Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2022

The state is 24,320 square miles and is the only state located entirely in the area known as Appalachia, which faces gaps in educational achievement, employment and income as well as a variety of negative health consequences compared with the rest of the country. These services also are limited in scope. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2023

PrimaryOne Health is a federally qualified health center located in Central Ohio and is one of the largest FQHCs in the state. PrimaryOne Health provides comprehensive primary and preventive healthcare services in accordance with the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

An expert panel will gather during the first day of the event to discuss how digital health can be improved via cross-border collaborations. Speakers will also be touching upon cross-border health policy implementation, and the challenges and facilitators that have contributed to successful collaboration between territories.

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Bill of Health

JULY 26, 2022

billion acquisition of One Medical (NASDAQ: ONEM) by Amazon triggered significant hyperventilating about the transformative and immediate impact of this transaction on the health care industry. Important Disclosure: Flare Capital was a significant investor in Iora Health and had a board seat. By Michael Greeley. Last week’s $3.9

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2023

The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority, housed within the state's Department of Information Technology, announced this week that it's working North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to launch the N.C. Stroke Registry.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

creating all kinds of chaos for CIOs and other health IT leaders to contend with. These executives include: Lisa Grisim, RN, vice president and associate CIO, Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto, California. ( @LisaGrisim ). This latest feature story has a special focus: children's hospitals. Adaptive and agile teamwork.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 27, 2024

Loren Larsen, CEO, Videra Health The causes and effects of America’s mental health crisis are well-documented. A study by the National Council for Mental Well-Being reveals that mental health services in the U.S. Meanwhile, a nationwide shortage of mental health professionals has exacerbated a nationwide emergency.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 26, 2024

Becky Kahn, Chief Client Officer at Works & Trusted Health It’s no secret that health systems across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services projected that the demand for registered nurses would hit more than 3.6 Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Loneliness is a killer, a health risk factor that’s been equated to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. There’s a Loneliness Epidemic in America, according to the Health Resources & Services Administration , part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

We probably had about 3,000 people who were authenticated to deliver and use our telemedicine platform. Among the topics we discussed: the value of voice recognition, the path toward effective decision support, building a bigger comfort level for machine learning and the future of value-based contracting and more.

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Total HIPAA

JUNE 21, 2022

While much of the anti-malware technology we have to protect us from hackers has become increasingly more sophisticated, so have attackers’ methods. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), incidents of hacking affecting 500 people or more increased by 45% from 2019 to 2020. According to the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. Youth Mental Health Crisis Mental health has long been a neglected area of healthcare, particularly when it comes to children and teenagers.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 18, 2022

Electronic health records (EHRs) are one of many health IT advancements in recent years, and they prove to have a significant impact on both providers and patients alike. While an EHR optimizes workflow efficiencies for providers, it also enables a more comprehensive view of a patient’s health.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. is getting fuzzier by the day.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

His exclusion means that no federal healthcare program payment may be made, either directly or indirectly, for any items or services furnished by him or at his direction or prescription. Between 2017 and 2019, the man, through a group of pain clinics he controlled, caused the submission of false claims for payment to Medicare.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Stephanie Jamison, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Greenway Health. Recent McKinsey reports reveal that telehealth use has stabilized at levels 38 times higher than before the pandemic. That all changed practically overnight when COVID-19 struck. And consumers want more. So, what’s the problem, exactly? Equitable reimbursements.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Loren Larsen, CEO and co-founder of Videra Health The causes and effects of America’s mental health crisis are well-documented. A study by the National Council for Mental Well-Being reveals that mental health services in the U.S. Easing access to necessary clinical help has not grown in tandem.

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HIPAA & Health IT

MARCH 2, 2023

BetterHelp, an on-line mental health platform, engaged in unfair and unreasonable privacy practices according to the FTC’s complaint , leading to a proposed $7.8 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned us that use of on-line tracking technologies can violate HIPAA.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A federal jury convicted a licensed Illinois psychologist of defrauding Medicare over the course of several years by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for psychotherapy services he never provided. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), recently issued a proposed rule to adopt standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) for “health care attachment” transactions (the “Proposed Rule”).

