Bill of Health

APRIL 6, 2024

Heightened Scrutiny of Your Royal Highness On Sunday, March 10, tabloids were in quite a frenzy when the British royal family published a photoshopped picture of Catherine, princess of Wales. The hubbub was extra hubbubbly, because this was the first official photo after the princess had abdominal surgery this past January. The order of events caused some people to speculate the edits indicated there was something to hide about the princess’s health status.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week – and, with this week’s roundup in particular, anything you may have missed from the hustle and bustle of HIMSS 2024 in Orlando.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 6, 2024

By Art Gross - In healthcare, mobile devices have become seamlessly woven into the fabric of delivering efficient and timely patient care. CEs and BAs need comprehensive mobile device management practices to ensure HIPAA compliance and confidentiality. The post Best Practices for Healthcare Mobile Device Management appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Innovaare Compliance

APRIL 6, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced capitation rates for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for CY 2025 – average increase of 3.7% or $16 billion in 2025 over 2024 in expected MA payments. CMS explains, in details, the derivation of the rate increases in the April 1, 2024 final announcement – changes in STAR rating measures are expected to decrease bonus payments to MA plans by 0.11%, risk model revision and normalization will trim rates by 2.45%, compare

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