Digital Health
APRIL 9, 2018
Katherine Chou is in many ways the quintessential Googler – super smart, a passion for computer science, an engineer through and through. On today’s episode of Tech Tonics, we’ll learn how this rock star at Google decided to turn her talents to healthcare, and hear what she’s discovered about healthcare, and herself, along the way. […].
Mobi Health News
APRIL 9, 2018
Capturing a patient’s experience outside the doctor’s office has been an ongoing struggle when it comes to treating Parkinson’s disease. But now a new smartphone app can now detect the severity of symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease remotely, according to a recent study published by JAMA.
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Health Populi
APRIL 9, 2018
U.S. consumers rank supermarkets, fast food chains, retailers, and banks as their top performing industries for experience according to the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings. Peoples’ experience with health plans rank at the bottom of the roster, on par with rental cars and TV/Internet service providers. If there is any good news for health plans in this year’s Temkin Experience Ratings compared to the 2017 results, it’s at the margin of “very poor” performance: last y
Mobi Health News
APRIL 9, 2018
Apple’s heart rate monitoring technology has come under fire after Anne Arbor, Michigan-based Omni MedSci filed a lawsuit against the tech giant for patent infringement. The suit — which was filed in US District Court, Eastern District Texas, Marshall Division — alleges that Apple willfully infringed on patent pending laser technology developed by Omni MedSci’s principal, Dr.
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FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
A new "Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge" spearheaded by the American Medical Association (AMA) and sponsored by Google, calls on digital health startups to find ways to leverage patient-generated date from wearables and apps into "accessible and actionable information." Three winners will be named in June.
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FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
States are increasingly taking action when it comes to drug prices but face stiff resistance from pharmaceutical companies. The FDA and Congress may be in a position to do something, though, experts say.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 9, 2018
Things aren't getting any better for Outcome Health, the digital health media company that recently settled a three-month legal battle over claims that the company misled its investors and defrauded its customers.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
The deal, which is expected to close by the end of 2018, would create a health giant with more than 700 facilities across 28 states. Both CEOs recently addressed details for the first time since announcing the proposed deal in December.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 9, 2018
Helsinki, Finland-based Kaiku Health, which offers digital patient monitoring and patient-reported outcome services designed for several medical specialties, has announced $5.4 million (4.4 million euros) in Series A financing.
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FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
The main Medicare payment advisers to Congress have mulled a proposal to solidify and expand an incentive payment for accountable care organizations (ACOs), which could lead organizations to take on more risk. This week, MedPAC proposed a 5% increase to bonus payments for advance alternative payment models under MACRA.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 9, 2018
Need advice? Study says look to the web. A free web-based decision aid that aims to help women with breast cancer make choices about their reconstruction surgery could help save money, according to a new study published in Psycho-Oncology. The study, which took place in Australia, looked at 106 women who used the online service, called BRECONDA, and 116 women who received the standard of care.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
The Department of Health and Human Services urged a Washington, D.C., district court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by medical records request company Ciox Health, arguing that the company's status as a business associate falls outside of HIPAA enforcement. The agency also said 2016 guidance challenged by Ciox "imposes no independent legal obligations of its own.
Morning eHealth
APRIL 9, 2018
Lyft happy with CMS payment rule — Opioid hearings with health IT relevance
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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
APRIL 9, 2018
The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Please Note: CCHP has a pending legislation/regulation web page located at the following link: [link]. LEGISLATION. Pending Legislation. State Bill Number Status Summary.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
Hospitals in New Hampshire have agreed to kick in $50 million toward the state's opioid epidemic efforts, just the latest example of hospitals taking significant steps toward addressing the crisis.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 9, 2018
Hypoglycemia unawareness is a terrifying reality for many individuals living with Type 1 diabetes. This occurs when individuals can no longer sense the symptoms of low blood sugar, which can lead to seizures, coma, and even death. Affected individuals may be benefit from islet cell transplant, according to new research. sponsor. Dr. Nancy Bridges, chief of transplantation at the U.S.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
A federal judge in Alabama ruled that an antitrust suit against the Chicago-headquartered insurer will proceed. The judge called the Blue Cross Blue Shield branded plans "at least as anticompetitive" as other agreements struck down by the Supreme Court.
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This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!
Insulin Nation
APRIL 9, 2018
This piece, written by Emily Kopp, Sydney Lupkin, and Elizabeth Lucas, originally appeared on Kaiser Health News , which authorized the republication. Pharmaceutical companies gave at least $116 million to patient advocacy groups in a single year, reveals a new database logging 12,000 donations from large publicly traded drugmakers to such organizations.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
Healthcare providers failed to meet outcomes-based payment goals they set for themselves in 2015, according to a new survey. Providers have been slow to adopt more financial risk, and their savings from such arrangements have been minimal.
ACA Times
APRIL 9, 2018
4 minute read: Originally published on April 4, 2018 in Employee Benefit Adviser. Advisers beware: Affordable Care Act penalties are being assessed by the IRS and the enforcement process is ongoing. Letter 226J is the penalty assessment notice that the IRS is sending to Applicable Large Employers—that is employers with 50 or more full-time or equivalent employees.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
A new GAO report calls on CMS to provide more oversight of researchers and qualified entities that access Medicare data, after an audit found the agency rarely provides specific guidance to those partners to ensure they have met minimum security standards.
Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist
If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
Olympic gymnasts who hope to protect other women from the kind of abuse they suffered at the hands of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar are backing legislation in California. The proposed law would make California the first state to require doctors to inform patients if they are on probation for wrongdoing, including sexual misconduct.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
Hospital and health system merger and acquisition activity in the first quarter of 2018 exceeded the number of deals during the same period the last two years. The recently announced merger of Mission Health and HCA Healthcare continues an upward trend in the size of transactions, as well.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
HHS has officially appointed Landmark Health CEO Adam Boehler to take over the CMS Innovation Center, which is in the midst of a transformation. Meanwhile, BCBS of Massachusetts goes digital and Jamie Dimon speaks out about the Amazon/Berkshire/JPMorgan venture.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
Last year HHS and the DOJ netted over $2 billion from healthcare fraud cases, down from previous years. The report is the first under the Trump administration and follows the agency's new focus on using data analytics in enforcement.
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FierceHealthIT
APRIL 9, 2018
States will soon have an easier time restructuring essential health benefit requirements thanks to a new rule by the Trump administration. Critics say the rollback will lead to higher prices and damage patient safety, while CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the regulation would give insurers more flexibility to innovate.
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