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), automation, and interoperability to improve how health data is managed and how the revenue cycle operates. In a recent episode of The MRO Exchange podcast, I spoke with Prudence Budemer, Director of Revenue Cycle Services at CHRISTUS Health, about how her organization is using FHIR-based technology to streamline medical record retrieval.

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A new practical way to implement predictive analytics in healthcare

Healthcare It News

Most healthcare professionals in Asia-Pacific now recognise the necessity of adopting AI technologies to complement care delivery, foster clinical and operational efficiency, and improve equitable access and health outcomes amid rising demand and workforce shortage. For instance, a majority of the region's healthcare professionals surveyed for the latest Philips' 2025 Future Health Index report believe digital technologies, including AI and predictive analytics, could help reduce hospita

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Patients Know Best launches nationwide GP data integration

Digital Health News

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Congress should reconsider breaking up pharmacy benefit managers, experts say

Healthcare Dive

Many popular proposals to reform the PBM industry are missing the forest for the trees, drug market experts said in Washington, D.C. Instead, Congress should go after the root issue: the oligopoly enjoyed by the Big Three PBMs.

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How to Turn “Check-the-Box” Compliance Trainings Into Real Learning

Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group

Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance training programs aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, captivating, and maybe even enjoyable! Join learning design expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training. We'll explore innovative strategies to bring traditionally dry topics to life, making them resonate with learners and drive tangible change.

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With telehealth, Kennedy Krieger Institute slashes visit wait time by four months

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, is a healthcare facility for children with developmental disabilities and neurologic problems. It is doing some powerful work in telemedicine with a program called START. START stands for Screening, Targeted Assessment, Referral and Treatment. It is a triage clinic aimed at increasing access and decreasing wait times.

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'AI receptionist' cuts time and costs for Zara Medical

Healthcare It News

Zara Medical is a hybrid in-person/telemedicine practice offering primary and preventive care in 26 states. It took only a few years for the provider organization to expand its telehealth care into 26 states. THE CHALLENGE It grew fast, and so did call volume. The front desk was swamped, voicemail boxes were full, response times grew. Even with three full-time front-desk staff members, the organization could not answer about 60% of incoming calls.

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Elation Health Launches AI ”Actions” to Transform Primary Care Workflows

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Elation Health, the clinical-first, all-in-one platform for independent primary care, today announced its launch of “Actions,” Elation’s newest AI-driven innovation. – Engineered natively into Elation’s award-winning Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, “Actions” works alongside Note Assist to identify and categorize actionable next steps from clinical conversations and surface them to the clinician for completion.

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Supreme Court upholds ACA preventive services mandate

Healthcare Dive

The high court preserved a key portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover a range of preventive healthcare services without cost sharing.

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The Essential Guide to Secure Messaging in Healthcare

Discover everything healthcare providers need to know about secure messaging. Covering essential topics like HIPAA compliance, communication efficiency, and patient privacy protection, this resource is indispensable for professionals, caregivers, and administrative staff alike.📱 💬 Whether managing sensitive patient data, coordinating care teams, or streamlining workflows, discover actionable insights to implement secure messaging solutions effectively.

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eClinicalWorks Reduces Behavioral Health Care Care Planning Documentation Ten-Fold

Healthcare IT Today

In this interview, Megan Isham, Senior Manager of Clinical Systems at Mental Health Cooperative , explains the ways in which they are using eClinicalWorks for behavioral health and how eClinicalWorks has made significant efforts to support a wide variety of behavioral health specific needs. The Mental Health Cooperative is a comprehensive service that includes therapy for children, youth, and adults, a 24-hour unit, home visits, and services to accompany police and fire fighters.

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Nicklaus Children's sees usage soar for its patient and family mobile app

Healthcare It News

In an era where Disney and Netflix can create digital apps that meet the very specific individual expectations of a user, healthcare consumers naturally expect a similar seamless and high-quality digital experience from a healthcare mobile app. THE CHALLENGE But engaging patients digitally remains a complex challenge for hospitals and health systems, in part because there are so many different components to what patients want and need.

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Knowtion Health Acquires Switch RCM to Enhance AI-Powered Revenue Recovery Solutions

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Knowtion Health , a healthcare revenue cycle company, has acquired Switch RCM , a data- and technology-first company that uncovers and resolves overlooked reimbursement opportunities through intelligent automation and data-driven innovation.The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. – The combination of Knowtion and Switch RCM is designed to address the growing challenges faced by health systems, including increasing payer complexity, shrinking

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Medicaid cuts would push struggling rural hospitals ‘over the edge’: report

Healthcare Dive

Cuts to the safety-net program could push hundreds of rural hospitals into further financial distress and impact obstetrics care, according to a report from the Chartis Center for Rural Health.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

Memorial Sloan Kettering is warning patients that it may soon be out of network for UnitedHealthcare members.

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Online reviews point to pressing challenges for urgent care

Healthcare It News

Between 2019 and 2023, patient volume at U.S. urgent care centers increased by 60%. But while that surge in demand highlights urgent care's value, especially when compared with crowded hospital emergency rooms, there are significant improvements that can be made for better patient experience, a new report shows. An analysis of 350,000 patient reviews from 10 of the nation’s largest urgent care providers found wait times remained a top patient complaint.

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The Longevity Code: How AI Gait Analysis Is Rewriting the Future of Aging

HIT Consultant

Patrick Tarnowski, PT, MBA, Chief Commercial Officer, OneStep Americans are living longer lives than ever before, but are we living better? The data is sobering: while life expectancy continues to rise, healthspan, or the number of years spent in good health, isn’t keeping up. A recent study published in the JAMA Network highlights this growing gap, with the United States facing a troubling 12-year disparity between lifespan and healthspan.

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Maintaining healthcare access and affordability increasingly difficult: report

Healthcare Dive

Providers will need to make difficult decisions about what services they offer and where amid growing headwinds, according to a new report from S&P Global Ratings.

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HIPAA Compliance 2025: Navigating Regulatory Changes & Industry Trends

Based on comprehensive survey data from diverse healthcare providers, the 2025 HIPAA Benchmark Report delivers actionable intelligence for modern compliance programs. This report examines how organizations are restructuring HIPAA Privacy Programs to address emerging regulatory requirements. Through analysis of staffing models, program operations, and breach management protocols, it provides a clear picture of current best practices.

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The Significance of Platforms in Healthcare Innovation

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare is entering one of the most exciting innovation cycles it has ever seen. When you look at the history of health IT, much of it was converting our previous paper processes into similar digital processes. Now, most of that healthcare data is digitally available for innovation. Layer on the speed of innovation related to large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning — and healthcare is seeing more innovative digital health companies than ever.

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NUHS app adds wait times, non-urgent care helpline features

Healthcare It News

The National University Health System has recently introduced new features on its mobile application ahead of a government plan to consolidate similar apps into a single platform. The NUHS App now shows estimated wait times in near real time across emergency departments of National University Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, as well as the urgent care centre of Alexandra Hospital.

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The End of Manual RCM? How AI is Automating Claim Remediation

HIT Consultant

Jai Pillai, COO of Red Sky Health In the complex and often frustrating world of healthcare billing, claim denials, underpayments, and repeated resubmissions are among the most persistent and costly challenges faced by providers. The process is time-consuming, error-prone, and resource-intensive which results in wasted time and detracts from patient care.

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Ohio attorney general approves Summa Health sale to General Catalyst

Healthcare Dive

Attorney General Dave Yost set 10 conditions to allow the deal to move forward, including increasing the purchase price by $15 million in cash and an additional $15 million in equity.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?