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HHS watchdog accuses CVS Medicare Advantage plan of upcoding

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The vast majority of diagnoses codes that CVS subsidiary Coventry submitted to the CMS between 2018 and 2019 weren’t supported by patient documentation, the HHS Office of the Inspector General found.

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Insurance companies vow to fix prior authorization process…again

Medical Economics

SHOW MORE Pledge to streamline the process comes amid growing public and government pressure, but the previous industry promises in 2018 accomplished little. In 2027, at least 80% of electronic prior authorization approvals (with all needed clinical documentation) will be answered in real-time. Expanding Real-Time Responses.

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Healthcare Data Security Breach: What to Do If Your Records Have Been Hacked

Scrubs

In 2018, the healthcare sector saw 15 million patient records compromised across 503 breaches, which was three times the amount seen in 2017. Alert Affiliates and Business Partners Once you’ve gathered and documented all information regarding the attack, you will need to contact your business partners and the general public.

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Post #2 Back-to-Sleep Series

Sensible Medicine

Research by Collett et al (2018) shows that, despite some improvement in PP by 18 months, the deformations persist beyond 36 months. In the resulting document , the working group changed the ages at which children can be expected to reach developmental milestones.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Medical dictation for iPhone: An introduction

Mobius MD

Alternatively, some will explore the latest medical documentation assistance using AI-based medical scribe software. Using speech-to-text for mobile dictation can help healthcare providers eliminate hours of typing and improve documentation efficiency. Can I use my iPhone for medical dictation? There is a workaround for iPhone users.

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More People Using Meditation and Yoga as Medicine, Especially Women

Health Populi

Adults Aged 18 and Over , published in November 2018. Headspace Health launched in June 2018 as a digital health company to build the evidence-based for mainstream healthcare adoption. These data come out of the NCHS’s Data Brief, Use of Yoga, Meditation, and Chiropractors Among U.S. One in five women do yoga in America.