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Doing Less Can Be Doing More for Healthcare – the Biggest Takeaway From ASCO 2018

Health Populi

The study, Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer, was published in The New England Journal of Medicine on June 3, 2018, coinciding with the researchers’ ASCO presentation of the results. ” A genetic test that costs $3,000 helps to identify women who could benefit from avoiding chemo.

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Outpatient is the New Inpatient – The Future of Hospitals in America

Health Populi

.” And another verbatim observation that illustrates some hospitals’ doubling-down on the outpatient opportunity: “The focus of the past 10 years has been on preventing readmissions, and now in the next 10 years, the focus will be on preventing admissions.”

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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

territory of Guam, was investigated after a complaint was received about a December 2018 ransomware attack. The data was exposed online between August 2015 and July 2018. The first breach involved unauthorized access to the ePHI of 197,986 individuals betweenSeptember 25, 2018, and November 30, 2018. Warby Parker, Inc.,

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Top 5 Questions about being a Medical Assistant

Milwaukee Career College

Bureau of Labor Statistics , the average pay for a medical assistant in 2018 was $33,610 per year. You will receive comprehensive training to perform certain clinical tasks, front office administrative duties and wide-ranging medical coding and medical billing duties. 1 How much does a medical assistant get paid? According to the U.S.

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Estimates of COVID-19 Medical Costs in the US: $20K for inpatient stay, $1300 OOP costs

Health Populi

In the midst of growing inpatient admissions and test results for COVID-19, Congress is working as I write this post to finalize a round of legislation to help Americans with the costs-of-living and (hopefully) health care in a national, mandated, clarifying way. Hospital costs could average over $20,000, the report calculated.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

The World Health Organization called for “prescribing” clean air for the world’s children, 90% of whom were breathing toxic air in 2018. This study , published in November 2019 by a team from Harvard, looked at admissions to hospital among Medicare enrollees exposed to higher levels of air particulates. health care delivery.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

The HIPAA Journal

On January 5, 2021, the HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill (HR 7898) was signed into law by President Trump and amended the HITECH Act. The purpose of the HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill was to encourage healthcare organizations to adopt recognized cybersecurity practices to improve their defenses against cyberattacks. Recent Changes to HIPAA Enforcement.

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