Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Amazon Care, which lists more than 10,000 employees on LinkedIn, featured a patient-centric model with app-based tools available in all 50 states as well as in-person care at Care Medical offices in Seattle, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Austin, Los Angeles, Washington and Arlington, Virginia.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

System1, a Los Angeles-based marketing platform company, announced this week that Epic Systems had selected its Mapquest for Business services to provide mapping, navigation and geolocation functionality. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has recently notified the California Attorney General about a breach of an employee’s email account. Cyberattacks and data breaches have been reported by the L.A.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 23, 2018

From digital therapeutics to virtual care and artificial intelligence, there are a number of novel advancements in healthcare technology offering providers an opportunity to revamp care for the better. But talking about healthcare innovation is easy — it’s the deployment and adoption that often trips up larger healthcare providers.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County, operating as L.A. Care Health Plan, has settled multiple violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules with the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and will pay a $1,300,000 penalty and adopt a robust corrective action plan. million members. The post L.A.

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McGuire Wood

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Centre Partners , founded in 1986 and with offices in New York and Los Angeles, is middle-market private equity firm focusing on the healthcare and consumer sectors. Lee Equity is a New York-based private equity firm that focuses on control buyouts and growth capital financings in the middle market.

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McGuire Wood

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Centre Partners , founded in 1986 and with offices in New York and Los Angeles, is middle-market private equity firm focusing on the healthcare and consumer sectors. Lee Equity is a New York-based private equity firm that focuses on control buyouts and growth capital financings in the middle market.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 19, 2022

” The program will take place on January 26, 2023 at the Los Angeles Office of Foley & Lardner, LLP. In addition, there will be a session on “Promoting DEI in the Workplace: What to do and where are we headed?” A link to the Agenda for the Program is available here.

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McGuire Wood

MARCH 9, 2022

VHP , with offices in Los Angeles and Stamford, Conn., Founded in 2014, the company’s set of services include equipment sales, part sales, equipment rentals, depot repair service, equipment installation and de-installation, and field-based repair service.

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McGuire Wood

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

VHP , with offices in Los Angeles and Stamford, Conn., Founded in 2005, the firm focuses on the following healthcare subsectors: pharmaceuticals, medical devices, outsourced pharmaceutical services, distribution and consumer-driven healthcare. is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on healthcare services.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What You Should Know: – TRIPP , a Los Angeles, CA-based XR wellness and digital psychedelic platform, today announced its continued expansion beyond virtual reality into augmented reality (AR), launching on Nreal’s mixed reality glasses in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany and Spain.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 3, 2022

And, sometimes, people applying for coverage unwittingly answer questions in a way that causes eligibility officers to switch them from one program to the other. She made some calls and found out that a Medi-Cal eligibility officer had logged into both of their accounts and somehow the two accounts had been merged into one.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As an emergency medicine resident at a large academic hospital in Los Angeles, I see how incarcerated patients’ suffering is sanctioned by hospitals and medical professionals, despite their pledge to do no harm. I routinely passed by his room with two officers posted outside at all times. It is human made.

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McGuire Wood

AUGUST 2, 2022

VHP , with offices in Los Angeles and Stamford, Conn., Investments typically falling in the range of $20 million to $200 million, either funded all at once or over time. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Varsity Healthcare Partners (VHP) has joined the Aspirion ownership group as a minority shareholder.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Healthcare conversations between doctors and patients often require lab work, vitals, and more before treatments or services can be prescribed, and time or the ability to get to the office have long stood as barriers to access for many. DoorDash for Lab Draws. Sprinter Health previously raised a $4.6M Sprinter Health previously raised a $4.6M

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2022

The Acacia Network, a New York City-based human services organization, has recently notified the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights about an email account breach that was detected on July 17, 2020. The breach has been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as affecting 9,969 patients and was reported under the name La Casa De Salud.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

City of Hope, based near Los Angeles, is a research and treatment organization for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. "Our telemedicine use is just one of the ways City of Hope has expanded our reach beyond patients in the Los Angeles area," he concluded.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The widespread use of tracking technologies prompted the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights to issue guidance in December 2022 on the use of these technologies. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles on February 3, 2023. The lawsuit – John Doe v.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

