Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 11, 2023

Becerra renews COVID-19 public health emergency another 90 days, possibly for last time. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 12:18.

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HealthIT Answers

MAY 16, 2023

Some thoughts on the Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, which expired at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. The post Thoughts on the End of the Public Health Emergency appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and should not be imputed to any other individual nor to any public or private entities. The post Strengthening the Freedom of Information Act in 2023 appeared first on Bill of Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2025

DEA's initial 2023 draft rule to make some telehealth prescribing flexibilities permanent would have required affected patients to have in-person exams, but a litany of healthcare industry groups and observers argued a return to pre-pandemic prescribing rules would risk patient harm.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, is expected to extend the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) today (October 13, 2022) for the 11th time. The extension, if confirmed, will last for a further 90 days, making the next deadline January 11, 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 12, 2023

Promium shares our deep belief that the future of improved public health is ensuring the highest safety in the food that we eat, water we drink, and in the environments which we live,” said Michael Simpson, CEO at Clinisys. Find out more at promium.com Originally announced May 3rd, 2023 Promium is a great fit with Clinisys.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 11, 2023

CDC offers updated advice for healthcare facilities' masking policies post-public health emergency dmuoio Thu, 05/11/2023 - 16:35

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Public Health 97

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health. At the same time, they are regularly treated as commodities , often in ways that are completely divorced from their public health value. Minimum fundraising amounts vary by charity. is the relevant criterion the mortality rate?

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a health and public health (HPH) sector alert about a new ransomware group called Akira, which has been in operation since March 2023.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 25, 2023

Preventx launches first STI Lab Preventx announced Monday at the STI and HIV 2023 World Congress in Chicago that it is opening a specialized lab in Cincinnati to assist U.S. public health departments with implementing sexual health testing to reduce the incidence of rising sexually transmitted infections in their communities.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Consumers’ wellness life-flows and demands in 2023 will go well beyond exercise resolutions, eating more greens, and intermittent fasting as a foodstyle. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer found that scientists are the most-trusted institutional leader this year, ranked above all other leader types.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

South Africa has a diverse climate, which means that heat impacts each of the nine provinces (geographical areas) differently, as illustrated by a heatmap based on weather statistics for the period from October 2022 to March 2023. The impact of high temperatures on informal workers is a shared reality across Africa. C (116°F).

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 11, 2023

The public health emergency has ended. hlandi Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:26 What's next in a post-PHE world?

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Public Health 91

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

billion) 2022-2023 October budget for implementing aged care reforms to "improve safety, dignity, quality and humanity." Enterprise Taxonomy: Investing Population and Public Health Quality Care Business Care. The Australian government is investing A$312.6 It is part of the A$3.9 billion ($2.5 " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Experts sound alarm on 'preventable public health crisis' as virtual prescribing for opioid use disorder now in limbo aburky Mon, 02/06/2023 - 18:17

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Public Health 98

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Report: Security Breaches in Healthcare (Direct Download PDF, 1.9MB, 16 pages) An unwanted record was set in 2023 with 725 large security breaches in healthcare reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), beating the record of 720 healthcare security breaches set the previous year.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

From the end of the Public Health Emergency to the launch of ChatGPT and the Apple Vision Pro, executives reflect on what stood out to them this year.

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Public Health 136

Medisys Compliance

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The internet is ringing with the news of the CMS Updates Final rule for the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The finalized 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on November 1 2022. Effects of the PFS in 2023 on providers. Patient effects of the 2023 PFS.

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Healthcare Law Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule. With the extension of the PHE through January 11, 2023, virtual direct supervision will be available through at least the end of 2023.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The Tasmanian government has recently released a four-year strategy to transform outpatient services across its public health system. The state government has also made a A$150 million ($100 million) investment over four years to upgrade its digital health infrastructure. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2024

The goal – to help physicians focus more on patient care and less on documentation and typing – has been realized, according to 2023 survey data from thousands of clinicians using DAX, Nuance said. "Generative AI shows promise in improving both the quality and efficiency of health care documentation," Dr.

