Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

" Where post-acute coordination encounters behavioral health regulation 42 CFR part 2. Balancing breaches with the "well-meaning gates" that limit sharing access to data. Improving care coordination and visibility and not "spelunking in the EHR." Three pathways to a whole person care reality.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

By establishing national quality standards, this legislation promotes consistency and accountability across providers, which is critical for enhancing patient outcomes,” Eric M. Specifically, this legislation addresses continuous skilled nursing services under Medicaid. HCAOA believes that the bill is a step in the right direction. “By

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

" Second, a natural language algorithm was created to monitor messages within teen patient portal accounts. The system was designed to detect any inappropriate use of the account by the guardian, such as attempts to access sensitive information. The advent of large language models has opened up a world of possibilities.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

AHA, however, noted two specific issues that "would benefit from congressional attention" – OCR's December rule regarding the use of online tracking tools and the various state privacy regulations that pile on HIPAA.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Clinicians should capitalize on this by educating patients through targeted marketing or forging partnerships with accountable care organizations (ACOs) to drive referrals and accessibility. However, practices must address potential risks, including insurance compliance and healthcare payor audits, while preparing for emerging regulations.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

– An overwhelming percentage of patients demand accountability, transparency, and control as it relates to health data privacy. Strong regulations are needed to support patients’ right to data privacy and restore trust in data exchange that facilitates accessible, equitable, and personalized care.

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p3care

JULY 22, 2024

Such claims are generally submitted digitally as per the compliance of HIPAA regulations. Performance Analysis & Reporting to Clinicians In order to track finances and the billing process, the billing team generates reports regularly to keep on accounts receivables and revenue cycle management.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

"It’s critical for organizations to proactively comply with CCPA regulations, rather than face expensive legal battles," said Raj Sharman, professor of management science and systems at the University of Buffalo School of Management, in a statement. " ON THE RECORD.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

To any company in New York City that thinks they can get away with withholding workers’ rights and violating our laws: We will hold you accountable.”. The post ‘We Will Hold You Accountable’: New York Home Health Agencies to Pay $18.5 HHCN was unable to reach Intergen Health and Amazing Home Care Services.

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p3care

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It regulates the following processes: Improved workflows Secure record-keeping Comprehensive data collection Portability Accessible patient history Improved Workflows: EPCR software is a useful helping hand in fieldwork, especially during ambulance calls.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 11, 2025

He urged Congress to motivate CMS to keep refining the post-acute care payment system to ensure that payments account for the uniqueness of each setting, case complexity and resource use. In an ideal scenario, the testimony could prompt the creation of new legislation or regulations aimed at addressing concerns raised by home health leaders.

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p3care

APRIL 9, 2024

P3 Care will make sure that they are following rules by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) to protect patient personal information. P3Care works on quality assurance by making coding procedures easy for doctors to streamline revenue cycle management.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We must ensure AI technology complies with privacy regulation, security standards and ethical guidelines to safeguard patient confidentiality and autonomy, and additionally transparency and accountability for patients. And building those mechanisms should be established to monitor the performance and impact of AI systems.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Legal and Ethical Quandaries: When Innovation Outruns Regulation The legal landscape surrounding neurotechnology is, at best, embryonic. Across the Atlantic, the EUs General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers a more robust regulatory model by mandating explicit consent and strict accountability measures. genetic markers).

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p3care

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Cardiology billings service plays a major role in your practice and can help you to better manage your patient’s accounts. Verifying the patient’s accountability and insurance eligibility is the second step. Additionally, it guarantees that you adhere to the rules set forth by HIPAA and other regulating organizations.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Mostly, though, the Obama-era regulation has ended up decreasing the amount of live-in care that home care agencies provide. And there are several reports from the [Government Accountability Office] and [the Health and Human Services Department] that show that caregiver wages have stayed flat.”.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates AI-based medical devices under its software as a medical device (SaMD) category. The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates strict data privacy and security measures for AI systems handling protected health information (PHI).

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

"Video visits grew substantially with COVID accounting for almost 75% of our outpatient visits during COVID. " This alleviated the need for many follow-up appointments, while allowing transparency in the care plan progress. "Amwell became our partner in both video visits and inpatient use cases," Bard said.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2025

More stringent cybersecurity regulations Both HHS and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have ramped up regulatory efforts, and weve seen significant legislative activity. Balancing federal and state regulations will be a major challenge this year. Theres also a lot of action at the state level.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 28, 2023

The more than 400 pages of proposed rules, certainly, contain a whole lot of regulation and, frankly, improvements to the Medicaid program that do have the potential to assure greater access to Medicaid services for beneficiaries,” Darby Anderson, chief strategy officer for Addus Homecare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), told Home Health Care News.