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Writing in their latest quarterly newsletter, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported that the number of hacking or IT incidents which led to ePHI data breaches increased 45% from 2019 to 2020. Phishing attacks are one of the most common types of cyberattacks.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MAY 19, 2022

Following an internal review and audit, the hospital discovered irregularities regarding its billing of certain services, and proactively contacted the United States to self-disclose the issues.?The If the patient was going to receive ICR for longer than 30 days, a physician must complete and sign updates to the ITP every 30 days thereafter.?The

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nate Maslak, Founder & CEO at Ribbon Health. The ability to seek treatment from a doctor specializing in your specific medical need is beneficial and improves health outcomes. And consumers have come to expect and demand this personalization. Personalized Healthcare in Action . million in 2020.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

On December 5, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“ HHS ”), Office of Inspector General (“ OIG ”), released their Semiannual Report to Congress for the period beginning on April 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2022 (the “ Semiannual Report ”). [1]. million $1.19 billion Questioned Costs $1.17

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 16, 2023

Wouldn’t you think a big company like Cerebral Health wouldn’t need help being HIPAA compliant? The telehealth startup specializing in mental health, says it inadvertently shared the sensitive information of over 3.1 million patients with Google, Meta, TikTok, and other third-party advertisers, as reported earlier by TechCrunch.

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Healthcare Law Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to the Administration for Community Living (ACL), 1 as of 2019, people 65 and older represented 16% of the population of the United States; that is approximately 54 million people. As of 2019 almost 95% of such persons had Medicare coverage and about half of those also had some sort of supplemental health insurance coverage.

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Redox

MARCH 20, 2024

This surge in cyberattacks has prompted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish voluntary cybersecurity performance goals to help healthcare organizations plan and prioritize their cybersecurity implementations. Our zero trust implementation allowed us to meet all of those goals.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 20, 2023

This builds on the HIPAA Transactions Rule standards for financial and administrative transactions among health care providers and health plans and aligns with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interoperability regulations.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

AUGUST 4, 2023

For patients seeking a healthcare provider, they use search engines, your website, and online review sites to understand more about you and your practice. Responses cannot include any of the patient’s protected health information (PHI), even if the patient has revealed their own personal information. Click to view the full list.

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Jane Sarashon

JULY 27, 2022

Apple wants to be your “intelligent guardian for health,” based on a 60-page paper shepherded by Jeff Williams, the company’s Chief Operating Officer. I’m folding the report into my coverage this week on the Retail Health Battle Royale today, Day 3 of my week-long series updating us on the health/care ecosystem.

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Innovaare Compliance

JUNE 21, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has wide-ranging impact on payments for drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries, whether they are administered in the provider’s office (Part B) or used in the ambulatory setting (Part D). Part B drugs have had the fastest spending growth for drugs for Medicare. percent annually.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Written by Joanne Byron , BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, COCAS, CORCM, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS The Federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule helps Americans know the cost of a hospital item or service before receiving it. In the US, hospital prices vary widely but are not visible to patients or the public.

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Provider Trust

MARCH 13, 2023

Three schools across Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida, were involved in this multimillion-dollar fake diploma scheme: Siena College of Health, Palm Beach School of Nursing, and Sacred Heart International Institute. In addition, an estimated 37 percent of student nurses with fake diplomas passed the NCLEX.

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 26, 2022

Luckily for all us, there’s a spectrum–and it was created with visibility and safety in mind. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. For context, the DOJ in conjunction with the OIG recovered over $3 billion in FCA penalties in 2019–$2.6 How the OIG Finds & Prosecutes Healthcare Fraud.

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of three investigations concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule’s patient right of access provision.

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