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September 2018

Aspire Health email system hacked, loses some protected health information (09/28/2018)

Veterans, individuals with kidney disease being asked to test new app (09/28/2018)

MA appeals overturn 75% of claims denials (09/28/2018)

Washington State University researchers develop sensor that runs on glucose (09/28/2018)

MA enrollment to expand, premiums to drop in 2019 (09/28/2018)

Socioeconomic data contributes little to population risk assessment, study finds (09/28/2018)

HHS Sec. Azar slams Medicare for All (09/28/2018)

Boston Children's Hospital, MedStar Health earn ONC interoperability award (09/28/2018)

Survey: 44% of US adults would trust AI for cancer diagnosis, treatment recommendation (09/27/2018)

New smartphone app, project aims to learn more about dementia (09/27/2018)

GAO report: HHS didn’t violate laws by lobbying against ACA (09/27/2018)

Medicaid expansion pays off the most for rural states (09/27/2018)

NITRD requests information on AI research, development plan (09/27/2018)

Readmission penalties reduced for safety-net hospitals (09/27/2018)

EHR alert tool effectively screens for sleep apnea in epilepsy patients (09/27/2018)

Verma defends Medicaid work requirements after thousands lose coverage (09/27/2018)

WellCare to buy Aetna’s Part D biz in CVS deal divestiture (09/27/2018)

Survey: Most people, millennials share healthcare experiences online (09/26/2018)

Univ. of Houston researchers design smartphone system that can detect lead in tap water (09/26/2018)

80,000 Americans died of the flu last year (09/26/2018)

NY Times: Medicaid work requirements don’t work if beneficiaries aren’t aware (09/26/2018)

Data, analytics concerns top lists of challenges healthcare execs expect to face in 2019 (09/26/2018)

Hospital patients in outpatient settings are sicker, poorer (09/26/2018)

Healthcare providers, health plans accounted for most breaches, patient records exposed (09/26/2018)

SCAN HEALTH PLAN APPOINTS ADRIENNE MORRELL TO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (09/26/2018)

Memorial Sloan Kettering fundraising campaign won’t focus on utilizing AI in cancer treatments (09/26/2018)

Community Health Systems to pay $262M in DOJ settlement (09/26/2018)

Humana launches health institute with Univ. of Houston (09/25/2018)

UMass Memorial entities ordered to pay $230K fine for data breaches (09/25/2018)

Hospitals settle with HHS for $1M HIPAA violations for documentary filming (09/25/2018)

Researchers receive $2.8M to develop app for assessing soldiers health (09/25/2018)

Medicaid spending hit $581B in 2016 (09/25/2018)

Who experiences burnout? That depends on how it's defined (09/25/2018)

SOC Telemed Announces Partnership with Sound Physicians (09/25/2018)

AI platform shows promise in improving drug combination designs, personalized treatments (09/25/2018)

Ex-Louisiana Governor Jindal added to WellCare board of directors (09/25/2018)

PBMs blame insurers for high drug prices (09/25/2018)

Teladoc Health launches new virtual healthcare service (09/24/2018)

Another industry group speaks out against CVS-Aetna deal (09/24/2018)

FDA awards $6.6M grant to pediatric group for work with medical devices (09/24/2018)

Researchers use EHR system to screen social determinants of health (09/24/2018)

Trump administration may limit green cards for immigrants on Medicaid (09/24/2018)

68 cataract patients left nearly blind after receiving injections of knockoff drug (09/24/2018)

Free tuition may not solve the looming doctor shortage (09/24/2018)

Top 10 healthcare challenges for 2019 (09/21/2018)

Reviews rolling in for new Apple Watch, ECG app (09/21/2018)

New app seeks to improve overall health of hearing aid users (09/21/2018)

More industry groups oppose changes to ACO program (09/21/2018)

Alzheimer’s and dementia cases will double by 2060 (09/21/2018)

Chicago researchers warn against using smart pills (09/21/2018)

Boston hospitals fined nearly $1M for potential HIPAA violations (09/21/2018)

CVS in ‘home stretch’ of antitrust process to acquire Aetna for $69B (09/21/2018)

Orthopedic clinic sees increased documentation time, costs after EMR implementation (09/20/2018)

Andy Slavitt’s Town Hall Ventures raises $115M (09/20/2018)

Pew Charitable Trusts report pushes for API use in healthcare (09/20/2018)

High cost of healthcare is an economic killer (09/20/2018)

Pennsylvania health insurance company warns of security breach (09/20/2018)

ACOs need time before they see savings (09/20/2018)

HHS encourages physicians to use telemedicine to combat opioid epidemic (09/20/2018)

Healthcare spending rose 44% over last decade (09/19/2018)

Fitbit, Humana expand partnership (09/19/2018)

Fitbit launches platform aimed at health providers, expands with Humana (09/19/2018)

Healthcare providers welcome speech recognition in EHR systems (09/19/2018)

AHA releases stewardship principles to defend 340B drug program (09/19/2018)

Study: Physicians are unhappy with EHR design, interoperability (09/19/2018)

DOJ: Cigna deal unlikely to harm consumers, limit competition (09/19/2018)

WSJ: Secret hospital contracts prevent healthcare savings (09/19/2018)

Physicians like their jobs more than the earnings (09/19/2018)

Senate approves sweeping opioid bill (09/18/2018)

Researchers develop portable device for disease screening (09/18/2018)

Medical scribes could temper physician burnout, EHR burden (09/18/2018)

Coca-Cola considers putting cannabis in a health drink (09/18/2018)

Opinion: EHRs are tools of Big Brother driving physicians away from medicine (09/18/2018)

New CVS Health policy will exclude drugs above cost-effectiveness threshold (09/18/2018)

Therapists use virtual reality to help treat phobias (09/18/2018)

$69B CVS-Aetna deal may get regulatory approval soon (09/18/2018)

TriMedx to buy Aramark’s healthcare tech division for $300M (09/18/2018)

ER worker allegedly stole, sold patient records through encrypted phone app (09/17/2018)

$67B Cigna-Express Scripts deal clears DOJ (09/17/2018)

CMS proposes cutting more regulations (09/17/2018)

Researchers receive funding to develop 'organs-on-chips' (09/17/2018)

Fiber optic laser technique could improve wearables, endoscopy (09/17/2018)

Jefferson and Einstein Healthcare Network reach definitive merger agreement (09/17/2018)

Most parents believe electronics cause sleeping problems for teens (09/17/2018)

CVS execs bullish on Aetna merger, drug rebate reforms (09/17/2018)

Dartmouth finds article is plagiarized, but NEJM refuses to retract it (09/17/2018)

Hurricane Florence will have long-term health system impact (09/17/2018)

40K notified after ransomware attack on Fetal Diagnostic Institute (09/14/2018)

Maryland files lawsuit to protect the ACA (09/14/2018)

Cigna venture fund to invest in innovative healthcare companies (09/14/2018)

Researchers use CRISPR tool to identify cancer mutations (09/14/2018)

Technology tackles duplicate medical record challenge (09/14/2018)

Mayo Clinic partners with Medica to offer new health insurance (09/14/2018)

Most physicians aren’t asked for feedback during EHR optimization efforts (09/14/2018)

Top cancer doctor resigns over medical journal disclosure scandal (09/14/2018)

Researchers develop Band-Aid sized ultrasound scanner (09/13/2018)

Health insurance coverage rates were steady in 2017 (09/13/2018)

Apple's new watch can conduct an ECG in 30 seconds (09/13/2018)

Data sharing gathers momentum in healthcare (09/13/2018)

Hospitals sue HHS over 340B price transparency (09/13/2018)

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