Healthcare It News

APRIL 2, 2024

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APRIL 2, 2024

Big-box retailer Costco is expanding its reach into healthcare services with a new weight loss program for members. | Big-box retailer Costco is expanding its reach into healthcare services with a new weight loss program for members.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 2, 2024

The Eko Low Ejection Fraction Tool will be added to the company's cardiac early detection platform, which already includes various algorithms to inspect heart health.

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Becker's Health IT

APRIL 2, 2024

Autonomous computer systems are healthcare's best protection against disruptive cyberattacks, Oracle's Larry Ellison and Seema Verma wrote April 1 in The Wall Street Journal.

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Every health care provider that accepts federal payments must screen for excluded providers. Use this sample Exclusion Screening Checklist and Compliance Policy to evaluate and improve your organization’s compliance with the law. Payments from Medicare, Medicaid, and TriCare trigger screening requirements that may extend to employees, contractors, volunteers, board members, and network providers.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 2, 2024

The data-powered research shows positive signs for predicting sudden infant death syndrome.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 2, 2024

The ratings agency doesn’t anticipate a credit impact to nonprofits as long as providers can return to normal operations soon and maintain a large enough cash cushion during the outage.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Virtual care navigation platform Pager Health has built three new enterprise tools using Google Cloud generative AI technology to better support its payer partners. | Pager Health revealed three new tools for payers powered by Google on Wednesday. The shift toward automating administrative tasks with AI represents a shift in how healthcare is conducted.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

Health care payers, such as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield , traditionally have only billing data on their patients. That’s why Mo Weitnauer, chief product officer at MRO , calls clinical data “the hottest commodity” in health care. Piyush Khanna, Vice President Clinical Services at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, would like to store all their data in a single repository and use it for “bidirectional conversations” between the payer and providers.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health has closed its acquisition of Geisinger Health, notching the first step on its ambitious plan to form a multisystem, multiregional value-based care organization.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

New Financing Round, Led By Next Coast Ventures, S3 Ventures, And UPMC Enterprises, Positions Company For Continued Growth, Innovation, And Integration BrainCheck Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Nicholas Shapiro as New Board Member, Further Strengthening the Company’s Strategic Leadership BrainCheck, Inc. , a digital health innovator delivering first-of-its-kind technology into the growing digital cognitive assessment market, today announced a $15 million new financing round, l

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In healthcare, where patient data protection is paramount, effective vendor risk management isn't just good business—it's essential for maintaining compliance and trust. This comprehensive guide helps healthcare compliance professionals navigate the complexities of third-party vendor relationships in an increasingly interconnected healthcare environment.

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Digital Health News

APRIL 2, 2024

Pressure injuries are a major risk in intensive nursing and care environments, but once visible, they are much more difficult to treat.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

States now can add routine adult dental services as an essential health benefit, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in its 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters fina | In its annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule, CMS prioritized dental and prescription drug benefits, network adequacy standardization and extended special enrollment periods.

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Digital Health News

APRIL 2, 2024

Lee Rickles believes shared care records are “the Cinderella service of frontline digitisation” and do not get enough funding like other initiatives.

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Becker's Health IT

APRIL 2, 2024

"Data breach at Battle Mountain General Hospital affects 3,000 patients, compromising sensitive information. CEO apologizes and takes steps to improve security.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Digital Health News

APRIL 2, 2024

Research has shown that Brainomix’s AI-powered e-Lung software can more accurately identify lung fibrosis patients most at risk of decline.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Primary and urgent care providers within HCA Healthcare’s network now have the option to refer their patients to Talkiatry’s full-time psychiatrists from within their electronic health record thank | The integration, which is live across the "vast majority" of HCA's systems, allows primary and urgent care physicians to quickly refer a patient for a virtual psychiatric visit.

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Becker's Health IT

APRIL 2, 2024

"UNC Hospitals and School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C. experienced a data breach due to a phishing attack, exposing patient information.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Yet another congressional inquiry is seeking information on private equity’s role in care delivery, this time on whether their investments in emergency physician staffing firms are leaving hospital | Staffing reductions and other cost reduction moves in the emergency department can have "homeland security implications," Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, wrote in inquiry letters to three private equity firms and the distressed physician staffing companies they control.

