Even with an unfolding pandemic, there’s no shortage of overreaching public relations news releases to mislead the public. It’s particularly dismaying to spot these examples of hype at a time when conveying balanced and accurate messages to the public is arguably more important than ever. They serve as a reminder that like the coronavirus outbreak,… Read More »
Change Healthcare is adding new enhancements to its claim attachments solution that will enable providers to attach and send documents and data electronically to all payers. “We’re tackling the next frontier of electronic transaction adoption in the healthcare industry,” says Mike Peresie, senior vice president and general manager of the medical network at Change Healthcare.… Read More »
Bloomberg—Apple is accused of stealing trade secrets and improperly using Masimo inventions related to health monitoring in its Apple Watch. Masimo, which develops signal processing technology for healthcare monitors, and its spinoff, Cercacor Laboratories, claim in a lawsuit that Apple got secret information under the guise of a working relationship and then hired away key… Read More »
ARMEND NIMANIGetty Images Miley Cyrus wanted her cake and to lick it too—and, she said on Twitter Thursday, she got un-cast from the animated Adam Sandler vampire comedy Hotel Transylvania for it. Addressing a series of controversies in a Twitter thread this week following her high-profile split from Liam Hemsworth, the singer claimed that she… Read More »
Like many of you, I clearly remember watching the black and white images of Neil Armstrong first walking on the moon, at home with my family. It was very moving for me and I was inspired, like many, to become an astronaut. Thankfully, I changed that course and redirected to medicine. July 20, 2019, we… Read More »
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching a pilot program that leverages HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard to enable clinicians to access claims data directly within their workflow. At Tuesday’s White House Blue Button Developers Conference, CMS announced the Data at the Point of Care pilot, part of the Trump administration’s 2018… Read More »