Lobbying Efforts for the Development of Means to Treat Aging are at a Very Early Stage
That so many people turn their hand to lobbying government is a sad statement of the character of our era. Those engaged in getting things done start to feel, at some level of funding, that lobbying is a necessary defense on the one hand, against Big Pharma entities who will use regulators to impede and coerce competition, and on the other hand a way to access greater funding and publicity. The trough of public funds is ever an attractive proposition, and never as easy to access without tainting everything involved as people would like to think it is. A world with smaller, less powerful governments would be a world in whic...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 24, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Politics and Legislation Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule from CMS would continue many of the public health emergency telehealth flexibilities, such as an expanded definition of telehealth practitioners, continued...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations AliveCor American Telemedicine Association Amwell ATA AVIA Black Book Research Bren Webster CenTrak Cerner CMS eClinicalWorks eCW Force Therapeutics Fortified Health Security He Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 24th 2023
In this study, we tested the hypothesis that periodontal disease (PD) as a source of infection alters inflammatory activation and Aβ phagocytosis by the microglial cells.
Experimental PD was induced using ligatures in C57BL/6 mice for 1, 10, 20, and 30 days to assess the progression of PD. Animals without ligatures were used as controls. Ligature placement caused progressive periodontal disease and bone resorption that was already significant on day 1 post-ligation and continued to increase until day 30. The severity of periodontal disease increased the frequency of activated microglia in the brains on day 30 by 36...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 23, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The Short-Term Economic Argument for Undertaking Efforts to Treat Aging as a Medical Condition
The primary economic argument presently made for treating aging as a medical condition emerges from the fact that medical spending and medical research is largely entwined with government in much of the world; it is increasingly a public purse, not a collection of private purses. Politicians and bureaucrats care (to some degree) about avoiding the looming financial implosion that will result when present unsustainable spending policies run head-on into the demographic transition to a society in which an ever-larger proportion of people are old, suffering from age-related disease, and many of their expenses paid via entitle...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs
5 Ways Data (and Storage) are Powering the Evolution of Healthcare
The following is a guest article by Doug McLoughlin, Regional Manager at Western Digital
Healthcare technology is finally catching up with a digital revolution that’s been well underway for over a decade in other industries. The transformation was accelerated in the last three years when confined to our homes for months on end, doctors and patients alike turned to technology to try and stay healthy and connected.
From medical to consumer-grade devices, millions of new endpoints emerged, generating new volumes of data. Ranging from improving individual health to better patient outcomes to enabling more advanced research, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops AI Data Storage Doug McLoughlin Healthcare Data Healthcare Data Storage Improving Patient Outcomes ML Reducing Costs RPM Western Digital Source Type: blogs
Hey, indeedy
Remember Jack Texeira, the Air National Guard member who was sharing top secret documents with his neo-Nazi friends on social media? His lawyers want him released pending trial, and they actually have a point, although it ' sprobably the opposite of the point they intended to make.In court papers, the defense attorneys argued that Teixeira has no
financial ability or incentive to flee, and claimed the government “greatly overexaggerates Mr. Teixeira’s risk to national security.”
Teixeira’s lawyers noted that prosecutors did not seek to detain Trump —
or his co-defendant, Walt Nauta — even though the fo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 18, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Direct Core Relationships
Have you thought much about the core relationships you’d like to cultivate with life, such as your relationships with work, people, physical reality, your body, government, creativity, entertainment, time, food, intimacy, home, etc?
You surely have many specific instances of these relationships showing up in your life, such as a particular job or family member. But have you ever stepped back from the specifics to make some high-level decisions about the purest forms of these relationships that you want to experience? There’s tremendous power in doing this since it helps you elevate your standards, define bou...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Relationships Values Source Type: blogs
Psychedelic Science 2023 – Key Takeaways
In my previous post I shared my detailed review of the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference in Denver. In this post I’ll summarize my key takeaways after further reflection.
Effectiveness
There was abundant evidence of the transformational effectiveness of psychedelics, which shows great promise in treating issues like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction, especially at relatively high doses (like 30-40mg of psilocybin).
Psychedelics can also create powerful effects that people describe as spiritual. Given a high enough dosage, most people report a profound mystical experience that they claim to be one of...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Health Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Open Data Platform Simplifies Payment Estimates
With laws such as the “No Surprises Act,” government has thrown its considerable weight behind the pressure on payers and clinicians to give patients good-faith estimates of the total cost of treatment. According to Marcus Dorstel, VP of Operations at Turquoise Health, both payers and providers have struggled and invested large amounts of effort in meeting the new requirements.
