Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Jason Considine, Chief Commercial Officer at Experian Health Staffing shortages will continue to be a major pain point for providers in 2024 and have a direct impact on their bottom line.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2024

“This investment will enable us to reinvest in cutting-edge research and development, make breakthrough progress in our flagship RCM AI products, hire top-tier tech talent, and expand our go-to-market strategy and operations,” said Alex Zekoff, Co-Founder and CEO at Thoughtful AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2024

News from DC As of 2023, 64% of health systems are aware of TEFCA and plan to participate , according to a recent ONC data brief. Worryingly, though, the number of health systems unaware of TEFCA is largely unchanged, from 25% in 2022 to 24% in 2023. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 5, 2024

Northwestern Medicine, the Nevada Health Link, Cohere Health and Kyruus Health are partnering withDell Technologies, Google Cloud Marketplace and others to offer providers and payers ways to tackle the daily challenges that delay care approvals and prevent patients from seeking care and enrolling in health plans.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 2, 2024

The third report in the six-part series, which is focused on drug policing explains, “The primary W-G task that lies ahead for both federal and state governments is to recognize what the evidence has been telling us, that the ‘war on drugs’ is a failure, and escalation will only double-down on that failure.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

In short, revenue integrity simply means ensuring providers are paid appropriately for all services provided and in an efficient and compliant manner to prevent revenue leakage and compliance risk. That’s easier said than done. The Changing Landscape for Revenue Integrity How has revenue integrity changed over the years?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that contribute to the health of an individual – where you are born, where you work, your income, your age, your race, your religion, etc. And by nature, humans are social creatures. This means there is a pretty good overlap of SDOH with population health.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here, we review the function and components of hospital compliance work plans and focus on important updates to the law effective in 2024. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released new guidelines for healthcare compliance programs, the first updates in 15 years. What Are Hospital Compliance Work Plans?

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HIT Consultant

MAY 13, 2024

In short, revenue integrity simply means ensuring providers are paid appropriately for all services provided and in an efficient and compliant manner to prevent revenue leakage and compliance risk. Tanya Sanderson, RN, BSN, MBA, MHA, CLNC, CHFP, Sr. That’s easier said than done.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury issued a final rule calling on health plans to “address material differences” in access to these benefits compared to medical and surgical benefits. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. News The U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 24, 2024

On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released Version 2.0 national coordinator for health information technology. national coordinator for health information technology. “I Version 2.0

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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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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

While it is currently unclear what types of data were stolen in the attack, UnitedHealth Group said personally identifiable health information, eligibility and claims information, and financial information are likely to have been compromised. United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 40% of the $3.3

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

and was prevented from using bots and screen scraping to get access to patient data. Now we’ll see how Real Time responded and look at the new burdens that AI is placing on health care as revealed by the case. APIs such as promoted by Amazon.com in retail were simply missing in health care. Progress has been slow.

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Verisys

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Compliance Updates: December 2023 Overlook: Federal Legislation DEA Licensure Compacts Other Legislation Board Updates Federal Legislation: The TREATS Act has been proposed which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment. This bill is currently in committee.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Patients benefit from self-service features and post-visit engagement, while clinicians gain efficiency through streamlined workflows. In addition, Fabric has 70 leading enterprise health customers on its platform, including Luminis Health, a non-profit health system providing care for 1.8 million people.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The investigation confirmed on January 7, 2024, that an unknown, unauthorized third party had copied files from its network on December 18, 2023, which contained patient information. The incident has been reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Health and Human Services, and other regulators.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 24, 2024

Regulations Critical to Healthcare Security Compliance In April 2024, over 15 million patients were directly or indirectly affected by health-related security breaches. Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the healthcare industry, created a task group under the 2015 Cybersecurity Act (CSA).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

According to a 2023 report by the US Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center , the number of cyberattacks on the healthcare sector doubled in 2023 from the year prior. So far in 2024 that accelerated trajectory shows no sign of slowing down. We need to do more to protect the vital healthcare infrastructure and ecosystem.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 12, 2024

On February 22, 2024, I went to a CVS Pharmacy-Inside-Target in my community to fill a prescription for benzonatate 200 mg capsules. That’s TMI for me to write about in the Health Populi blog, but this story has a current-events twist: the pharmacist could not electronically link with my insurance company to transact my payment.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

Layering AI on top of CCTA can enable health systems to use cath labs for intervention – rather than diagnostics – which could dramatically reduce a backlog of procedures, optimize resources, and streamline efficiency in cardiac care. healthcare industry.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for overseeing and administering various healthcare programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This is just the beginning.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Pharmacy Fraud and Kickback Scheme In early February 2024, the co-owner and the administrator of a New Jersey pharmacy admitted to defrauding insurance providers, including Medicare and Medicaid. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), said.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 14, 2023

According to a press release published by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), ransomware and hacking are healthcare’s primary cyberthreats. The public comment period for the proposed cybersecurity regulations opened on December 6, 2023, and will close on February 5, 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2024

On Friday, July 19th, 2024, CrowdStrike had a major outage. Many businesses and organizations came to an abrupt halt as all systems using CrowdStrike received the infamous blue screen of death. Corporations need to remember that technology exists to serve human beings.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 27, 2024

Why is true inpatient coding automation the “holy grail” – as Kerry Gillespie, a former CFO at Intermountain Health and now an executive consultant at Warbird Consulting Partners, said to me at a Healthcare Financial Management Association roundtable last year? But recent developments have upended what’s possible.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

On December 13, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule, titled Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes (“Proposed Rule”), to improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorizations for medical items and services.

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Natalia Mazina

APRIL 25, 2023

Safety-net providers play a critical role in delivering healthcare services in this country. Hospitals subject to the reductions sued the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) in federal district court, alleging that HHS did not have the authority to reduce 340B reimbursement rates. 10,272 (Mar.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Collaborating with ethical hackers can help the healthcare sector prevent cyberattacks before they occur, ultimately safeguarding sensitive patient data, medical devices, and health delivery infrastructure. Despite our focus on security and privacy, cyber threats are continuously increasing in both number and severity.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

The phrase “whole person health” kept echoing through the virtual hallways during the second day of the 40 th Annual J.P. Cordani made the same point we heard yesterday – technology and virtual care present tremendous opportunities to address chronic condition management, mental health and physical health needs.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. One of the seven items, #5 is “Enforcing Standards: Consequences and Incentives.” The result?

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. One of the seven items, #5 is “Enforcing Standards: Consequences and Incentives.” The result?

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SQA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Relevant matters are hereby announced as follows: As of 01 December 2022, the Electronic Certificates of Documentation for Export of APIs to the EU and Certificate of a Pharmaceutical Product will be put into use. Efforts should be made to promote and guide the use of electronic certificates.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

by Rupa Palanki In May 2024, a bipartisan group of female senators introduced the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act. If enacted, it would be the most comprehensive federal effort to improve health care related to menopause. Half of the American population will eventually experience this transition.

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Hall Render

JUNE 21, 2024

NATIONAL 50% of U.S. to buy property. NATIONAL 50% of U.S. to buy property. NATIONAL 50% of U.S. to buy property. The deal fell through, but that won’t solve Bartlett’s budget issues. Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers $38.5M Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers $38.5M

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