Thu.Jul 26, 2018

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WebMD now available in China, Sanofi and Nutrino team up, and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

WebMD goes to China. WebMD is teaming up with Chinese tech giant Tencent in a deal that would introduce the health information platform to Asia. This means that WebMD’s services will be translated into Chinese and localized to suit the Chinese population.

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AI wearable snap40 lands $8M

Mobi Health News

This morning Scottish artificial intelligence healthcare company snap40 revealed that it closed an $8 million seed funding round led by ADV, with participation from MMC Ventures and other private investors.

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Walgreens launches 'Find Care Now,' a digital platform for connecting customers to healthcare providers

Mobi Health News

Walgreens Boots Alliance has launched a new digital platform, available through its mobile app and website, called Find Care Now. The service is designed to be a curated way to connect customers to a range of healthcare providers that Walgreens has partnered with, including telemedicine companies, digital-enabled house call companies, and more traditional providers.

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Why the Lights Went Out At Lantern, And What We Can Learn From It

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Paddy Padmanabhan, founder and CEO, Damo Consulting, and author of “The Big Unlock“ “We’re sad to say goodbye.” That was the subject line of the message from Lantern, a behavioral health startup whose app and coaching services I had used for a while.

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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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Mental health app Lantern cuts majority of its staff, plans to end commercial operations

Mobi Health News

San Francisco-based Lantern — a web and mobile platform offering cognitive behavioral therapy and mental health coaching to consumers, employers, and payers — will be laying off the majority of its staff as the company moves to taper its current commercial arrangements, CEO and cofounder Alejandro Foung told MobiHealthNews.

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Ciitizen raises $3M for personal health records, soon to open private beta

Mobi Health News

Ciitizen, the health records tech company founded by ex-Appler Anil Sethi, has raised $3 million from Andreessen Horowitz's a16z Bio Fund. While Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Vijay Pande confirmed the investment in a blog post, the amount was reported by CNBC and hasn't been confirmed by MobiHealthNews.

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GAO audit finds CMS oversight of $171B in Medicaid managed care payments lacking

FierceHealthIT

Despite the program integrity risks associated with managed care organizations, CMS's oversight of the Medicaid program has focused disproportionately on fee-for-service arrangements, GAO says.

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Pharmacokinetic study of Proteus' ingestible sensor paves way for clinical trials of HIV prevention drug

Mobi Health News

Proteus Digital Health’ pitch to track adherence using sensor-equipped pills has found another audience in the HIV prevention community.

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Azar: HHS 'undeterred' by court decision striking down Kentucky's Medicaid work requirements 

FierceHealthIT

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the agency will continue to approve state waiver requests for work requirements in Medicaid, and that it will "take learnings" from a judge's ruling striking down such a program in Kentucky.

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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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CMS drops new payment rule

Morning eHealth

Latest scuffles over VA — In Congress

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Doctors tell lawmakers: Don’t scrap MIPS

FierceHealthIT

While the new Medicare payment system for physicians has flaws that need to be fixed, doctors were unanimous about one thing: They don’t want to see it scrapped.

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Finally a Book that Gets Diabetes Right

Insulin Nation

How many times have we seen or heard something like, “I ate so much I’m going to give myself diabetes” or “I need to get to the gym so I don’t get diabetes” as if it’s a choice we all make. And you can’t help but cringe when you watching medical or crime shows: someone is having a violent seizure and it looks like all hope is lost, but suddenly a doctor is near and valiantly, heroically, epically, they inject…. … insulin.

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3 Ways Healthcare Engagement Models Differ From Other Industries

Hinduja Global Solutions

3 Ways Healthcare Engagement Models Differ From Other Industries. By Austin Ridgeway, Director, HGS Healthcare. There has been a lot of buzz in recent years about what retail can teach healthcare about consumer engagement. Now it’s time to walk the talk, with many watching and learning from disruption, like the up-and-coming Berkshire-Amazon-JP Morgan venture.

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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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Hospital groups decry 'draconian' cuts proposed by CMS in OPPS rule

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its annual proposed rule setting outpatient payment rates, and industry groups are weighing in on plans for site-neutral payments and changes to the 340B program.

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Study: Engaging patients in co-design works. Join us at our conference!

Society for Participatory Medicine

A new article in the open access BMC journal Implementation Science reviewed 48 articles about involving patients in projects that redesigned small and large parts of healthcare delivery. Conclusion: higher levels of engaging patients in the work led to higher level results from the project – “enhanced care processes or service delivery and governance” – the kind of thing you’d hire big fancy consultants to do.

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Physician Practice Roundup—Hard hit by wildfires, California doctors remain in practice and more news

FierceHealthIT

More than 250 physicians in California lost their homes to last year's wildfires but have stayed in practice; women in healthcare say gender equality in the industry has a long way to go; and more physician practice news.

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Payer Roundup—As midterms approach, pre-existing conditions are a top healthcare issue for voters

FierceHealthIT

A recent poll asked voters about several hot-button issues around healthcare. Plus, House Democrats have set their sights on drug prices, and Mainers eligible for Medicaid under expansion begin to enroll in coverage as they await a state Supreme Court decision.

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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!