2020 - Health Care Compliance Brief

Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2022

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. And between June 24 and December 2020, Black patients were more likely to use virtual surgical consultations. Black patients represented 8.8%

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Hospital E/M visit charges continued to rise in 2020, Fair Health finds

Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2022

Meanwhile, the percentage of claims for telehealth shot up from just 0.22% of all claims in 2019 to about 15% in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions set in and patients worried of virus transmission.

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Physician burnout higher in 2021 than 2020, study shows

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Burnout can push providers to leave the profession or retire early, and poses other complications for health systems and clinics.

’Fair share’ deficits at nonprofit hospitals reached $14.2B in 2020

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 11, 2023

The amount nonprofit hospitals receive in tax breaks over what they spend on charity care in several states could cover all medical debt for residents, according to the Lown Institute.

Hospitals

Report by Dresner Advisory Services: Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study

According to the 2020 Dresner Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study, embedded business intelligence is crucial for application success. This report explores the current state of BI and why application teams are increasingly choosing an embedded solution.

Fair Health finds 76% drop in telehealth use from 2020 to 2021

Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

Although telehealth use declined overall compared to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual visits still comprised the highest percentage of medical claim lines in 2021.

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Marketplace insurers denied 18% of in-network claims in 2020, data shows

Healthcare Dive

JULY 6, 2022

million in-network claims reported, 42.3 million claims were denied, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of CMS data.

ONC: More patients are downloading their medical records and using portals

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In 2020, the agency said , about six in 10 individuals throughout the country were offered access to their patient portal, and nearly 40 percent accessed their record at least once. About a third of patient portal users downloaded their online medical record in 2020, nearly double the proportion of 2017. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Americans’ use of healthcare wearables expanding rapidly, survey says

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 15, 2023

consumers doubled their use of wearables between 2020 and 2021, with smartwatches outpacing other devices.

7 Questions Every App Team Should Ask

In its 2020 Embedded BI Market Study, Dresner Advisory Services continues to identify the importance of embedded analytics in technologies and initiatives strategic to business intelligence. Which sophisticated analytics capabilities can give your application a competitive edge?

No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. Then, in April 2020, a group of large technology firms and national laboratories joined the Open COVID Pledge , a platform that enabled the large-scale pledging of patents to the pandemic response.

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‘Revolving door’ between HHS and industry could influence regulation, study says

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thirty-two percent of people appointed to positions at the HHS between 2004 and 2020 exited to the private sector, raising concerns about objectivity, according to new research.

Healthcare lobbying rose 70% over past two decades

Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2022

healthcare lobbying expenditures totaled almost $714 million in 2020, compared to $358 million in 2000, according to new research.

UnitedHealthcare loses lawsuit to TeamHealth — again — in ongoing battle over billing

Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 2, 2022

million to TeamHealth after finding UnitedHealthcare underpaid the physician group’s clinicians from 2017 to 2020. A three-judge arbitration panel in Florida has awarded $10.8

5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".

Ukrainian national pleads guilty in Vermont hospital ransomware attack

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The attack against the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 cost the hospital millions of dollars and limited operations for weeks.

Hospitals

Hospitals Ransomware

Ground ambulance costs continue to soar, study finds

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Private insurers' payments for those trips increased 56% between 2017 and 2020, Fair Health found. More ambulance trips are billing for "advanced life support," denoting a higher level of care (and reimbursement).

Amwell to implement reverse stock split to avoid delisting

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 28, 2024

The telehealth vendor’s stock price has declined significantly since 2020. It received a warning this spring that its stock was trading below minimum standards, and could be removed from trading.

Employers ‘disappointed’ in health plan performances, study finds

Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 26, 2023

Health plans earned a lower average rating in the Leapfrog Group’s latest rankings than in previous years, earning a 2.29 GPA in 2022 compared to a 2.57

‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

APRIL 25, 2023

On March 17, 2020, Dr. Zubin Damania – a physician, comedian, and internet personality known as ZDoggMD to his fans in the “ZPAC Supporter Tribe” 2 – recorded a podcast titled “COVID-19: Is Our Cure Worse Than the Disease?” 2020, March 17). 2020, October 11). This message was repeated regularly throughout the pandemic.

