CareWire

MAY 4, 2017

Care managers play a vital role in patient engagement, treatment plan adherence, and more – what tools can help them to perform these vital tasks more efficiently? Care managers organize patient care , handle insurance matters, investigate treatment plans for patients, and so much more during the course of their day. Great care managers perform these tasks with a sense of empathy and a desire to improve patient care – ensuring that their patients are informed about their treatment plans and next

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CiscoHealth

MAY 4, 2017

Welcome to the third and final blog of the Extending Care series. In past posts, we’ve shared key determinants in telehealth adoption, as well as the world of opportunity with EHR-integrated video. Now, we’re excited to release our new remote care solution – Cisco Extended Care. Cisco Extended Care is more than just telehealth. This […].

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Insulin Nation

MAY 5, 2017

If you could make a good deal of money getting hit repeatedly by 250-pound men or talking about football in a booth, which would you choose? sponsor. The most well-known U.S. athlete with Type 1 diabetes seemingly chose the latter for the upcoming NFL season, as the NFL Network and Business Insider report that Jay Cutler has been hired as a color commentator with FOX Sports.

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American Well

MAY 2, 2017

Originally published on MedCity News. One is a father who knew there had to be a way to remotely diagnose his daughter’s chronic ear infections. Another is a metropolitan healthcare system expanding its reach through virtual care. There are telehealth advocates working to promote the field across the country, and a team of experts spreading the word to pediatrics.

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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.

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ACA Times

MAY 4, 2017

Now that the dust has settled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is here to stay and the 2016 ACA reporting deadline is just behind us, employers may be thinking that they are already too late to complete their reporting. Think again. It is still better late than never. As background, the ACA requires that businesses with 50 or more employees must offer healthcare coverage to at least 95% of their full time employees or face potential penalties of around $2,000 per employe

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Insulin Nation

MAY 4, 2017

Novo Nordisk is moving to settle a lawsuit that alleges the company illegally used certified diabetes educators as a sales force to boost prescriptions of NovoLog, Levemir, and Victoza. Business Insider and FiercePharma are both reporting that the settlement is not finalized, and that Novo declined to provide details about the settlement or the case.

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American Well

MAY 2, 2017

Originally published on MedCity News. One is a father who knew there had to be a way to remotely diagnose his daughter’s chronic ear infections. Another is a metropolitan healthcare system expanding its reach through virtual care. There are telehealth advocates working to promote the field across the country, and a team of experts spreading the word to pediatrics.

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ACA Times

MAY 2, 2017

With misclassification suits becoming more and more frequent, the latest case suggests that tax returns might be subject to mandatory disclosure in resolving classification issues. In a recent case, Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Commissioner, 148 T.C. 11 (2017), to refute the IRS determination that certain Tribe workers were employees and not independent contractors and after being unable to track down some of the Tribe workers to respond to whether they viewed themselves as employees or independent

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 1, 2017

IHE ITI has a set of profiles on FHIR existing in Trial Implementation today. These were written against FHIR DSTU2. These have been updated to STU3, now in ballot for members of the ITI Technical Committee to comment and vote on. Details and access to the ballot drafts of these documents is available from the ballot. Mobile access to Health Documents (MHD) DocumentReference , DocumentManifest , List , Patient , Practitioner , Binary , OperationOutcome , Bundle Using FHIR FMM 1-5 Also added some

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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.

CiscoHealth

MAY 4, 2017

Welcome to the third and final blog of the Extending Care series. In past posts, we’ve shared key determinants in telehealth adoption , as well as the world of opportunity with EHR-integrated video. Now, we’re excited to release our new remote care solution – Cisco Extended Care. Cisco Extended Care is more than just telehealth. This solution leverages simple API frameworks and Dynamic Link capabilities to integrate with your existing EHR system.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

MAY 1, 2017

It all started with a simple question one day, and grew into a trusted health relationship a few short months later. Sarah was very busy at work that crisp fall morning and had only a few minutes to log in and ask about her daughter’s diabetes medication. Sarah was comforted by the response and a bit intrigued when her Health Assistant Harriet introduced herself and explained that she is a resource to help her and her family with any of her health questions or concerns.

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ACA Times

MAY 1, 2017

The Employer Mandate under the Affordable Care Act subjects Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) to penalties for failing to offer their full time employees healthcare coverage. Moreover, the ALE is subject to penalties for failing to report about such coverage through the 1094/1095 forms, which must be both furnished to the applicable employees and filed with the IRS.

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Insulin Nation

MAY 2, 2017

Opinion. sponsor. This week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to find the votes needed to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A previous effort to pass this bill failed over the question of what to do with people with preexisting conditions. Right now, the ACA bars insurance companies from charging people more for coverage based on their health status.

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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.

CiscoHealth

MAY 2, 2017

Welcome to the second installment of the Extending Care blog series, a discussion of what’s possible in telehealth. When care isn’t constrained by physical boundaries, a world of opportunities opens up. Healthcare providers are now turning to video communications to help close gaps in patient care and management. Both patients and providers can save time and money by avoiding transportation costs and appointment wait times.

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ACA Times

MAY 3, 2017

When the Trump Administration reluctantly agreed to keep the ACA around, many breathed a collective sigh of relief. While some were unaware that the Affordable Care Act was synonymous with Obamacare (more on that later), others were simply thrilled their healthcare would last longer than anticipated. It’s a curious case when one half of the population was praying for its demise and the other half was scrambling in the event it would vanish.

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ACA Times

MAY 4, 2017

Today, with a vote count of 217 for and 213 against, the heavily Republican majority House passed the amended American Healthcare Act (AHCA). This rushed vote came with less than 24 hours to review the language of the amended bill, a few hours of debate and no score by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). This amended version of the AHCA moved the bill further to the right to secure the hold out votes from the Freedom Caucus, a sizable group of very conservative Republicans.

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Insulin Nation

MAY 1, 2017

Republicans in the House of Representatives once again are trying to assemble the votes needed to pass repeal-and-replace legislation to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). And as with the previous effort in March, they have offered a proposal that would weaken coverage protection for those with preexisting conditions like Type 1 diabetes to win votes. According to an Axios report , GOP sources connected with Congress and the White House expect the health care bill, called the American Health Care Ac

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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

MAY 4, 2017

By the narrowest of margins, the American Health Care Act (AHCA) has passed the House of Representatives on a party line vote, with Republicans backing the measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Democrats opposing it. There were many last-minute wheelings and dealings to get the votes needed to pass, and the final bill has not yet been measured by the Congressional Budget Office for its potential impact. sponsor.

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ACA Times

MAY 2, 2017

On April 30th, President Trump tweeted the following in a series of two tweets: “You can’t compare anything to ObamaCare because ObamaCare is dead,” he tweeted. “Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors. New healthcare plan is on its way. Will have much lower premiums & deductibles while at the same time taking care of pre-existing conditions!”.

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