Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans
The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti
In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes—costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. Meanwhile, an emerging scheme for fraudulent and unnecessary cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing allegedly resulted in $174 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims.
These are just two examples of what the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership describes as a surge in fraud, waste and abuse associated...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Genomics-Precision Medicine Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Revenue Cycle Management Cotiviti CPT Codes Erin Rutzler Fraud Waste and Abuse FWA Genetic Testing Genetic Testing Fraud Healthcare Fraud Prev Source Type: blogs
The Phaedon Institute is a Think Tank Focused on Longevity Science
One of the more noted figures in the senolytics industry has founded a think-tank institute to promote longevity science, and is organizing a senotherapeutics conference to take place later this year. This seems a good thing, and I encourage more of those in the industry to step outside the bounds of their company research and development programs to consider the bigger picture and what they might do to cultivate faster progress towards greater human longevity.
The Phaedon Institute was envisioned by a group of distinguished scientists and entrepreneurs to promote a greater degree of synergy, efficient cooperation...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 4, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Hit or Miss – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 113
For the 113th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are dusting off the crystal balls we haven’t touched since 2021 for another round of Hit or Miss! Step on in to our re-opened fortune telling shop as we go through various topics buzzing around in the world of healthcare right now and predict what will happen with each one in the future. Plus, enjoy all the “Hit” or “Miss” baseball references in our predictions as we celebrate the start of the baseball season as well.
Here’s a preview of the topics we will be giving our predictions on:
Large Language Models – ChatGPT, Google Bar...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Hospital - Health System LTPAC Amazon Healthcare AmazonCare ChatGPT Doximity EHR API Generative AI Genera Source Type: blogs
Tracking the Patient Experience Using Qualtrics at Intermountain Health
We all benefit from sharing our concerns communally. “What, you had the same problem I did?” We say to a friend. “How did you handle it?”
Intermountain Health, provider with 33 hospitals about 400 clinics, wanted to cull information of that type from the many interactions they have with patients—32 million phone calls in Utah alone, according to chief strategy officer Dan Liljenquist.
So Intermountain Health is adopting tools from Qualtrics, a company that analyzes interpersonal communications to “surface customer friction.” Liljenquist says that Intermountain Health plans to use this ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Dan Liljenquist Experience Management Healthcare Call Cent Source Type: blogs
Hal Wolf on HIMSS23: “It feels like we are all back”
At the HIMSS23 media briefing held yesterday, the number of attendees was announced as 35,000 – a significant increase over 2021 and 2022’s attendance. This result led Harold (Hal) Wolf, President and CEO of HIMSS to declare to the gathered journalists: “Let’s be honest, this is the first HIMSS where it feels like we are all back.”
HIMSS23 certainly felt fuller and busier than the conferences held in 2021 and 2022. There were large crowds at the entrance to both halls of the exhibit floor, you had to constantly dodge fellow attendees who were paying more attention to their phones than their surroundings, and ther...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Hal Wolf Health IT Conference Healthcare IT Conferences HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 HIMSS23 attendance Source Type: blogs
Biggest Themes from #HIMSS23
As we reach kind of the midpoint of the HIMSS 2023 annual conference, a few themes have really come into shape. I’m happy (and kind of sad) to say that are predictions of the top topics were what we predicted in our HIMSS 2023 preview. The two biggest themes at HIMSS are the two topics that are top of mind at most healthcare organizations: workforce and revenue.
I think it’s probably fair to say that HIMSS 2023 attendees are burnt out of talking about how burnt out everyone in healthcare is right now. Plus, it seems like this problem is likely going to get worse. I guess the one bright spot in all of th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management ChatGPT Healthcare AI Healthcare Revenue Healthcare Workforce HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 Source Type: blogs
Think Globally on Climate, Act Locally on Leaf Blowers
Mark Nevitt (Emory University), Think Globally on Climate, Act Locally on Leaf Blowers, Reg. Rev. (2023): As nations gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last fall for the latest United Nations climate conference, the language of complex international climate negotiations —“loss and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 20, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Webtoons about STEM university
TL:DR – STEM webcomic search term ideas.
Several of you have recently been searching for the following phrase and reaching sciencebase.com: “webtoons about stem university”.
I couldn’t work out what that might be about specifically, but had some thoughts. First, if you’re searching for “webtoons about stem university,” perhaps you were looking for web comics or digital comics that are related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and set in a university or college setting. Perhaps not…
Maybe you were interested in finding engaging and entertai...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Other Science Source Type: blogs
Get Fired as Quickly as You Can
This week Rachelle and I have been attending the NAB Show, a major creative conference and expo in Vegas covering content creation and production across film, radio, TV, broadcast, streaming, and more. This is the show’s 100th anniversary, so it’s been evolving over many years. I’ve never been to it before, but I heard of it last year, and Aputure offered us free passes this year, so I figured we’d at least check it out. I’m glad we went since it’s been worthwhile.
