Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2025

a leading radiology services company delivering remote teleradiology final-read impressions across all healthcare settings and full-service radiology solutions for hospitals, announced today the acquisition of teleradiology group Direct Radiology from Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology. ONRAD Inc. , government.

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Hospitals Governance 64

The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 2, 2012

On July 31, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on its website that hospitals should brace themselves for prepayment audits beginning August 27, 2012. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. ” To see the official announcement from the CMS, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 1, 2020

The goal of the Rural Health Care Program, according to the FCC, is to boost healthcare quality for rural communities by ensuring access to telecommunications and broadband services. In addition, eligible providers must be non-profit or public.

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COVID-19 Nurses Hospitals 178

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

With funding support from a broad range of federal agencies – Department of Commerce, HRSA, USDA and FCC – the health system has worked with more than 150 community hospitals, clinics, medical practices, schools and other healthcare entities to bring specialty care to underserved communities and patients. THE PROBLEM.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Electronic Medical Records Hospitals 196

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2020

duPont Hospital for Children; and a new app, Milestone XProtect, from any desktop or laptop computer enterprise-wide that enables access to in-room cameras. “Our clinical logistics center located in Orlando can camera into every inpatient room at the two children’s hospitals in the Nemours health system: Alfred I.

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COVID-19 Nurses Telemedicine Hospitals 166

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Children's Mercy supports the children of Kansas and Missouri, with the next children's hospitals being hours away in all directions. "Since establishing the telemedicine department in 2012, the number of subspecialty encounters via telemedicine has steadily grown," she continued. THE PROBLEM.

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Telemedicine Nurses Licensing Hospitals 246

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2025

About Medalogix Founded in 2012, Medalogix is a pioneer in the post-acute care space, offering unique data analytics solutions to transform home health and hospice agencies. The company is a 2024 2025 Best in KLAS Winner, is a certified Great Place to Work employer, and has ranked for the eighth consecutive year on the Inc.

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Hospitals 71

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 29, 2024

She founded CarePort Health in 2012, a company focused on improving patient transitions between hospitals and post-acute care providers. Hu Bio/Background Dr. Hu brings a wealth of experience in building and leading transformative healthcare technology companies.

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Hospitals 98

American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Overview of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act The Physician Payment Sunshine Act became federal law in the United States in January 2012. The Act mandates the drug and medical device manufacturers report annually on any direct payments or other transfers of value made to physicians and teaching hospitals.

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Compliance Pharmaceutical Industry Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

They also included almost $1 billion in revenue of strategic growth businesses ranging from Real-Time Health Systems (RTHS) within the four walls of the hospital to the Health Network, Behavioral Health, and LTPAC and Workforce Health businesses beyond the four walls of the hospital to the Real-World Data and Clinical Trials business.

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Electronic Medical Records Medicare Medicare Governance 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The health system's telehealth stroke program was begun in 2012, developing the region's first comprehensive stroke center. " For hospitalized patients, telehealth expanded to critical care services and implementation of tele-ICU across the east Tennessee region, Vice President of Clinical Informatics Chris Skinner said.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 Hospitals 166

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Brendan started working at Epic back in 2012 and worked there for almost 6 years. He then went on to work at Redox doing interoperability and then followed that up working with Jonathan Bush at Zus Health.

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Governance Hospitals 73

Mobi Health News

JUNE 12, 2018

When healthcare communications firm Spok first began investigating the prevalence of mobile strategies in 2012, only a third of survey respondents reported that their organization had a formalized strategy in place.

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Hospitals 57

Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

The public school system here had to scramble in 2018 when the local hospital, newly purchased, was converted to a tax-exempt nonprofit entity. The takeover by Tower Health meant the 219-bed Pottstown Hospital no longer had to pay federal and state taxes. POTTSTOWN, Pa. —

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Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Medical Billing 72

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Hospital executives, providers, and frontline staff are overburdened by manual, fragmented, and antiquated processes, which create challenges to achieving their mission of providing excellent care to patients in their communities. KKR is funding this investment primarily from its Next Generation Technology III Fund.

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Hospitals 59

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2020

Although Google Glass, first released in 2012, offered many possibilities for use in surgery and other health care settings, it never became mainstream.

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Telemedicine Hospitals 88

Becker's Health IT

MAY 11, 2023

Roosevelt, Utah-based Uintah Basin Healthcare is notifying patients who have received care from the organization since 2012 that some of their protected health information may have been compromised.

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Hospitals 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

" Parkview Health made strategic moves in 2012 to implement and integrate Epic as its EHR for all hospitals and providers. "While Epic is our key platform to deliver the video visits or the patient portal, we also have Veta Health to accomplish some of our remote patient monitoring and hospital at home initiatives.

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Telemedicine Hospitals COVID-19 Nurses 181

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2023

Based on a study of patient visits across all hospital-based outpatient clinics in Maryland from 2012 to 2021, telehealth visits did reduce the overall number of future outpatient visits within 30 days of a telehealth encounter by 14% and saved $239 in total outpatient costs per patient, the new study found.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Health Outcomes Hospitals 125

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

substantially grew between 2012 and 2017, many more women than men use these holistic medicine approaches. The Global Wellness Institute has documented this rising travel trend, and Skift, the hospitality and travel portal, recently launched a wellness title among its newsletters. In 2017, 14.3% meditated, and 10.3% saw a chiropractor.

