Most multiple sclerosis (MS) healthcare providers have used telemedicine to care for patients and want to keep using it, survey data showed. Of MS providers across the country who completed an online survey, 76% said they've used telemedicine to see patients, reported … [Read More...]
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MDLive to be acquired by Cigna’s Evernorth
Telehealth provider MDLive is being acquired by Cigna's health services subsidiary Evernorth, the two companies announced this morning. The deal is expected to close sometime in Q2. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, although Cigna said that it would share additional … [Read More...]
Automating ‘high level’ healthcare tasks can create high value savings
Busakorn Pongparnit/Getty ImagesWith the recent influx of data across the healthcare industry, the time to fully implement artificial intelligence and machine learning is now, according to Brandon Sim, the chief technology officer and chief operating officer at ApolloMed, a … [Read More...]
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ECFC Requests Congressional Leadership Include Cadillac Tax Repeal in Year-End Legislation
[ad_1] ECFC Requests Congressional Leadership Include Cadillac Tax Repeal in Year-End Legislation Wednesday, December 4, 2019 (0 Comments) Posted by: Staff ECFC sent this … [Read More...]
How Much Should I Contribute To My HSA?
[ad_1] During enrollment season, people who own a Health Savings Account (HSA), or have recently opened one, wonder, “How much should I contribute to my HSA?” HSAs are a unique tax-advantaged tool for healthcare consumers to pay for qualified healthcare expenses. … [Read More...]
FBI Releases an Intelligence Bulletin Outlining Methods Used to Commit Fraud Against HSAs
[ad_1] FBI Releases an Intelligence Bulletin Outlining Methods Used to Commit Fraud Against HSAs Friday, September 27, 2019 (0 Comments) Posted by: Staff Several HSA service … [Read More...]
Latest News From Across The Industry
Sentara Healthcare manages demands of Epic EHR with remote hosting
Sentara Healthcare, a health system based in Norfolk, Virginia, uses an Epic electronic health record that connects its 12 hospitals and various clinics on the same platform. This has enabled clinicians to access and exchange patient records more quickly. "Epic is presented to clinicians via a presentation layer, which is … [Read More...]
Biden Makes Good on Two Early Promises
WASHINGTON -- President Biden directed his administration Thursday to reverse actions by the Trump administration that Biden said had hurt women's access to reproductive healthcare and made it harder for people to enroll in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance and in Medicaid. The executive orders and memorandum … [Read More...]
CIOs weigh in on the most useful tools for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
As the COVID-19 vaccination efforts have continued throughout the United States, hospitals and health systems have often been on the front lines of scheduling and allocating inoculations for staff members and, increasingly, eligible members of the public. A number of vendors have joined new innovation collaboratives, … [Read More...]
Telehealth fraud: Tampa pharmacy owner faces 10 years for $931M conspiracy
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that four people and one company have recently pleaded guilty in a telemedicine pharmacy healthcare-fraud conspiracy that allegedly lasted for years. The group was charged with a conspiracy to defraud pharmacy benefit managers out of $174,202,105 by submitting $931,356,936 for … [Read More...]
Top 10 Technology Hazards: Pandemic Plays Key Role
The pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for patient care — difficulties faced each day by clinicians, clinical engineers, IT specialists, supply chain managers, and other healthcare professionals. As a result, ECRI notes in its 14th annual report on the top 10 health technology hazards, that a number of new threats … [Read More...]
Banyan Health Systems cycles telehealth ‘kits’ among those in need
Within just two weeks of the first COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, Banyan Health Systems, based in Miami, Florida, transitioned healthcare services to telehealth. Prior to the pandemic, the health system only used telehealth internally, providing practitioner consults between residential facilities and outpatient centers. After … [Read More...]