What You Should Know:– Accenture Federal Services has won a five-year, $628 million recompete of a contract award from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue its work supporting Healthcare.gov. CMS…
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More and more healthcare leaders are beginning to treat violence as a public health issue as gun deaths and other forms of assault continue to impact communities across the country. One large health system…
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Social Determinants of Health and InteroperabilityBy Jada Parker
Jada Parker is a public health graduate student at George Washington University.
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a huge impact on population health….
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By Hannah Nelson
March 01, 2023 – The Puerto Rico Health Information Exchange (PRHIE) has announced its intention to participate in TEFCA through Health Gorilla’s anticipated Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN).
Health Gorilla is a…
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Cerebral announces its third round of layoffs in the past few months as the beleaguered direct-to-consumer telemedicine company attempts to reorganize and streamline its services.
Cerebral has struggled since the federal government launched an…
Israel-based AION Labs, an AI-enabled drug discovery partnership between global pharma and tech companies, announced the launch of its second startup, DenovAI.DenovAI will develop an AI-enabled computational biophysics platform that can discover potential antibodies…
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By Jill McKeon February 27, 2023 – The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have officially resolved allegations against GoodRx surrounding violations of the FTC Act and the…
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi have started a collaboration to advance digital health. WHAT IT’S ABOUT
AIIMS and IIIT-Delhi had previously worked on some medical AI projects, including…
Amid swirling accusations that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are overbilling the U.S. government and calls for better oversight, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early February that it would investigate overbilling by those plans. They expect to recoup 4.7 billion dollars through this program.
This article focuses on the relatively young technologies that enable CMS to uncover overbillings, whether they be errors or fraud. The article is based on an interview with Kel Pults, chief clinical officer and vice president of MediQuant. A future article will explain how Medicare Advantage plans are trying to improving data collection and reporting,…
Satire + Music + Comedy + Healthcare. What’s not to love?
This full-length musical from Sara Kreindler perfectly captures the challenges and frustrations in the Canadian Healthcare System. It tells the story of a eager young healthcare analyst, Larry, who is newly hired by the Canadian government to help “fix” the healthcare system. Comedy and eye-rolling ensues as Larry visits an over-crowded ER and tries to navigate the multiple layers of government and administration involved in healthcare.
Even though the musical is about the Canadian Healthcare System, there are many parts that Americans will find familiar. Episode 4 is where Larry learns the…