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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 2, 2024

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways registration window is open for the 2024 performance year. Individuals, groups, subgroups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities that wish to report an MVP can register until December 2, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET. The post 2024 MIPS Value Pathway (MVP) Registration Now Open appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Three-year-old AI precision medicine company Zephyr AI brought on board a scientist and executive with deep biotech and pharma experience to lead its strategic and commercial efforts. | Three-year-old AI precision medicine company Zephyr AI is bringing on board a scientist and executive with deep biotech and pharma experience to lead its strategic and commercial efforts.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 2, 2024

By Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick - Digital collections do not quite replace everything the same as AI does not replace everything. We still need the human touch and pattern matching and decision-making while differences remain important. The post Just Do It (Using AI) appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Verisys

APRIL 2, 2024

March 2024 Bad Actor Roundup By Verisys Each month we will give a roundup of recent healthcare fraudsters and compliance busters. Here is a round up of bad actors: Physician Fraud Physician pays $1.8M to settle False Claims Act liability ( Full Story ) Arlington doctor who illegally flooded Northern Virginia with oxycodone pills sentenced to 10 years in prison ( Full Story ) Richland Physician, Health Care Staffing Company Agree to Pay $700,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Arising from

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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Why must organizations stay agile? How can healthcare leaders operate proactively instead of reactively in a changing landscape? What are the ingredients to building resilience? | Mary Jo Williamson, Chief Administrative Officer at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, shares tips on how to stay agile and resilient, including setting expectations for change, scenario planning, embracing new information and fostering a culture of optimism.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 2, 2024

With 18% of healthcare workers having left their jobs and another 12% being laid off, what are the solutions for healthcare as a whole? You can’t open a paper, magazine, or watch news and not hear about the crisis that has evolved. This is our Talent Tuesday Workforce edition. The post Talent Tuesday: The Healthcare Workforce appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Verisys

APRIL 2, 2024

March 2024 Bad Actor Roundup By Verisys Each month we will give a roundup of recent healthcare fraudsters and compliance busters. Here is a round up of bad actors: Physician Fraud Physician pays $1.8M to settle False Claims Act liability ( Full Story ) Arlington doctor who illegally flooded Northern Virginia with oxycodone pills sentenced to 10 years in prison ( Full Story ) Richland Physician, Health Care Staffing Company Agree to Pay $700,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Arising from

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 2, 2024

Healthcare organizations are complex systems, fraught with a dynamic range of risks. Risk is a given in a complex system or program. Managing risk and ensuring various types of compliance are paramount to the organization’s health and longevity. Healthcare risk management software is an efficient and highly effective method of identifying risks, safeguarding against vulnerabilities, streamlining compliance processes, and ensuring the highest standards of patient care.

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

Healthicity

APRIL 2, 2024

March was a busy month for new additions to the OIG’s Work Plan. Some of the items fit nicely into two broad categories which we’ve grouped together and summarized below. The selected items relate to (1) nursing homes and (2) medications.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 2, 2024

What You Should Know: Viome , a leading innovator of health technology and personalized health solutions, is partnering with Henry Schein to provide better access to Viome’s Oral Health Pro™ With CancerDetect™. Viome’s laboratory-developed test helps detect early biomarkers of oral and throat cancers, enhancing practitioners’ ability to effectively harness the power of preventive care and improve patient outcomes.

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Hall Render

APRIL 2, 2024

Health care continues to drive private equity activity, creating opportunities for investors and traditional health care providers. Transactions in the health care space are especially complicated, layering health care regulatory and reimbursement considerations on top of a complex securities, antitrust, privacy and security framework. Hall Render’s private equity team of attorneys and advisors leverage the strength and depth of their bench to navigate and efficiently execute private equity tran

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 2, 2024

What You Should Know: – Eko Health , a provider of AI-powered heart and lung disease detection today announced FDA clearance for its Low EF detection AI. – Built in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, the AI allows U.S. healthcare providers to detect Low Ejection Fraction (LVEF), a crucial indicator of heart failure, in just 15 seconds using a standard Eko stethoscope during a routine physical exam.

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?