My favorite part was a one-hour conversation with Brett Goldstein, who was very warm, open-hearted, and funny. Brett is the actor...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - April 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Productivity Relationships Values Source Type: blogs
XRHealth and Amelia Virtual Care Announce Merger, Creating the Largest XR Therapeutics Platform in the World
Both Companies will Be merged Under the XRHealth Brand Name and By the End of the Year Are Forecasted to Have over 500K VR Treatments, Exceed 25K Patients Treated, and Be Deployed by Over 2500 Clinicians
XRHealth, a Boston-based developer and operator of virtual treatment rooms, and Amelia Virtual Care, a global leading virtual reality platform for mental health professionals based in Barcelona, Spain, today announced their intention to merge into one company, which will remain called XRHealth. The union aims to create an XR therapeutic powerhouse, uniquely capable of addressing both physical and mental health issues. The...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition Amelia Virtual Care Amelia VR Asabys Asabys Partners Augmented Reality CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive-Behavioral VR Therapy Eran Orr Guill Source Type: blogs
HIMSS 2023 Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 112
Today is the first day of HIMSS 2023!! So for the 112th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are doing a little preview! First we dive into the topics that we think are going to be covered, that weren’t talked about at ViVE. Then we discuss the stories that we are seeking out at HIMSS. Next, we share what we are the most excited for this week. And lastly, we give out our recommendations on how to have the absolute best time during this conference and in Chicago! So depending on when you listen to this episode, you can either look out for our guesses during the conference and utilize our tips or see afterwards if ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Health IT Companies Health IT Podcasts Healthcare Podcasts HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS Preview HIMSS23 Source Type: blogs
Surprising Perspectives from ViVE2023
At #ViVE2023 several companies stopped by to share their perspectives on the state of healthcare. Leaders from CereCore, Kyruus, Mytonomy, and NTT DATA all had very interesting and surprising observations.
Growing Number of EHR Cloud Migration Projects – CereCore
Peyman Zand, Chief Strategy Officer at CereCore shared his perspective on the latest EHR trends. CereCore helps healthcare organizations around the world with project-based and managed IT services. Although there continues to be a lot of effort being put to EHR optimization projects, he is seeing a growing number of EHR cloud migration projects.
Better Prov...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Anjali Kataria AWS Care-at-Home CereCore Dr. Graham Gardner EHR Migration EHR Optimization K Source Type: blogs
Where You ’ ll Find Us at HIMSS 2023
We’re excited at Healthcare IT Today for the HIMSS 2023 Global Conference happening next week in Chicago. We have a lot going on at the conference, including a dual-studio setup in the Healthcare IT Today booth #2481. Please stop by and say “Hi”! We can’t wait to connect with you in-person.
If we’re not at our booth, here is where you will likely find us at the HIMSS conference.
Medigy HITMC 2023 Awards Ceremony
Sunday, April 16 – 3:00pm-4:30pm at McCormick Place, South Building, Level 4, S403
We appreciate HIMSS for giving our HITMC (Healthcare and IT Marketing Community) a place to h...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Security and Privacy #HCLDR #HITsm Charlie Harp Dell Technologies healthcare IT today Healthcare Marketing Awards HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 HITMC HITMC Awards Micha Source Type: blogs
The Uncertainty Effect with Michelle Lazarus | TAPP 135
Dr. Michelle Lazarus, author of the new book,The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive through the Unexpected, joins host Kevin Patton for a lively discussion of ofuncertainty in science, medicine, and academia.00:00 | Introduction00:50 | Dr. Michelle Lazarus04:57 | Sponsored by AAA05:31 | Why Is Uncertainty Important?17:05 | Sponsored by HAPI17:49 | The Uncertainty of Teaching A&P27:07 | Sponsored by HAPS28:05 | Uncertainty and Inclusion36:38 | Uncertainty and Risk38:48 | Book: The Uncertainty Effect39:51 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:the...
Source: The A and P Professor - April 12, 2023 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Sports News from the Shining City on a Hill
Yes, I digress. Given that the Patriots have hit the skids and the Red Sox owners dismantled the team for unknown reasons*, the bean eaters ' hopes have turned to duh Celts and Dah Brewnz. † Duh Celts are actually the second seed in the east heading into the playoffs, but they pretty much have an even chance to win the conference. A game or two in the interminable NBA regular season doesn ' t mean anything, and they have proved they can beat Milwaukee. The persons of wisdom, however, think the NBA champion will come out of the western conference. Their wisdom may be afflicted with bias, however, because the conventi...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 11, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
