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HIPAA Policy for Healthcare Employees: Ensuring Confidentiality & Compliance

Compliancy Group

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been in effect since 1996, aiming to protect the privacy and security of patients’ protected health information (PHI). While healthcare organizations are responsible for implementing HIPAA policies, healthcare employees must also understand that these regulations extend beyond their organization’s boundaries.

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Tips for Conducting a Mid-Year Compliance Review

Healthicity

The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said it best: “An ongoing evaluation process is critical to a successful compliance program.” With 2023 halfway over, it’s a great time to pause and reflect on your compliance program’s wins and areas of opportunity for the remainder of the year.

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Navigating Policy Challenges in Healthcare: Centralized Management for Compliance and Efficiency

Healthcare Blog

Centralized management of healthcare policies solves compliance and efficiency problems for healthcare organization policymakers and employees. Hospitals and other organizations are responsible for creating and maintaining policies for patient safety and delivering quality care. Nurses and other healthcare employees must access, read, and follow healthcare policies when caring for patients.

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Coding Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services in Internal Medicine: Part 1

Medisys Compliance

Evaluation and management (E/M) services play a crucial role in the practice of internists, and accurate coding for these visits is essential for the financial well-being of medical practice. However, determining the appropriate level of billing for an E/M code can be challenging for many physicians. In this comprehensive guide, we will outline the coding guidelines for evaluation and management services in internal medicine, focusing on the documentation standards and the elements that drive th

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

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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Achieving Transparency: How to Close a Critical Gap in Healthcare Compliance

Verisys

Achieving Transparency: How to Close A Critical Gap in Healthcare Compliance Continuous Data Monitoring is Key to Patient Safety Employing quality providers results in better patient outcomes. And better outcomes affect your bottom line in many ways: Patient safety and satisfaction Higher reimbursement rates Reputational supremacy Physician attraction and retention However, maintaining a dedicated staff of quality providers, support staff, and reputable suppliers of goods and services can be

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Successful Compliance Investigations from Start to Finish

Healthicity

Eric Allen joined us for this episode of Compliance Conversations to share his expertise and tips for structuring productive investigations!

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Cigna sued over algorithm allegedly used to deny claims

Healthcare Dive

The lawsuit filed in a California district court alleges the health insurer used the technology to “deny payment in batches of hundreds or thousands at a time,” violating state law.

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MobiMed EPR is getting ready to be re-initiated after cyber attack 

Digital Health News

Swedish company Ortivus said it is ready to “re-initiate” its MobiMed EPR system for British customers affected by a cyber attack last Tuesday.

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MRO Addition to the Peer Review Program

MRO Compliance

MRO Addition to the Peer Review Program AAOE Adds the MRO Clinics Disability & FMLA Forms and MRO Clinics Release of Information by MRO to the Peer Review Program™ for Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Vendors. AAOE’s Peer Review Process creates a unique opportunity for vendors to enhance their reputation and foster deeper, more meaningful relationships with prospective clients.

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3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

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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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

Bill of Health

Image courtesy of Matthew “Hezzy” Smith. By Matthew “Hezzy” Smith Bangladesh, at the frontlines of global climate change, provides a critical litmus test for advocacy to ensure that persons with disabilities are included in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The disastrous effects of last summer’s historic flooding in the Sunamganj and Sylhet districts on persons with disabilities show that while the country’s laws and policies gesture toward inclusion, considerabl

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CMS says data of 612K Medicare beneficiaries affected in MoveIt breach

Healthcare Dive

A data breach earlier this year has affected tens of millions of individuals to date, and also compromised the sensitive personal and medical information of Medicare seniors.

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Cleveland Clinic's new Mentor Hospital is a 5G mmWave test bed

Healthcare It News

Lake County, Ohio's Mentor Hospital opened earlier this month, with Cleveland Clinic's first private 5G network – a 5G millimeter wave network built on an Ericsson platform. In addition to several patient engagement touchpoints, the health system says it's looking to private cellular networks to keep up with healthcare's demand for high speeds, low latency and the need for cybersecurity.

