By Devin Partida – The Office for Civil Rights has issued a notice of enforcement regarding HIPAA regulations and COVID-19 vaccine-scheduling apps. The update states that the OCR won’t impose HIPAA noncompliance penalties related to good-faith use of these services.
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Latest news being reported on payers and the health insurance industry including news from CVS Health, CareSource, Oscar Health, Excellus Health, Anthem Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealth Group, Humana, IBM Watson Health, Cigna and more.
By Deirdre Ruttle – Today’s patients owe more for their healthcare than ever before. Steady increases in health plan premiums and high deductible plans lead to ever-growing patient financial responsibility.
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
The annual Black Book Research crowdsourced population health management solutions poll of 1,685 applications and technology users included administrative, financial, medical, analytics, quality and IT system users from 501 hospitals and IDNs; 721 physician practices, 80 ambulatory organizations; and 45 payers and employer groups.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of January that we think deserve sharing again.
We are seeking out the latest developments around Telemedicine. How is telemedicine used to benefit patients and care givers? News from Rhinogram, Caregility, Noteworth, Hippo Technologies, Internet of Things, SWORD Health, Cloud DX, Reliq Health Technologies and more.
By Greg Kefer – The race to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine shined a new, very bright light on the pharmaceutical industry. Before 2020, few people outside of the healthcare industry spent much time thinking about what it takes to develop a drug, nor did they consider…