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With new FDA clearance, Abbott Freestyle Libre users can ditch handheld readers for an app

Mobi Health News

The clearance brings US readers a feature long available in Europe, and paves the way for data plays.

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Revolutionizing Medicine with Artificial Intelligence

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Claire Whittaker, CEO, Artificially Intelligent Claire. In today’s world, we have access to more data than ever before. Analysis of big data is allowing us to solve ever more complicated problems at scale in a way that was not previously possible. It’s a revolution. Now it’s time to use the revolution of artificial intelligence in medicine. […].

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CMS finalizes rule for remote patient monitoring reimbursement under Medicare

Mobi Health News

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said that the remote monitoring change and others would promote care innovation and reduce provider burden.

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

Health Populi

Among people who have health insurance, managing the costs of their medical care doesn’t rank as a top frustration. Instead, attending to health and wellbeing, staying true to an exercise regime, maintaining good nutrition, and managing stress top U.S. consumers’ frustrations — above managing the costs of care not covered by insurance.

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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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LabCorp throws its hat into the D2C health test ring

Mobi Health News

Pixel by LabCorp's mail-away screens offer insights on heart health, diabetes, colorectal cancer and general wellness.

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UnitedHealthcare improves, broadens reach of digital tools ahead of open enrollment

Mobi Health News

Improved features include interactive data analytics, digital onboarding, point of care prescription information and personalized videos explaining claims.

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Report: Hospital bankruptcies skyrocketed in past 2 years

FierceHealthIT

The healthcare industry diverges from the broader economy in its level of “distress,” which is far higher than other sectors, according to a new report.

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Gesture monitor Klue launches Type 1 diabetes feature

Mobi Health News

The new feature will give users reminders about administering insulin or bolus.

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Judge sets timetable for HHS to clear its Medicare appeals backlog

FierceHealthIT

A federal judge has agreed to set a deadline for HHS to clear out its Medicare claims appeal backlog. The American Hospital Association has been pushing the agency to more quickly eliminate the backlog for more than four years in the courts.

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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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Livongo to launch voice interface, free medication program; announces Applied Health System framework

Mobi Health News

The company's strategy to "cut out the noise" of healthcare data involves aggregation, interpretation, application, and iteration.

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Shareholder suit claims Anthem executives ignored risks of Cigna merger

FierceHealthIT

Already ensnared in a bitter legal battle with Cigna over $14 billion in breakup costs, Anthem's top brass is facing a new shareholder lawsuit alleging the board of directors and former CEO Joseph Swedish ignored "insurmountable barriers" to the merger's approval.

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AdhereTech raises growth equity round to scale, improve smart pill bottle-based adherence platform

Mobi Health News

Six large pharma customers have seen an average of one to two extra prescription fills per patient per year.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago (see more on my thoughts about the Anthem breach here), as well as OCR’

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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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Dan Best, senior drug pricing official at HHS, dies

FierceHealthIT

Dan Best, the official spearheading HHS' efforts to lower drug prices, has died, the agency announced on Thursday.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago (see more on my thoughts about the Anthem breach here), as well as OCR’

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Update on Inhaled Insulin

Insulin Nation

In this period, glucose levels may fluctuate considerably. Inhaled insulin starts working more quickly and peaks in less than one hour. Diabetes in Control reports on a recent 60-participant study that investigated the effect of multiple inhalations versus previous studies of one before-meal inhalation in conjunction with an injection (Novolog). The study used continuous glucose monitoring, to report on ‘time-in-range, prandial glucose excursions (the difference between highest CGM glucose and

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago (see more on my thoughts about the Anthem breach here), as well as OCR’

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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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Address Inflammatory Disease with Walnuts in Your Diet

Christina's Considerations

Holiday entertaining is around the corner and every year we say we want to choose healthier options; but do we? I have a bowl of black walnuts from California sitting on my counter, a gift from a thoughtful young lady's.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago (see more on my thoughts about the Anthem breach here), as well as OCR’

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – October 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The following attachment is a list of legislative and regulatory updates compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee). Please Note: CCHP has a pending legislation/regulation web page located at the following link: [link]. Click the image below to view the full PDF update.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago (see more on my thoughts about the Anthem breach here), as well as OCR’

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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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New home health rule, and other HHS happenings

Morning eHealth

Business watch — Genetic privacy raises concerns

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago, as well as OCR’s release of a new and improved security risk assessme

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Cigna's third-quarter profits reach $772M as it finalizes Express Scripts merger

FierceHealthIT

CEO David Cordani highlighted several ratings and rankings that, he said, reflect the company's dedication to its customers and clients—and that acquiring Express Scripts will only help it serve members more.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago, as well as OCR’s release of a new and improved security risk assessme

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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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Physician Practice Roundup—Technology companies selling doctors information about patients

FierceHealthIT

Doctors that want more information about their patients—from whether they buy healthy food to whether they own a dog—now have that type of data available.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Takeaways

Health Blawg

At the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a number of cybersecurity tips were published by OCR (the office within HHS that enforces HIPAA). These are timely and important reminders, relevant to everyone in the regulated community of covered entities and business associates, particularly in light of OCR’s recent settlement agreement with Anthem in connection with its major breach of a couple years ago, as well as OCR’s release of a new and improved security risk assessme

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With more than $1B in Q3 profits, Express Scripts confident heading into Cigna merger

FierceHealthIT

Following months of excitement around an acquisition by Cigna and being the subject of multiple lawsuits, the pharmacy benefit manager is optimistic about the months ahead and integration with its new parent company.

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