Governance and Telemedicine - Health Care Compliance Brief

Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2020

As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors

The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Telemedicine Department of Veterans Affairs

DOJ charges dozens in $1.1B telehealth fraud crackdown

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

billion of that loss involved allegedly fraudulent claims related to telemedicine. billion total in schemes relating to telemedicine. According to court documents, some telemedicine executives allegedly paid clinicians to order unnecessary durable medical equipment testing and pain medications. billion in alleged losses.

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Fraud Telemedicine Medicare Medicare

A quick regulatory guide to telehealth services in Japan

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

Smart phones, wearable devices, telemedicine platforms, artificial intelligence software, internet applications, and other digital health technologies are advancing and transforming disease diagnosis, therapy, and other medical practices by physicians, direct-to-consumer services for better health and well-being, and other healthcare services.

Licensing

Licensing Telemedicine Governance Compliance

Why Companies Need Healthcare Commercial Intelligence

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Healthcare commercial intelligence is a new category of software designed to help organizations address the complexity of product development and sales in the healthcare market. Jason Krantz, CEO and Founder of Definitive Healthcare. Here’s why healthcare commercial intelligence is essential for anyone working in the healthcare ecosystem: 1.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Pharmaceutical Industry Patient Satisfaction

Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

As such, the team has been involved in digital health financing and innovation for 24 years, well before the kind of platforms, APIs, and cloud computing now enabling telehealth and care, everywhere. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. In 2019, J.D.

Hospitals

Hospitals COVID-19 Public Health Doctors

Stony Brook Medicine crafts a telehealth strategic plan that bears fruit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

It uses telehealth technology to connect specialists and clinicians to areas of need, help monitor patients' health status and behavior remotely, promote timely and efficient care, and help providers reach previously isolated populations of patients. The opportunities telemedicine provides. Dr. Gerald J.

Hospitals

Hospitals COVID-19 Electronic Medical Records Patient Satisfaction

New York Doubles Down on Telehealth

NY Health Law

APRIL 15, 2021

Perhaps the most significant of these is in the area of telehealth. The remote delivery of healthcare and health-related services has tremendous implications for patient access to care and quality of outcomes, and stakeholders across the country are actively examining how best to leverage telehealth technology to achieve those goals.

Informed Consent

Informed Consent Malpractice Telemedicine Medicaid

News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

Twelve years ago, when I began to attend CES, digital health was a nascent category featured with products featured in a couple of aisles in exhibit booths then dominated by Fitbit, Nike and UnderArmour. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

Public Health

Public Health COVID-19 Telemedicine FDA

HHS Proposes to Align Federal Substance Use Disorder Law with HIPAA

Healthcare Law Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Part 2 (Part 2), the regulation governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records. For example, it will be permissible to list categories of recipients on the consent, such as “my treating providers, health plans, third-party payers, and people helping to operate this program” or a similar statement.

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HIPAA Telemedicine Compliance Health Insurance

Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11. They join Missouri-based Mercy Hospital.

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Ransomware Hospitals COVID-19 Health Services Administration

The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

But only one in four people had used wearable technology for health, and one in five had participated in a live video telemedicine encounter. At the other end of the health data trust spectrum are government agencies and pharmaceutical companies, who rank low on consumer confidence for keeping personal health information secure.

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Telemedicine Doctors Governance HIPAA

The Retail Health Battle Royale, Day 5 – Consumer Demands For a Health/Care Ecosystem (and What We Can Learn from Costco’s $1.50 Hot Dog)

Jane Sarashon

JULY 29, 2022

Power’s top customer satisfactoin rank in the brick-and-mortar supermarket pharmacy category, noted for the grocer’s high Net Promoter Score for customer loyalty. DG has been exploring its health-and-wellness offerings and has enlisted four physicians to advise the company’s strategy.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Health Insurance Telemedicine Doctors

July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation. 2022 ushered in Act III of the market’s latest transitionary period: The Post-Inflation Era. Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. As the cost of capital went lower and lower during the decade, valuations steadily rose.

US Department of Health and Human Services

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Health Insurance Telemedicine

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Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation

The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

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DOJ charges dozens in $1.1B telehealth fraud crackdown

A quick regulatory guide to telehealth services in Japan

Why Companies Need Healthcare Commercial Intelligence

Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Stony Brook Medicine crafts a telehealth strategic plan that bears fruit

New York Doubles Down on Telehealth

News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

HHS Proposes to Align Federal Substance Use Disorder Law with HIPAA

Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

The Retail Health Battle Royale, Day 5 – Consumer Demands For a Health/Care Ecosystem (and What We Can Learn from Costco’s $1.50 Hot Dog)

July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

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