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p3care

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Thus, to secure efficient revenue cycle management (RCM) and reduced accounts receivable (AR), healthcare organizations must consider medical billing auditing. If your medical billing and coding services are not compliant with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), there is a chance of a government strike.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Our partnership with MVP gave Medicaid members 24/7 access to a primary care physician for the first time ever, as they were previously regulated to in-person PCP visits. "I first helped her switch her Galileo account into Spanish. "We recently took care of a lovely elderly patient from Peru," Guglielmo recalled.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 23, 2025

We are determined to protect workers rights and hold employers accountable for meeting their legal obligations. Mouton advised employers unsure about whether their pay practices fall in line with federal regulations should reach out to their local Wage and Hour Division office. In exchange, they deserve to be paid their full wages.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

While part of that is attributable to the unique nature of drug development, versus other industries, and the enormous stakes at play if researchers, manufacturers and regulators fail to hit the mark, there are some lessons on innovation and efficiency that could be learned from other industries.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2025

Personalized Treatment Plans Traditional treatments often rely on standardized protocols that fail to account for the unique characteristics of individual patients. Lets explore how AI is enabling this evolution and what it means for patients, providers, and the broader healthcare ecosystem.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 13, 2023

For countless healthcare providers and groups, the last several months were a scramble to get compliant with what felt like overly restrictive regulations being implemented under unrealistic deadlines. That scramble ended with a very anticlimactic false start when the DEA decided to postpone action and extend the current flexibilities.

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p3care

AUGUST 7, 2023

Two KPIs we must account for at this point are: Productivity It is simply the least time the medical billing and coding team requires to file a claim. They will examine everything twice and have experience with insurance payment regulations. Thus, the practices must strictly focus on KPIs. And who has the expertise?

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Etactics

JANUARY 17, 2025

Regulatory Compliance: The Federal or Local government has rules and regulations about the security of certain organizations. In most cases, they have regulations over organizations that have consumers sensitive information. It is important to know if your organization has any regulations.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 4, 2024

Cross-sectoral EU laws First and foremost, the product as a whole must comply with the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and the specific norms incorporated therein, as well as with GDPR requirements and ESG considerations, just to name a few. AI regulation has, for the most part, been sectoral rather than cross-sectoral.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These new regulations took effect on Aug. The regulations require that all direct care employees either be certified nursing assistants or have completed or be enrolled in department-approved training to become a personal support specialist, which is a type of non-medical direct care worker. .” This is not the case.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, digital health companies only account for less than $10 billion of that $4 trillion in spending. Worse yet, payment and regulation differ from state to state, making it much more complicated for digital health companies to automate and scale their solutions for this market.

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Sequence Health

MARCH 12, 2025

Implementing a HIPAA-compliant CRM requires careful vendor selection, ongoing maintenance, and regular audits to ensure effective patient data management and adherence to privacy regulations. This function not only promotes responsible behavior but also ensures adherence to privacy standards set by regulations.

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Sequence Health

MARCH 12, 2025

Implementing a HIPAA-compliant CRM requires careful vendor selection, ongoing maintenance, and regular audits to ensure effective patient data management and adherence to privacy regulations. This function not only promotes responsible behavior but also ensures adherence to privacy standards set by regulations.

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Healthcare Success

MARCH 6, 2024

As a result, it faces unique SEO challenges, such as: Patient privacy and regulatory compliance Healthcare organizations must comply with strict privacy regulations (e.g., Healthcare organizations must understand the parameters and limitations of how to promote certain treatments, medications, or medical procedures in a compliant way.

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NCQA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Lack of standardized performance measures makes it difficult to hold health systems and clinicians accountable for equitable care. Goal 4: Ensure adequate resources to enforce existing laws and build systems of accountability that explicitly focus on eliminating health care inequities and advancing health equity.

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p3care

MARCH 30, 2023

Well, it’s inclusive of the components of medical billing services, and it goes beyond the payment posting to analyze, track, and successfully manage your patient’s claims on your account receivables. Understanding the state of your firm requires having the capacity to run reports and examine the condition of your accounts receivable.

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