Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

They are as close to neutral judges of medical evidence as it gets. The AAP champions surgery and medications. Now let’s compare the two documents. Conclusion In October 2022, while the AAP continued to recommend masking children as young as 2, the group met indoors and did not mask themselves (see pic).

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2023

The top-line is that 60% of Americans would be uncomfortable with [their health] provider relying on AI in their own care, found in a consumer poll fielded in December 2022 among over11,000 U.S. Pew Research Center has published several analyses based on the data collected in the December 2022 consumer survey. For better and worse.”

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Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

It accounts for approximately 59% of medical professionals. It also brought to light new medical innovations to address the crisis. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing stated that close to 91,938 qualified applicants were denied the baccalaureate nursing programs during 2021 and 2022. million nurses, and 19.3

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ACMA Blog

JULY 9, 2024

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), prior authorizations are the number one reason for care delay in the United States. Between 2013 and 2022, about 10% of rural independent retail pharmacies closed. Prior authorizations serve as an additional roadblock that PBMs use to restrict access to certain medications.

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Mobius MD

MARCH 13, 2024

Medical dictation has changed substantially due to improvements in voice recognition software and generative AI. Today, a wide range of medical dictation workflows – enabled by groundbreaking technology advancements – offer greater flexibility and lower costs. Which medical dictation workflow is best for your practice?

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

New mental health medications are often more effective, while also offering fewer and/or less severe side effects. It is important for prescribers and other mental health professionals to stay informed about the latest medications so they can share the information with colleagues and make the right decisions for patients.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Medical insurance verification software is developed to automate the process of verifying patients’ insurance coverages. A medical insurance verification software checks for coverage benefits, copayments, deductibles, and other relevant information needed for the healthcare provider to proceed with the patient’s care.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Out of the 17 million MA enrollees, 19,028 enrollees had no other service records at all in 2022 apart from a single HRA. HHS-OIG’s analysis of MA encounter data identified 1.7 million MA enrollees whose diagnoses were only reported using HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and did not include any follow-ups. HHS-OIG estimates that around $7.5

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

According to a 2022 Pew surve y, “Trust in scientists and medical scientists, once seemingly buoyed by their central role in addressing the coronavirus outbreak, is now below pre-pandemic levels. We are living in a time of growing distrust in science and scientific institutions. Overall, 29% of U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2023

The report reviews the literature which has already recognized the link between pet ownership and improved health conditions and outcomes for pet owners, documenting the growth of pet ownership int he U.S. through the pandemic during which one-sixth of pet owners obtained a new pet.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

Rather than investigate the potential health implications of delayed milestones, medical authorities seem to have pushed back expectations of those skills. In 2022 the CDC paid the AAP to form an expert working group to revise its developmental surveillance checklists. months, while a 2022 baby is raking a raisin at 9 months.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Health care plans or their administrators can sometimes apply different medical necessity standards and criteria to behavioral health coverage requests than those for medical/surgical coverage. Judge Block’s statement is particularly significant in light of health plans’ use of internally developed medical necessity criteria.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

If a primary healthcare provider wants to refer his patient to a specialist for additional medical services then he puts in a recommendation for it. A patient needs a referral before getting medical care from any other physician. percent CAGR between 2022 to 2030 ). This eventually results in the growth of medical practice.

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

Prior authorizations (PAs) play a crucial role in medical billing, ensuring that healthcare providers receive efficient and proper reimbursement for the services and treatments they provide. It involves obtaining approval from insurance companies before a specific procedure, treatment, or medication is administered.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The goal of PAs is to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care for their medical needs in agreement with the most up-to-date medical evidence and guidelines 1. Prior authorizations can be very time-consuming, as they require documentation and paperwork from healthcare providers to show why the patient would need the treatment.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 12, 2024

5] MHPAEA requires covered individual and group health plans and issuers of health insurance (collectively “Health Plans”) to collect and evaluate data and address the material differences between access to MH/SUD benefits when compared to medical/surgical benefits. 2020), [link]. [2] 2] David C. Sheridan, et al., 4] Dep’t Health Hum.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2024

While the study’s press release asserts there may be “progress” given the percent of doctors citing burnout fell by 4 percentage points from 53% of doctors in 2022 to 49% in 2023, it is obvious the U.S. What factors have most contributed? Why would doctors not tell anyone about their feelings of depression?

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

In today’s digital age, medical billing software plays a vital role in streamlining the billing process and improving patient care. The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%. The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%.

