Elise Reuter - Medcity News
Posts by Elise Reuter - Medcity News
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Health Care / MedicineHealth Providers Snoop Through Medical Files Of Potential Dates
Chief Data Scientist at SecureLink discusses a disturbing phenomenon: medical professionals sifting through patient records to find information on potential dates. -
Health Care / MedicineDeloitte Invests $750M In Healthcare, Consumer, And Financial Services Businesses
The audit, consulting, and tax services company is expanding its business ConvergeHEALTH and launching two other businesses in the consumer and financial sectors. It's investing in everything from new software platforms to hiring software engineers, data scientists, and other industry professionals. 
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Low Medicare ACO Participation In 2022 Bodes Poorly For Ambitious Biden Goal
The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations would like to see higher participation of ACOs moving forward after a low number in the start of 2022, especially given the goal of all traditional Medicare patients in an accountable care model by 2030.
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Health Care / MedicineSteadfast Medical Staffing Ordered To Compensate Aides, Nurses Over $7.2M In Back Wages And Damages
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia-Norfolk Division ruled that Steadfast Medical Staffing knowingly and illegally classified workers as independent contractors instead of employees to avoid paying them overtime and the agency must now pay back wages and damages. -
Health Care / MedicineWhat Does The Federal ‘No Surprises Act’ Mean In California?
Surprise bills have inflicted financial pain on millions of Americans for far too long. -
Health Care / MedicineTexas Medical Association Continuing Opposition To No Surprises Act Ruling For Determining Out-Of-Network Pricing
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) filed a brief on Monday to further oppose the ruling on the No Suprises Act that currently allows aribtrators to use the average in-network rate to determine out-of-network cost. -
Finance, Health Care / MedicineBausch + Lomb’s IPO Plans Come Into Focus As BHC Prepares To Split Into Three
Bausch + Lomb is returning to the public markets in an IPO expected to rank among the biggest in healthcare. -
Health Care / MedicinePhysicians Group Files Brief Supporting AMA/AHA Lawsuit
Physicians Advocacy Institute, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and Congress of Neurological Surgeons lead a coalition of physicians groups in filing an amicus curiae brief backing the American Medical Association and American Hospital Association’s lawsuit opposing the dispute regulation guidelines of the No Surprises Act that went into effect January 1. 
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Finance, Health Care / MedicineWhat Will Digital Health M&A Look Like In 2022?
After a busy year for digital health, four experts shared their predictions on which sectors will see the most M&A, and which companies are likely to get together in the future. -
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Cell Therapy, AI Drug Discovery Highlight 2021’s Record Year In Biotech IPOs
The biggest biotech IPO of 2021 belongs to a cell therapy developer that has yet to reach the clinic. Cell therapy and artificial intelligence were hot categories of newly public companies, but even though IPOs reached record levels in 2021, that streak is not expected to continue in 2022. -
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Jury Rules Pharmacy Chains Liable In Landmark Opioid Trial
A federal jury found pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart helped fuel the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties. It’s the first trial pharmacy chains have faced related to the opioid crisis, though several other lawsuits have been filed. -
Health Care / MedicineSurvey: Large Employers Revisited Telehealth, Mental Health Benefits During The Pandemic
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual employer health benefits survey, a significant portion of mid-to-large companies revisited their telehealth and mental health benefits during the pandemic. Despite patients using less health services last year, average premiums for family plans still rose 4%. -
Health Care / MedicineEllume Recalls 2.2M Home Tests Due To Risk Of False Positives
The company expanded a recall of its at-home COVID-19 tests due to a manufacturing error. The FDA upped the recall to a Class 1 recall, its most serious level, after noting a higher-than-acceptable false positive rate for the affected tests.
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Health Care / MedicineVaccine Requirements Incoming For Healthcare Facilities, Big Businesses
CMS set a deadline for staff at Medicare- or Medicaid-certified facilities to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4. Similarly, OSHA is also requiring large companies to vaccinate their workers by that date. -
Health Care / MedicineUnitedHealth, Change Meet Requirements For DOJ Investigation, Agree Not To Merge Before February
The companies have certified substantial compliance with a request for additional information from the Department of Justice, which opened an investigation of the merger in March. They struck an agreement with the agency not to merge until February of 2022, unless it drops its investigation before then. -
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DOJ Accuses Kaiser Permanente Of Medicare Advantage Fraud In New Complaint
The California-based health system and insurer has bilked CMS out of 'hundreds of millions of dollars' by submitting claims that were altered to make patients appear sicker than they were, a new complaint filed by the DOJ alleges. Kaiser denied these allegations saying it is confident in its compliance with Medicare Advantage program requirements. -
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CMS Chief At HLTH: We Need To Stop Taking It For Granted That People Know They Are Eligible For Coverage
There are about 17 million people eligible for coverage through Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and one of CMS' priorities is to make them aware of their insurance options, Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said at this year's HLTH conference. -
Health Care / MedicineIn A First, Colorado Gets CMS Approval To Make Gender-Affirming Care An Essential Health Benefit
All individual and small group health plans in Colorado's Affordable Care Act marketplace must cover a wide range of gender-affirming services, including breast/chest construction and reductions and laser hair removal, starting Jan. 1, 2023. -
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CMS Lowers MA Premiums Amid Insurer Plans To Grow Offerings
CMS is lowering the average premium for MA plans to $19 per month in 2022 from about $21 this year. The news comes as several insurers announce new MA plan offerings for 2022, including Humana, which said it will launch 72 plans. -
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Google’s DeepMind Faces Suit Over Access To NHS Patient Records
London-based firm Mishcon de Reya said it filed a claim in the U.K.’s High Court, alleging that Google’s access of 1.6 million people’s medical records broke privacy rules. NHS’ Royal Free London had struck an agreement with DeepMind in 2015 to build a system for alerting clinicians.
