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News 3/13/24
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The HHS Office of Civil rights launches an investigation into the Change Healthcare attack to determine if patient data was breached and what, if any, HIPAA violations have been committed by Change and parent company UnitedHealth Group.
UnitedHealth Group has said Change Healthcare’s electronic payments systems will be restored by March 15 and its medical claims platform by the week of March 18. Its e-prescribing and pharmacy claims and payments capabilities came back online on March 7.
Webinars
March 27 (Wednesday) 3 ET. “Houston Methodist: Deploying clinical AI at scale for improved outcomes.” Sponsor: Health Data Analytics Institute. Presenters: Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, chief of cardiovascular disease prevention and wellness, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center; Brenda Campbell, RN, senior consultant, HM Health System Innovations; Nassib Chamoun, MS, founder and CEO, HDAI. The presenters will share how an interdisciplinary team collaborated to successfully use predictive models and a novel AI-driven approach to address post-discharge mortality. They will also describe how they expanded use of the platform to reduce clinician time spent digging through the EHR with a one-page risk profile, including codes extracted from notes using generative AI, and targeting their highest risk patients for extra attention. They will speak to how they overcame barriers to bringing AI at scale to support clinicians across the care continuum.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Kayne Anderson Growth Capital acquires a majority stake in specialty telehealth company TeleMed2U. The company offers its services to provider groups, health systems, payers, employers, and directly to consumers.
Announcements and Implementations
NJ Primary Care implements EZMarketer online appointment scheduling and reminders from Physicians Marketing Solutions.
OrthoVirginia (WV) selects virtual rheumatology care from Remission Medical.
TeleVox announces GA of its patient relationship management software for physician practices.
The Springboard Center (TX) implements Kipu Health’s EHR, CRM, and RCM technology for mental and behavioral healthcare.
Solace Behavioral Health will go live on the Cx360 EHR from Core Solutions across its four location in Florida.
Essen Health Care (NY) rolls out ReferWell’s care scheduling software and care concierge service.
Government and Politics
CMS extends the MIPS data submission deadline to April 15 in an effort to give physician practices more time in the midst of disruptions caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
Other
Medical Associates of Northern New Mexico warns patients that cyber scammers have created a bogus website masquerading as the practice’s patient portal.
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