KevinMD
MAY 23, 2018
Say we met ten years ago. And you asked me: Would health care delivery be more complicated in the future? I would've said, "No, it would be simpler!" Pointing you to technology trends, I would’ve told you that health care transactions will indeed become more automated, much simpler. Repeatable administrative tasks would be tech-enabled and algorithm-driven.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
Home care technology company ClearCare has launched Home Connect API, a new technology that will allow home care agencies to connect directly to health plans and hospitals for referrals, care management, and billing.
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Morning eHealth
MAY 23, 2018
Funding, other congressional matters — Athenahealth corporate maneuvering continues
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a slew of new bills that seek to increase access to telemedicine treatment for patients with substance abuse disorders. The proposed bills, three of which are telehealth-focused, are expected to be wrapped into a larger legislative package by the Senate Finance Committee and then undergo the markup process in the near future.
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FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
There's plenty of work to be done in informing patients about precision medicine, according to a new survey from the Personalized Medicine Coalition. But when patients are given more details, they're embracing the treatment options personalized healthcare can provide.
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Health System CIO
MAY 23, 2018
With the major pieces — legislation, technology, and consumer expectations — all starting to fall into place, the time to start thinking about telehealth is now, says Bill Russell.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
New York and Palo Alto, California-based MemoryMD have recently received FDA clearance for a disposable 19-channel EEG headset, called the NeuroCap.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that premiums in the ACA exchange market will jump by double digits next year, mainly driven by the GOP's repeal of the individual mandate.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
Buoy Health, an online platform that uses an AI chatbot as a gateway into healthcare treatment, has teamed up with Circulation, a technology startup that helps connect patients in need of medical transport
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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.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
A government watchdog recommends that the CMS continue its prior authorization pilots, citing $1.9 billion in savings. That's likely to anger physicians who say the approval hurts access to care.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Insightin Health has announced the full launch of its big data platform designed to help health plans manage customer relationships alongside news that it has closed a $2 million seed stage financing round.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
The largest public health system in the nation claims UnitedHealthcare improperly denied $11.5 million in claims, mostly tied to emergency department visits. The request for arbitration is part of a new approach by the system to review and recover claims denials.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
Amsterdam-based fitness app company Virtuagym has raised $7 million (6 million euros) in its second round of funding. European tech investor Endeit Capital led the round.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
The Indianapolis-based insurer says it has reached a deal to buy Aspire Health, a massive palliative care provider that serves 25 states. The acquisition follows a trend set by Aetna's rivals that have purchased large nonhospital providers.
American Well
MAY 23, 2018
It hardly needs be said that change can be scary. It can also appear to be expensive and difficult. Despite all that, almost half of all healthcare professionals intend to integrate telehealth into their practice by 2020. They are doing so for a number of reasons, including better relationships with their patients and improved patient health outcomes.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
America's opioid epidemic has already claimed more lives than the Vietnam War, writes Garth Graham, M.D., president of the Aetna Foundation, which has provided funding to Pennsylvania to use a data analytics dashboard to help contextualize the impact of the opioid epidemic.
American Well
MAY 23, 2018
It hardly needs be said that change can be scary. It can also appear to be expensive and difficult. Despite all that, almost half of all healthcare professionals intend to integrate telehealth into their practice by 2020. They are doing so for a number of reasons, including better relationships with their patients and improved patient health outcomes.
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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!
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
In a letter obtained by FierceHealthcare to the Illinois Procurement Policy Board, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner says the bidding process for a UI Health EHR contract was fair, and Epic's total bid came in several million dollars lower than Cerner. She also denied claims that Impact Advisors influenced the decision.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
MAY 23, 2018
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center offers Telehealth 101: The Easy Basics of Telehealth and Telemedicine online and on site. This interactive 1-hour session helps participants: • Understand basic definitions. • Discover benefits. • Identify potential applications. • Explore technology. • Define next steps in the learning process. Online Webinar.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottleib praised the passage of recent right-to-try legislation during a wide-ranging discussion on health care in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
ACA Times
MAY 23, 2018
2 minute read: Understanding the details of the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be difficult. One of the first steps is determining whether or not your organization is an applicable large employer ( ALE ). In order to know whether or not your organization is an ALE , an aggregated employer analysis must be performed.
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
MAY 23, 2018
A vice president at BlueCross BlueShield says exchange plans are likely to see premium increases in "the low teens" next year, and a proposed immigration policy change could end up affecting access for millions of children.
care innovations
MAY 23, 2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a new set of policies that add up to an ambitious expansion of the VA telehealth program — including a new rule that gives providers the authority to actively treat patients who are not only off-site, but who may even be in another state. This new set of rules, which the agency describes as “paving the way for VA to expand care to Veterans using telehealth,” make the following policy changes: Removing restrictions preventing doctors, nurses a
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
The Maryland-based CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield found new leadership in a familiar face, with current COO Brian Pieninck set to take over as president and CEO starting July 1. He will replace the retiring Chet Burrell.
Christina's Considerations
MAY 23, 2018
In March of this year, I featured a three part guest post series on end of life care and it included choices and preparing for end of life. One of those choices in California is being threatened this week. The.
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FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
Robert Wilkie, the president's pick to serve as Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, has immersed himself in meeting with and learning more about how the agency's health system works, a key VA official said.
Christina's Considerations
MAY 23, 2018
In March of this year, I featured a three part guest post series on end of life care and it included choices and preparing for end of life. One of those choices in California is being threatened this week. The.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
After a Southern California district judge dismissed CliniComp's patent infringement case against Cerner, the EHR vendor has filed a second suit in Texas against Athenahealth for allegedly violating a 1997 patent for a cloud-hosted EHR.
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