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Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans
The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes—costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. Meanwhile, an emerging scheme for fraudulent and unnecessary cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing allegedly resulted in $174 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims. These are just two examples of what the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership describes as a surge in fraud, waste and abuse associated...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Genomics-Precision Medicine Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Revenue Cycle Management Cotiviti CPT Codes Erin Rutzler Fraud Waste and Abuse FWA Genetic Testing Genetic Testing Fraud Healthcare Fraud Prev Source Type: blogs

A Second Cancer
It’s been a long time since I posted anything.   Recently I was diagnosed with a second primary cancer.  I’ve had surgery and am well on the way to recovery. My hematologist and the head and neck cancer specialist agreed it wasn’t necessary for me to undergo aggressive surgery for this cancer, so I didn’t have …
Source: beth's myeloma blog - May 4, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Beth Tags: Cancer Source Type: blogs

AI ’s role in Healthcare: Exclusive Interview with Catherine Estrampes, President & CEO at GE Healthcare
AI is increasingly being used in healthcare to reduce clinician workloads and improve patient outcomes. AI-driven technologies are helping to automate mundane tasks, freeing up clinicians to focus on more complex clinical decisions. AI-powered tools ...
Source: Medgadget - May 3, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Informatics AI medicine GEHealthCare Source Type: blogs

Bottlebrush Nanoparticles Deliver Immunostimulatory Drugs
Researchers at MIT have developed a nanoparticle system that is designed to deliver immunostimulatory drugs to tumors. These drugs are intended to stimulate immune cells in the vicinity of tumors to begin destroying tumor cells, but when delivered sy...
Source: Medgadget - May 3, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine mit Source Type: blogs

Translating Pre-Medical Experiences into Clinical Skills
As a pre-medical student in college, it can be overwhelming deciding how to allocate your time outside of classes. A good first step is to try a variety of activities and to intently pursue those that fulfill you the most. While you should take into account admission requirements and experiences to maximize your competitiveness (i.e. clinical experiences, research, and volunteer service), the driving force for how you spend your free time should be where your passions lie. Ultimately, pursuing your passions will inherently make you a stronger (and more unique) applicant. Now that I have finished my core requirements as ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - May 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Laura Siegel Source Type: blogs

Science Snippet: The Power of Proteins
Some might think that protein is only important for weightlifters. In truth, all life relies on the activity of protein molecules. A single human cell contains thousands of different proteins with diverse roles, including: Actin proteins in a cell’s cytoskeleton. Credit: Xiaowei Zhuang, HHMI, Harvard University, and Nature Publishing Group. Providing structure. Proteins such as actin make up the three-dimensional cytoskeleton that gives cells structure and determines their shapes. Aiding chemical reactions. Many proteins are biological catalysts called enzymes that speed up the rate of chemical reactions by redu...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 3, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Cells Molecular Structures Cellular Processes Medicines Proteins Science Snippet Source Type: blogs

A doctor ’ s journey through grief and writing PODCAST
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we have Ryan McCarthy, an internal medicine physician, who discovered writing as a way to cope with grief. His journey started with the death of his friend Dan from pancreatic cancer, which led him to write an essay chronicling Dan’s life Read more… A doctor’s journey through grief and writing [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Let Them Stay
Paul MatzkoDr. Muhil Ravichandran has a  PharmD from Rutgers University and works in cancer research. She has lived legally in America for almost her entire life and is a model immigrant. Yet because of America’s broken immigration system, she’s going to beforced to leave her home and take her much ‐​needed talents elsewhere.Ravichandran legally moved to the USA with her family when she was two years old, but when she became an adult she was no longer covered by her family ’s legal status. While in college she qualified for a student visa, but upon graduation she was forced to fall back on the vagaries of the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 2, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Matzko Source Type: blogs

