Healthcare Dive
JULY 3, 2024
Experts predict a wave of litigation will follow the Chevron ruling, which raised the bar for healthcare agencies when implementing laws with unclear intent.
Healthcare It News
JULY 1, 2024
Emory Healthcare constantly is evolving and innovating the care it provides. With regard to at-home physical therapy providers, the health system was intrigued to understand how it could expand its service offerings for outpatient care. THE PROBLEM Especially in the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the way Emory thinks about off-site care and forced the health system to reinvent not only how it diagnoses patients, but also how it treats them nonoperatively.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 3, 2024
Cleveland Clinic is working with Masimo on a new partnership focused on hospital-based remote patient monitoring and virtual critical care. WHY IT MATTERS The work will include the integration of Cleveland Clinic's critical care and non-critical care central patient monitoring platforms with Masimo's Hospital Automation platform, according to the company, in an effort to provide tools for clinicians that offer "enhanced situational awareness and clinical decision-support for hospita
MRO Compliance
JULY 3, 2024
Norristown, Pa. — July 3, 2024 — MRO Corp. (MRO), the leading clinical data exchange company in healthcare, has been ranked as the top performer in 2024 Release of Information & Secure Provider Data Exchange by Black Book Market Research for the highest financial system user experience and satisfaction. Black Book Market Research recognized the top technology and managed services finance and revenue cycle management (RCM) companies at the recent Healthcare Financial Management Association (H
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Healthcare Dive
JULY 2, 2024
More employers than ever are focusing on mental health benefits. Congress must invest more and act soon to reauthorize telehealth extensions before it’s too late, argues the director of health policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 5, 2024
Queensland Virtual Hospital extends to emergency care The Queensland state government has set aside A$27 million ($18 million) to expand the Queensland Virtual Hospital's services to cover emergency care. Based on a media release, the new Virtual Emergency Care Service will cater to non-life-threatening urgent conditions, including acute respiratory illnesses, allergic reactions, rashes, bites, pain, infections, burns, children with fevers, gastroenteritis, and vertigo.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 1, 2024
Digital primary care startup K Health raised $50 million in an equity funding round to build out its AI-powered medical services and fuel its growth, the company announced Monday. | Digital primary care startup K Health raised $50 million in an equity funding round to build out its AI-powered medical services and fuel its growth, the company announced Monday.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 3, 2024
The survey, which included low-income people in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Texas, found about half of those who were no longer enrolled in Medicaid became uninsured.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 3, 2024
A cyberattack on Texas Retina Associates has affected more than 312,000 patients, Human Technology Inc., has confirmed that patient data has been compromised in a cyberattack, and the Monti ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Wayne Memorial Hospital. Texas Retina Associates Cyberattack Affects 312,000 Patients Texas Retina Associates, the largest ophthalmology practice in Texas, has announced that there has been unauthorized access to its internal systems and the pot
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 5, 2024
The digital divide affects patient access, but digital therapeutics and advocacy can break common barriers to care, says Tanisha Hill, founder and president of the Digital Health for Equitable Health Alliance.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 3, 2024
To address behavioral health access barriers for students, California launched a program to offer incentive payments to Medi-Cal managed care plans to build capacity for behavioral health services in K-12 schools.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 2, 2024
A former employee at vendor Nuance Communications accessed patient data two days after being terminated, according to the health system. The employee is facing federal charges.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 1, 2024
Population health programs are challenging because patient populations are diverse, and patient data is spread across a wide variety of sources and locations. At the core of any population health effort is the need for data that helps clinicians to first assess a patient’s risk and second connect with that patient in a meaningful way that improves their health.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 2, 2024
Virtual care is comparable to in-person substance use disorder treatment and lowers the cost of treatment for substance misuse, said Dr. Yusuf Sherwani, CEO and cofounder of Pelago.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 1, 2024
As its stack of unpaid vendor obligations climbed, now-bankrupt Steward Health Care paid private investigators millions of dollars to follow and uncover compromising information on individuals | An investigative report details a "spare no expenses mission" in which executives authorized intelligence firms to allegedly follow, data mine and disseminate damaging information about individuals viewed as opponents.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 2, 2024
The divestiture will only go through if UnitedHealth and Amedisys complete their merger, which was announced last summer but has been held up amid scrutiny from the Department of Justice.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 1, 2024
NextGen Healthcare expands the capabilities of its AI-driven ambient listening technology ( Ambient Assist ) and introduces a tailored solution for small practices. NextGen clients now have access to decision support tools, speciality-specific modules, and Spanish language support. To learn more about NextGen’s recent announcement , Healthcare IT Today reached out to NextGen and spoke with Srinivas (Sri) Velamoor, the company’s President & Chief Operating Officer.
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HIPAA Journal
JULY 3, 2024
A Seattle, WA, plastic surgery practice has been ordered to pay a financial penalty of $5 million to the Office of the Washington Attorney General to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Washington Consumer Protection Act (CPA), and the federal Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA). Dr. Javad Sajan, the owner of Allure Esthetic, has offices in Washington and other states and provides surgical and non-surgical plastic and cosmetic surgery pr
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 3, 2024
A recent proposal to report prior authorization to insurance plans through CPT codes was withdrawn at the eleventh hour when its physician advocate made an unexpected discovery: For certain codes a | The advocate for a plan to reimburse physicians for time spent on rigorous claims learned that six CPT codes already include language about prior authorization.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 2, 2024
The federal investigation follows multiple state inquiries into Prospect’s business practices last year.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 5, 2024
Altera Digital Health has run an operation in multiple Canadian provinces for more than 38 years, according to Michael Kearney, Vice President of Operations in Canada. They partner closely with clients there to implement their cloud-based Sunrise EHR , their dbMotion data integration platform, and more. While many in the Healthcare IT Today community likely know Altera, Sunrise, and dbMotion from their work in the US, it’s great to learn the work they’re doing to address the health I
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Becker's Health IT
JULY 1, 2024
Mass General Brigham has terminated two employees for allowing another individual to perform their duties, resulting in a breach of some patients' protected health information.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 1, 2024
OptumRx will pay $20 million to resolve claims the company violated the Controlled Substances Act by improperly filling certain opioid prescriptions, the Department of Justice recently announced.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 2, 2024
The primary care chain is now focused on its Florida market, which includes 80 medical centers.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 2, 2024
As we continue to put more and more of our very sensitive healthcare data into the digital space, our cybersecurity becomes all that more important. This importance has been a hot topic recently due to the Change Healthcare outage. While I’m sure this event caused a lot of organizations to check in on and strengthen their own cybersecurity, we need to make sure that this is an action being mirrored by all vendors and providers.
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