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Cardinal Health CFO will replace CEO Mike Kaufmann

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 15, 2022

Jason Hollar, who joined Cardinal as CFO in 2020, will lead the healthcare distributor starting in September.

Healthcare job gains in February far exceed recent months

Healthcare Dive

MARCH 4, 2022

Healthcare added 64,000 jobs last month, though employment in the sector is still down by about 306,000 jobs, or 1.9%, since February 2020.

CMS estimates 41.5M people affected by innovation center models since late 2020

Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is currently operating 33 models studying potential improvements in healthcare payment and delivery.

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Healthcare worker training org aims to root out bias in care

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 20, 2022

The heightened racial unrest of 2020 revealed unmet needs and windows of opportunity to challenge structural racism.

Healthcare remains costliest industry for data breaches

Healthcare Dive

JULY 28, 2022

That's up more than 40% since the 2020 report by Ponemon and IBM Security. The cost of the average breach for healthcare increased by $1 million to $10.1

Low-income seniors more likely to report fraudulent marketing from private Medicare plans, survey finds

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The survey from the Commonwealth Fund comes after regulators finalizing a rule this spring that aims to cut back on deceptive or misleading advertising for MA plans after beneficiary complaints more than doubled between 2020 and 2021.

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Healthcare costs top $31,000 for family of 4 in 2023

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 1, 2023

After declining briefly in 2020, family healthcare costs are rising as the industry faces an uncertain macroeconomic environment.

MA plans were overpaid $9.3B annually from 2017 to 2020, study finds

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Favorable selection of healthier beneficiaries led to overpayments in counties with high Medicare Advantage penetration, but benchmark changes could mitigate the impact, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

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US health spending growth decelerated in pandemic's second year

Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2022

growth rate in 2020. According to new numbers from the CMS, national health spending grew 4.2% last year to almost $4.3 trillion, a significant slowdown from the 9.7%

Missed vaccines open path for return of preventable diseases

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to the CDC, immunization rates declined across the board beginning in March 2020, but the most significant drop was among children who receive vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program.

Patient messages via Epic increased during COVID-19, raising burnout concerns

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Between March 2020 and this June, the average total messages per day increased from 45.0 "Consistent with national trends, during 2020 COVID months, monthly in-person visits decreased for all specialties … whereas telehealth visits increased," noted the researchers. for primary care physicians, from 29.3

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Average cost of healthcare data breach reaches $11M, report finds

Healthcare Dive

JULY 25, 2023

Healthcare continues to be the most expensive industry for data breaches, with costs increasing 53% since 2020.

Amwell fueled R&D expenses as it focused on Converge platform

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Annual R&D costs were the highest since Amwell went public in 2020, but costs are expected to decline this year, according to company leadership.

From scout service to crowdsourcing relief

Healthcare It News

APRIL 17, 2024

Through volunteer work after the 2020 Beirut explosion, Marina El Khawand, founder and president of Medonations, describes how getting a patient in dire need of her inhaler evolved into starting an NGO that crowdsources medications for Lebanese patients.

Digitalization in healthcare empowers patients

Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2022

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Urgent care's impact during the pandemic and the future of on-demand care

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 16, 2021

In 2020 alone, urgent care clinics saw a 58% increase in visit volumes due to the demand for COVID-19-related episodic care, with testing and vaccinations accounting for more than 60% of total visits, according to the latest research from urgent care software company Experity, which surveyed half of U.S. During the pandemic, the U.S.

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Streamlining Vaccine Workflows In EHRs: Implementing Key Practices

Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 18, 2021

On December 14, 2020, less than one year after COVID-19 sent our nation into lockdown and a period of uncertainty, the U.S. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Brient, chief product officer, athenahealth. began rolling out a new set […].

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Digital at the core of a collaborative care model

Healthcare It News

APRIL 8, 2024

How digital underpins preventative care collaborations The 600-bed hospital in the state of Penang is already a fully EMR-integrated facility since 2020.