Memora Health Announces $30M Investment to Scale Intelligent Care Enablement Platform With New Health System Partners
The strategic investment was led by General Catalyst and a cohort of leading health system partners and will enable care teams to give more patients a high-touch care experience Memora Health, the leading intelligent care enablement platform, today announced a strategic investment of $30 million led by General Catalyst with participation from Northwell Holdings, the venture investment arm of Northwell Health, NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst Health, PagsGroup, and other strategic investors. The funding also included follow-on investments from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Transformation Capital, and Frist Cressey V...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Andreessen Horowitz Care Delivery Chris Bischoff Dr. David Lubarsky Dr. Toby Cosgrove Edward Elmhurst Health Frist Cressey Ventures General Catalyst Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Inv Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Studies Compared to other industries, healthcare is leading the way in improving networks to support edge computing, according to the latest AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report. Budgets for edge computing go into fo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 30, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AHA AltaMed AT&T AvaSure Butterfly Network Censinet Clearwater Clinician Nexus Conifer Health Solutions CWH Advisors Cyturus Datavant DrFirst eClinicalWorks eCW Fortified Health Security Healthcare IT Today Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 1st 2023
In conclusion, frailty progression accelerates in males with one LTCs and females with two LTCs or more. Health providers should be aware of planning a suitable intervention once the elderly have two or more health conditions. Plasma Transfer Lowers Epigenetic Age and Mortality in Rats https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/04/plasma-transfer-lowers-epigenetic-age-and-mortality-in-rats/ Plasma transfer from young to old individuals has produced mixed results in animals and little to no benefit in humans where assessed rigorously. These studies were driven by the hypothesis that young plasma contains me...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 30, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Breakthrough trial shows MRI-guided radiation can reduce prostate cancer treatment toxicity
Nearly 290,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2023. Thankfully, the vast majority will be diagnosed with clinically localized disease and can be cured with either surgery or radiotherapy. Emerging clinical trial data have cemented stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of radiation in which ≤5 daily doses are delivered with high Read more… Breakthrough trial shows MRI-guided radiation can reduce prostate cancer treatment toxicity originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

How Your Brain Is Connected to Your Gut: 7 Facts About Gut Health
We've all had a "gut feeling," or someone has told us to "follow our gut." It's that feeling that we may know something just by knowing—our intuition telling us something. It turns out that this feeling is more than just a feeling. The human body is an intricate series of systems, each individually playing a vital role in our overall health and well-being, and at the same time, they are all connected to make our whole body work.  One of these systems is the gut, also known as the gastrointestinal tract, which is responsible for digesting food and absorbing nutrients. When we combine its superpowers with the brain...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Irene Rondom Tags: health and fitness self-improvement brain health gut health Source Type: blogs

A Tribute to Casey Quinlan – Advocate and Renaissance Woman
On Tuesday April 25th 2023, the world lost a bright flame. After a long journey with cancer, Casey Quinlan @MightyCasey passed away peacefully with family and friends by her side. Quinlan was one-of-a-kind and if you had the good fortune of meeting her in-person or interacted with her online, she undoubtedly left an impression. She was one of the few people who had zero qualms about speaking her mind – and that is one of reasons why I admired her. Outspoken Advocate I got to know Quinlan through the early #hcldr tweetchats that we hosted (and still host) on Tuesday nights at 8:30pm ET. At the time, I had never seen someo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Advanced Directives Casey Quinlan Cinderblocks Jan Oldenburg MightyCasey Patient Advocate QR code tattoo Source Type: blogs

A Life Well Lived, Fights Well Fought
By KIM BELLARD I first became aware of Casey Quinlan in 2017, when she published an article in Tincture, which I was helping to edit.  In it, she discussed how she’d had her medical history and advance directive tattooed on her chest, out of frustration with the lack of health information exchange in healthcare.  As she said, “ALL. THOSE. F.ING. FORMS. ON. CLIPBOARDS.” Well, I thought: she sounds like an interesting person.  I started following her on Twitter, enjoying her outspokenness and agreeing with many of her points of view.  Then early in the pandemic Matthew Holt started THCB Gang pod...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: THCB Gang Casey Quinlan Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs