Sensible Medicine

JULY 17, 2025

High blood pressure killed nearly 686,000 Americans in 2022. The Overreaction Issue The greater availability of home monitoring has now set us up to overtreat hypertension. A follow-up study confirmed these extreme elevations, documenting pressures up to 345/245 mmHg during heavy lifts.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2024

And convenience actually mashes up costs for everyday people in the form of time-costs. The green circle diagram from Deloitte’s report documents a growing willingness among patients to use virtual health services, increasing from 80% of consumers willing to use telehealth in 2020, 84% in 2022, and 94% in 2024.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

For example, Bergman reports a 2002 study in which ventilated premature babies were placed to sleep on either their tummies or backs, and the following states were measured: quiet sleep, active sleep (which is less restorative than quiet sleep), crying time, number of stress responses (startle, tremor, and twitch), and oxygen saturation.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. HHS-OIG’s analysis of MA encounter data identified 1.7

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2025

A settlement has been agreed to resolve litigation stemming from a 2022 data breach at AllCare Plus Pharmacy. The Northborough, MA-based pharmacy detected the security incident on June 21, 2022, when suspicious activity was identified in an employees email account.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

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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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2022) estimated over 100,000 registered nurses left the profession and predicted that another 800,000 nurses would follow them by 2027. According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 30, 2025

million to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 2022 hacking incident that affected more than 942,000 individuals. The class consists of individuals who were sent a notification letter about the data breach on August 23, 2022. The lack of those measures amounted to negligence, according to the plaintiffs.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

In addition to financial penalties, covered entities are required to adopt a corrective action plan to bring policies and procedures up to the standards demanded by HIPAA. . It is the responsibility of each covered entity to ensure that HIPAA Rules are understood and followed. Tier 1: Minimum fine of $100 per violation up to $50,000.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2023

It is common for users to avoid creating unique passwords and they end up reusing the same password for multiple accounts. Despite the risks, 90% of respondents admitted to reusing passwords for multiple accounts, up from 85% in 2022. 22% of respondents said they have been reusing the same password for more than a decade!

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

According to a 2022 AMA prior authorization (PA) physician survey , physicians and their staff spend an average of almost two business days (13 hours) each week completing prior authorizations. Above all, familiarize yourself with the specific prior authorization forms, submission procedures, and documentation requirements.

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

According to a 2022 AMA prior authorization (PA) physician survey , physicians and their staff spend an average of almost two business days (13 hours) each week completing prior authorizations. Above all, familiarize yourself with the specific prior authorization forms, submission procedures, and documentation requirements.

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Arkenea

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Healthcare website accessibility tools and best practices help hospitals to up their accessibility game and design a compliant site for users. Tapping into a volatile patient base can help up the revenue of the hospitals , and augment patient experience and satisfaction. Did you know that only 4.9 percent were non-compliant.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

percent CAGR between 2022 to 2030 ). It also helps to maintain the flow of data between healthcare providers, allowing for timely interventions, follow-up care, and medications. Plus, the system displays completed patient forms and sends alerts if some documents are missing or lacking certain data.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

part of an omnibus health care law enacted in 2022 which created OHCA and gave it broad authority to set and enforce heath care cost targets for the State. OHCA will accept public comments on the draft regulations through August 31, 2023, submitted to CMIR@HCAI.CA.GOV.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This process can include patient demographics, charts, labs, and any clinical documentation that will aid in proving the necessity of the medication or service. This can include verifying information with the pharmacy and obtaining all required documentation from the patient’s health record, as mentioned above.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

United channeled almost $52 billion of that cash into buying health-related businesses, nearly all of which end up housed inside Optum. It is a sprawling nationwide roll-up of healthcare assets. The map below showed where Optum Health’s assets were as of 2022. Follow Optum’s physicians and their patients and see the future.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

According to the United States Census Bureau, more people were insured in 2022 than 2021. In 2022, 92.1 The Census Bureau further reveals that in 2022, private health insurance coverage continued to be more prevalent than public coverage, at 65.6 This takes up precious time. percent of people, or 304.0 percent and 36.1

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The goal of PAs is to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care for their medical needs in agreement with the most up-to-date medical evidence and guidelines 1. Prior authorizations can be very time-consuming, as they require documentation and paperwork from healthcare providers to show why the patient would need the treatment.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Patient statements Patient billing statements are comprehensive documents that provide patients with a summary of the services they have received and the associated costs. Past the time of service, polite but persistent follow-up activities are crucial to collecting balances. At Health Prim e , we can help.