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Female physicians more likely to adopt telehealth early

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

A study published this past week in JAMA Network Open found that while the vast majority of physicians in a large regional healthcare system had transitioned to include virtual care in their practice by December 2020, some were more likely to be early adopters than others. Majority (those adopting March 22, 2020, or later).

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Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Kathumba case: separation of powers, social security, and lockdowns The Khatumba case involved an order made by the Minister of Health for a temporary, national 3-week lockdown from April 18, 2020 to May 2020 due an increase in COVID-19 cases.

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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Healthcare It News

MARCH 18, 2022

Out of the $15 billion invested in digital health in 2020 and $29 billion in 2021, on-demand healthcare – including telemedicine streaming video or text-based visits with a healthcare provider – has been the single largest trend, although it is still just the tip of the iceberg with all of the funding activity occurring now.

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Medicaid Medicaid COVID-19 Telemedicine

Physician burnout drops below 50% for first time since 2020, AMA poll finds

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 8, 2024

The portion of physicians surveyed by the American Medical Association (AMA) who report at least one symptom of burnout has dropped below 50%, a first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. |

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Feds ding five providers in HIPAA Right of Access enforcement actions

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In another action, the Rainrock Treatment Center, located in Eugene, Oregon, paid OCR $160,000 after a patient said it had sent their records on May 22, 2020 – almost eight months following the initial request. The provider was fined $32,150. Still, patients are sometimes driven to bring their own legal actions. ON THE RECORD.

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A Categorical No to Categorical Accommodation Denials Related to COVID-19?

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In March 2020, all Pennsylvania institutions of higher education discontinued their in-person instruction. During the 2020-2021 academic year, over 200 faculty members were given a flexible work arrangement permitting them to teach remotely. That same medication rendered him high-risk for severe illness or death from COVID-19.

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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Hospital E/M visit charges continued to rise in 2020, Fair Health finds

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Physician burnout higher in 2021 than 2020, study shows

’Fair share’ deficits at nonprofit hospitals reached $14.2B in 2020

Report by Dresner Advisory Services: Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study

Fair Health finds 76% drop in telehealth use from 2020 to 2021

Marketplace insurers denied 18% of in-network claims in 2020, data shows

ONC: More patients are downloading their medical records and using portals

Americans’ use of healthcare wearables expanding rapidly, survey says

7 Questions Every App Team Should Ask

No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

‘Revolving door’ between HHS and industry could influence regulation, study says

Healthcare lobbying rose 70% over past two decades

UnitedHealthcare loses lawsuit to TeamHealth — again — in ongoing battle over billing

5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Ukrainian national pleads guilty in Vermont hospital ransomware attack

Ground ambulance costs continue to soar, study finds

Amwell to implement reverse stock split to avoid delisting

Employers ‘disappointed’ in health plan performances, study finds

‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cardinal Health CFO will replace CEO Mike Kaufmann

Healthcare job gains in February far exceed recent months

CMS estimates 41.5M people affected by innovation center models since late 2020

Healthcare worker training org aims to root out bias in care

Healthcare remains costliest industry for data breaches

Low-income seniors more likely to report fraudulent marketing from private Medicare plans, survey finds

Healthcare costs top $31,000 for family of 4 in 2023

MA plans were overpaid $9.3B annually from 2017 to 2020, study finds

US health spending growth decelerated in pandemic's second year

Missed vaccines open path for return of preventable diseases

Patient messages via Epic increased during COVID-19, raising burnout concerns

Average cost of healthcare data breach reaches $11M, report finds

Amwell fueled R&D expenses as it focused on Converge platform

From scout service to crowdsourcing relief

Digitalization in healthcare empowers patients

Urgent care's impact during the pandemic and the future of on-demand care

Streamlining Vaccine Workflows In EHRs: Implementing Key Practices

Digital at the core of a collaborative care model

Female physicians more likely to adopt telehealth early

Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Physician burnout drops below 50% for first time since 2020, AMA poll finds

Feds ding five providers in HIPAA Right of Access enforcement actions

A Categorical No to Categorical Accommodation Denials Related to COVID-19?

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