Tue.Jul 09, 2019

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Retail Pricing in U.S. Health Care? Why Transparency Is Hard to Do

Health Populi

“It’s the prices stupid,” Uwe Reinhardt and Gerard Anderson and colleagues asserted in the title their seminal Health Affairs manifesto on U.S. healthcare spending. Sixteen years later, yesterday on 8th July 2019, a Federal U.S. judge blocked , in the literal last-minute, a DHHS order mandating prescription drug companies to publish “retail prices” of medicines in direct-to-consumer TV ads.

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quip expands consumer dental supplies service with appointment browsing, booking app

Mobi Health News

quipcare and the premium quipcare+ will allow members to schedule professional dental services with upfront costs 30% to 40% less than average, the company said.

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Keeping ePHI Data Secure On Mobile Devices

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ken Lynch, founder and CEO, Reciprocity Labs. Healthcare providers are among the long list of service providers that have embraced the mobile technology revolution. Some healthcare providers are supplying mobile healthcare devices to their staff, and others have introduced the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program that allows their staff to bring their devices and […].

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Chinese medical AI startup Synyi raises $36.3M in Series C funding

Mobi Health News

Shanghai-based medical AI startup Synyi announced that it has raised RMB 250M ($36.3M) in Series C funding led by Chinese tech giant Tencent. Founded in 2016, Synyi started with Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities in the Chinese language and focused on hospitals’ demand for scientific research data, combining AI & HIT to create their first smart analytics platform.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Anesthesiologist indicted for alleged role in $7M telemedicine fraud case

FierceHealthIT

A New York anesthesiologist was indicted in a federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday for her alleged role in a telemedicine scheme that resulted in $7 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and private insurance plans.

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Appellate court has ACA's individual mandate in crosshairs after hearing

FierceHealthIT

A federal appeals court may be poised to deem the ACA’s individual mandate unconstitutional, but appeared to be on the fence about whether they believe that strikes down the entire law.

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dacadoo, Sleepfit partner to address sleep disorders

Mobi Health News

Digital health engagement platform dacadoo and Sydney-based digital health company Sleepfit have partnered to integrate sleep goals designed by Sleepfit on dacadoo.

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Gender bias persists in medicine, including surgery, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare professionals, including surgeons, have both implicit and explicit biases when it comes to gender and career roles, according to a new study. Those biases translate to associating men with careers and surgery, while women are associated with family and family medicine, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open.

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From start to finish, drug development could benefit from cloud computing

Mobi Health News

From streamlining operations to fine-tuning optimal treatments, the technology makes a business case for pharma.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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5 Steps Personal Trainers Can Take To Get More Clients

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Whether you’re aspiring to be a personal trainer or have already begun your career journey and are looking for ways to pick up some momentum, eventually, you’re going to wonder what steps you can take to get more clients. Luckily, with a bit of hard work and the right guidance, you’ll probably wind up with […].

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Precision healthcare startup GNS lands $23M from Cigna Ventures

Mobi Health News

Amgen Ventures, Celegene, Echo Health Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments and Gary Loveman also participated.

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Industry Voices—The case for arbitration in ending surprise medical bills

FierceHealthIT

An independent dispute resolution process could help insurers and doctors find a fair price without relying on the government to find the “right rate” that would not disrupt the delicate network of care.

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Partnership expanded to support early stage digital health companies

Mobi Health News

Entrepreneurs have until 5 August to submit their applications for the RYSE Digital Health Call.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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Jefferson Health teams up with startup NeuroFlow on digital platform for mental health

FierceHealthIT

One in 9 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The widespread scope of anxiety and depression, with a specific focus on postpartum, spurred Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health to begin offering a new digital health platform to help address patients' mental health.

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Is the health service turning over a new page with NHSX?

Mobi Health News

A week after the launch of NHSX, we take a look at what we know so far about the new unit.

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Women in senior IT roles earn more than men and 10 other key trends from the CHIME salary survey

FierceHealthIT

Contrary to trends in other sectors, women in senior healthcare IT executive positions earning about $30,000 more than their male counterparts in 2018, according to a survey of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives members.

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London accelerator expands partnership to support early stage digital health companies

Mobi Health News

Entrepreneurs have until 5 August to submit their applications for a new funding programme.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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!

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Industry Voices—As the Medicare Trust Fund barrels towards insolvency, bipartisan solutions are left on the table

FierceHealthIT

Reforming our country’s broken MSP process won’t fix Medicare all on its own, but it will hopefully provide a common-sense bipartisan solution to this problem.

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Why France's 2019 Health Bill will be key in harnessing health data for research

Lloyd Price

The access and use of personal health data for research purposes is increasingly receiving press attention. Undeniably, there are renewed possibilities of conducting health research by processing and cross-referencing large volumes of data through sophisticated algorithms. Thus, there is a growing necessity to access health databases, including genetic data collections.

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OIG: CMS needs to strengthen hospice oversight, transparency

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs to strengthen the oversight of its Medicare hospice program to protect beneficiaries, according to a newly released report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG).

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Partners Healthcare Biobank Surpasses 100,000 Participants

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

Through genotyping, researchers have been able to detect potential health issues for participants before any clinical symptoms were present

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

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.

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Cigna Ventures leads $23M funding round in precision medicine company GNS Healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Precision medicine company GNS Healthcare has raised $23 million in a series D fundraising round led by Cigna Ventures. Cigna Ventures plans to tap GNS’ technology and solutions to further advance whole-person health for clients, the company said.

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Harvard’s Emily Balskus Wins Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists

MedTech Boston

Emily Balskus, Ph.D., a chemical biologist at Harvard University, was named one of three laureates of the Blavatnik National. The post Harvard’s Emily Balskus Wins Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists appeared first on MedTech Boston.

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Federal judge blocks HHS rule requiring list prices in drug TV ads

FierceHealthIT

In his ruling, a federal judge said the Department of Health and Human Services rule would violate free speech and exceeded the agency’s statutory authority.

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Challenges and Triumphs of the Independent Practice – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/12 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Amanda Hansen from @AdvancedMD on the topic “Challenges and Triumphs of the Independent Practice” A major shift is slowly but surely taking place in healthcare, creating both challenges […].

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Industry Voices—How CEOs can compete as nontraditional partnerships reshape healthcare

FierceHealthIT

A prerequisite for any successful partnership—particularly one involving players that historically have not operated in the same subsector space, or even the health care sector at all—is to first know thyself.

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How Clinical Communications Technology Connects the Care Team In Complex Cases

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Mary Hatcher, Vice President of Product Development at PerfectServe. When multiple specialists and post-acute providers are serving the same patient, getting the right information to the right person in a timely manner becomes more challenging. Dozens of nurses and therapists. Several doctors. Various settings. The complexity adds […].

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MINES, TalkSpace team up to offer employees therapy via online messaging service

FierceHealthIT

Littleton, Colorado-based employee assistance program company MINES & Associates is partnering with telebehavioral health company Talkspace to offer counseling to employees via messaging.

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