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Physicians’ Confidence In and Use of AI is Rising, AMA Finds – Coupling Demand With Many Enabling Factors

Health Populi

This study updates AMA’s survey conducted in 2023 and found significantly growing confidence and utilization of AI for certain use cases. The AMA polled U.S. But many physicians report uncertainty about whether they are actually usual AI tools in practice — whether for non-clinical, administrative applications or for clinical use.

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Optum: Testing Time for an Invisible Empire

The Healthcare Blog

Then someone discovered that the largest living thing in the world was actually the 106 acre, 47 thousand tree Pando aspen grove in central Utah, which genetic testing revealed to be a single organism. Source: 2023 UNH 10K For most of the past decade, Optum has been driving force of incremental profit growth for United.

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HHS-OIG Identifies Potential Misuse of HRAs and Chart Reviews by MA Companies

The HIPAA Journal

When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. In fiscal year 2023, the CMS identified $12.7

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Will ambient clinical intelligence solve healthcare’s documentation problem? 

Mobius MD

The democratization of generative AI in 2023 led to many new players in the space, but a few companies have been working on ACI for nearly a decade. Augmedix was one of the early companies to use AI for ambient clinical documentation. How does ambient documentation work? appeared first on Mobius MD.

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Physician Loses Rare Criminal E/M Fraud Trial

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Rob Elfenbein of Maryland operated a series of drive-through testing sites during the COVID-19 pandemic that served all types of patients. 8] Nevertheless, on August 4, 2023, a federal grand jury convicted Dr. Elfenbein of the sole count charged: healthcare fraud. 11, 2023). [4] 3] United States v. Elfenbein , 1:22-cr-146, Doc.

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Healthcare’s Administrative Burden: What’s Being Done?

Mobius MD

Between EHR documentation, inbox management, prior authorizations, and other clerical tasks, it’s a wonder physicians have time to care for patients. Now, they face growing demands associated with documentation and regulatory compliance. Nobody likes paperwork, but practicing medicine requires a lot of it.

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Analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials with Psychedelic Drugs

Healthcare Law Insights blog

On June 23, 2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance document with foundational considerations for researchers that are developing psychedelic drugs for the treatment of medical conditions. psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)) as well as entactogens or empathogens (e.g.,