Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 10, 2024
Antitrust regulators are poised to file suit against CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx over how they negotiate discounts for drugs, including insulin, according to the report.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 10, 2024
Covid-19 cases are rising, yet a number of cities and states are proposing dangerous mask bans, in the misguided belief that it will improve public safety.
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Science Based Medicine
JULY 11, 2024
Discussions about the GBD tend to take place in the conditional tense- what would, could, and should have happened. But the GBD actually existed and we can examine what actually happened. The post Part 1: We Don’t Have to Wonder if the Great Barrington Declaration Could Have “Worked”. In the Real World, It Failed. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Sensible Medicine
JULY 12, 2024
Autonomy is important to me. Maybe it’s because I am a Gen X-er. Some say we were raised by wolves. I do know that we were raised knowing we had the freedom to explore but also the freedom to fail. Our autonomy taught us resilience. With autonomy comes responsibility. I need to do the adulting task of scheduling my annual doctor’s visit.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 9, 2024
On Tuesday, regulators updated the public on their almost three-year-old inquiry into PBMs’ anticompetitive business practices. The report is not positive for the drug middlemen, which immediately criticized it as one-sided.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 8, 2024
Shares of biotech firm Morphic Holding, founded by Harvard immunologist Tim Springer, rocketed up 75% Monday after Eli Lilly said it would snap it up for $3.2 billion.
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The HIPAA Journal
JULY 8, 2024
Palomar Health Medical Group has warned patients that they may have been affected by an April 2024 cyberattack, and DaVita has learned that tracking tools on its website and mobile app may have sent user data to third-party vendors. Palomar Health Medical Group Announces April 2024 Cyberattack Palomar Health Medical Group, a provider of primary and specialty care to communities in North San Diego County, has informed patients about a recent cyberattack that exposed some of their protected health
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 12, 2024
The findings are a “big deal,” according to one expert, as CVS’ health insurer didn’t follow some “major requirements that are essential to ensuring that the IDR process runs smoothly.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 8, 2024
Private equity should be free to transact and compete to generate the best outcomes for themselves and society. Nothing benefits patients more than a competitive market.
Science Based Medicine
JULY 10, 2024
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global pandemic, with 39 million cases worldwide, and over 1 million new infections each year. While it rose to epidemic and then pandemic levels in the 1980s, the first case goes back to 1959. HIV is a retrovirus that inserts its genetic material into the DNA of host cells, and targets the immune system as […] The post Science vs HIV first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
KevinMD.com
JULY 7, 2024
The evidence is clear: Proximity to fossil fuel infrastructure poses a significant cancer risk to millions of Americans. Studies consistently link exposure to pollutants like benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and particulate matter from fossil fuel facilities to elevated rates of lung cancer, leukemia, and other malignancies. Alarmingly, 17.6 million Americans live in close proximity Read more… Toxic energy: Confronting the carcinogenic risks of fossil fuels originally appeared i
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 10, 2024
Texas Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision suggests he could overturn at least part of the rule, which is meant to curb predatory plan marketing to seniors.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 11, 2024
Evidence that many people may stop their use of obesity drugs not long after starting casts doubt on sustainability of weight loss to achieve long-term positive outcomes.
The HIPAA Journal
JULY 8, 2024
Pennsylvania has updated its data breach notification law, narrowing the definition of personal information, adding the requirement to notify the state Attorney General, and requiring credit monitoring services to be provided to data breach victims in certain circumstances. The Breach of Personal Information Notification Act was amended by Senate Bill 824 and was signed into law by state Governor Josh Shapiro on June 28, 2024.