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ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

Engagement in Prior Authorization: Duties and Training INTRODUCTION: The prior authorization (PA) process is critical in providing some patients with their medically necessary products. It ensures that what the patient receives is medically appropriate for their situation.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2023

Despite being first identified in medical literature in the 1940s and impacting 5-12% of women annually, medical professionals rarely diagnose Lipedema due to the lack of training and awareness to recognize the disease. Lipedema is a chronic medical condition involving loose connective tissue. What is Lipedema?

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

If true, this would still be between double and triple the size of Permanente Medical Groups. Optum’s medical group acquisition strategy to date has targeted independent (e.g. non-hospital) medical groups with significant at-risk (e.g. The map below showed where Optum Health’s assets were as of 2022.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

For example, a new Hospital Price Transparency Rule came into effect in 2022. Additional rules took effect in July 2022. Challenges By August 2022, more than a year-and-a-half after the new pricing transparency rules initially went into effect, only 16% of hospitals reviewed by the CMS had complied with the new rules.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

INTRODUCTION: The prior authorization (PA) process is critical in providing some patients with their medically necessary products. It is the insurance or payers’ way of controlling costs by approving or denying certain medications, procedures, or devices that may not usually be covered or is on a higher tier on the formulary.

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

Prior authorizations (PAs) play a crucial role in medical billing, ensuring that healthcare providers receive efficient and proper reimbursement for the services and treatments they provide. It involves obtaining approval from insurance companies before a specific procedure, treatment, or medication is administered.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It will be imperative for medical practices and organizations to focus on their billing and denial management to maximize revenue in 2023,” noted Cristy Good, MPH, MA, senior industry advisory and coding expert at MGMA. It’s not unusual for medical practices to lose 5 to 10% of their A/R due to denials, bad debt or other factors.

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Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Dr. Wherley gives an overview of the 17 competencies identified by the AAMC as essential for success in medical school and beyond. She leans into her expertises as an Assistant Dean, medical school program director, and advisor to present practical tips on how to develop these traits and demonstrate them in an application.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Fact and Figures report, this population is projected to grow from 58 million in 2021 to 88 million by 2050. The process helps primary care professionals identify a person’s care goals and document and communicate their medical and personal preferences. “If

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By focusing on specific vital components, medical practices can successfully navigate the complex landscape of healthcare finance. According to a Mad*Pow research report , 61% of patients are confused by their medical bills. At Health Prime, we serve as the point of contact for all patients regarding their medical billing services.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 16, 2024

Shields Healthcare Group In May 2022, a medical imaging service provider in Massachusetts announced that in March, a cybercriminal had unlawfully accessed some of its IT systems. Their misuse of a popular website tracking tool resulted in the data of three million patients being leaked in July 2022.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

part of an omnibus health care law enacted in 2022 which created OHCA and gave it broad authority to set and enforce heath care cost targets for the State. For purposes of this subsection, a clinical affiliation does not include a collaboration on clinical trials or graduate medical education programs.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Let’s start with the pocketbook of the patient — now a key payer in health systems’ revenue cycle management processes on the health system side, and continuing challenge for medical debt for U.S. PwC’s 2024 U.S.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

According to a 2022 Pew surve y, “Trust in scientists and medical scientists, once seemingly buoyed by their central role in addressing the coronavirus outbreak, is now below pre-pandemic levels. We are living in a time of growing distrust in science and scientific institutions. Overall, 29% of U.S.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Maternal mortality rates have been documented extensively. has equity and access issues for some populations, as surfaced recently in a March of Dimes 2022 report, which found that 2.2 Data is available from U.S. government entities and from international entities such as the World Health Organization. However, the U.S. million U.S.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Recently, she presented “Shouldering the Responsibility: Implementation of a Collaborative Shoulder Dystocia Initiative” with her colleagues at the 2022 ASHRM Annual Conference. Nursing is dynamic as patients, acuity, staffing, and medical best practices constantly change. Advising on policy formation. Reviews of root cause analysis.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 28, 2022

On June 27, 2022, the United States Supreme Court, by a vote of 9-0, overturned the lower circuit courts’ rulings affirming the convictions of two physicians of the unlawful distribution of controlled substances. Many health care fraud cases look and sound more like medical malpractice civil suits than actual criminal prosecutions.

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CareerStep

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Offered through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credential is a gold-standard in the industry, allowing you to stand out when you’re applying for medical billing and coding jobs. Earning this certification shows that you have expertise in coding medical services and procedures.

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