Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You may have read our guide for surviving the zombie apocalypse with Type 1 diabetes. Contributor Gary Scheiner, a certified diabetes educator with Integrated Diabetes Services , recently sent in his own ideas for how to outsmart zombies while keeping blood sugar levels in range. Anyone who knows me knows my passion for diabetes care and treatment, but there’s something else I’m passionate about – The Walking Dead.

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The Healthcare Guys

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When the term “artificial intelligence” – better known as “AI” – was initially coined, it was thought that humans (carbon based life forms) had “real” intelligence while the best a machine’s intelligence (to the extent they had any) could get was “artificial”. As I work with companies that are leading major machine learning, algorithms, and AI initiatives I’m convinced that we’re ushering in a new golden age of AI but one that might need some terminology refinements.

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American Well

OCTOBER 18, 2016

As new players enter the healthcare industry with innovative delivery models, health systems are challenged to navigate new types of risk. Dr. Jeff Kosowsky, SVP of Corporate Development for American Well, recently discussed the challenges required to succeed in this new type of healthcare industry during a web event hosted by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Employee Misclassification continues to be an issue, as more contract employment arises and information regarding health care, hours, wages, and tax liabilities are not being met by said contractors. At the end of August, the National Labor Relations Board issued an advice from 2015, making a very valid point about Misclassification. The advice memorandum highlights that wrongful classifications of independent contractors are in violation of the National Labor Relations Act.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Quería hacerme un tatuaje, pero mucha gente me disuadió de hacerlo debido a mi diabetes de Tipo 1. Los detractores me dijeron que no nos sanamos suficientemente, que nos enfermamos demasiado fácilmente y que simplemente corríamos demasiado riesgo. Entonces empecé a notar a gente con tatuajes relacionados con la diabetes. Algunos los llevaron en las muñecas en lugar de las pulseras de MedicAlert.

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American Well

OCTOBER 18, 2016

As new players enter the healthcare industry with innovative delivery models, health systems are challenged to navigate new types of risk. Dr. Jeff Kosowsky, SVP of Corporate Development for American Well, recently discussed the challenges required to succeed in this new type of healthcare industry during a web event hosted by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 19, 2016

When it comes to employee TINs, some errors seem inevitable, but they don’t always mean what they seem. As an Applicable Large Employer (ALE), it is your duty in accordance with the Affordable Care Act to offer minimum essential coverage to at least 95% of your full-time employees. Form 1095-C filings are designed to ensure that is happening or else face penalties, and as of the 2015 tax year, these filings were required to conducted electronically should there be more than 250 forms.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Americans aren’t the only ones pushing their lawmakers to have government-sponsored healthcare programs cover the cost of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). A UK petition for such coverage is slowly making progress in gathering sufficient signatures for the measure to be debated by UK lawmakers. The effort is being led by Jamie Reed, Labour Party member of the House of Commons representing Copeland in northwestern England.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Guest blogger Joel Sigler is senior manager for Kaiser Permanente National Environmental, Health & Safety. The Center for Total Health has a self- service health assessment machine that provides visitors a printed receipt indicating their weight and body mass index (BMI). Recently, a visitor asked a great question about whether the receipt paper is coated with Bisphenol A (BPA).

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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.

American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In 2014, Southwest Medical Associates, one of Nevada’s largest multi-specialty medical groups, partnered with American Well to launch its telehealth service, SMA NowClinic. In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. . You can read the case study in its entirety here , but here are some of the highlights.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In April, UnitedHealth announced its plans to exit from multiple Marketplaces, including in North Carolina. The health care giant has complained of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) causing them huge financial losses where withdrawals were inevitable. However, not every major health care provider shares that sentiment. Blue Cross/Blue Shield announced that come 2017, the provider would be available in all 100 counties throughout the state under the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplace.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Entre más largo el tiempo que una persona con diabetes vive, mayor es el riesgo de problemas digestivos. Durante mucho tiempo, no estaba claro por qué, pero un estudio internacional ha encontrado una posible causa. Los investigadores del estudio creen que han descubierto que el hígado de una persona con diabetes tipo 1 puede producir una cantidad excesiva de una proteína que puede dificultar la digestión, de acuerdo con un informe de Science Daily.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), an innovative New England healthcare system with 1,000+ providers is committed to creating a “sustainable health system”, which proactively engages patients through new care models to achieve the triple aim. Over the years, D-H has invested in technologies that empower patients to collaborate with providers through shared decision tools and Telehealth, treating “patients and their families as partners in care” D-H has been a pioneer in innovativ

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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.

American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In 2014, Southwest Medical Associates, one of Nevada’s largest multi-specialty medical groups, partnered with American Well to launch its telehealth service, SMA NowClinic. In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. . You can read the case study in its entirety here , but here are some of the highlights.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The electronic system for information reporting under the Affordable Care Act is not without its glitches. We know this by now, and in the midst of 2015 information reporting this year, errors and mistakes have caused risk of exposure to some pretty hefty penalties. It’s not over yet since many employers have extended their filing until October. Here is a tip sheet of some facts and suggestions on how to handle potential errors for information reporting this year and beyond. · AIRTN500 Error Mes

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The Healthcare Guys

OCTOBER 20, 2016

I’ll be attending IBM’s World of Watson 2016 in Las Vegas next week. I’m looking forward to hearing whether government and industry are collaborating any better as a result of the passage of The Cybersecurity Act of 2015. The Cyber Act by itself doesn’t really imply (or require) that citizen data (or any other kind of private data) be made accessible across institutions.

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SightCall

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In the last Mark Winther ’s IDC report, named U.S. Video Communications Platform as a service, Forecast 2016-2020 a very interesting new category was created. Mark, who is a seasoned group VP and consulting partner at IDC, named it “Show me”. IDC identified 3 different segments leveraging Video Communications Platforms as a service: Communication and Collaboration.

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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!

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 17, 2016

For the November election, we recently outlined the health care proposals of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , focusing on how those proposals might affect the price of insulin. In this post, we’re going to do the same with businessman Donald Trump. To do this, we have to remove a lot of hypotheticals about this polarizing candidate, including how the overall economy might fare under a Trump administration, and focus specifically on just his official position on health care policy and

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