Payers and providers who want to meet the intent of the law by adding up or “bundling” the many parts of treatment offer “service packages” that estimate what a patient will pay. These service packages get very de...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Bundling Healthcare Bundles Healthcare Price Transparency Healthcare Prici Source Type: blogs
Everything the government thinks it knows about the opioid crisis is wrong
“In July 2015, journalist Johann Hari gave a TED Talk that over 20 million people have since viewed. Hari offered convincing evidence that vulnerability to opioid addiction is a consequence of the conditions under which people live — the social determinants of health — rather than simple exposure to opioid pain relievers. This theme is
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Everything the government thinks it knows about the opioid crisis is wrong originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 1, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Richard A. Lawhern, PhD Tags: Conditions Pain Management Source Type: blogs
“Sons of Liberty” Flea Into King George’s (or Donald’s) Open Arms.
BY MIKE MAGEE
If there is a silver lining to the Trump assault on decency and civility, it is our majority response to this “stress test” of our Democracy, and the sturdiness (thus far) of our Founders’ vision.
It was, after all, a long shot when Alexander Hamilton, under the pen name Publius, published Federalist No. 1 on October 27, 1787, writing: “It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflec...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Donald Trump Mike Magee Roe v. Wade Source Type: blogs
What Are The Current Regulatory Changes And Compliance Requirements That ASCs Need To Be Aware Of In Their Billing Practices?
The following is a guest article by Isaac Smith, Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement Specialist at Medcare MSO
ASCs are types of medical facilities that are subject to stringent regulations. Each ASC is responsible for ensuring that they are in compliance with the numerous statutes and regulations that are in place at both the state and federal levels. These laws regulate everything pertaining to ASCs, from their day-to-day operations to the manner in which they are compensated.
ASCs must stay current on healthcare regulations that affect billing. New CMS and AMA guidelines, coding changes, and reimbursement methods have be...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Ambulatory Healthcare IT Regulations Revenue Cycle Management AMA ASC ASC Billing ASCs Regulatory Changes CMS Conditions for Coverage CPT Emergency Preparedness HOPD ICD-10-CM Isaac Smith Medcare MSO Medica Source Type: blogs
Moral Injury: A Physician ’s Premature Retirement
Calder Wedding
BY HAYWARD ZWERLING
Synopsis:
After a 3 decade career in a solo private practice the healthcare environment shifted
As an employed physician, my institution’s policies hindered my ability to care for my patients
The consequent moral injury left me unwilling to re-engage with the healthcare industry
I retired early from the profession that I loved because the devolution of the healthcare system had made it impossible for me to provide care to my patients in a manner which met my own standards. The resultant “moral injury” left me leary of again becoming involved with our healthcar...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Hayward Zwerling moral injury Premature Retirement Source Type: blogs
Connected Medical Devices —the Next Target for Ransomware Attacks
The following is a guest article by Ryan Witt, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Proofpoint
The Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, is a deep web of interconnected devices that increasingly plays a vital role in care delivery. Unfortunately, these devices have also significantly enhanced healthcare’s cyber risk, and security researchers have raised alarms about the vulnerabilities of these devices for more than a decade. While we haven’t seen threat actors widely exploiting the vulnerabilities in the wild, it is only a matter of time—and the results of an event like an IoMT ransomware attack will be devastating to ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Security and Privacy Consolidated Appropriations Act Cyber Risk Cybersecurity ECRI FDA Internet of Medical Source Type: blogs
ibml Acquires Exela Technologies ’ IntelliScan Smart Scanning Solutions
Acquisition Positions ibml as the Clear Leader in the High-Volume Digitization Market
Imaging Business Machines LLC (ibml), a global market leader in high-volume, mission-critical digitization and intelligent document processing (IDP) solutions, today announced the acquisition of Exela Technologies‘ IntelliScan Smart Scanning Solutions (Intelliscan). The acquisition provides ibml with an enhanced portfolio of products and expanded service coverage to meet high-volume digitization needs of customers.
ibml will acquire the assets of the high-volume scanner and North America hardware maintenance businesses of Exela Te...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Exela Exela Technologies Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A ibml IDP Imaging Business Machines LLC Intelligent Document Processing IntelliScan IntelliScan Smart Scanning Solutions Martin Birch Source Type: blogs