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Roundup: Altera's anaesthesia solution live at Waikato, Thames Hospitals and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Waikato, Thames Hospitals implement Altera's anaesthesia info management system Altera Digital Health announced the launch of its anaesthesia information management system across the Waikato and Thames hospitals of Te Whatu Ora in New Zealand. This comes a year after the company bagged the contract to deliver the anaesthesia solution, the cloud-based Provation iPro.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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?

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

By  Ameet Sarpatwari , Alexander Egilman , and   Aaron S. Kesselheim Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Below are the citations for papers identified from the month of June.

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Amazon launches generative AI-based clinical documentation service

Healthcare Dive

With the release of HealthScribe, AWS is the latest tech giant to leverage the futuristic algorithms to streamline medical notetaking for physicians.

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St. Peter's Health's bumpy migration to Epic MyChart

Healthcare It News

Since its go-live in June, St. Peter's Health in Helena, Montana said that it has received feedback that patients are having trouble accessing their health information, scheduling appointments and processing referrals in MyChart. WHY IT MATTERS In June, St. Peter’s patients gained access to MyChart through an Epic Community Connect partnership with SCL Health, which is now part of Intermountain Health.

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MRO Satisfies Payer Medical Record Requests Automatically

MRO Compliance

Requests for medical records have grown enormously in recent years—and that’s as it should be. Because data allows for better decision-making, patient records are being requested by payers, communities of care, and patients themselves. However, this can sometimes be overwhelming for healthcare provider organizations that are now getting larger and larger volumes of requests from payers which inundate their systems.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Educating for Disability and Climate Change

Bill of Health

By David Liebmann Children starting kindergarten in 2023 will be 32 years old in 2050, the year the Paris Climate Accord signatories agreed to reach net zero carbon emissions. Those 32-year-olds will have grown up with signs of climate change appearing everywhere around them. They must learn enough in school about the changing global environment to lead themselves and the next generation into a livable future.

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PE ownership worsens quality, raises costs, according to BMJ review

Healthcare Dive

The analysis comes as private equity investments in healthcare soar and regulators look to crack down on roll-up acquisitions.

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Patients want health record access with usability, says Sequoia Project

Healthcare It News

In a new report released this week, researchers with the Sequoia Project showed how meaningful improvements in health information access for patients, caregivers and care partners are critical to boosting interoperability. WHY IT MATTERS During months of direct research, the Sequoia Project's Consumer Voices Workgroup facilitated discussions and polls focused on patient and provider experiences using electronic health record-based patient portals as the vehicle for accessing, using and shari

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Vendor notebook: Virtual care options on Google Cloud, AR surgical imaging and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

New healthcare technology innovations developed outside the box offer clinicians more tools, including cloud-based telehealth, remote lab testing for infections and enhanced imaging for surgical precision. Google Cloud adds Pager's virtual care platform Pager announced Monday that its 23 million-member-strong virtual care navigation and collaboration platform is available on Google Cloud Marketplace, which means its customers can now access cloud-based tools like artificial intelligence and

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The Role of Technology in Remote Patient Monitoring

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.

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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

The retail health landscape continues to grow, now with GNC Health offering a new program featuring telehealth and “curated set” of 40+ generic prescription drugs commonly used in urgent care settings. The services are available to members of GNC’s new-and-improved loyalty program, GNC PRO Access , which is priced at a fixed fee of $39.99 for one year’s membership.

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AWS’ head of health AI on Amazon’s new clinical documentation play

Healthcare Dive

AWS’ Tehsin Syed shared what differentiates HealthScribe from other AI-based medical scribes and how Amazon is approaching tricky questions of accuracy and responsibility around generative AI in healthcare.

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How proactive, predictive, AI-powered patient oversight can boost health outcomes

Healthcare It News

Healthcare information technologies like AI-driven decision support and patient outreach tools can enable hospitals and health systems to achieve improved outcomes through proactive, predictive patient oversight, some health IT experts contend. Why is proactive, predictive patient oversight important in today's healthcare industry? What role does AI-driven decision support play in this kind of patient oversight?

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Community Health Systems improves chronic condition outcomes with RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Community Health Systems operates more than 80 affiliated hospitals and more than 1,000 outpatient sites of care in 16 states. THE PROBLEM The massive health system recently set three goals: Improve patient outcomes by monitoring and actively managing patients with chronic diseases, with a specific focus on remote medication titration to get more patients to guidelines.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.