For decades, Chinatown Service Center of Los Angeles, a federally qualified health center community clinic, relied on the ubiquitous faxing of patients’ medical records from local hospitals and physician offices, as well as patients bringing their most recent doctor visits’ paperwork outside of CSC to their appointments.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

There have been a lot of new research reports, products, and partnerships announced in Los Angeles. Coeus Health launched Presence , a service for connecting front office staff with patients with support for 10 languages. This edition is a special dispatch from the first days of ViVE 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 2, 2024

3 Key Takeaways From ViVE 2024 : Live from Los Angeles, Colin Hung shared some quick takes on the main conversations at ViVE 2024: AI maturity, Change Healthcare and the stage of cybersecurity, and the booths in the expo hall getting bigger. Read more… Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: Back-Office Applications.

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SQA

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Los Angeles, CA, October 18, 2022 – Today, SQA Services, Inc. announced Michael Guymon has been appointed as the new SQA President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Guymon succeeds Mike McKay, who was appointed Co-Chairman after serving as President and CEO for the past 27 years. . “I

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, Canopy announced it is launching out of stealth with $13 million in funding to work with leading oncology practices all over the country to help deliver high-quality care to cancer patients when they aren’t in the doctor’s office.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This could act as a signal for other payers to do the same, said Andrew Selesnick, a shareholder in Buchalter's Los Angeles office, in a Healthcare IT News interview. "The government can play a very positive role in telehealth by establishing clear standards and clear reimbursement guidelines," said Selesnick.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 8, 2022

The breach was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as four separate incidents. The People Concern, a Los Angeles, CA-based homeless service, has discovered the email accounts of some of its employees have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. are known to have been affected.

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 21, 2014

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Around 168,500 patients of Los Angeles County medical facilities are receiving letters that their personal data was stolen. Click here to read the entire article from the Los Angeles Time s. Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Presidio Ventures is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation and has offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, and Los Angeles. Originally announced September 21st, 2023

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2023

John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus Health The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. In the US, if just 5% of people over the age of 60 ask their physician about MCI, it would be like screening the entire population of Los Angeles.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 25, 2023

Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York are at the top of the list averaging over $700 per square foot, with Phoenix and Las Vegas rounding out the top 10 at over $540 per square foot. Plans for the community include medical office space, flexible office space, and a hotel, along with restaurants and retail shops.

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Med Com Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The financing was led by angel investors and venture capital funds including Goldlog, Inc. Accurate and compliant medial documentation and efficient claims processing at the point of care doesn’t have to fall on our front-line providers and it doesn’t have to be kicked to the back office.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A related phenomenon: a few native digital firms have expanded into brick-and-mortar offices. Tia, the female-focused virtual care platform, now has locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix in addition to its Manhattan flagship.

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Hall Render

JULY 6, 2023

A recent report on construction costs and materials prices found that hospital construction costs in some large cities are as high as $970/sf (in Los Angeles). Of the large cities surveyed, maximum hospital construction costs were lowest in Las Vegas (up to $590/sf).

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The Health Law Firm

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reportedly launched an investigation into CVS’ practice for refilling prescriptions. The Los Angeles Times article, released October 12, 2012, names an official with knowledge of this matter as the source. Indest III, J.D.,

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Rendina Healthcare Real Estate acquired a portfolio of 12 medical office buildings in a $1-billion joint venture with Artemis Real Estate Partners and CalSTRS. Stockdale Capital Partners is moving forward with plans to build a 12-story, 145,000-SF medical office building (“MOB”) on the west side of Los Angeles.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2022

At one large urology practice in Los Angeles, urologists sought to identify men with enlarged prostates who might benefit from an early treatment option known as a UroLift procedure. From there, medical assistants can emphasize the need for care and coordinate in-office resources to get patients the support they need quickly.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 31, 2022

One Medical is a membership-based primary care service that offers its members 24/7 access to virtual care with strategically located physician offices across the country to supplement its technology-driven platform. Worth, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham and Seattle. About One Medical.

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Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with L.A. In a groundbreaking move, the U.S. Care, the nation’s foremost publicly operated health plan, renowned for its exceptional healthcare benefits and coverage through state, federal, and commercial programs.

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