Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2023

SVB notes that venture funding in healthcare fell in terms of both deals and dollars each quarter of 2022 after hitting records in 2021. Devices, the only one of the four sectors to match, relatively, record investments in 2021.

Follow-Up

19 Labs

APRIL 21, 2021

With Viasat 3 and global coverage coming up, every rural community around the world can get healthcare through GALE. April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. Currently, 19labs is assisting healthcare and education groups prepare applications under the recently expanded 2021 FCC telemedicine grant program. CARLSBAD Calif.,

Diagnostics

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Dr. Javaid Perwaiz was indicted and convicted following trial in federal court of healthcare fraud. Separately, Dr. Perwaiz was alleged to have submitted claims for diagnostic procedures that he only pretended to perform. Dr. Perwaiz was convicted of healthcare fraud following trial, and at sentencing found to have caused $20.8

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

HIPAA

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The diagnostic process and development of an effective management plan, done well, are elegant, thoughtful, and parsimonious. Physician burnout rates hit 63% in 2021. Even on the days I am able to limit work to, let’s say, a nine-hour day, and nobody calls after hours, the worry about patients can follow me.

Customer Service

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Ordering diagnostic tests is a standard procedure for physicians; yet if the test results aren’t reviewed and acted upon, what was the point of ordering the test? Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees.

Follow-Up

Sensible Medicine

JULY 11, 2023

Different guideline producing groups, working off this same data, could come up with very different recommendations. Diagnostic labs and procedures are associated with risk or physical harm, cost money, and may be of limited benefit. 2021 Jul 20;326(3):279]. The next step is to agree on costs. N Engl J Med. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.4417

Tests

The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

While I knew the grim 5-year relative survival rate for this stage was about 13 percent, I still hoped and prayed that he would somehow end up being on the positive side of that survival statistic. Since 2021, screening ages have been lowered; colon cancer screening now starts at 45 and breast cancer at 40 for average-risk individuals.

Tests

The Healthcare Blog

JULY 14, 2024

By MATTHEW HOLT All of a sudden we are back in 2021. The vaccine that became generally available at the start of the Biden Administration in 2021 put paid to the idea that telehealth was the majority of the future of care delivery. This round was a $50m top-up but it has raised nearly $400m. It kept going down.

Huddles/Rounds

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 25, 2025

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