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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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This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

Forbes Healthcare

But the majority of clinical trials today are done in top-notch academic medical centers, and first they needed to prove that their AI-enabled software could help overseas hospitals and smaller community cancer centers handle the documentation required to get through regulatory approval. To date, the Cambridge, Mass.-based

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What is the Quadruple Aim of healthcare?

Mobius MD

In 2019, healthcare leaders declared physician burnout a public health crisis , making connections between provider wellbeing, patient safety, and the quality of care. Popular solutions include improving documentation efficiency (a pain point for physicians) and care team coordination.

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April 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

CA Health Plan 12,224 Unauthorized Access/Disclosure Mailing incident involving mailing vendor (Billing Documents Specialists) Shipping labels contained Social Security numbers. Those vulnerabilities were exploited by a threat actor who accessed its PACS for 9 months between April 2019 and January 2020. PIH Health, Inc.,

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Are your patients satisfied?

Physicians Practice

Dr. Baum has published a book, The Business Basics of Building and Managing a Healthcare Practice, (Springer 2019), which emphasizes the importance of being involved in the business of a medical practice. Recent Videos Related Content 9 design tweaks to refresh your practice Keith A.

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What is the real cost of the care you provide?

Physicians Practice

Dr. Baum has published a book, The Business Basics of Building and Managing a Healthcare Practice, (Springer 2019), which emphasizes the importance of being involved in the business of a medical practice. Recent Videos Related Content 8 Fourth of July prep steps for your practice Keith A.

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Developing Custom Healthcare SaaS Application: A Complete Guide

Arkenea

But 2019 has changed the game for healthcare SaaS. Creating Software Specifications and Wireframes Developing a healthcare application is creating specification documents and wireframes that product users will love. Functional specifications documents aim to inform developers what, how, and why they have to build.

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