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DEA and HHS extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances through 2025

Healthcare It News

The agencies also said they would continue to develop the final rule governing the virtual prescribing of controlled substances in the post-pandemic era to be consistent with public health and safety and to mitigate drug diversion risks.

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Marching Toward Gambling Madness (Pt. 1)

Bill of Health

Below, I will describe how popular willin conjunction with a 2018 Supreme Court decisionpaved the way for the industrys meteoric rise. Casinos, state governments, and most users themselves benefit from an economy with state-sanctioned sports betting. In 2018, everything changed. That year, the Supreme Court ruled in Murphy v.

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UnitedHealth unit sued by Labor Department over systematic claims denials

Healthcare Dive

The government is alleging plan administrator UMR improperly denied thousands of ER and drug screening claims submitted between 2015 and 2018.

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COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

Healthcare It News

A recent study published in Nature found 37% of deaths related to heat exposure around the world between 1991 and 2018 were related to global warming caused by humans. Moreover, one in three European deaths from heat between 1990-2018 is estimated to be attributed to human-induced global warming. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation for $90,000

Compliancy Group

The topic: data security – specifically, how the federal government is regulating it, and what resources the federal government has made available for organizations to enhance its data security posture. Director Fontes Rainer spoke about a recently launched OCR “Risk Analysis Initiative.”

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HIMSS22 EUROPE: “We need to co-create and work together with patients.”

Healthcare It News

Although telehealth boomed during the pandemic, the uptake of other forms of digital tools dropped after 2018, according to research carried out by Accenture across eight countries.

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Doctors are getting on board with genAI, survey shows

Healthcare It News

The survey also found that clear guidance or organizational policies governing the use of AI are still developing across healthcare. In a 2018 survey of 200 healthcare leaders by Intel, 33% said that they were not only concerned about patients' perception of AI, but that clinicians also held similar skepticism.

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