Verisys

JULY 13, 2023

How to Tackle Pharma’s 3 Biggest Compliance Risks Head-On with Verisys How often have you started at a new organization and heard these phrases? “ You can’t do that.” “That’s against policy.” “We always do it this way, not that way.” As frustrating as these phrases are to hear, there may be a reason behind them. Some companies make decisions based on compliance standards and optics, while others may be more lax.

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MedTrainer

JULY 13, 2023

Technology advancements, such as remote patient monitoring (RPM), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and chatbots are creating tremendous opportunities for improving virtually all aspects of healthcare. In an already overburdened system, this technology can also save time, reduce costs, and improve overall management. As the VP of Compliance at MedTrainer, I’m not only intrigued by the potential of this technology, but also by the new questions and concerns related to AI and he

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Healthicity

JULY 13, 2023

What can stronger communication do for your compliance training program? A lot, it turns out – let's find out why.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

Tech-enabled home healthcare provider Speedoc has tied up with Parkway Shenton, the primary care arm of IHH Healthcare Singapore, to expand care options for patients. Parkway Shenton, which operates over 50 GP clinics across the country, taps into Speedoc's capabilities in home healthcare to offer the option to deliver care within the comfort of their patients' homes.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Zack Tisch, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Life Sciences at Pivot Point Consulting Medical devices have long existed and added value at points in the healthcare experience. From consumer wearables and smart home devices to point-of-care testing and other technologies used within hospitals and physician practices – these have traditionally existed in silos, capturing and transmitting data with minimal collaboration between providers, specialties, or or

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 13, 2023

Over the past decade, the share of physicians working in private practice has declined as hospital systems, private equity firms and payers have acquired practices, according to a report from the American Medical Association.

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Becker's Health IT

JULY 11, 2023

As hospitals and health systems connect more medical devices to their IT networks, they are turning to Internet of Things security programs to shield them from hackers. Here are the top seven healthcare IoT security vendors, according to a July 11 KLAS Research report.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 12, 2023

Digital patient engagement and payment tools provide price transparency and convenience for consumers and allow them to better manage care expenses, say Ryne Natzke, Sphere chief revenue officer, and John Welch, chief product officer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2023

There is a shortage of all physicians across the United States, but it's most keenly felt with specialists. It is difficult enough to find access – especially timely access – to needed medical specialists in large urban areas, but it can be next to impossible in rural communities. Virtual care has proven that it can be a big help in connecting patients with the right specialists , and in a timely manner.

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Bill of Health

JULY 13, 2023

On June 20 th , the Petrie-Flom Center welcomed Susannah Baruch on board as its new Executive Director. Susannah comes to the Petrie-Flom Center with expertise in reproductive health law policy, genetics, and genomics, and a wealth of experience in nonprofits, academia, and government. We asked Susannah to share a bit about herself and her past work by way of introduction to Bill of Health ’s readers.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 13, 2023

Aetna wrongly retained millions in undisclosed fees and paid provider claims “that should have never been paid,” according to the lawsuit filed in a Texas federal court.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

MQ Health adopts MediRecords clinical record system MQ Health is adopting the clinical record system of cloud health software company MediRecords. Based on a media release, MediRecords was chosen via a competitive tender process to support MQ Health's 18 outpatient clinics. The Macquarie University-owned hospital will also integrate its existing EMR solution by InterSystems with MediRecords.

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MRO Compliance

JULY 12, 2023

Why quality measures are a crucial on-ramp to VBC July 12, 2023 HealthData Management Technology is key to success as health systems and providers opt in to value-based contracts and away from fee-for-service reimbursement. Accurate, properly documented, interoperable patient data is required to achieve CMS’s goal for 100 percent of Medicare (and the majority of Medicaid) beneficiaries to be enrolled in some type of accountable, or value-based, care arrangement by 2030.

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Bill of Health

JULY 14, 2023

By Jennifer S. Bard Until more is known about how to mitigate the threat of AI-fueled persuasion in human subject research, a ban on its use is the only reasonable way to keep the promise that we, as a country, made to those harmed while participating in research. The federal government’s commitment to assuring that participants in human subject research provide fully informed consent dates back to the U.S Public Health Service’s (USPHS) Syphilis Study at Tuskegee , whose revelation to the publi

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 13, 2023

Nearly two million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid to date, but it’s too early to get a full picture of redeterminations’ effect on vulnerable Americans, experts say.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2023

Dr. Adrienne Boissy, Qualtrics' chief medical officer and staff neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explains that, because consumers are making value-based decisions and care about privacy, they should be codesigning healthcare AI.