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ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

This process can include patient demographics, charts, labs, and any clinical documentation that will aid in proving the necessity of the medication or service. This can include verifying information with the pharmacy and obtaining all required documentation from the patient’s health record, as mentioned above.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Auvelity has achieved the distinction of “statistically significant antidepressant efficacy” within 1 week, compared to several weeks or longer with other medications ( Khabir, Hashmi, & Asghar, 2022 ). 2022 ), and also for ADHD in adults.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Recently, she presented “Shouldering the Responsibility: Implementation of a Collaborative Shoulder Dystocia Initiative” with her colleagues at the 2022 ASHRM Annual Conference. I work to make nursing care in the hospital safer, more efficient, and lower risk by improving policies, workflow, and documentation practices.

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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.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%. Those regulations must be followed during the medical claim submission process, from insurance eligibility verification to claim submission to payment processing. Yet, many practices still face challenges in following them.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 15, 2025

This article answers the following: What is the HHS Office of Inspector General? In some cases, exclusions reported to HHS OIG from these sources can take up to two years to appear on the HHS OIG Exclusions List. Assessed damages of up to three times the amount claimed for each item or service (no limit).

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Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The National Institutes of Health, or the NIH, define competencies as the following: “Competencies are the knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors that contribute to individual and organizational performance.” So, it was a really well-informed working group that came up with these new competencies. 2:27] Sure.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 20, 2024

The technological advancements in gastroenterology and endoscopy have opened up new ways of achieving better patient outcomes in our field, effectively and efficiently. If possible, network with GI professionals in your Endoscopy unit and seek opportunities to shadow a case or two and follow a patient through the different phases of care.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 27, 2024

Pages 119 through 125 do a great job of explaining how atherosclerosis develops insidiously in the coronary arteries and how you can build up substantial plaque without symptoms. I have long aimed for LDL-C and apoB levels/non HDL levels <60 in my patients with documented ASCVD (either by CAC, CCTA or ASCVD events). Medicine 2.0

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We can look up stuff. If it’s just facts, we can look them up. But I would assume that the scores on the step two should go up. So how do you treat the sick patient who ends up in your hospital and you don’t have the super-duper whatever it is? [12:28] Takes about 45 minutes, and then they write up a report.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Will they be happy to wake up every weekday morning and go to work? The 2022 report found that of 11,000 physicians surveyed, 72% reported being satisfied with their job. The 2022 report found that of 11,000 physicians surveyed, 72% reported being satisfied with their job. For many physicians, these statements ring true.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Text mining tools clean up and interpret the data, often as a precursor to text analytics. The process works well for tasks like categorizing or clustering text, summarizing documents, and relational modeling. Growth of Text Analytics in 2022 Organizations increasingly rely on text analytics to improve business intelligence.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 23, 2023

They carry out doctor’s orders, check up on patients throughout the day, and make sure providers have accurate information when looking at the patient’s chart. Nurses may need to refresh their memory of this knowledge every few years to make sure they have the latest and most up to date information. 34 12 votes, 1.9

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2022

Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of CTA, introduced today’s CES keynote speaker, Robert Ford, as the “ first-ever keynote speaker from health care” at CES, calling out the fact that Abbott’s Freestyle Libre System garnered one of CES 2022’s Innovation Awards.

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Relias

AUGUST 29, 2022

Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, overturned both Roe v. As of August 17, 2022, the New York Times reported that abortion was totally banned in at least 10 states, with another four states banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. The recent Dobbs decision may raise U.S. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, decided by the U.S.

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Practice Index

AUGUST 1, 2024

The aim should be to get the employee up to the required standard. On average, they process about ten documents an hour, but on doing an audit, your average is around five.” Try to come up with a plan of action for both of you to implement. Check your practice’s policy and follow it carefully.

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Scrubs

JUNE 21, 2023

22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredded documents tossed into a garbage truck. So when a company stops making a drug, others do not necessarily step up, he said. Original Reporting by: Arthur Allen On Nov.

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