The DEA’s potential introduction of a telehealth-controlled substance registry is lauded by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). The DEA’s upcoming listening sessions aim to explore the feasibility of remote prescribing of essential controlled substances…
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A cyberattack disrupted hospitals operated by Prospect Medical Holdings across multiple U.S. states, forcing the closure of emergency rooms and impacting medical care. The attack prompted manual administrative work and paper-based systems. The extent…
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I will never stop being amazed at the stories of physicians and others who believe they can commit healthcare fraud and get away with it. Especially with the use of computerized systems for billing,…
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The country’s three largest for-profit health systems — HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare and Community Health Systems (CHS) — all posted their second quarter earnings recently. HCA and Tenet reported net incomes for the quarter,…
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Medicare Advantage insurtech company Clover Health announced it received a notice from NASDAQ stating the company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of closing at $1 or more per share for…
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Hospitals and outpatient treatment centers in at least three states are struggling to get their systems back online following a ransomware attack waged against their parent company last week.
The cyberattack, which cybercriminals launched last…
Cleveland Clinic has tapped Albert Marinez for its newly created chief analytics officer because of his success driving analytics strategy for large health systems and technology service providers over two decades, leaders say. WHY IT…
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Virtual psychiatry company Talkiatry has teamed up with NOCD, a virtual provider for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the companies told MedCity News exclusively.
New York City-based Talkiatry contracts with payers and offers medication management services and…
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Majority 90.5% of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members have adopted digital health, despite nearly half (47.6%) cited financial pressures and staff resource constraints (19.1%) as top barriers to…
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Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed an anti-cancer biomaterial treatment that combines adoptive T cell therapy and cancer vaccine technology to treat solid tumors. The researchers have called their technique SIVET, which…
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