Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 10, 2022

House of Representatives approved an omnibus spending bill late Wednesday night that extends temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. With the passage of the bill , which now heads to the U.S. The mammoth $1.5 Industry groups and advocates cheered the provisions. ON THE RECORD.

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Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2023

Second in priority for this audience was the slow adoption of information technology (among 71%), followed by cybersecurity threats which tied with health equity and techquity among about 2 in 3 respondents — still urgent, along with clinician shortage and burnout challenges which ranked a very close 5th place for urgency.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2024

In December, SCAN Group, a mission-driven organization whose holdings include SCAN Health Plan, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage Plans, made a strategic investment in Dina. SCAN is also a Dina customer.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Dr. Sameer Ather, Co-Founder and CEO at XpertDox A major concern in health IT is cybersecurity. To mitigate this, continuous investment in cybersecurity measures and adding modern security and compliance protocols is essential. The increase in digital data handling along with AI technologies raises the stakes for data breaches.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

How to shore up telehealth cybersecurity. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offered wide latitude around telehealth regulation and reimbursement in the early days of the COVID-19 emergency. How to optimize RPM for physicians. How to navigate a new policy landscape.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

Now, the question becomes : How many of those changes, particularly regarding temporary waivers issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will become permanent? Among other provisions, the act would eliminate most geographic and originating site restrictions on the use of telehealth in Medicare. " asked Leary.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare. Every healthcare stakeholder needs to say out loud what we all know to be true—that the way we reimburse ambulatory clinicians under Medicare is fundamentally broken and in need of a major structural overhaul.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

To a hacker or bad actor, one person’s medical file holds the information necessary to commit many crimes, including identity theft, the misuse of Medicare or Medicaid benefits, and even filling existing prescriptions for controlled substances. Healthcare’s most valuable data is their patient or policyholder data.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The GAO investigation was focused on urging the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take steps to mitigate these risks. Concerning CMS telehealth, the GAO found privacy and security risks associated with Medicare, including issues such as the unauthorized disclosure of medical records.

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Redox

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Top stories Health systems will increase 2024 IT budgets More than 85% of health systems are boosting next year’s spend on digital health and IT projects, with cybersecurity and EHR modernization topping the list.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2024

I’ll leave you with thoughts on patients’ access to medicines, already a stress-inducing issue for families whether dealing with sick kids or older folks managing Medicare Part D and cash in retirement.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

Anatomy IT expanded its Security Suite to align with NIST’s five core cybersecurity functions. People Medicare ACO Vytalize Health appointed Sherry Slick as Chief Information Officer and Charles Colligan as Chief Financial Officer. Health information network Availity appointed Sean Barrett as Chief Product Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

This is due in large part to increased expenses (from 25$ for labor to 90% for maintenance) and revenue reductions from denials (more than 20% from commercial plans and nearly 60% from Medicare Advantage plans). Cybersecurity tops the list of investment priorities, followed by EHR modernization, virtual / digital care, and AI.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 31, 2022

Sold on the dark web, healthcare data is used for false identification documents and to make false Medicare claims, amongst other things. For example: Scripps Health suffered a massive cybersecurity attack in May 2021. The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act, a bipartisan bill, was introduced to the Senate in March.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Medicare Advantage costs are 12% lower than similar beneficiaries covered under fee-for-service Medicare, according to research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School. Risk management vendor Censinet, KLAS Research, the AHA, and others are launching Wave 3 of The Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 22, 2023

Prior to that, he held leadership positions at Accolade Health (personalized care delivery navigation and advocacy), nuVizz (hospital system logistics), and Pinn (healthcare cybersecurity). Sharma is also credited with pioneering Microsoft’s entry into mobile digital media and running the largest P&L at Samsung Mobile.

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Redox

JULY 31, 2023

cut in physician fees The proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2024 has landed, igniting backlash from many industry groups. Read more A new fix for telemedicine SDK security flaws With help from two cybersecurity firms, QuickBlox has designed a new, secure architecture and API to remediate critical vulnerabilities.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This problem is only made worse by the silver tsunami of 10K baby boomers aging into Medicare coverage every day. Read more… Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector. Cyberattacks are forever on the rise, making it crucial that we have good cybersecurity. Sam Manjarres, Sr.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Clearwater is partnering with 25m Health to develop a cybersecurity and compliance program for health tech startups. Mental health service provider Brightside Health expanded Medicare and Medicaid coverage with payers in more than a dozen states.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Cybersecurity is rightly a top concern for providers. Further, the right interoperable healthcare solutions and revenue cycle performance services can reduce the risk of Medicare Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Meaningful Use Stage 3 (MU3) penalties. It can also reduce the number of days in accounts receivable for health systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

A study of Medicare beneficiaries published in JAMA Psychiatry and co-authored by CDC, CMS, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that emergency-authorized telehealth services for treating opioid use disorder during the pandemic was associated with improved medication retention and lower odds of medically treated overdose.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This list would include major healthcare payers like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Tricare, public health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Education, which coordinates supportive health services for some student populations.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

News HHS released a set of Cybersecurity Performance Goals. Increased utilization of physical therapy for Medicare patients with knee and hip pain reduces healthcare costs by up to $4,000 annually , according to the latest research from Luna.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 31, 2023

As a result, Wellth’s health plan and provider clients have measured drastic cost savings, and Medicare Advantage plans have achieved higher Star ratings. Our key sectors include AI/ML, developer tools, healthcare, and cybersecurity, with notable investments such as Frame.io , Grammarly, Flock Freight, Ro and Stampli. With over $1.8

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. Comments Comments. Comments Comments.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. Comments Comments. Comments Comments.

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HIPAA Medicare Healthcare Cybersecurity HIE 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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HIPAA Medicare Healthcare Cybersecurity HIE 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. CMS has a communications problem.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JUNE 8, 2022

Boullon, CEO of Argus Medical Management, LLC., which provides all practice management services to physicians in the ProHealth model.

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

Earlier in the SGP report, physicians listed key problems with telehealth, which included privacy (explaining policies to patients), cybersecurity risks, lack of data for care continuity, patient literacy with digital technology, and to be sure, reimbursement and payment parity, among other challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

As healthcare organizations turn to edge computing to support the hospital at home and other types of remote care, most rely on outside help, according to the 2023 AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report: Edge Computing. Among organizations surveyed, 64% rely on external expertise for project planning and 71% do so for production.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 6, 2023

New Medicare program requirements, hospital incentive programs and better internal coordination are all at the heart of the Biden administration’s strategy to bolster cybersecurity within the healt | A new healthcare cybersecurity concept paper outlines the Biden administration's plans to, among other goals, secure additional funding and authority (..)

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GlobalMed

JUNE 16, 2021

Medicare has also dramatically loosened its restrictions on telehealth coverage. Telehealth and Cybersecurity: Is Your Crisis Solution Putting You at Risk? Now that the industry has witnessed and accepted the clinical validity of telehealth, payers are following suit. We can help you discover the right telemedicine solution for you.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured. This also brought other challenges such as cybersecurity concerns, which also were addressed.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. CMS has a communications problem.

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