Emerging RN Leader
JULY 7, 2024
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Most nurse leaders tell me that they strive to be fair and don’t demonstrate favoritism toward specific staff. However, in a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Ginka Toegel and Jean-Louis Barsoux argue that this does not happen in the actual workplace. The research, they contend, demonstrates […] The post When Leaders Show Favoritism appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 11, 2024
Regulators said Medicare’s budget neutrality requirement is to blame for the reduction, which was quickly decried by provider groups. However, it’s likely Congress will step in to mitigate the drop.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 8, 2024
Researchers said Lilly’s Zepbound “was associated with significantly greater weight loss” than Novo’s Wegovy, adding that the study is the first to compare the two drugs—marketed for diabetes as Mounjaro and Ozempic—in obese and overweight adults.
Medbridge
JULY 9, 2024
The Peterson Health Technology Institute published a fascinating report this month showing that first-generation virtual musculoskeletal (MSK) care solutions have proven clinical efficacy. Our own internal data—over 15 million of our home exercise programs issued by our provider clients in the last year alone—indicates the same. In the report, Caroline Pearson, Executive Director at Peterson […] The post MedBridge CEO Donovan Campbell’s Statement on the Peterson Health Technology Institute
Top Practices
JULY 10, 2024
Creating a successful team of people who work well together and work for the common goal of the practice has always been a challenge. Over the past few years, this challenge has magnified. Not only has it been difficult to find employees that want to work, but it has also been more difficult getting them to work well together. Prior to the pandemic, Gallup reported that there were five tactics of teamwork that they call the “5 Cs” – Common purpose, connection, communication, co
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 9, 2024
More than 60 Medicare Advantage health plans from 40 insurers have received a higher star rating for 2024, according to a Healthcare Dive analysis.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 9, 2024
CDC ER and hospitalization data suggests that a Covid-19 Summer surge has been occurring in the U.S. since early June with the FLiRT variants KP.3 and KP.
Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management
JULY 12, 2024
Expert testimony is essential in medical malpractice cases. Such testimony establishes both what the standard of care is, as well as whether and how the defendant in the case deviated from that standard of care. In this case, we look at how expert testimony pointed to a guilty verdict for one pulmonologist. Case Facts Dr P was a pulmonologist who had a practice and was affiliated with a large hospital.
Medical Economics
JULY 9, 2024
As value-based care adoption grows, payers and providers must find the right tools to transform adversarial interactions into partnerships that put patients at the center of care.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 9, 2024
The judge ruled the HHS overstepped in applying an employment law decision to healthcare, a decision experts say could occur more frequently now that the Chevron doctrine has been overturned.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 11, 2024
Element Biosciences has figured out how to decrypt a cell’s genetic code. And it’s using artificial intelligence to build better tools for doctors and researchers.
ACMA Blog
JULY 9, 2024
Authors: Audrey Yeh, PharmD and Kiana Dixson, PharmD, BCMAS Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are “middlemen” that negotiate the terms and conditions for access to prescription drugs. Critics share that these organizations hold enormous power and influence over patients’ access to drugs and the prices they pay. The nation’s leading PBMs frequently have the ability to exert control on the pharmacies patients can go to to obtain prescriptions.
Medical Economics
JULY 10, 2024
It’s financial bad news, but there is renewed attention on primary care, according to physician groups.
The HIPAA Journal
JULY 9, 2024
The Houston, TX-based medical device company, LivaNova, is facing multiple class action lawsuits over an October 2023 cyberattack that exposed the protected health information of 180,000 patients. The attack was detected on November 19, 2023, and the investigation confirmed that unauthorized individuals first accessed its network on October 26, 2023.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 10, 2024
While no longer as lethal as the infection behind the Black Death, plague is still frequently fatal unless swiftly treated with antibiotics.
Coronis Health
JULY 10, 2024
Ever feel like you’re drowning in medical codes and tangled in billing complexities? You’re not alone! Healthcare providers nationwide struggle with the ever-changing world of CPT codes and the time-consuming tasks associated with billing and coding. But fear not, there’s a friendly robot assistant waiting to lend a hand – Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Medical Economics
JULY 8, 2024
Health care professionals should understand how attitudes and behaviors can impede communication, trust, and patient engagement.
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