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Compliance Now

JULY 14, 2023

By Jessica Waltman Late last week, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) published a set of FAQs that clarify how certain surprise billing protections interact with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) maximum out-of-pocket limit (OOP) requirements. The FAQs also clarify whether facility fees are subject to specific transparency in coverage requirements.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2023

Private tertiary hospital Subang Jaya Medical Centre has launched what could be the first connected health service in Malaysia. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care. Based on a press release, it offers services in six areas of care, which initially include: HomeConnect - nursing service at home; TeleConnect - telemedicin

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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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Healthcare Dive

JULY 12, 2023

The program will be a source of revenue for GoodRx, and might also open a new fee stream for CVS’ pharmacy benefit manager as the drug middlemen face increased scrutiny for complex pricing models.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 9, 2023

The federal government will pay eligible hospitals in the 340B program $9 billion to offset payment cuts the Supreme Court ruled unlawful last year. | The federal government will pay eligible hospitals in the 340B program $9 billion to offset payment cuts the Supreme Court ruled unlawful last year.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 13, 2023

Rebecca Kase, Founder & CEO – Kase & CO We all experience stress in our lifetimes, and most of us have survived something that could be considered traumatic. For this reason, millions of people stand to benefit from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy just as millions more already have. Even if stressful experiences in your past haven’t led to a clinical diagnosis, those experiences can still have an impact on you.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2023

A new telehealth study by the University of Texas McCombs School of Business found that virtual care did not significantly lower costs, or reduce the number of future visits to emergency rooms or specialists for circulatory, respiratory and infectious diseases. WHY IT MATTERS Indranil Bardhan, a professor of information, risk and operations management at UTexas, and his co-authors, Sezgin Ayabakan of Temple University and Zhiqiang 'Eric' Zheng of UTexas at Dallas, examined telehealth thr

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

Healthcare Dive

JULY 12, 2023

The health system failed to implement safeguards to secure patients’ health information and provided insufficient details about the stolen data, the suit alleges.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline added Spanish text and chat services ahead of the hotline’s one-year anniversary on Sunday. | The hotline transitioned to three digits last year. Since then, it has answered nearly 5 million calls, texts and chats.

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Health Law Advisor

JULY 13, 2023

The 21st Century digital age has provided women with numerous sexual and reproductive health tools that track periods, ovulation, and pregnancy. By simply plugging certain health data inputs into these apps, women can now accurately track the most intimate moments of their lives. But is this sensitive health information secure? Recent activity by the FTC suggests that some of them may not be: On May 18, 2023, the FTC proposed amendments to strengthen and modernize the Health Breach Notification

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2023

Queensland is set to introduce a telestroke service following a A$5.8 million ($4 million) commitment from the state government. Targeted to be launched in 2024, the virtual telestroke service seeks to support about two million citizens living in rural and regional areas where there is minimal or no stroke specialist coverage. Based on a media release, the service will allow stroke specialists to "assess brain scans and view patients remotely via video to effectively diagnose and decide on

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 10, 2023

The health system said data like name and contact details, but not clinical information, was stolen from an external storage location and posted online.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

An 85,000-strong body of unionized healthcare workers is turning up the pressure on Kaiser Permanente as both sides hash out the terms of a new labor contract. | The demonstrations will involve "tens of thousands" of union participants seeking increased staffing commitments in their next labor contract.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Kit Latham, Co-Founder and CEO at Credentially Workforce burnout is a major problem across the US healthcare system, with approximately one in three physicians experiencing burnout at any given time, according to research. As a doctor, I’ve seen first-hand how the pressure that it places on clinicians and administrative teams can have serious knock-on impacts on organizational outcomes and patient safety.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 9, 2023

Justin Luh, Brand Strategist, Audacity Health Many healthcare companies are currently challenged with staffing and budget reductions in response to overall economic turbulence. The healthcare industry experienced the second most layoffs last year , with marketing oftentimes being one of the first teams impacted. Additionally, many companies needed to significantly reduce their in-house marketing spend all while operating with a smaller headcount.

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