American Well
JANUARY 5, 2016
Name: Bradley Keist. Title: Business Communications Manager. Department: Sales Operations. Start Date: October 12, 2015. In this age of convenience, we’re all about the right now. And telehealth does exactly that for healthcare. What attracted you to American Well? I heard about American Well through a former colleague (and friend!)—what got me excited about the opportunity was the idea of being part of something really big.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 5, 2016
Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I want to use an insulin pump, but I hear insurance might be a problem.
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ACA Times
JANUARY 7, 2016
More than 83,000 consumers selected Affordable Care Act health care plans through the Healthcare.gov online marketplace during the ninth week of open enrollment, according to the “weekly snapshot report” issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The enrollment period ends Jan. 31. The volume for the week of Dec. 27 to Jan. 2 was down sharply from the nearly 275,000 who selected insurance plans during the eighth week of open enrollment.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
JANUARY 4, 2016
As FHIR matures, the security topic becomes more and more important. I participate in HEART, an effort hosted by the OpenID community including an impressive set of experts from the OpenID, OAuth, and UMA world. They do need more participation from healthcare, it is hard to give everyone that needs attention the full attention they need. HEART has some foundational profiles ready to be used HEART profiles for review, comment, and approval.
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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.
American Well
JANUARY 4, 2016
Teleradiology is a Hub Enabling Care Through the Continuum via Telemedicine. In Dr. Pitt’s latest edition to At the Intersection of Technology and Health , we re-visit the dawn of teleradiology, its application, and how telemedicine opportunities are present in other specialties. Teleradiology moves images from one location, typically where the patient had the exam, to another for interpretation.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ACA Times
JANUARY 4, 2016
The Affordable Care Act requires individuals, their spouses and dependents to have qualifying health care coverage for each month of the year; to qualify for a health coverage exemption; or to make an Individual Shared Responsibility Payment when filing their federal income tax return. Individuals who had coverage for all of 2015 will simply check a box on their tax returns to report that coverage.
Health System CIO
JANUARY 8, 2016
From opening a community-based IT office to reduce unnecessary travel to continuing to maintain a healthy work-life balance, CIO John Halamka provides his guiding principles for keeping life in order in 2016.
American Well
JANUARY 5, 2016
Name: Bradley Keist. Title: Business Communications Manager. Department: Sales Operations. Start Date: October 12, 2015. In this age of convenience, we’re all about the right now. And telehealth does exactly that for healthcare. What attracted you to American Well? I heard about American Well through a former colleague (and friend!)—what got me excited about the opportunity was the idea of being part of something really big.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 6, 2016
On January 5, news came that Sanofi and MannKind were severing ties on a licensing and marketing agreement the two companies reached for Afrezza in mid-2014, meaning that one of the biggest diabetes companies in the world was walking away from inhalable insulin. It was the biggest news of the day, but not unexpected; Afrezza sales had been very slow.
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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.
ACA Times
JANUARY 8, 2016
Because an applicable large employer (ALE) is subject to the Affordable Care Act’s requirements for information reporting and the health law’s employer shared responsibility provisions, the IRS has provided a short primer on how a company can determine whether it is an ALE. The ACA classifies a company as an ALE if it had an average of at least 50 full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees, during the prior year.
American Well
JANUARY 4, 2016
Teleradiology is a Hub Enabling Care Through the Continuum via Telemedicine. In Dr. Pitt’s latest edition to At the Intersection of Technology and Health , we re-visit the dawn of teleradiology, its application, and how telemedicine opportunities are present in other specialties. Teleradiology moves images from one location, typically where the patient had the exam, to another for interpretation.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 6, 2016
The holiday season may be over, but readers have been responding to our 2015 Naughty or Nice list with their own takes on who deserves what in Christmas stockings. See if you agree with their naughty-or-nice list: “The creator of Downton Abbey had a character name auctioned off to benefit JDRF. Although it happened in 2014, the episodes featuring Atticus Aldridge weren’t seen in the U.S. until 2016.” -Christine G. “Healthfirst Medicaid HMO is naughty.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 6, 2016
On January 5, news came that Sanofi and MannKind were severing ties on a licensing and marketing agreement the two companies reached for Afrezza in mid-2014, meaning that one of the biggest diabetes companies in the world was walking away from inhalable insulin. It was the biggest news of the day, but not unexpected; Afrezza sales had been very slow.
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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.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 6, 2016
On January 5, news came that Sanofi and MannKind were severing ties on a licensing and marketing agreement the two companies reached for Afrezza in mid-2014, meaning that one of the biggest diabetes companies in the world was walking away from inhalable insulin. It was the biggest news of the day, but not unexpected; Afrezza sales had been very slow.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 5, 2016
Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I want to use an insulin pump, but I hear insurance might be a problem.
ACA Times
JANUARY 5, 2016
The Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace, which serves small employers who want to provide health and dental coverage to their employees, has added new features for 2016. To use the SHOP Marketplace, a business or non-profit organization must have no more than 50 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), and typically at least 70% of the employees who are offered coverage must enroll or have coverage from another source.
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