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FDA Hospitals 122

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

WI Business Associate 4,112,892 Hacking/IT Incident 24 2023 Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing CO Health Plan 4,091,794 Hacking/IT Incident 25 2013 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, d/b/a Advocate Medical Group IL Healthcare Provider 4,029,530 Theft 26 2024 Concentra Health Services, Inc.

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HIPAA Ransomware Compliance Hospitals 109

The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

People who do not know their diagnoses when they leave an office visit or hospital (some estimates are 60%) or do not know the reasons for each medication they are prescribed are much more likely to be non-adherent to medical advice or recommended treatment regimens. In fact, low health literacy is related to higher mortality rates.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Electronic Medical Records Hospitals Health Insurance 122

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

TEFCA: Ramping Up a National Framework for Trusted Exchange Yeager has been CEO of The Sequoia Project since it began in 2012. In this video, CEO Mariann Yeager concisely explains in this interview their recent achievements, how they work with the ONC and other stakeholders on TEFCA and QHINs, and some of their upcoming plans.

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Governance Public Health Hospitals 67

The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 20, 2012

Lower Medicare reimbursement rates are coming in October of 2012, to 2,211 hospitals around the country, including 131 in Florida. This is allegedly due to excessive readmission rates in these hospitals between July 2008 and June 2011, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Medicare Medicare Hospitals Medicaid 40

The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 13, 2012

On Monday, August 6, 2012, a New York Times article revealed that cardiology services at some Florida HCA hospitals are under investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly performing unnecessary procedures to increase profits. Click here to see the entire New York Times article posted August 6, 2012.

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Hospitals 40

The Health Law Firm

JULY 26, 2012

On July 2, 2012 the Officer of Inspector General (OIG) released its Medicare compliance review of West Florida Hospital in Pensacola. According to the audit, the hospital complied with Medicare billing requirements for the documentation majority of inpatient and outpatient claims. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Medicare Medicare Compliance Overpayment 40

The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 31, 2012

It’s been a long time since most of us have seen a report card, but hospitals all over the nation received their safety grades on November 28, 2012. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Florida hospitals ranked well. How Florida Hospitals Fared. Click here to read the entire article from the Orlando Sentinel.

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Hospitals 40

The Health Law Firm

MARCH 18, 2013

Hospitals across the country are being hammered by Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). According to a survey by the American Hospital Association, RAC activity soared during the fourth quarter of 2012. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law.

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Hospitals 40

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 26, 2022

Hospitals function on the back of nurses, and the current burnout levels cannot be sustained. A walk through any large hospital will immediately show how dramatically this trend has occurred over the past decade. As the backbone of the hospital system, nurses will be critical in this area as well. Now it’s more like 3-4 years.

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Nurses Hospitals Doctors 98

The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 18, 2013

A former Florida Hospital employee, who admitted to stealing confidential patient information, was sentenced to spend one year and one day in federal prison on January 14, 2013. He pleaded guilty in October 2012, to one count of conspiracy and one count of wrongful disclosure of health information, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

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Hospitals 40

HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

For the period November 2021 to November 2022: Of the six procedure categories, hospital E&Ms had the greatest percent increase in the charge amount index, six percent. The allowed amount index for hospital E&Ms increased three percent. The reports reflect professional fees and related costs; they do not include facility fees.

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COVID-19 Hospitals 98

Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012. Stay tuned here in the next couple of months as Edelman releases more granular data on trust in the health care sub-sectors of pharma, biotech, hospitals, consumer health, and health insurance.

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Public Health Health Insurance Nurses Governance 109

The Health Law Firm

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

There’s a structural shift that is sweeping the health care system - hospitals are acquiring private physician practices. It is happening all over the US, including right here in Central Florida.

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Hospitals 40

The Health Law Firm

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

On October 22, 2012, a former Florida Hospital employee admitted to stealing patient information that was used to target customers for lawyers and chiropractors, according to a number of sources. By Lance O. Leider, J.D., and George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law.

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Hospitals Health Insurance HIPAA 40

The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Federal court records from August 13, 2012, show that a former Florida Hospital employee faces fraud-conspiracy charges after he illegally accessed patient records in a solicitation scheme, according to the Orlando Sentinel. By: Lance O. Leider, J.D., and George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law.

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Hospitals Fraud 40

The Health Law Firm

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

On November 1, 2012, the American Hospital Association (AHA) filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) claiming that private auditors hired to crack down on improper Medicare payments are denying hospitals millions of dollars in medically necessary care, this is according to a number of sources.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Medicare Hospitals 40

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The exposed data related to individuals treated between January 1, 2012, and July 7, 2022. Regions Hospital Reports Hackling Incident. Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN, has recently confirmed that unauthorized individuals gained access to the protected health information of 978 patients.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Hospitals 73