Medisys Compliance

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In recent years, outsourcing has quickly expanded as a trend in the healthcare sector. The global medical outsourcing industry will reach $449.6 billion by 2023, predicts a 2019 market analysis. Despite the fact that many practices prefer the skill and knowledge of in-house staff to those of an outside stakeholder, the complex and constantly evolving healthcare environment makes it challenging for a small in-house team to properly keep on top of all the best practices for medical billing.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 30, 2022

While occupational burnout among clinicians is higher relative to the U.S. workforce, the American Medical Association and its research partners have been monitoring career disengagement through the pandemic, which it says is at an all-time high. But last year, AMA recognized Children’s Primary Care Medical Group in San Diego, among 44 health systems cited for emphasizing professional well-being, for implementing a peer-support program and a well-being committee to address burnout.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 27, 2022

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 November.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Recent statistics show more than 20% of healthcare costs resulting from emergency department utilization, hospitalizations and hospital readmissions can be attributed to just 1% of patients. THE PROBLEM. In 2017, University of Virginia Health's 30-day readmission rate for patients with complex and costly medical conditions was as high as 17% to 18% per year.

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MRO Compliance

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Follow the (Medical) Record: Leadership with Jason Brown. On this episode, host Don Hardwick interviews Jason Brown, CEO of MRO. They discuss Jason’s background, how his experiences lead to leadership, and a look back at his first year as CEO of MRO. HealthcareNOW Radio Podcast Network · Follow the (Medical) Record: Jason Brown, CEO of MRO.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 30, 2022

According to the study published in npj Digital Medicine, high scores for depressive symptoms and lower-than-excellent self-rated health were associated with less smartwatch use.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Recently, the Journal of Medical Internet Research published some significant data highlighting the efficacy of psychiatric care delivered through telehealth: Those in the treatment group were 4.3 times more likely to have suicidal ideation remission. This is noteworthy because telehealth has not traditionally been equipped to treat those with the most severe symptoms of mental health due to the oversight necessary to actually provide safe, effective treatment, said Dr.

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NEJM

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Though unable to swallow safely after aspiration pneumonia, Uncle David, whose developmental disability included intractable seizures, was discharged with no nutritional support — a decision steeped in unwitting ableism.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Elena Viboch, partner at General Catalyst, discusses her predictions for biotech and health tech investing and how startups can grow in a more constrained economic environment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 27, 2022

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. To further understand telehealth's impact in recent years and looking ahead, MedStar Health experts in connected care transformation and research are serving as co-principal investigators of two related Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grant awards: Dr.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Becoming patient centric in your organization isn’t something that you can do all at once. It’s a slow process that requires you to think about the patient experience in every single aspect of your organization. This is especially important when you are establishing new practices in your organization, such as when you’re integrating digital transformation.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Penalties for HIPAA violations can be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general. In addition to financial penalties, covered entities are required to adopt a corrective action plan to bring policies and procedures up to the standards demanded by HIPAA. . The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 placed a number of requirements on HIPAA-covered entities to safeguard the Protected Health Information

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Compliance Now

DECEMBER 30, 2022

By: Jessica Waltman, Principal, Forward Health Consulting. On December 23, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA23) was signed into law. While this legislation does not include as many health provisions as the CAA of 2021, it does include the anticipated relief on telehealth coverage offered through qualified High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) that pair with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Execs said investors will focus on companies with evidence of market fit, established business models and those achieving measurable health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A lot of public health depends on measuring proxies for health, such as checking the level of COVID-19 in waste water as a cheap, accurate and (importantly) privacy-preserving way to determine how widespread the disease is in a municipality. Recently, Poppy Health has created a clever technology to determine how well buildings are protecting people from air-borne diseases.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Plaintiffs in a consolidated class action lawsuit against Meta recently sought an injunction against Meta to stop the company from collecting and transmitting data collected from the websites of healthcare providers through Meta Pixel tracking code. The plaintiffs claim the use of Meta Pixel code on appointment scheduling pages and patient portals allows sensitive information, including patient communications, to be collected and monetized by Meta, which violates federal and state privacy laws.

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Compliance Now

DECEMBER 28, 2022

By: Jessica Waltman, Principal, Forward Health Consulting. Late in the afternoon on December 23, 2022, the Administration issued Affordable Care Act FAQ #56 , and in doing so gave a little holiday gift to all group health plans nationwide. The guidance establishes limited deadline and enforcement relief for the 2020 and 2021 Prescription Drug Data Collection (RxDC) submissions that were due by December 27, 2022.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Ian Shakil, founder, director and chief strategy officer at Augmedix, discusses the company's role in the evolution of medical documentation.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Too often in talking about digital transformation, we only look to the future. Merely speculating as to how it will impact the world of healthcare once x gets developed. Too little do we take a look at the work that has already been done in this field to examine the impact it has already had. So that is what we will be doing today. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Community to hear their thoughts on the digital front door and how it has already transformed healthcare.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Morley Companies has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of individuals affected by a major data breach that occurred on or around August 1, 2022. A fund of $4.3 million has been created to cover claims from individuals affected by the data breach. On or around August 1, 2021, Morley Companies, a Saignaw, MI-based provider of business services, suffered a cyberattack in which hackers gained access to parts of its network.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 28, 2022

XBB COVID variant presents a unique threat: study. fdiamond. Wed, 12/28/2022 - 11:11.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Drug development platform Quris raised another $9 million, and PharmStars is accepting applications for its accelerator cohort focused on women's health and health equity.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The following is a guest article by Marcus Mossberger, Future of Work Strategist at Infor. If the wrong technology can make a healthcare worker’s life miserable, the right technology can do the opposite. Find out how the right technology can improve retention during the “Great Resignation.” . Virtually every study on healthcare worker burnout and turnover cites technology as one of the leading culprits.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A settlement has been proposed by Scripps Health to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit – In Re: Scripps Health Data Incident Litigation – to resolve all claims related to its 2021 ransomware attack. In April 2021, Scripps Health suffered a ransomware attack that was reported to the Department of Health and Human Services as affecting 147,267 patients.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.