HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 9, 2021

What You Should Know: A new AKASA survey highlight the challenges hospitals and health systems face when trying to prevent surprise medical bills. The national survey was designed to assess the adoption of automation in revenue cycle operations at hospitals and health systems across the U.S. anesthesiology).

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Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 28, 2023

How Patient Satisfaction (HCAHPS) is Impacted by the Hospital’s Physical Environment Patient satisfaction and HCAHPS improvements go far beyond medical expertise or outcome. The hospital environment plays a pivotal role in shaping a patient's (and visitors) experience and overall satisfaction.

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NASHP

AUGUST 30, 2023

To learn more about this model act, check out our blog post, Rural Emergency Hospitals: Legislative and Regulatory 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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HIT Consultant

JUNE 16, 2022

The purpose of the No Surprises Act is to prevent surprise out-of-network bills, often for emergency services. For example, if your appendix bursts while at work, you would be rushed to the nearest hospital for an emergency appendectomy. In fact, more than half of all U.S. consumers have received an unexpectedly large medical bills.

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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. This knowledge helps you: Allocate resources more efficiently.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Hospital prices (for inpatient and outpatient care) are the largest driver of rising health care spending in the commercial market in the U.S. Much of the increase in price stems from hospital market consolidation and the failures of competition in the health care marketplace. Or are they reflective of imbalances in market power?

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Healthcare organizations can now prevent protected health information collected by their marketing channels from reaching destinations where organizations do not have a business associate agreement, according to WebMD Ignite and Freshpaint. In the face of constantly evolving regulations, doing both can be exceedingly difficult."

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Home Health Care

MAY 30, 2022

The traditional brick-and-mortar hospital system is broken, often leaving patients in a condition that’s worse than when they first arrived. The findings throw further support for facility-based care alternatives, including the types of hospital-at-home models that lean heavily on home health and home care agencies.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 18, 2022

Ronald Lavater, CEO of the International Hospital Federation (IHF), said that during his career of more than 25 years in hospital administration the role of a hospital leader didn’t have sustainability in its mindset. “Hospitals are contributing to climate change,” Lavater said.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By Thiru Gunasegaran | September 05, 2023 News Mere digitisation of records won't cut it for a smart hospital This HIMSS23 APAC speaker will share how Taiwan’s Chang Gung Memorial Hospital transformed.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But even an innocent mistake can cause well-intentioned hospitals and health systems to attract attention from federal auditors, and result in stiff penalties for physicians and those who input the wrong billing codes. Compliance with regulations and guidelines is crucial to avoid penalties and loss of reimbursement. He received $4.5

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Home Health Care

APRIL 12, 2024

OIG’s work plan says the watchdog is working to determine whether selected states made Medicaid payments for consumer-directed personal assistance program claims in accordance with applicable federal and state regulations. Medicare’s acute- and post-acute-care transfer policies are yet another focus area for OIG.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This comprehensive approach allows for: Early identification of high-risk patients: Predicting who needs the most care helps providers proactively manage health conditions and prevent costly interventions. Improved patient outcomes: Timely interventions can lead to fewer hospital visits, readmissions, and overall better health for patients.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Respondents also wanted a reduction in duplicate testing and preventable safety events. For instance, studies have shown that although interoperability in cities is improving, small hospitals are lagging behind. Still, many hospital leaders predict continued investment in interoperability tools and initiatives over the next five years.

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KHN

APRIL 16, 2024

” said Sanket Dhruva , a cardiologist and an expert in medical device safety and regulation at the University of California-San Francisco. A review of the FDA device database shows at least 130 reports related to HeartMate II or 3 that mention the complication reported by regulators. “Why doesn’t the public know?”

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By administering ultrasound technology at the point of care, whether that be the patient’s bedside or an ambulance, POCUS prevents patients from being sent to another facility for imaging or waiting for a radiologist. Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

During this waiting period, in addition to suffering negative consequences in their jobs, at school and in personal relationships, they run the risk of being hospitalized, which can be traumatic and costly. However, depending on the state and its regulations, patients may need to, at times, be seen in person.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2024

The heart is a major health-category at CES 2024, from wristband wearable tech to remote health monitoring devices enabling cardiovascular hospital-to-home care. I have both professional and personal interests in athlete safety, having two nephews who have been involved in acute sports injury and brain health.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The impact on eligible hospitals would be the loss of 75 percent of the annual market basket increase; for CAHs, payment would be reduced to 100 percent of reasonable costs instead of 101 percent. This may result in a healthcare provider being removed from an ACO or prevented from joining an ACO. “HHS

