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How COVID-19 is Changing Telemedicine Reimbursement

GlobalMed

HHS has created new guidelines on HIPAA requirements – and modified HIPAA’s Privacy Rule stating that covered entities use only secure methods of communication for telehealth visits.to. CMS has changed some of their reimbursement rules, such as now reimbursing telehealth visits regardless of the originating site of the patient.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. This selection focuses on collecting and understanding data, using it to create information that can be used to improve health and healthcare. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here. Comments Comments.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. This selection focuses on collecting and understanding data, using it to create information that can be used to improve health and healthcare. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here. Comments Comments.

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Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce issue joint statement for healthcare interoperability

Lloyd Price

Interoperability is an overlapping set of technical and policy challenges, from data access to common data models to information exchange to workflow integration – and these challenges often pose a barrier to healthcare innovation. Today, as health IT community leaders get together at the CMS Blue Button 2.0

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

The company's work in healthcare has spanned cloud computing, cybersecurity and precision medicine. This year, the company announced an initiative, Healthcare NExT, to create products for medical providers and patients with the goal of accelerating healthcare innovation using artificial intelligence and cloud services.