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Q&A // Change Healthcare cyberattackThe aftermath of Change: Two experts on how healthcare organizations can prevent the next cyberattack
Healthcare organizations can create an effective cybersecurity strategy that involves an incident response plan, testing, multifactor authentication and automating mundane tasks using artificial intelligence.
By Brian T. Horowitz • April 18, 2024 -
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Telehealth linked to modest quality, cost increases, study finds
The findings suggest it would be challenging to restrict telehealth payment in Medicare, researchers said. Some pandemic flexibilities are set to expire at the end of 2024.
By Emily Olsen • April 18, 2024 -
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Artificial intelligence
Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.
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Change Healthcare cyberattackLawmakers raise healthcare consolidation concerns after Change cyberattack
Legislators also slammed UnitedHealth Group, which acquired Change Healthcare nearly two years ago, for not sending a representative to the House subcommittee hearing.
By Emily Olsen • April 16, 2024 -
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Cybersecurity takes center stage at AHA annual meeting
In the wake of the Change Healthcare attack, experts advised hospital leaders to increase their cyber defenses.
By Susanna Vogel • April 16, 2024 -
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Telehealth company Cerebral to pay $7M fine over data sharing
The Federal Trade Commission alleged the digital mental healthcare company had provided sensitive data to third parties and maintained “sloppy” security practices.
By Emily Olsen • April 16, 2024 -
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VA plans to resume Oracle EHR rollout by end of FY 2025, secretary says
The agency needs a single electronic health record that’s more interoperable with the Department of Defense, VA Secretary Denis McDonough told lawmakers.
By Emily Olsen • April 15, 2024 -
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VillageMD faces lawsuit over online tracking technologies
The class action alleges the Meta Pixel embedded on VillageMD’s website allowed the primary care provider to disclose protected health information to third parties, including Facebook and Google.
By Emily Olsen • April 12, 2024 -
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Lawmakers mull telehealth quality, reimbursement as extension deadline looms
Legislators worked to hash out details about Medicare telehealth policy as a deadline to continue pandemic-era flexibilities draws closer.
By Emily Olsen • April 11, 2024 -
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Digital health sees more deals with smaller checks in Q1: report
Artificial intelligence scooped up 40% of the quarter’s investment total, according to Rock Health.
By Emily Olsen • April 9, 2024 -
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Change Healthcare cyberattackChange asks to consolidate dozens of cyberattack class-action lawsuits
Twenty-four cases have racked up so far against the UnitedHealth subsidiary following a cyberattack against the technology firm in late February.
By Emily Olsen • April 8, 2024 -
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Teladoc’s long-time CEO steps down amid waning stock performance
A management shakeup is likely coming at the right time, as the virtual care company undergoes an operational review to boost its bottom line, analysts said.
By Emily Olsen • April 5, 2024 -
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Telehealth groups urge DEA to release controlled substance prescribing proposal
Advocacy groups, providers and virtual care companies said clinicians and pharmacies need time to comment on the rule and prepare for implementation.
By Emily Olsen • April 4, 2024 -
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Deep Dive // Change Healthcare cyberattackChange cyberattack serves as wake-up call for healthcare cybersecurity
The outage shows why health systems need to plan for inevitable cyberattacks, evaluating risks and putting operational backups in place, experts say.
By Emily Olsen • April 4, 2024 -
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Surescripts exploring a sale: report
A private equity buyer could make sense for the health IT vendor, as a strategic sale to a payer could raise antitrust concerns, one expert said.
By Emily Olsen • April 3, 2024 -
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Change Healthcare cyberattackChange cyberattack likely ‘minor setback’ for nonprofit hospitals: Fitch
The ratings agency doesn’t anticipate a credit impact to nonprofits as long as providers can return to normal operations soon and maintain a large enough cash cushion during the outage.
By Emily Olsen • April 2, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Nuance4 ways generative AI is transforming healthcare
Learn about a few of the many ways AI tools are helping to transform healthcare — and how they benefit physicians and patients along the way.
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Ready or not: How healthcare infrastructure can brace for 5G acceleration
To safeguard M&A activity, CISOs and security teams must have a seat at the table to implement proper IT visibility.
By Navneet Singh, VP Marketing, Network Security • April 1, 2024 -
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New federal health IT strategy increases focus on public health, AI
The draft plan builds on its predecessor, which the health IT agency said drove “significant progress” in the use and exchange of electronic health information.
By Emily Olsen • March 28, 2024 -
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CISA issues notice for long-awaited critical infrastructure reporting requirements
The proposed rule will require covered entities — including major healthcare companies — to promptly disclose major cyber incidents and ransomware payments.
By David Jones • March 27, 2024 -
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Change Healthcare cyberattackSenior lawmaker questions UnitedHealth over Change cyberattack
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said UnitedHealth’s “rapid consolidation and vertical integration” has major consequences for the healthcare sector, including increased control of the health IT market.
By Emily Olsen • March 26, 2024 -
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OIG details errors with VA, Oracle EHR deployment
Three reports released last week outline scheduling and pharmacy problems with the electronic health record integration — including an error that may have contributed to a patient’s death.
By Emily Olsen • March 25, 2024 -
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Consumers more discerning about health data sharing: survey
While respondents were largely willing to share their data, consumers have become pickier about who they’ll offer their information to, according to a Rock Health survey.
By Emily Olsen • March 21, 2024 -
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Change Healthcare cyberattackChange Healthcare’s drawn-out recovery catches flak from cyber experts
At least 100 services remain offline four weeks after UnitedHealth detected an intrusion in its medical claims clearinghouse. Experts say the impacts are unprecedented.
By Matt Kapko • March 21, 2024 -
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Change cyberattack could damage credit at small providers: Fitch
Smaller companies may already have worse credit ratings and could struggle with cash flow disruptions caused by the outage.
By Emily Olsen • March 19, 2024 -
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Deep Dive // HIMSS24‘As fast as possible but no faster than is safe’: Hospitals, tech companies confront AI governance
Regulators seeking to erect guardrails around AI are facing a Sisyphean task, experts said at HIMSS. How do you oversee something that is constantly changing?
By Rebecca Pifer • March 18, 2024