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Bill Of Health

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Although the need for prioritization was a reality almost globally, many countries had no such regulation in place, which frequently led to the adoption of fragmented and discriminatory triage protocols. It also prevents improvising criteria in the heat of the moment, when rationing is unescapable.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Broadly, patients being discharged from the hospital to home health care will not need advanced approval. BCBS of Massachusetts touted what it will do for hospitals and patients looking forward to discharge. “We This change will also reduce delays for Blue Cross members ready to transition their care from hospital to home.”

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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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Home Health Care

APRIL 25, 2024

Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, captured the ban’s impact on health care in a statement released shortly after the FTC voted. His remarks focus on hospitals, but the sentiments could apply to the home health, home care and hospice markets as well.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Among the many challenges these staffing shortages cause is that they prevent facilities from accepting new patients because they don’t have the staff. This in turn jams hospitals as they have no place to discharge patients, extending hospital stays and increasing costs. Further, almost 40% of hospital admissions are avoidable.

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Healthcare Success

JULY 31, 2023

As a hospital or health system, you know the value of patient engagement. But first, a primer on why this is a savvy investment for any hospital or health system. to prevent or improve chronic health conditions. But are you up-to-date with the latest patient engagement strategies? What Is Patient Engagement?

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HIT Consultant

JULY 19, 2022

But before the platform became widely available, patients could only be diagnosed after trained sonographers performed an ultrasound in a hospital or specialized setting – typically after the onset of symptoms. since it received FDA 510(k) clearance in 2020.

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Vie Healthcare

MARCH 6, 2024

Episode Introduction Mara explains why the first step towards successfully embracing AI is literacy, the challenges hospitals face in system integration and why AI isn’t intended to replace humanity in patient care. Each maybe has their own labor agreements, regulation and whatnot. There are different disciplines. Jim (05:45): Sure.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 24, 2023

– The partnership promotes compliance for hospitals, health systems, and health plans through a privacy-first approach to using Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and other marketing tools that rely on web-tracking technologies. In the face of constantly evolving regulations, doing both can be exceedingly difficult.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals. Confidentiality Laws and regulations govern the confidentiality of medical data.

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Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

New Subpart 521-1: Compliance Programs The adopted regulations represent substantial changes to 18 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 521 governing the implementation and operation of effective compliance programs for certain “required providers,” including, now for the first time, Medicaid managed care organizations (MMCOs). [1]

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NASHP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The 2020 Supreme Court’s decision in Rutledge vs. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) puts states on firm ground to regulate health care costs and extend state cost containment laws to employer self-funded plans. Supreme Court upheld an Arkansas law that regulates PBMs. In short — yes!

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

. – Patients are most comfortable with physicians and hospitals having access to personal health data, and least comfortable with social media sites, employers and technology companies having access to the same data. – More than 75% of patients want to opt-in before a company uses any of their health data.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 6, 2023

Healthcare organizations face financial penalties, potentially in the millions, for lack of compliance with DEA regulations leading to diversion within their hospitals. hospitals using ControlCheck have a variance between the dispense and final disposition of the drug (i.e. administration, waste, or return).

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Imagine being admitted for surgery to a hospital that is part of your health plan’s network of preferred providers. Unbeknownst to you, the hospital-contracted anesthesiologist who provides your anesthesia during your surgical procedure is not in-network with your plan. What is a surprise bill?

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Regulations Hospitals Medicare Doctors 52

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 7, 2023

Toolkit: Medical Record Review Methodology Provides an explanation of the OIG methodology, including details about our definition of patient harm and how we categorized events by severity and preventability. For each condition, we discuss how we determined whether the condition was the result of harm and whether it could have been prevented.

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Sheppard Health Law

AUGUST 2, 2021

On July 1, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (“ CDPH ”) issued new regulations [1] (the “ Regulations ”) effective immediately that more narrowly limit the circumstances under which instances of unauthorized access to medical information have to be reported to CDPH. The Regulations complement Section 1280.15

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To help reverse this devastating trend, healthcare systems need to shift “upstream” and focus on preclinical early intervention and prevention, as opposed to the current “downstream” reactive approach which only addresses issues after they’ve evolved into major disorders requiring acute treatment. Society desperately needs it.

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