HIPAA Journal

JUNE 23, 2023

In a recently published analyst note , the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) draws attention to the practice of SEO poisoning – a tactic often used by malicious actors to trick individuals into disclosing sensitive information or downloading malware.

HIPAA 82

HIPAA 82

McBrayer Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Because the payment error rate was so high at a colossal 31%, Medicare-Severity Diagnosis Related Group ("MS-DRG") applicable entities must take note and prepare for a marked increase in Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") audits for these coding practices.

Compliance 52

Compliance Overpayments Overpayment Medicare 52

Compliancy Group

JUNE 16, 2023

The US Health and Human Services has issued updated guidance on online tracking, and it’s bad news for those of us in the medical field. First off, it is important to note that Google Analytics alone is not HIPAA compliant. First off, it is important to note that Google Analytics alone is not HIPAA compliant.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Compliance 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

" Advocates noted in the lawsuit that abortion restrictions have worked in tandem with the effects of the coronavirus to disproportionately impact patients of color, low-income people and other already vulnerable populations. And abortion's price tag isn't always covered by insurance, which could put it out of reach financially.

COVID-19 172

COVID-19 Telemedicine FDA Public Health 172

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This gap between expectations and reality isn’t working for patients who demand convenience and care access, and it’s also taking a toll on health system profitability and the staff members who are the lifeblood of these organizations. But today, health systems aren’t just reluctant to grant patients administrative access to their care.

Patient Satisfaction 98

Patient Satisfaction COVID-19 Hospitals 98

Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2023

It noted that hybrid work is now a “non-negotiable component of the new social contract that employees seek.” It also noted the cautious tone of many real estate investors due to higher interest rates and a softening economy. The project was fully funded by sponsor CommonSpirit Health. On the social determinants front, St.

Nurses 40

Nurses Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid 40

Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2021

Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. As Uwe Reinhardt, health economist guru , is whispering in my ear from his heavenly perch, “It’s the virus, stupid.” There are some important differences between men and women regarding health and wealth in 2021.

COVID-19 129

COVID-19 Nurses Public Health 129

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems saw dramatic spikes in virtual visits and telehealth adoption in the patient population. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country in the first few months of the pandemic.

COVID-19 145

COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors 145

Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2023

I’m sharing that image with you here in Health Populi to set the stage for, of course, a discussion of WSJ’s data points through a health/care lens. we’ve got a growing women’s health care desert challenge — that is, a shortage of health care providers on the supply side to care for women’s health.

Public Health 62

Public Health Health Care Access Hospitals 62

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health.

COVID-19 129

COVID-19 Public Health Telemedicine World Health 129

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health."

Doctors 182

Doctors Governance Telemedicine 182

HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2023

Most market selection energy is going to Oracle Health (Cerner), MEDITECH, and Epic; small hospitals also use other vendors like athenahealth, CPSI, and MEDHOST. More information about the vendor’s performance will be in an upcoming Oracle Health report.) CPSI’s solution isn’t as customizable as customers would like.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2023

However, respondents note that the introduction of new technology often comes with a price tag. The Oracle Health (Cerner) solution, with limited data available, is exclusively used by facilities within Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) that utilize Cerner.

COVID-19 98

COVID-19 Nurses 98

Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. To that point, 23 people had died, CDC noted. M is for mask.

COVID-19 111

COVID-19 Nurses Public Health Doctors 111

Health Populi

JULY 6, 2021

The ultimate health and wellbeing of an adult depends on the factors that shape us when we are children. A new, deep report from the OECD, Measuring What Matters for Child Well-being and Policies , spells out the many domains of experience that, together, bolster our whole health as we grow from child to adult.

COVID-19 68

COVID-19 Health Outcomes Hospitals Public Health 68

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

HIPAA 62

HIPAA Hospitals 62

Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you hadn’t tuned into the Health Populi blog yesterday, 10th August 2020 , you missed the first five letters of my Age of Corona alphabet, curated in my art journal created in the early weeks of the pandemic. health citizens into hygiene shoppers. Anthony Fauci Fan Club.” “H” is for hand-washing.

COVID-19 118

COVID-19 Public Health Nurses Hospitals 118

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Stories about three fashion brands have me thinking about women and their health economics. I first read about Universal Thread on The Mighty website , which is a community of over 1 million people interested in connecting on health and disabilities. Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.”

Health Insurance 88

Health Insurance 88

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. " Dr. Bradley Crotty, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network. " Dr. Lisa R. Bardack, CareMount Medical.

Telemedicine 164

Telemedicine COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Doctors 164

HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2023

However, respondents note that the introduction of new technology often comes with a price tag. The Oracle Health (Cerner) solution, with limited data available, is exclusively used by facilities within Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) that utilize Cerner.

COVID-19 52

COVID-19 Nurses 52

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: One of the earliest and most important books on the benefits of “doing less” in healthcare was Shannon Brownlee’s Overtreated , which I’ve covered here in Health Populi since the start of the blog in 2007. It’s not enough to open up doctors notes to patients.

