HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The healthcare industry is now closer than ever to its quest for true interoperable data exchange. July 1, 2021 was the enforcement date for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interoperability and Patient Access final rule. Broad-based adoption will be the final step in actually making healthcare better.

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Home Health Care

MAY 10, 2022

Steve Morgan: For those of you not familiar with WellSky, we are the leading provider of technology services and solutions for post-acute home care and community-based service providers. Bruce Vanderlaan, Managing Director at Mertz Taggart, and Ross Sallade, shareholder at Polsinelli. The panel took place on March 29, 2022.

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Bill Of Health

MARCH 3, 2023

By Alicia Ely Yamin In December of 2020, Argentina’s Congress passed Law 27.610 , which overhauled the country’s previously restrictive legal framework on abortion. Around the world, when countries have taken steps to liberalize abortion access, these new laws have proven challenging to implement, as in Ireland and South Africa.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Nathalie Feria, Manager at Kaufman Rossin’s Risk Advisory Services. Daniel Rosenberg, Manager at Kaufman Rossin’s Risk Advisory Services. One thing’s for certain: Healthcare data breaches continue to rise in 2022. Healthcare providers so far this year, have reported 96 breaches affecting 31.6 While the U.S.

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Health Advances

APRIL 6, 2023

However, FDA’s regulatory guidance for digital health products has matured and made the path to market clearer. By Michael Davitian, Viren Makhijani, Shreya Saraf, Drew Attar This is the second installment of our ongoing 2022 CNS year in review. Please find our first blog here. Multimodal approaches combine multiple inputs (e.g.,

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Cloud Blogs

JULY 22, 2021

One thing we continue to hear from our healthcare customers is that disruptions stemming from the pandemic are here to stay, and every business needs to be on a digital journey. In October 2020, we announced Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare and our vision: to create a resilient patient-centered healthcare journey.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 23, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Effective oversight and enforcement are important to protect the integrity of the Medicare program, especially for vulnerable, seriously ill individuals and their families. Unfortunately, hospices are profiting from fraud at the expense of beneficiaries far too often.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A year of constantly shifting gears to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and meet patient needs further solidified the essential role urgent cares play during large-scale public health crises. As it stands today, visit volumes have now reached (and in some cases exceeded) their winter peaks volumes levels, adding to volatility in 2021. .

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Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

health policy and regulatory leaders. The three spoke about navigating compliance (think: regulations and reimbursement) in an uncertain world. healthcare was relatively low (with Northwell Health actually a more mature user of virtual care). In healthcare, our compact with technology has changed forever.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 28, 2023

In healthcare, it is an opportunity to look at the state of disparities that exist by race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability status, highlighting populations that are disproportionately impacted by inequities. We have much to do to make healthcare safe! In the United States, about 6.9

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2022

Exacerbated by pandemic-induced burnout, resignations, and even terminations 1 , chronic coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) staffing shortages have healthcare organizations struggling to find ways to keep revenue flowing despite a lack of qualified professionals to handle critical processes. The Rising Cost of Desperation.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 10, 2022

The panel took place at the Home Care Conference in Chicago held on December 9, 2021. HHCN: We’ll start a little bit on a high level and then dig into some specific issues and trends that you guys have observed throughout 2021, other trends that you expect to see coming in 2022. In 2021, we’ve seen five year-to-date so far.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the contract year 2025 proposed rule for Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations and Part D sponsors (the “Proposed Rule”). Below is a summary of some of the Proposed Rule’s key changes.

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KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Private equity is rapidly moving to reshape health care in America, coming off a banner year in 2021, when the deep-pocketed firms plowed $206 billion into more than 1,400 health care acquisitions, according to industry tracker PitchBook. FFL Partners and Kool Smiles had no comment but denied liability in court filings.

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KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Private equity is rapidly moving to reshape health care in America, coming off a banner year in 2021, when the deep-pocketed firms plowed $206 billion into more than 1,400 health care acquisitions, according to industry tracker PitchBook. FFL Partners and Kool Smiles had no comment but denied liability in court filings.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 28, 2022

The interview took place at the Home Care Conference in Chicago held on December 9, 2021. Can each of you give me a brief intro on your role within your company and your passion when it comes to home care? Malka Trump: I am a CPA, a CPP, and I’m the Director of Compliance at Viventium where I’ve been for about 12 years.

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