Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Limiting hospital price regulation to concentrated markets would miss the worst offenders. Mon, 09/13/2021 - 12:28.

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Health Care Dive

APRIL 10, 2024

Antitrust agencies could be sympathetic toward the deal, given Steward’s financial distress and important hospital portfolio. But sympathy won’t shield the deal from scrutiny, an expert told Healthcare Dive.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 21, 2023

Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights this week in reminding healthcare organizations about their responsibilities for third-party disclosures of protected health information under HIPAA, the FTC Act and the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. tracking technology vendors) includes PHI. tracking technology vendors) includes PHI.

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Healthcare Success

MARCH 6, 2024

Whether you run a multilocation healthcare organization, hospital, or health system, understanding the distinction between search engine optimization (SEO) vs. search engine marketing (SEM)—and how each distinctly helps your business—is important for several reasons. Let’s begin by defining healthcare SEO and healthcare SEM.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 5, 2024

Hospitals designated as trauma centers are charging more than their counterparts for nontrauma admissions and emergency department visits, suggesting that the local monopolies over trauma services | A new analysis of about 2,000 hospitals suggests that hospitals' regulator-granted monopoly over trauma care can extend into other types of services. (..)

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Health Care Dive

APRIL 19, 2024

The health systems argued in a court filing that regulators’ allegations are based on a “distorted and artificially narrow view” of the healthcare market in the Charlotte area.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 9, 2024

All 11 of Massachusetts’ federal legislators are calling on regulators to keep a short leash on UnitedHealth Group’s proposed acquisition of Steward Health Care’s physician group, even if that mean | The financial jeopardy of Steward's remaining hospitals can't override the long-term cost and quality harms that would likely follow UnitedHealth (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A House vote on transparency regulations in healthcare could occur next week, potentially having substantial ramifications on how PBMs and hospitals operate. | Bipartisan anticipation is in the air for a potential vote in the House this week that would bring transparency to PBMs and ban spread pricing in Medicaid, but hospital groups are firmly opposed (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Biden administration’s healthcare regulators released new guidances, informational resources and other actions that reinforce payers and hospitals’ federal obligations surrounding reproductive | New letters and instructional materials out of HHS come amid reported contraception coverage barriers and escalating legal challenges over emergency abortion (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 8, 2023

A bipartisan quartet of influential senators are tapping tax regulators within the U.S. | A bipartisan group of senators sent requests to federal tax agencies and regulators for information on what currently passes muster as a "community benefit."

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Last year saw industries, including healthcare, quick to jump in on the trend to get first mover advantage. We interviewed him to discuss how their partners in Asia-Pacific and the United States have received genAI, where this trend can go in 2024, and how healthcare stakeholders can effectively extract genAI's immense value.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A group of healthcare organizations announced this week the launch of the Advanced Care at Home Coalition, an advocacy effort aimed at creating a pathway toward safeguarding access to hospital-level services. The coalition's perspective, he said, is that regulators should "put guardrails on, but let us continue the good work."

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Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Our earlier blog articles from August , September , and October track the developments of these regulations as OHCA prepares to publish its final rule. This article summarizes the key tweaks to the proposed regulations since the last version published in October.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 23, 2022

Despite the much-needed push toward technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI), a Presido survey found healthcare IT leaders are still struggling with cloud adoption issues. The leading factor for cloud adoption among healthcare IT leaders, however, was help achieving compliance, cited by 52% of healthcare respondents.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 19, 2023

John Muir Health will no longer acquire a California medical center from Tenet Healthcare, one month after regulators sued to block the deal over concerns it could drive up health costs in the region.

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NASHP

AUGUST 30, 2023

To learn more about this model act, check out our blog, Rural Emergency Hospitals: Model Legislation and Considerations for States. Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Rural Emergency Hospital Act. Drafting Note : Rural emergency hospitals are defined in accordance with federal regulations, 87 Fed Reg.

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Readiness Rounds

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In today’s blog post we're discussing how Rise & Shine–our latest regulatory compliance solution–can help hospitals deal with the tightened CMS rules on unannounced visits. The Tightening Grip of CMS Regulations 2. 7 Challenges Hospitals Face During Unannounced Regulatory Visits 4. Headlines: 1. Key Takeaways 5.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 4, 2024

A bipartisan spending bill unveiled Sunday narrows some of this year’s cuts to physician Medicare pay, pushes back scheduled disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment cuts and increases annual | A 1,050-page bill unveiled Sunday included several key lobbying focuses for providers but excludes other hot-button topics like potential pharmacy benefit (..)