Doctors 87

Doctors Medical Billing Hospitals Health Insurance 87

Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

Self-care in health goes back thousands of years. Reading from Hippocrates’ Corpus about food and clean air’s role in health sounds contemporary today. Among Scott’s many insightful comments, one really resonated with me and my health-economics mindset: on the growing presence of value-based insurance design in the U.S.

Health Insurance 59

Health Insurance Hospitals Medicare Medicare 59

Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

HIPAA 98

HIPAA Health Insurance Doctors Medical Billing 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

To help meet this goal, the ambulatory surgery center contracted with health IT vendor Force Therapeutics, which offers a digital care management platform that leverages clinical data and custom protocols to educate patients and monitor their progress throughout an episode of care. " MARKETPLACE. To read the special report, click here.

Patient Satisfaction 120

Patient Satisfaction Doctors Nurses Telemedicine 120

Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Morgan Healthcare Conference is how our healthcare industry today is addressing the mental health needs of Americans. Mental Health, Virtual Care and the Healthcare System. As I noted yesterday , mental health issues are one of the top two causes of disability in the U.S. And mental health issues hurt in so many ways.

COVID-19 98

COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid Nurses 98

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

John Berndt, SVP of Health North America, Valtech Also known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) defines and regulates individuals’ medical records and other individually identifiable health information, collectively known as patient healthcare information (PHI).

HIPAA 98

HIPAA Pharmaceutical Industry Electronic Medical Records Compliance 98

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Based on the comments from the healthcare keynotes and from the digital health + medtech entrepreneurs roaming the aisles of the exhibit hall – there are encouraging signs that healthcare may weather the economic downturn better than other industries. That’s what Alaffia Health is doing. Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung) June 22, 2022.

Fraud 88

Fraud Doctors Nurses Hospitals 88

Hall Render

DECEMBER 23, 2022

2022 was a year with high and low points for the health care real estate industry. To subscribe to our weekly health care real estate briefing, click here. In November and December, health experts reported an alarming number of Covid-19, flu and RSV cases, the combination of which they refer to as a “tripledemic”.

Hospitals 40

Hospitals COVID-19 Nurses Medicaid 40

Jane Sarashon

MAY 20, 2022

A couple retiring in 2022 should budget $315,000 to cover their health care costs in retirement, based on the 21st annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate from Fidelity Investments. For context, note that the median sales price of a home in the U.S. 61,776 for a home health aide, and $59,488 for homemaker services, and.

Medicare 56

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 56

Health Law RX

AUGUST 31, 2021

As the price for 2022 health plan and other coverages come into sharper focus around this time of year, final decisions on what portion of plan costs should be borne by the company and what portion should be passed along to employees loom on the horizon. In general, a 30% differential is as large as should be considered.

COVID-19 64

COVID-19 HIPAA COVID-19 Vaccine Health Insurance 64

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

The corporate takeover of healthcare and the exodus of physicians from private practice into employed positions, combined with sub-par deployment of electronic health records and patient portals, has resulted in increasing patient and physician dissatisfaction with the current healthcare delivery model, he contended. THE PROBLEM.

Doctors 169

Doctors Patient Satisfaction HIPAA Hospitals 169

Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In this episode of Health Care Law Today, Nate Lacktman and Maureen Stewart are joined by Mark Josephs, Deputy General Counsel of LifeMD to discuss the current regulatory and legal environment for telemedicine companies regarding online subscription services, and the recent investigations by the federal government of these services.

Telemedicine 49

Telemedicine Fraud Governance Compliance 49

Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Note: This article has been revised to include information on the Group 2 states as of January 18, 2022. Survey Guidance for Skilled Nursing Facilities – New F Tag 888. Attachment A introduces a new citation tag for skilled nursing providers, F Tag 888, regarding infection control under CFR §483.80(i). Background.

COVID-19 Vaccine 40

COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 Nurses Compliance 40

Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

in billing fraud Arizona system names new CEO Banner Health CEO Peter Fine to retire after 24 years, handing the reins to health system president Four UArizona bioscience startups selected for Flinn Foundation program Gov. to Develop Wearable Blood Loss Detector An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals CHI St.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals Medicaid 40

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. Connected health devices run the gamut from wearable heart monitors, to Bluetooth-enabled scales, to Fitbits. Hospitals across the nation are using connected health and RPM to great effect during the pandemic. Bardy Diagnostics.

COVID-19 180

COVID-19 FDA Hospitals Elder Care 180

SQA

MAY 24, 2021

I wanted to take special note of every single SQA client that I came across while taking the journey and share with you just some of the results. Before bed I hear Carrie tell Steph to take a Motrin for her headache (likely caused by an excess of margaritas) made by McNeil Consumer Health – an awesome partner over the years.

COVID-19 52

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Device Industry FDA 52

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

in federal funds for hospitals State of the State 2024: Arkansas health care faces challenges Study ranks Arkansas at the absolute bottom for dental health A mosaic of medical staffing solutions: Groups work to increase health care workforce in Northwest Arkansas CHI St.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40