- Insurers Gaming Medicare Might Cost Washington Billions a Year (bloomberg.com)
Health plans get paid more for covering sicker patients. Are they exaggerating how ill people really are?...Anita Silingo accused health insurance companies of brazenly ripping off the government…filed a sealed whistleblower lawsuit…MedXM exaggerated or outright fabricated illnesses to get its clients higher fees from Medicare….described costs the government billions a year.
- Data security and HIPAA guidelines: A delicate balance (fiercehealthit.com)
How can healthcare organizations reassure patients that their personal data is secure, while also satisfying their demands for quick and easy access to their own data?...tips to healthcare providers trying to balance health data security with HIPAA requirements.
- Importance of Provider Status in Value-Based Care (pharmacytimes.com)
Sandra Leal, Vice President for Innovation at SinfoniaRx explains the important of provider status in value-based care.
- Medicare Slow To Adopt Telemedicine Due To Cost Concerns (khn.org)
...she turned on her computer …. She spoke to a physician, who used her computer’s camera to peer into her mouth and who then sent a prescription to her pharmacy. Nearly 20 years after such videoconferencing technology has been available for health services, fewer than 1 percent of Medicare beneficiaries use it.
- 100 days to ICD-10: Where the industry stands (fiercehealthit.com)
Bills call for grace periods; Survey finds testing lagging.The implementation deadline for ICD-10 is only 100 days away, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue to push for transition periods or an outright ban of the code set while surveys reveal that participation in testing still lags.
- Check your health records: You may be able to avoid trouble. (washingtonpost.com)
It’s not uncommon for medical records to contain errors, says Trisha Torrey,...recommends that all patients take the time to closely examine their medical records.
- Police raid Toyota offices after arresting US executive (bigstory.ap.org)
Police raided Toyota Motor Corp.'s headquarters and its Tokyo and Nagoya offices …. following the arrest of a senior American executive on suspicion of drug law violations…Julie Hamp,.. arrested…suspicion of importing oxycodone,…the drugs were in a parcel..mailed to herself.
- AHA raises alarm on proposed Medicare quality metrics (modernhealthcare.com)
Providers are hoping that the CMS will change course on quality-measure reporting requirements outlined in a proposed 2016 prospective payment rule for acute and long-term-care hospitals….the suggested quality measures lack endorsement by the National Quality Forum,…the gold standard for endorsing best practices…
- Indian Pharma’s Role in Global Drug Supply (qualitymatters.usp.org)
.....India is a prominent player in today’s global pharmaceutical arena and is a major contributor to the world’s supply of medicines.....affordable drugs such as those manufactured by Indian generics companies has had a critical impact on public health at a global level.
- American Adults Surpass Children in Taking Drugs to Stay Focused (bloomberg.com)
..attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, isn’t just for kids anymore. Adults in the U.S. have overtaken children in taking medication for the condition and accounted for 53 percent of the industry wide 63 million prescriptions for ADHD drugs last year,…which makes the top-selling Vyvanse treatment.