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Ransomware versus healthcare: How the pandemic added to a cyber crisis
Ransomware hit at least 26 U.S. healthcare providers between January and May, according to Recorded Future, and many attacks were initiated through COVID-19-themed phishing.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 02, 2020 -
Teladoc closes InTouch acquisition to round out provider offerings
Virtual care player Teladoc closed its acquisition of provider telehealth business InTouch Health for $150 million in cash and 4.6 million shares of common stock on Wednesday.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 01, 2020 -
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Interoperability
After years of public and private efforts to tear down data silos in the healthcare system, the Trump administration in March finalized two sweeping rules prohibiting information blocking and standardizing EHR and software data exchange.
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With new funding, FCC rural healthcare program set to provide most money in its history
Nearly $200 million in unused funds from prior years are being carried over. The total amount now available to applicants is about $800 million.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 01, 2020 -
CMS wants to make home health telemedicine permanent
The Trump administration is also looking to change payment rates for home health providers that would increase Medicare payments by 2.6%, or roughly $540 million, for the 2021 calendar year.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 26, 2020 -
3 healthcare CISOs tackled telehealth at hyper speed — they wish they were faster
The hospital information security chiefs were dealing with a surge in virtual visits, more remote workers and increasing cybersecurity threats in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • June 25, 2020 -
CVS launches return-to-work service, including in-house COVID-19 testing option
Questions about testing accuracy and hesitancy from employers haven't stopped big healthcare companies from jumping into the space with new products.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 24, 2020 -
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BARDA backs study of Empatica's COVID-19 early warning platform
The system, which measures physiological data including blood volume pulse and electrodermal activity, is the latest in a growing list of wearables being primed to detect and monitor infections.
By Susan Kelly • June 23, 2020 -
Sponsored by VeradigmMen's health awareness
Many men's health conditions are preventable with proper lifestyle adjustments and maintenance.
By Tom Pasquariello, PharmD • June 22, 2020 -
Hazel Health
Virtual care at a virtual conference: Telehealth will remain post-pandemic, experts say at AHIP
"If I were trying to be controversial, of course I'd say, 'No, it's going to go away.' But of course no one believes that," Google Health CMO Karen DeSalvo said.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 19, 2020 -
Hazel Health
Female, younger patients more likely to choose telehealth visit pre-pandemic, study finds
The JAMA Network Open study also found patients were more likely to choose a virtual visit with their own primary care clinician, as opposed to a new doctor.
By Hailey Mensik • June 18, 2020 -
Screenshot of virtual Senate HELP hearing, June 17, 2020
Senators back sustaining telehealth momentum post pandemic
Top priorities are axing geographic restrictions and expanding Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for virtual care services, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 18, 2020 -
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Walmart buys medication management tech from startup CareZone
CareZone is backed by several high-profile investors, including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and has scooped up $168 million in funding over three rounds.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 16, 2020 -
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Surgeons, device makers grow more confident in elective care comeback
As some medtechs indicate forecasts entering Q2 may have been too conservative, a Bain & Co. survey of physicians and administrators suggests rising capacity for elective procedures, albeit without sales reps at full force.
By Maria Rachal • June 15, 2020 -
FCC surpasses $100M in CARES telehealth funding approvals as House seeks more oversight
Top leadership in the House Energy and Commerce committee sent a letter Friday to the FCC requesting more transparency in the telehealth program, which passed the halfway mark in allocated funds earlier this week.
By Rebecca Pifer • UPDATED: June 12, 2020 at 10:41 a.m. -
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Geisinger, Siemens ink 10-year digital health partnership
It's one of the medtech's largest partnerships of its kind in North America, as it plans to provide diagnostic imaging and artificial intelligence-enabled applications to the health system over the next decade.
By Greg Slabodkin • June 09, 2020 -
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To revamp 'antiquated' EHR system, VA needs more specialty docs involved, GAO says
The VA has spent billions of dollars on the new Cerner system and said some 78 billion records have been transferred to a centralized database.
By Ron Shinkman • June 08, 2020 -
American Well
Amwell files for IPO — report
The telehealth player is reportedly preparing to go public on the heels of raising almost $200 million in funding amid widespread enthusiasm for virtual care brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 05, 2020 -
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Months into pandemic, Trump admin mandates labs report demographic data of COVID-19 tests
HHS is now requiring labs to submit a much broader range of demographic COVID-19 testing data, including age, race, ethnicity and sex.
By Rebecca Pifer • UPDATED: June 5, 2020 at 9:14 a.m. -
Cerner sells troubled revenue cycle management arm for $30M
Chicago-based R1 is acquiring the business and its commercial, non-federal client relationships, while Cerner will extend R1's EHR-agnostic revenue cycle capabilities to its clients and new prospects.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 04, 2020 -
Hazel Health
$250B of all healthcare spend could be digitized, McKinsey estimates
Some analysts expect telehealth use to flag in the second half of 2020 if the novel coronavirus loses steam. But McKinsey researchers think these dynamics will persist for up to 18 months at least, or until a vaccine is widely available.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 04, 2020 -
Pandemic causes expected wearable shipments to plummet by 27M this year
But analysts expect a drawn-out recovery for the sector as wearables bolster their advanced health monitoring features and consumers remain increasingly health-conscious coming out of the COVID-19 crisis.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 04, 2020 -
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Pandemic highlights need for unique patient identifier, industry tells ONC
"We want to see that ban removed and hope we can have that conversation on a national level," Mark Probst, VP and CIO of Intermountain, said at the virtual conference.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 02, 2020 -
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CVS Pharmacy tests self-driving vehicle delivery for prescriptions
The partnership with robotics company Nuro will be tested out in the Houston area this month.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 02, 2020 -
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Emergency authorization granted to COVID-19 ICU prediction software
The nod for the system from Israel-based CLEW Medical is among a series of regulatory OKs for products designed to inform care of infected patients.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 28, 2020 -
Intermountain Healthcare
Medicare members using telehealth grew 120 times in early weeks of COVID-19 as regulations eased
CMS head Seema Verma said her department is evaluating the telehealth waivers to determine if they should be extended past the scope of the national emergency, and is in the process of additional rulemaking around the issue.
By Rebecca Pifer • May 27, 2020