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Public Health 354

HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2023

Largest Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in April 2023 As previously mentioned, April saw a major data breach reported that affected 3,037,303 individuals – The third largest breach to be reported by a single HIPAA-covered entity so far this year, and the 19 th largest breach to be reported by a single HIPAA-regulated entity to date.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 22, 2024

"The initial exchange of clinical data began within 24 hours of the nation's first Qualified Health Information Networks achieving designation in December 2023," said Mariann Yeager, The Sequoia Project CEO and RCE lead. Two months ago, two more QHINs, CommonWell and Kno2 , were also onboarded.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

. – Market research leader Forrester’s latest report explores 5 key predictors for healthcare in 2023. In 2023, hospitals must identify their financial risk and focus on employee retention and recruitment as the threat of a recession looms. Healthcare in the Era Post-Covid.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2023

As the start of the new year kicks off, we asked 5 healthcare executives to share their top predictions and trends for 2023. For the people in the back: mental health is health. Here’s to this mantra finally taking root in 2023. The economy is going to drive a lot of consolidation in 2023.

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Public Health Governance 96

Bill of Health

MARCH 8, 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2023, total household debt increased by $212 billion to reach $17.5 To that end, the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law has teamed up with The Pew Charitable Trusts to begin tracking state laws that regulate debt collection lawsuits.

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Public Health Governance 173

Health Populi

JANUARY 29, 2019

Today, as Congress kicks off hearings about the cost of prescription drugs in the United States, IQVIA published its 2019 report on The Global Use of Medicine in 2019 and Outlook to 2023. will be followed by China, Japan, Germany, and Brazil in 2023. The post In 2023, the U.S. For context and comparison, note that the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2023

The pandemic highlighted all too well the value of readily available and reliable public health data , noted Chris Anello at iTech AG. This has required the industry to rethink how this data is presented to the public, and getting that right requires an increased emphasis on how consumers interact with data.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Health Gorilla and LexisNexis Risk Solutions are working to make SDoH data actionable , John found out in an interview with Avery Haller (Health Gorilla) and Diana Zuskov (LexisNexis). Read more… Hearing From Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill. Read more… RPM Can Reduce AI’s Bias Problem and Improve Health Equity.

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Ransomware Telemedicine Public Health FDA 88

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

And we heard a lot of worthy answers, including public health, rural health, senior health, post-acute care, and cutting down on healthcare’s spending on administration. Bonus Features for December 3, 2023: Only 40% of orgs say EHRs help manage burnout; meanwhile, cost optimization is top strategy for 70% of payers.

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Public Health Hospitals Compliance 94

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits. In an announcement about the bipartisan bill, Rep.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

After three years, a report into its conduct found that about 14 million Koreans received treatment via telemedicine from February 2020 to January 2023. However, as the public health crisis alert has been downgraded following the drop in COVID-19 infections, providing telemedicine services is no longer permitted today in South Korea.

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Becker's Health IT

APRIL 10, 2024

Discover the top industries targeted by ransomware attacks in 2023, with healthcare and public health leading the way. Learn more from an analysis by EconoFact.

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Ransomware Public Health 121

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2023

For Tempe, Public Health Means Being a 20-Minute City. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Procurement Coordinator at the New York eHealth Collaborative, based in Albany, posted to Healthcare IT Central. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 24, 2023

Eric Bacon at AMD Global Telemedicine said providers need to engage patients and improve health literacy to ensure telehealth sufficiently addresses health inequity. Read more… How Consumers are Putting Pressure on Health Plans.

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Telemedicine Public Health Hospitals 85

HealthIT Answers

MAY 19, 2023

By Art Gross - On May 11, 2023, the PHE declaration expired. The post End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency appeared first on Health IT Answers. With this, the relaxed regulations and waivers put in place during the pandemic expired, and providers need to return to full compliance with HIPAA regulations.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2023

For any practitioner-patient telemedicine relationships that have been or will be established up to November 11, 2023, the full set of telemedicine flexibilities regarding the prescription of controlled medications established during the COVID-19 PHE will be extended for one year – through November 11, 2024.

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