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 30, 2024

"Nurses are all for tech that enhances our skills and the patient care experience, but what we are witnessing in our hospitals is the degradation and devaluation of our nursing practice through the use of these untested technologies," she said. We will update this story if there is a response.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Hospitals and healthcare organizations have come under fire for their use of third-party web tracking technologies and analytics software like Facebook parent company Meta’s Pixel tracker.

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Sheppard Health Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Takeaways of Workshop Discussion The public workshop drew key stakeholders from across the healthcare spectrum, each with differing perspectives on potential impacts of the proposed regulations and considerations for OHCA as it works to finalize them.

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As we anticipated in our previous blog article , the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) made revisions to its proposed regulations following the public workshop hosted by the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) in August. On October 9, 2023, HCAI and OHCA published a revised draft of the regulations.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The plaintiff alleged that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, was using its Pixel tracking technology to access patient information from websites and portals of hospitals and health systems for targeted marketing. What about the ways companies like Meta are working with hospitals and health systems, more generally?

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Health Care Dive

JUNE 21, 2023

The healthcare workers union said the findings raise questions about potential corporate interference to decrease the number of patients who die in HCA hospitals, and urged both HCA and regulators to investigate.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the American Hospital Association said the U.S. The association said the rule has resulted in consequences that contravene OCR's efforts to encourage hospitals to share non-private healthcare information with the public.

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Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Ending routine masking in hospital settings is a dangerous move. It also exposes hospitals to the risk of liability.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2024

What You Should Know: Nabla, the company developing Nabla Copilot, the leading ambient AI assistant for clinicians, today announced it has partnered with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to roll out Nabla Copilot to their pediatric specialists after a successful four-week pilot program. Nabla does not retain any customer data.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2024

What You Should Know: – The healthcare industry is poised for a seismic shift, powered by a disruptive technology: blockchain, according to the market.us, the Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market report. This translates to enhanced security and peace of mind for both patients and healthcare providers.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What does 2023 hold for healthcare technology, as innovation continues at rapid speed, policymakers and regulators try to keep up with the pace of change – and health systems large and small deal with significant budgetary shortfalls that could hamper their ability to build out their digital transformation efforts?

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Healthcare Success

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today’s healthcare consumers expect high-quality options close to where they live or work. And healthcare marketers are always looking for the most cost-effective channels to reach them. However, if your hospital or medical practice does not have a mobile app, you can still set up (and enjoy the benefits of) geofencing.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2024

What You Should Know: – Turquoise Health , a platform empowering healthcare transparency through data and analytics, today announced a $30M Series B investment led by Adams Street Partners , with participation from Yosemite and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and BoxGroup.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2024

Ali Morin, MSN, RN-BC, VP of Nursing Informatics at symplr In the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, where tomorrow’s challenges are unpredictable, the need for strategically staffed and crisis-ready hospitals has never been more crucial. Healthcare workers’ jobs are hard; we owe it to them to make operations simple.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Rick Bryant, Healthcare CTO, Veritas Technologies The healthcare industry is known for holding on to data – and for good reason. Where healthcare IT departments run into issues is when this data becomes unmanageable: disorganized and siloed and partially stored in dusty offices with the rest sitting exposed on outdated legacy systems.

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Triage Health Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Tracking Technology is the subject of numerous regulatory actions, including by regulators in the European Union and California , and through private lawsuits (also in the EU and U.S.). On December 1, 2022, another regulator joined the fray: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”).

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 6, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Just this morning (Wednesday, July 6, 2022), CMS posted QSO-22-20-Hospitals with the same title as this blog. We recognize that hospitals play a critical role in combatting antimicrobial resistance through implementation of a robust stewardship program.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 1, 2024

In some exciting news, Bryan Perry has joined FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy. NYSE: FCN) today announced the appointment of economics and litigation expert Bryan Perry as a Senior Managing Director in the Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy within the firm’s Economic Consulting segment.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2023

What You Should Know: – A new survey from Verato , a healthcare identity management company, reveals significant challenges faced by healthcare organizations in meeting the data sharing requirements of the 21st Century Cures Act. 89% agree that a Healthcare Master Data Management (hMDM) system is crucial.

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